Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-12-09
ANOTHER CITY
TAKEN BY REBELS.
Reyolutionists Tear up Railroad
Tracks and Burn All impor-
tant Buildings.
IMPERIALISTs DISCONTINUED.
Hldeous Barbarites in Which Women
and Children are Victims--Many Grue-
some scenes,


the rebel army which is moving upon
Pekin captured the city Of Chang
Shun today, tearing up the railroad
tracks and burning all Of the impor-
tant buildings.
Practically all Of the imperial sol
diers had been removed from Chang
Shun to Pekin, and little resistance
was offered to the rebels. The for
eign residents are all safe. An ad-
vance upon Pekin is likely within
the next As hours.
Shanghai Dec. 9.-The most hide
Gus barbarities are being conducted
at Han Yang by the imperial soldiers,
according to an English newspaper
man who arrived here today.
The correspondent says no mercy
was shown women, children or mem
bers Of the Red Cross. All youths
captured by the imperialists were
shorn of their queues and shot. Young
girls were carried off captives by the
soldiers while wounded rebels were
ruthlessly bayonetted. A Red Cross
chaplain was tortured and then exc
cuted.
A party of looting soldiers came
across a heap of wounded rebels
piled on litters in the Buddhist Tenn
pie. Their beds were fired and they
were cremated alive.
German agencies today received
orders fer 100000 worth of arms
and ammunition for immediate de-
livery to the reyolutionists. Almost
a. million dollars has been raised by
the revoluticnists in the last, few
days. The China Merchants Steam
Navigation Company hypothecated its
vessels to foreign banks in order to
raise 100000 for the rebels. Can
ton has sent $4,000 and messages
have been received from inland prov
inces that large amounts have been
subscribed for the republican cause.
The chances Of compromise with
the dynasty have grown remote.
Wu Chang, Dec. 9.-Gen. Ii Yuan
Hung, commander of the rebel forces,
has addressed stirring communica-
tion TO Premier Yuan Shi Kai, beg
ging him to force the imperial sol
diers to conduct the war on a humane
basis.
Gen. Ii has been greatly touched
by reports of savagery at Han Yang,
where wounded rebel soldiers and
non-combatants were bayonetted and
cremated alive.
This is not war; it is savagery,
Ii says in his message. THE great
ost empire in the worlds history is
disgraced. Is it any wonder that
the people of China are clamoring for
a new government? We cannot re-
strain the rebel troops if the Manchus
continue their slaughter of defense
less people. 1t is your duty to stop
these massacres. The revoluticnisrs
will meet you more than half way
il you take steps to continue this
conflict according to the rules OF civ
ilized warfare"
Pekin, Dec. 9.--Much discomfort
exists in the imperial army here and
a mutiny is feared. The government
is unable to pay the soldiers and this
has been responsible for Yuan Shi
Kai's conciliatory attitude towards
the revolutionists.
The loyalty of the troops at Han
Yang and a few other points where
the imperial troops have triumphed
have been maintained by the rich
loot, but it is believed that wholesale
desertions will occur if the rebels
attack Pekin.
Hong Kong. Dec. 9.--The shops Of
the Canton Hankow Railroad were
looted by bandits today. A foreign
foreman and seven native workmen
were killed.
Prot. IT'S were made to the revolu-
tionists and the bandits will be be-
headed if captured. Outlaws are
committing atrocities almost daily
in this vicinity.
Three thousand troops left Can
Ton today to iOin the rebels at Wn
Chang.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 9.-U. S.
Minister Calhoun at Pekin today was
directed by the State Department tc
thoroughly investigate the report thai
four American missionaries were mas
sacred at Sianfu by Chinese rebels
Official advices are anxiously awaited