The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-10
'PEK|N AWAITS
REBELS GALL
rorb,dden City Is Filled With Princes
and High Officials Who Are
Preparing for
seIge.
cHENc's HEAD STOLEN
Foreigners VIII be Protected When
Assault on City Begins But
They Are Taking no
Chances.

pEKIN. Nov. 10-Pekin is still
awaiting the approach of the rebels.
The Forbidden City Is filed with prin-
ces. high officials and others who are
entitled to entry within its gates Vast
stores of provisions have been trans
norted to that place, which, strongly
guarded is ready for siege.
Active preparations for whSS IS
considered the inevitable assault up
on the capital are going on within the
legation quarter, for it is now conced-
ed that the Manchu dynasty will be
ousted.
Foreigners, it is asserted, will be
fully protected, but experience mas
taught that the temper of the people
is not to be trusted when revolu'
tionary movements are in progress
The fact that Tien Tsin did not
fall yesterday, as was expected, is .
hopeful sign, because it indicates that
whatever steps the revolutionists are
taking in the north, at least they are
proceeding along careful lines and
ere acting with consideration and
without haste.
While re-inforcements have reach
ed Pekin, reports have been received
of numerous defections of the Man
chu soldiers to the rebel side. The
government troops are an uncertain
quantity but there are still loya
regiments which are fighting for the
dynasty.
At Nanking, where the revolutionists
outnumber the imperialists i've t.
one, the latter still hold Purple
Mountain They are strongly in
trenched and are said to have abun
dant supplies.
A wireless dispatch has been re
ceived from the American consul, Ed
ward c. Baker, who has arrived a
Hankow from Chang. The consu
states that the customs and othe
foreign officials are leaving Chuni
King in SEE Chusn Province, froI
which place the British consul send
reports that the situation is critical
The road between Chang ant
Chung King is unsafe and there i
danger from robber bands.
AL <tuuCllCdl, VIII lS ia ClOoc bOuSi
with the Tien Tsin rebels, says the.
are divided into two factions. Th
conservative faction probably viii
control and wait until there is a ma
terial force behind them before TAX
ing over the city. At present only 2
800 police within the city support tn
rebels.
The attitude OF foreigners in cani
ing anxiety and distrust among tn
rebels. The rebel leaders point ou
that the consuls have permitted tn
government to bring in soldiers cor
trary to the protocol OF 1910, an
have objected to Gen. Chang bringin
in troops Foreign railway officials
they say, provide trains at the gov
ernments order, but not at Ger
Chang's. A threatening letter refer
ing to such incidents as not being net
trail, has been received by the const
lar body at Tien Tsin. The Pekir
Hankow Railway officials likewis
are pro-Manchu
The fact that Gen. WI Iun
Cheng's head was carried away afte
MS assassination few nights ag
mas caused the belief in certain qual
ters that reward has been offered 10
It, 1t is rumored that the head ma
been brought to the Forbidden CltA
but the story evidently has been II
vented by rebels, who hope to prov
the palaces completely in the murde
The Chinese government evidenti
shares the belief of foreigners tina
Gen. Chang controls the situation ]
North China, and it is using ever
possible means to gain his supper
Gen. Chang however, is man
strong convictions and of quite di
ferent type than the ordinary offlce
Recently, Gen Chang, in speakin
with a correspondent asked VIVA
foreigners thought of the situation
He said his men desired peace, an
asked again:
Can peaceful means be found
terminate this great trouble! Wh
do foreigners think so much of Yua
Shih Kai? Can Yuan maintain peace
Then reverting to the HanKo
massacre and Gen. Wus assassin
ton, Gen. Chang expressed distru'
of the government.
Gen. Tnan with 1000 men In tn
Third Division, has reached Pao Tin