Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-10-13
CHINA pROCLA|hs
REBEL REPUBLIC
Even Way.Back Country Is
Falling Into Modern Prog.
ressive Lines
.PEK|N SEEMS TO Be DOOMED
Or. Sum Yatsen Chosen Presi
dent and General Chang
Cashiesed.

Nby '>pSclal Leased Wire to New Mexican !
i Peking, Oct. 13.-China today IA
ces an unprecedented crisis. Pekins
! itself is threatened.
Members of the cabinet admitted
today that the garrison here is known
to be honeycombed with revolution.
airy sentiment. The same condition
exists in the two great military posts
which guard the capital, Pao Ting Flu
and Tien Tsin.
Rebels Take More Towns.
Ioday's news included reports that
Chung King was in danger tha- |.
Chang had been taken, that Yo Chow
had fallen and that communication
between Hankow and Chang Sha,
the capital of Human province, was
interrupted.
Pardon for Repentance.
An edict published today offers par.
don to all revolutionists "who we're
coerced into Joining the rebellion, :
conditional on their expressing suit.
able repentance
SSHSTdi SHdng CdSnlered.
Secret adyices received here indi-
cate that DR.. Sun Yatsen whom the
revolutionists hope to elect Presid-
ent of a Chinese Republic, was at
Shanghai last week, and may by now
be On the scene of operations at V'u
Chang or Hankow.
Rebel Artillery at Hsnkow.
Consular advices received here 10.
day state that the rebel artillery has
occupied hill commanding Hanliow
and the rebels have taken possession
OF the railway station.
New York, N. Y, Oct. 19-Cotton
spot closed quiet 25 points lower.
middling uplands $50; middling gulf
9.75; sales, 500 bales.
Foreign Marines Land.
The allied foreign marines have
landed and are protecting the TO-
reign concessions under command q
the Japanese Admiral Kawashjms,
the head of the third squadron Of theI
Japanese navy.
The Chinese gunboats are anchcr.
ed off the foreign concessions forl
their own safety.
Hankow Scene of DesoIation.
Hankow, China, Oct. 13.-This city,
was a scene of desolation today. All
night, incendiary fires burned through
out the native quarters and it wasI
a night of terror for the populace. J
There was a massacre of Manchu fa-'
miles which left large numbers of
dead and to add to the danger, all the
prisons were opened and the inma
tes released.
Rioters to be Punished.
The revolutionary organization is
making every effort to restore order,
and It is announced that rioters
wherever caught will be severely
dealt with. The revolutionary army
is strongly entrenched in WI Chang
and Han Yang, with guns mounted in
positions. Since the
capture of the Ha Yang arsenal
there has been no solicitude regard
ing the supply of ammunition and
he leaders declare they can cope with
any opposition.
Parties of government troops which
Ire arriving here are met promptly by
-evolutionists, who endeavor to per.
'uade them to join the movement. If
hey refuse they are allowed to with.
lraW.
Republic Proclaimed.
San Francisco, Calf, Oct. 13.-Ad.
vices were received here today by
he Chung Sal Vat Pc, the Chinese
daily world, that the revolutionists
n China have declared a Republic
electing Ii Yuen Hung, Lieutenant
Commander of the Imperial new ar
ry, President.
MiDSHlPMAN SHOOT HIMSELF