The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-10-27
TREASON IN PEK|NG'
sssELLloN SPREADS OVER ALL
cAlNA-REPU6Llc REPORT.
Ed PROCLAIMED.
FOREIGN MARINES LANDED
Terror Reigns and Fires Rage In
Hankow-Rebeis Fall 20 Maintain
order-Prisoner Set Free PilIsse
and Loct-Scores Killed.

Picking. oct. 1.-The rebellion is
sureading rapidly. A well-denned ru-
NOR says that republic has been de-
clared al Wu-Chang and that the rebel
leader al Hankow has notified the for
e.en consuls that a new government
has been established
Picking. 1000 miles away from the
rebel stronghold. in the center OF the
province. is threatened with the fate OF
Hankow. a large part of which has
been destroyed and where hundreds
OF Msnchus have been killed.
Cannot Save Pekine.
The government decided to con
centrate it's efforts TO save Picking
and unprecedented military activity
within the walls OF the great city Is
the result Thirty thousand troops.
who we're TO have departed for the
military maneuyers at Kaitong. are
on the move In the streets and sew
eral other divisions OF the army are
cntraining for the suburbs
That Peking can be saved is
deemed impossible The garrison is
known TO be partially disloyal and 1t
Is feared the first uprising will be
the signal for a Wholesale desertIon.
which can mean notL lg less than
the destruction OF the Ct,
Battle Is in Pros SIS.
[Chang and Yo-Chow have been
taken and hundreds of their Manchu
residents slain A late dispatch re-
ports a battle in progress at Chung
king and predicts the early fall OF
that city.
The troops al the great military |
posts at Paotingfu and Tientsin. a
few miles outside OF this city. are |
reported to be ready TO Join the in
surrectionists.
Il Is reported that Chansha. the |
capital Of Human. has been captured /
and that the yamens OF the viceroy |
and the Tartar general have been /
burned.
Wild Disorder at Hsnkow.
Wild disorder prevails a. Hankow.
The reyolutionists are making every
e-ort TO restore order in the city.
Great numbers of criminals who were
liberated from the prisons and the
Hooligan element are pillaging and
foraging what few buildings remain
standing
The loss OF life cannot be estimated.
The streets in the native quarter are
hlled with dead As fast as the riot
ers are captured they are executed.
Scores have met death In this man
ner.
Treasury and Ms-t siezed.
All the province of Szechuen. west
Of The Miu river. Is in the hands OF
the rebels. The revolutionfsts have
seized the provincial treasury and
mint al Szechuan. which contained
about 100000 ;aeIs.
Fifteen thousand regular Chinese
troops in the province OF Szechuan
have Joined the rebels. leaving the
province with practically no govern
ment protection.
Foreign Marines Are Landed.
The foreigners have not been mo-
Tested as yet A division OF allied for
-0- MARI utS nave iduoeu 10 project
me foreign concessions They are
commanded blythe japanese admiral.
haWashima. The women and chill
oren are being taken aboard the war
SHIPS. OF which there are two Amer
ican, two Japanese. three British and
one German. Standing a short dis
lance from these ships is a Chinese
squadron Of six battleships.
Japan Will Intervene.
Tokyo. Oct li.--That Japan will in
'eFFene in China to preserve the Man
enu dynasty Is regarded as probable
y some Official quarters II is point
81 ont that foreign Intervention is
MOI likely so long as the rebels pro
'ect the foreign concessions. but
should the situation get beyond the
control Of the revolutionary leaders.
aeuon by the powers would naturally
io'ioN and Japan. by reason OF ner
close proximity. would be in duty
pound 70 land troops.