The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-06
YUAN SH| KA| STILL DECLINES ID TAKE HE PREMIERSHIP Affairs at Picking Are Said to Be in a State of
 Chaos
GOVERNMENT BADLY
 IN NEED OF MONEY
If Yuan Shi kai Leaves Manchus He May Be Head of New Provis- ional Government-Sur-
 render Refused

Picking. November 5-Yuan Shi kai still declines to accept the premiership, al-
 though assured of the support of the na-
 tionaI assembly and General Chang in command of the Manchu troops. Both
 the assembly and General Chang, row ever. insist that when the parliament is
 elected the premier shall be chosen by
 that body.
 In the meantime affairs here are in
 state of chaos. No tangible head Of the
 government is visible. The government urgently needs funds and hopes that tDe Franco Belgian loan will be forthcoming. So the military operations and the cd- minlstration can be carried on The in- ternational group refuses to supply war funds The government is urging the group to advance money to allay the l threatening financial and public deadlock | in Picking, as it Is feared the non-circu- l ation of money will cause serious hard sh1ps to the collies and the lower classes which possibly might lead to local dis- turiances. To this the group Is incrn- ea to accede, although foreign commer- cial interests at Picking are inconsidera- l ble.
 | Many Difficulties | The question of tangible security ap- hears to be almost insurmountanle, but | the negotiations continue The group in- | sists that the fund be used for purposes | stated and suggests that, if completed the loan be handed over to the local Chl- nese chambsr of commerce, as was oohe at Shanghai in the recent commercial crisis.
 The third division of the army stationed at Chang Chun Flu Is under orders 10 proceed to LaDchu. the government eVl- dently hoping that the presence there or l 8. loyal division would have a salutary e1- 1 feet on General Chang's men. The trans 1 ference of this division is now going on, l and tic attitude of the men Is eagerly awaited as it will practically turn the scale. in North China. Elswhere in the north excepting iii Peking. the soldiers sympathsize with the Lanchau moves ment.
 General Wu Lu Cheng, governor elect 1 of Shan S has informed the government that he can persuade the Shan si repels U accept the constitution, but 1t is feared | that Wu himself is revolutionist Reports from the forbidden city show
 that the Manchu princes are in pitiable state of fear.
 The Taotai periodically urges drastic measu which certainly would lead 1 to the destruction of the nobles. The presence of Gen. Yin 1chang, the ex- | war minister has a calming effect, buc only the wise councils the old Prince Chang have averted panic and pre-
 vented the flight of me court or I rnt. fHctt ia ! tonight, but 1000 Mahchus are held | ready for an emergency. Another edict has been issued instructing the assem- bly, to proceed with the election or parliament and promising to recognize
 the revolutionary political party. According to reports from Chang Sha six cities in Hu Nan province have
 revolted and it is expected that the l whole province will declare for the rev olutionary. Word has reached here 1 that the rebels have taken kiang Flu
 in Sze Chun province and has issued passports to the missionaries 1 A traveller just returned from Sian l Flu in Chien Si province. reports thas district in the widest disorder For iner soldiers were footing everywhere and there was no trace of government. l troops The rebels at Sian Flu assers- ed that all the officials had been kill ed as well as the Manchus, men, wom-
  50 900 persons have been Killed at Han kow by bullets, fire and the sword.
 Shanghai Quiet 1 Shanghai, November 5.-The first night after the exploitation of the city to the revolutionists passed uneventfully. Fer feet order was maintained in Shanghai. and the outlying districts. which is re- i marlxable feature of the movement. crt,,, tlo Ia tlT the new administration in the native city and suburbs and now Is engaged in com pleting his organization. He informed the A associated Press representative that he recognized only the republic of Han,
 ans would guarantee order rhe only disorderly elements. he said. now in China are the former officials, their supporters and the Manchu troops, who would never again be permitted to con- trol.
 There is reason to believe the reNoiu- tionary sentiment throughout the soutu
 strongly favors the unconditional abdica- ton of the Emperor and the establish- me nt of an entirely new regime. Yuan s,hi Kai. new premier. will be repudiated if he adheres to the Manchus. He might become the head of the gov ernement and receive universal support if
 he separated himself from his former all liance. There is q growing suspicion and
 distrust of Yuan shi kai. Present plans for a republic includes complete control of the Yang Tse kiang Admiral Sah is now crippled and cut oft from his base.
 The revolutionary leaders are deter mined to avoid bloodshed and have Man emu troops in the various southern towns
 capitulate, Huang Sing. revolutionary loaoer in the Yang Tse delta. arrived in the native city of Shanghai yesterday hy motor car Afterward he was en- gagged with other chiefs in a conference
 Reports reaching here state that the elanchu troops of Hang Chow and 500 Chow have refused to surrender to the insurgents who offered immunity. and the revolutionary forces immediately be- san a bomhardment
 Guard Withdrawn
 Late last night the rebels satisfied of- licials of the Ranking Shanghai railway lnat they were capable of preserving or der and the foreign guard which had teen placed at the railway station bv or Ter of the British consul was withdrawn. ihe revolutionaries taking possession
 The entire surroundings or Shanghai ilesudins We Sung, are HOW In rebel Lands Three 1osalist gunboats and ono
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