Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-13
TROOPS ORDERED FROM PEKING
Insurgents Destroy Twenty Miles of
Railroad to Delay Them.
LII FOREIGNERS ARE SAFE
Movement IL Guided by shrewd aud
Temperate Leaders, who See
that II Is Directed Only
at Dynasty.
BULLETIN.

! the southern capital, Capital OF hlans-
| Su the Yamens of the vioeroy and Tartar
general, have been destroyed. Twenty
miles Of Peking & Hankow railway
has been torn up and tn bridges burned
The situation is most serious.
The revolutionists have occupied Han
kow unopposed.
There was random shelling between
the revolutionary forts at WI Chang and
the loyal cruisers in the river during
the day The foreigners of Hankow, Wu
Chang and Hang Yang report that they
received every consideration at the hands
of the revoluuonists.
PEKING, Oct. 12-Between 5000 and
5000 Chinese troops in Hankow native
city are reported to have mutinied this
morning and killed from 200 to 300
Manohus. The rebels occupied Sui Ting
Flu yesterday.
1t is believed thai the revolutionaries
will attempt TO destroy the railway and
| prevent the transport into Hu Peh prov
ince of the troops that were concen-
trated In SEE Chuen last month.
An imperial edict issued today orders
tthe minister of war, General Yin-Tchang,
to proceed to Hankow with two divisions
of Picking troops, about 10000 of whom
will be Manchus. The commander of the
Chinese navy. Admiral sa-Chen-Ping, is
commanded to assemble a fleet of war
ships in the -Tse-Kiang and Join
the land forces in an attack on the
rebels now in possession OF Wu-Chang,
Hankow and Han-Yang.
The edict cashiers the vioeroy at WI
Chang, who fled before the rebels, but
at the same time orders him TO return
to his post and retrieve his reputation.
He is threatened with severe punishment
IL he fails to recapture WI Chang.
1t is expected that the revolutionists
will dynamite the bridges of the Peking
g. Hankow railroad to prevent the early
arrival OF troops Extraordinary pre-
loautions are being enforced here, Chi
nese passengers are forbidden TO travel
on the Peking a. Hankow railroad beyond
: Chumatien, Human province In either
direction.
A dispatch TO the British legation from
Chung-King says that the rebels of See
Chuen hold the Min river and the ooun-
try west and confirm also earlier reports
Of daily fighting in that vicinity.
Four Regiments Mutiny.
Elaborate military preparations have
been taken to prevent any sympathetic
revolutionary uprising in this city and
the palaces are guarded by troops of
proved loyalty. The advices received
here indicate that three regiments OF the
army participated in the revolt at WI
Chang.
The American gunboat Helena and the
japanese cruiser Tsushima were ex-
pected at Hankow today. Several British
warships have been ordered 70 proceed
thither. The women and children living
on the water front slept aboard the mer.
chant steamers In the harbor last night
According to Chinese rumors, Kiane
Yu Wei, who was adviser to the late
emperor until 1888, when the coup OF
the dowager empress restored her regency
and drove the emperor's adviser into
exile. has arrived at Hankow. The
missionaries at WI Chang are safe
J A dispatch from Cheng Tu says that
the insurgents in SEE Chuen province hold
all the country west of the Min river
between kiating, which is eighty-fivs
; miles south of Cheng Tu, and Kwan.
5 hssien, fifteen miles north and thirty-fi
miles west OF cheng Tu. Five hundred
troops have Joined the rebels and tn,
; fighting continues daily.
Hundreds of Manchua KILLED.
HANKoW, China. Oct. R.-The revolu
a tionary movement is gaining momentum
with every hour. Since noon YESTERDAY
: It has swept the little city OF Ham
Yang and the native quarters of Han
5 kow. Great numbers OF Chinese ar,
. joining the movement voluntarily.
The losses in the fighting thus far az
= /
= all the dead are Manchus. The slogan o
n the movement. which is guided by shrewc
= and temperate leaders is evidently DOW
: with the Msnohus"
Thus far there has been no indication
] Of any anirnosity against foreigners Of
= the part of the revolutionists. The captur
J, Of Hang Yang, which is a tow
! OF perhaps 10000. just north o
Hankow, has delivered into the hands o
the revolutionists the arsenal and tn
important Hang Yang iron works. Th
revoluionists had no trouble in Ham
y Yang Overwhelmingly outnumbering IN
!, local troops General Chang Piao es
capped and the members of the local gov
J. srnment we're dispersed.
Il The popularity OF the rsvolutonar
II movement all along the river and in IN
e interior IL indicated by apparentl
s authentic reports that several nsarb
l. cities have fallen. Where resistance wa
d offered the towns appear TO have bee
put 10 the torch.
,fl The Methodist missionaries in W
D Chung are known TO be safe An exped
N tionary force Is now engaged In gatherin
l. up the Americans and releasing theI
N wherever they are hemmsd in by the nS
l. lives.