Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-11-03

SQaUSIldlp ANoS. LAB SAS
capture of the native quarter here,
the rebels formally notified the for
eign consuls of the establishment Of
q provisional republic.
Pekin, Nov. 3.-The Imperial
troops in the capital city Of ISL Nan
tung province, mutinied today and
captured the arsenal. In Yum Nan
province the imperial forces declared
The provinces independence. The
military cadets at Pao Ting have
Joined the revolt. All these out
breaks carry the rebellion into new
territory.
There is much anxiety concerning
conditions at Tsi Nan, which is the
site Of a Roman Catholic cathedral
has considerable foreign colony.
Practically the whole OF Yum Nan
PROVINCES 100000 population are
said to support the declaration OF
independence. Pao Ting is only 20
miles from Pekin.
Shanghai, Nov 3.--The native
quarter of Hankow has. been COM
pletely burned, according to advices
received here today. The govern
ment troops, it is added, have not
succeeded in clearing the rebels from
the city, thoughthey are in control OF
part OF it. In other sections fighting
between imperialists and rebels con-
tinues. Neither side is granting any
quarter to the enemy. Prisoners are
cut down at once Consequently few
are taken. the combatants preferring
to die fighting. The wounded are
killed wherever found. Corpses are
thickly scattered everywhere. In
the sections which they control, the
imperial troops are still butchering
the inhabitants mercilessly. In
the various battles and massacres it
is estimated that 5000 or 1000 have
been killed since the fighting broke
out in Hankow.
Pekin, Nov. 3.-General Ii Yuen
Hung's reported refusal to discuss
peace terms with Yuan Shi Kai eX-
cept on the basis Of the emperor's abb
dication is regarded here today as
sounding the death knell Of the Man
chu dynasty. General Ii, the rebel
commander, is said to be standing
firm for the permanency of the re-
public which he recently proclaimed
himself president. PremierYuap,
either in Hankow, Wu Chang. or
their vicinity. is understood to be
doing everything in his power to
break down the revolutionist lead
ers resolution by offers of high posi-
ton under the imperial government,
but there is good authorityt for cur
rent reports that he has telegraphed
pessimistically to the government in
regard to the probable outcome of
the negotiations.
There seems possibility, indeed,
that Northern China, which Is not as
thoroughly republican as the south,
may accept the thrones concession,
but it is agreed here that this would
undoubtedly mean the southern pro-
ylnces secession, blody civil war,
and probably ultimate foreign inter-
yention and the disintegration OF
the empire.
An outbreak of the Manchu ele-
ment in Pekin is growing hourly
more threatening. The thrones lat
est concessions to the rebels, includ-
ing the discontinuance of the pen
sions which every Manchu In China
has received hitherto, and the order
that they adopt Chinese surnames,
as step towards fusing them with
the native population, has driven
the clan fairly mad with rage and the
younger men in particular are clam
orous for a wholesale massacre of
the Pekin Chinese, even though they
themselves pay the penalty for it
with their lives later. The Pekin
Manchus are outnumbered by the
Chinese six or seven to one, but as
the wealthy and hitherto dominant
i