The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-10-20
TREASON IN PICKING
eeeELLIoN SPREADS OVER ALL
cAlNA-REPueLIc REPORT
ED PROCLAIMED.
FOREIGN MARINES LANDED
Terror Relsns and Fires Rage In
Hankow-Rebels Fall TO Maintain
order-PrIsoners Set Free PllIago
and Loot-scores Killed.

Picking. oct 1.-THE rebellion Is
snreadlng rapidly. well-dehned ru'
NOR saws that republic has been de-
clared az Wu-Chang and that the rebel
leader at Hankow has notified the for
eign consuls that new government
has been established.
Picking. 1000 miles away from the
rebel stronghold. In the center OF the
proyince, Is threatened with the fate OF
Hankow. a large part OF which has
been destroyed and where hundreds
Of Manchus have been killed.
Cannot Save Picking.
THE government decided to con-
centrate its efforts to save Peking
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 maneuvers at Kaitong, are
on the move In the streets and sew
eral other divisions OF the army are
entraining for the suburbs.
That Picking can be saved ID
deemed impossible. The garrison is
known to be partially disloyal and 1t
is feared the first uprising VIII be
the signal for a wholesale desertion,
which can mean nothing less than
the destruction OF the city.
Battle Is In Progress.
I-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 at the great military
posts at Paotingfu and Tientsins
few miles outside of this city. are
reported 10 be ready to Join the In
surrectionists.
II 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 Hankow.
Wild disorder prevails at Hankow.
The revolutionists are making every
effort 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
filed with dead. AS fast as the riot
ers are captured they are executed.
Scores have met death In this man
ner.
Treasury and Mint slexed.
All the province OF Szechuen, west
OF the Miu river. is in the hands oil
the rebels. The revolutionists have
seized the provincial treasury and
mint at Szechuan. which contained
about 100000 taels.
Fifteen thousand regular Chinese
troops in the province of Szechuar
have Joined the rebels. leaving tine
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
eign marines have landed to protec
the foreign concessions. They ar
commanded by the japanese admiral
kawashima. The women and chi
dren are being taken aboard the wal
ships, OF which there are two Amer
lean, two Japanese. three British an
one German. Standing a short dis
lance from these ships Is n Chimes
squadron Of six battleships.
Japan Will Intervene.
Tokyo, Oct. 14.-That Japan will II
tervene in China to preserve the Maj
chu dynasty Is regarded as probabl
In some official quarters II is poin
ed out that foreign Intervention
not likely so long as the rebels PR
tect the foreign concessions. b.
should the situation get beyond th
control Of the revolutionary leader
action by the powers would natural
follow and Japan. by reason OF ht
close proximity, would be In dut
bound to land troops.