Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-29
IS PROVISIONAL
Action Taken by Rebel Leaders to
Save City from Destruction.
HEAVY SLAUGHTER AT NANKINe
Report that Nearly Four Thousand
Are Slain.
U. S. MARINES SENT TO PEKING
Company Sent from shanghai ON
GunbOat SRratORa--French and
Japanese GarrisOns Are
Increased.


PEKING, Nov. 2S.-Lieutenant General
Fong Kwo Chang, commander OF the i'm
perial troops at Hankow, telegraphed
today that he had occupied the whole OF
the city OF Han Yang at clock yester.
day.
Wu Chang capitulated to the imperial
troops today, the revolutionary leaders
expressing desire to negotiate for a
compromise and suggesting some slight
alterations in the government program.
The government is endeavorlng to Sc
cure an immediate cessation of hostilltles
at Nanking, where the fall OF the city
is imminent.
There Is much jublation in official cir
cles over the sudden success OF Lieuten-
ant General Feng Kwo Chang. The mer-
chants are overjoyed at the prospect of
a resumption of business and the re-
establishment OF order with the removal
of the terrible menace TO the lives of for
eigners in the interior OF the country.
The surrender of WI Chang by the
rebels today was provisional and with a
view to saving the city from destruction.
The revolutionaries at Hankow have
asked for three days armistice in which
an attempt will be made to secure the
consent of the other provinces to the
acceptance Of the imperial governments
terms, including the preservation Of the
Manchu dynasty.
The government has received reports
announcing that the fighting preceding
the capture of the city OF Han Yang
lasted seventy consecutive hours. The
carnage was heavy.
The government has asked the Amerl-
can Presbyterian missionary DR.. Charles
Lewis, at Pao Ting Flu, to lmprovlse
hospitals for the wounded who are being
brought back. The missionary college
at PelSing is curtai!ing its classes in order
to permit several British doctors and
their Chinese assistants to go south.
The government troops demand the
surrender of the Shan 81 rebels. Other
wise they threaten to attack them to-
morrow.
The force OF French troops stationed
here has been increased TO 1000 men apd
that hesJapanese 20 f2oo. -
Terrible Slaughter at Nankine.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2S,-Terrihle
slaughter has marked the fighting at
Marking. according to a cablegram re-
ceived today by the Chinese daily paper
| h0lts itr NNPVAl says NAdA ofVvV AtBhAai
soldiers and 800 civilian volunteers have
been killed. Dispatches received by the
Chinese Free Press state that the i'm
periallsts and rebels are fighting today
Inside Nanking The revolutionary navy
is preparing to lombard the suburb OF
Shia Kwan, occupied by the Manohus
The Chinese daily paper also says word
that the governors OF Shantung and
Honan provinces have wired Prime Minis
ter Yuan Shi Kai that they have repudl-
ated the republican government set up in
these provinces
| 1t stated that revolutionary force OF
5000 has left Canton for Hankow.
Fighting North of NRnkinE.
NANKING, Nov. 2S.-Some fighting
has taken place TO the northward OF the
city. A bombardment is imminent.
There is reason to believe that Lieu
tenant General Feng Kwo Chang, COM
mander of the imperial troops, has dis
covered a treaeherous plot 10 open the
gates Of the city. Much shooting has
been heard inside the city. All foreign
ers except the Japanese consul and his
guard have now left.
The viceroy of the province and the
Tartar general are reported to have re-
turned to'their yamens from the Japanese
consulate where they had taken refuge.
All the foreign warships have with
drawn out Of range.
Treasury Nearly Empty.
! WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S-According
to today's cable advices, from Ameri-
can Minister Calhoun at Peking. Chinese
] finances are I'm a deplorable condition
with but two million taels in the treas
ury; and the government without credit.
~ Mr. Calhoun confirms the first stories
Of the killing of missionaries at Hsan
/ Flu, the capital of Shensi. The minister
adds the name of Mr.. Vatne to the list
OF Americans killed. In addition Mrs.
Beckman, an American, and Mr. Vatne,
one British and one German, and five
European children were slain.
United states sends Marines.
/ SHANGHAI, Nov. 8.-Rear Admiral
Joseph 3. Murdock, United States navy,
I is sending a company of marines from
here to Peking On board the United
/ Qtatae ort1iger Gafatnpo