Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-11
CHINESE REBELS
| TAKE WI CHENG
A Revolutionary Movement
Now Seems Well Organ.
lied and Strong
OFFICIALS FEEL GREAT ALARM
And Foreign Consuls Ask Their
Governments to Send
Warships.

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexcan)
Hankow, China, Oct. 1.-THE revo-
lutionaries have won a notable victory,
gaining possession of the city of Wa
Cheng after a battle with the loyal
troops that began yesterday and con-
tinued well into last night.
Well Organized.
Today the foreign residents had not
been molested The revolutionary
committee issued a proclamation eX-
horting its followers not to harm the
citizens OF other countries. The fact
that the wishes of the committee have
been respected thus far, while re-as-
suring to other nations, in itself is
sinister sign for the government at
Peking, as it indicates that the rebel.
lious movement is now more thorough.
l. organized.
Rioting at Frss
Earlier outbreaks have assumed the
character of rioting. in which the
mobs were soon out OF the control of
intelligent leadership thus making
their defeat by the better directed
government troops comparatively
easy.
The fear Of the officials is that the
disaffection in the troops will spread
to this city and every effort is being
made TO ward off the danger.
Consuls Ask for Warships.
Five gunboats are now in the river
in readiness to protect Hankow should
the necessity arise. The foreign con-
suls have also asked their govern
ments that warships be sent to the
scene. American and Japanese cruis-
ers are expected here tonight, while,
several gunboats are Fastening
hither
Women and Children Flee.
Merchant vessels in the river are
keeping steam up and women and
children will board them tonight
Volunteers will guard the foreign
quarter, until the safety of all foreign.
ers is secured. The revolutionaries,
defeated in SEE Chuen province where
they for sometime besieged the capi,
tai, Cheng Tu, transferred their chief
activities to HUI Peh province, intend
ing to make it the base for renewed
operations in SEE Chuen.
Four Prisoners Beheaded.
According to officials, an uprising in
WI Chang was planned for Monday
night. The plot was discovered and
thirty-two arrests We're made. Desir-
ing to terrorize the revolutionaries,
four of the prisoners were beheaded in
the street before the viceroy's Yamen
yesterday. ..
Artillery Mulnied.
Immediately, a portion of the gov
eminent artillery forces within the
city, mutinied, and the uprising was
precipitated
The dsaffection spread to other
forces and the revolutionaries started
fires throughout the city, and attack
ed troops that refused to join them.
The latter We're overcome.
Governor Seeks Protection.
The Taotai appealed to the foreign
consuls to instruct their warships 10
guard the harbor limits and head off
rebel reinforcements from the river.
The viceroy sent a message to Picking
urgently requesting the immediate de-
spatch of warships from Tien Tsin. He
then found refuge on Il private yacht
His headquarters and those of the pre-
vincial treasurer were burned. The
military commander was assassinateI.
Entire Army Mutinies.
Hankow, Oct. 11.-Today the loyal
troops fled across the river. followed
| by the bullets of the insurgents. A
| fugitive colonel of the Chinese army
informed the correspondent OF the AS
sociated Press at Hankow that the Ell.
! tire provisional army of 1u Peh with
the exception of two or three thousand
men mutinied. The Proclamation Of
the revolutionary committee threat
ened with decapitation anyone who as
saulted foreigner The movement
aims at the overthrow of the Manchus,
! the reigning dynasty.
Rebels Reassure Foreigners.
Hankow, China, Oct. 1.-THE for
eign consIls at a confere ice today Ce-
cided not to comply vita the Chinese
request that they employ foreign gun.
| boats to prevent the revolutionaries
crossing the river to Hanxow. The
revolutionaries sent a circular note to
the consuls asking that foreigners le-
main neutral and assuring them that
! they would not be harmel.