New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-03

Shan-Si province. says that a regiment
of Shan-Si troops which had been dis
patched 10 assist tho imperialists has
mutinied The mutineers killed their
briga der general and then bOmbarded a
Manchu city, massacring q thousand
Manchus. including the Governor and his
family. The Governors yamen was de-
stroyed.
II is understood that the National AS
sembly is showing determined opposi-
tion TO the recently negotiated foreign
loan, arguing that such loan is UNI
necessary, as many millions are boarded
in the Forbidden City.
Hand to- Hand Fighting.
Letters dated October 20 and 80 from
The Associated Press correspondent with
the imperialist army at Hankow say
that in the struggle for the possession
of the city there was hand-tO-hand fight
ing in the streets. the quarters being too
close for shooting The rebels, mostly
raw recruits, not understanding the use
of rifles, were driven back with much
slaughter, their dead piling up on the
quay. The casualties among the i'm
perialists for the two days october %
and % were thirty killed and $50
wounded. The rebels had about seven
hundred killed or wounded.
The rebels, continues the correspond
ent. had the advantage i'm number of
guns. but their shells did not explode.
The imperials had the advantage in
troops, but they were poorly provisioned.
The latter force, aggregating $4,000 men,
advanced in three columns-the Sd Mixed
Brigade in advance, the 4th Division
supporting and the 18th Mixed Brigade
as reserve The fighting was done by
the Sd Brigade the two others not being
requisitioned. No prisoners were made.
Rebels captured alive were shot or de-
capitated.
1t is learned that the most barbarous
outrages We're perpetrated on innocent
persons in the villages. An officer Of
Yin-Tchang's staff explained that all the
outrages were committed by forty men
Of the Hu-Peh division.
General Yin-Tchang refused permits
sion TO the correspondents TO proceed to
the front, and placed them under the
strictest surveillance. At headquarters
all kilograms undergo the strictest cen
sorship.
General staff Ignorant.
The general staff consists mostly Of
German and Japanese trained men, but
the campaign does not reflect much
credit upon them. They are seemingly
ignorant of the country. The soldiers
are in good spirits, but apparently are in
different TO the proceedings at the front.
Prior to the opening of operations, on
October 81, General Yin-Tchang told the
respective commanders that the ad-
vances must be made, and rewards were
offered to the soldiers for every gun
CAPTURED The advance was slow be-
cause the imperialists had TO wade
through pools for much of the distance.
The rebels. who at first numbered not
more than one thousand, shot from the
house tops. until compelled to retire, the
shells from the warships setting tne
houses on fire.
General Wong Chou-Yuen, commando
ing the Third Brigade, and General Wong
yin Chat, commanding the Fourth d.
vision. stood together holding revolvers
and shooting the soldiers who refused 10
fight. The casualties in the first day
engagements were officially reported as
forty killed and one hundred and hfty
wounded. They were probably much
larger than that. The rebel losses were
four hundred killed or wounded. only
eight. guns were captured from the reb-
els. two of which had previously been
rendered useless.
Dispatches received IN feHlhg to-hIsIt