The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-12
DECISIVE BATTLE WON BY CHINESE REVOLUT|ON|STS Wu Chang in the Hands of the Revolutionary
 Forces
NO FOREIGNERS
 ARE MOLESTED
Uprising Is Not Assuming Very Sc- rious Aspect-Troops Desert To the Rebels-Wu Chang Is
 Important Trade Center

Hankow, China, october 11.-Chinese
 revolutionary forces have won de- cisve victory, gaining possession of the | city of Wu Chang after battle With | loyal troops that began yesterday and continued until late last night.
 Today the foreign residents had not
 been molested. The revolutionary com | inittee issued proclamation eNhorting | it's followers not to harm the citizens | of other countries The fact that the wishes of the committee have been re- spected thus far, while reassuring to other nations. is in itself sinister I sign for the government at Picking, as II 1 indicates the rebellious movement IS ! thoroughly organized
 I Earlier outbreaks have assumed the
 character of rloting in which the mobs were soon worked out of the control or
 revolutionary leadership. thus making ! their defeat by the better directed
 troops comparatively easy.
 The fear of the officials now is that the dissatisfaction in the troops will
 spread to this city and every effort is being made to ward off this danger I GunbOats Protect HankOw | Five gunboats are now in the river
 10 protect Hankow. The foreign con-
 sulf have telegraphed their govern
 ments asking that warships be sent | to the scene. American and Japanese | CT tlisers are expected here tonight. | As another measure of precaution, the merchant vessels in the river are Keeping steam up and women and chil- | dren will be permitted to go aboard | them tonight. Volunteers have sur | rounded the foreign quarter and will
 remain on duty during the night until the safety of all foreigners is secureta It appears the revolutionaries de- l feated in -Chuen province, Where 1 they for some time besieged the capital, Cheng Tu, transferred their chief ac- | tivities to Hu Peh province with the intention of making the base for re- newed operations in Sze- -Chuen.
 According to the officials an uprising in WI Chang was planned for last Monday night The plot was discovered early that evening and 32 arrests were made. De siring to terrorize the revolutionaries four of the prisoners were beheaded in the street yesterday. This drastic action Of the authorities does not appear to have had the desired effect. Immediately after the execution a portion of the govern ment artillery forces within the city nut t1uted, went over .O tilt icpeiS oiiu titS uprising was preciptated.
 Viceroy Fled the City Seeing that resistance was useless tue viceroy fled the city and found refuge on a private yacht that was lying i'll l the river. His headquarters and those of the provincial treasurer were burned.
 The military comander was assasinated. | Revolutionists are today in undsputed | possession of Wu Chang. Capture or the city resulted from tremendous feel | ing aroused by the execution of four | rebels yesterday.
 Troops deserted to the rebels and a | few hours after the first trouble de- veloped the entire city was in an up- roar Fires were started in every cor ner of the town, the headquarters of the viceroy and of the provincial treas urere were burned. the military com
 mander was killed by dynamite bomb
 and the viceroy himself escaped only by nasty flight.
 great and important capital, it is hard to estimate how fast or far the move
 ment will spread.
 The officials are making every effort to keep the disaffection out of Hankow Five gunboats are stationed, along the Yangtse- Kiang, between the two cities' and foreign volunteers are patroiilng the foreign quarter of Hankow.
 wu Chang with it's 600,00 inhabitants is the capital of the central province Of Hu Peh It is just across the Yanke river from Hankow and in a sense the two may be regarded as one city of l,ooo,coo. Hankow is the greatest trading center for all central China but Wu Chang takes precedence over it in political import
 ance.,
 | The province of Hu Peh--a name which
 may be translated Northlake, is consid- erably larger than England and Wales combined and has a population of 5o,- | c,0OO. | Wu Chang and lIankow, as great trade | centers and ports for ocean steamers. l have both felt to q considerable extent | the influence of western civilization. Both cities have thrown their. idols into tho | street, clearing many of their temples of | yriests and all emblem of worship, to make room for public schools
 | The movement has been purely mater i ialistic It's leaders stimulated by the ex-
 ample of Japan in adopting western meth l ods of teaching have been seized with the idea that education is the one thing
 needed to make China great. The wor- | ship of Confucas remains for the present l in the schools but observers declare its | purely the worship of great memory.
 The more progressive element in the | population is said to regard all religion, whether Buddshm. Christianity or any | other as impractical superstition. The | Christian missionaries, however. have l been able to make considerable headway, particularly through. their educational work and hospitals. tats.tt | The outbreak of revolution In Wu | Chang can only be taken as an indica- ton of widespread dsaffection through | out China.
 | The struggle is said to be in it's essence a contest of strength between the cen
 tral government and the provincial baron ies, in this way resembling the feudal wars of Europe in the middle ages.
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 l Akron, Ohio, October 11,--With a crash that could be heard all over the