Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-31
CHINA IS IN
A TURMOIL
The Rebels Have Retaken
Hankow After Frightful
Bloodshed
ISSUE EO!CTS BY THE SCORE
Emperor and Officials at Pekin
Appear to Be Panic
Stricken

(By Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Hankow, China, Oct. 30, (via WI
HUI, Oct. 31.-The revolutionists have
rallied and recognized their forces
and are furiously contesting the i'm.
perialist advance on Han Yang The
insurgents still hold section of the
city which separates the foreign con-
cessions from the native city. The
1000 revolutionists have been killed
and between 1000 and 5000 wounded
during the fighting of the past three
days.
Moved Down.
OF a rebel battalion which faced the
imperialist's machine guns with intre-
Did tenacity, only two or three es'
capped. The others were moved down,
The loyalists lost from 200 to 900
killed.
Peking, China, Oct. 31.-The state
CT terror which has taken possession
of the entire imperial court was fur
ther evidenced today by long list
cf edicts supplementing yesterdays re
markable proclamation and Offering
further concessions of the most radio
IL character.
Manchu Rule at End.
Today's edict indicates that ever
though the dynasty survives, Mancht
rule is at an end. The transfer ever
of the cabinet officers to the Chinese
and the throne shows that hereafter
Manchus and Chinese shall be regard
ed equally" meaning that the elabo
rate system of Manchu pensions which
are now paid to practically every mem
ber of the race will be discontinued
and the Manchus left to earn living
by their own enterprise.
Infant Emperor.
| All of today's edicts, like that o
yesterday, are written in the first per
son, as coming from the infant EN-
peror himself. This is unusual and il
apparently a device adopted by thu
thrones advisers in a pathetic at
| tempt to create among the people
feeling of personal loyalty for thei
sovereign.
Edicts Praise Rebels.
| The edicts make complete capitu
| lation to the demands of the nationa
assembly and even go so far as to offel
! extravagant praise to the rebe.s fo1
bringing about the great reform!
which are promised.
The throne abjectly acknowledges
| its incapacity, pleads ignorance of at
fairs, that it's lapses be pardonea ant
requests the assistance and advice o
all citizens.
Hysterical Jingoism.
! Finally it makes hysterical effor
| to rally Chinese and Manchu alike tt
the royal STANDARD by limiting a
grave foreign dangers it thinks shoult
be faced by United China.
In his struggle for existencec, th'
infant emperor even condemns man.
cf his own closest relatives. The pres
ent officialdom, he declares, has no
/ sought the interests of the people
but only it's own pockets.
Too Late.
The revolutionists are unimpresset
by the flood of edicts from the emper
or. They declare that the dynast'.
partial surrender has come too late.
Moreover, they do not trust tn
throne, regarding their present posi-
tion as too strong for yielding to prom
ises which they feel are insincere
The revolutionists point out that sucl
edicts as these, wherein the throne
own appointees and relatives are cal
ed thieves, and scoundrels do not ten
to encourage confidence.
Stirred Up More Trouble.
What the edicts state regardin
the methods of the present administra
ton is of course admitted by the re,
olutionists but the thrones plea o
Ignorance hitherto is regarded as In
credible. But while the edicts hav
apparently failed of their hope TO
effect in conciliating the rebels, the
have stirred up most formidable OF
position from new source. The ar
nouncement that most of the Manch
office holders must go and that al
the Manchu pensions will be cut o.
Immediately produced a pronounce
disaffection in the ranks of the Mar
chus, and many members of this rae
at once began talking Of a massacr
Of revenge. There were indication
already today that these proposal
would find support, particularly anon
the younger Manchu princes, who wi
now be stripped of their high office
and unable longer to exploit their 'pt
sitions.
i Massacre is Planned.
j Officials prominent among the n;
tive Chinese, profess to have info
nation that Prince Tsai Tao. uncle c
the baby emperor, is willing to lea
the massacre party. Prince Tsai Ia
is well known in Europe and Americ,
j Seeking Protection.
i Throughout the day the foreign |,
cations, the missions and even pri,
ate houses occupied by foreigner
were besieged by both Manchus an
!; Chinese. who sought protection fro1
each other.
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