The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-19
BAT TIE
| Of REBELLION
IS |NDEC|S|vE
sGovernment Troops and Reb-
els Come Together at Han
kow, China, Fighting at
Times at Bayonet Point.
CASUALTIES ARE
SAID TO BE HEAVY
Narships and Forts Engage in
|Duel, Two of the Imperial
Gunboats Being Badly
Damaged.
THE imperial Chinese troops and
the revolutionists have come to
grips at Hankow. The battle as

grips at Hankow The battle as
vet is indecisivc. The govern
.ment at Pekip claims a great victory
and the government trops hold the
|trenches at Hanlsow as well as tho sta
Ftion where reinforccments are hourly
arriving.
Ma The rebels have fallen back ON WI
sChsng. which, il is said@they have sue
.creded in strongly fortitTing IN INC
.last few DAYS. The casualties on both
.siaes in the engagement are reported to
.be large, for the fighting at times was
. al the bayonet point.
During the battle between the land
|forces. the Chinese warships shelled the
.rehel position, but dispatches from
|HankoN indicate that the return ire
from the forts was much more effective
nud that at least two of the imperla
Ennboats were badly damaged.
4 American warships have been order
ed to Nauking, Shanghai and Ten Tslu,
thc Aharenda which is proceeding to
FTieu Tsin carrying detachment to
Reinforce the American legation at Fe,
Rim The capital is strongly guarded
'nnd there seems little danger of dis
'order there
The prince regent has welded To the
demands of Yuan 'Shi Kai, who. it is
said, will raise his own division OF
efroops. numbering 10000. for the pur-
spose OF controlling the situation III the
sprnyiDees Of tlu.Peh aud Human IN
ndditon the new viceroy has been per-
United 10 cash personal grant of 81
1000 900
Olaims Of Victory.
"a PEKlN. oct. lS.-The Chinese gov
ternmcnt claims 10 have won great
fyictorv at tlankow and announces that
tthe troops hold the station, where the
Ftroop trains are arriving rapidly, AL
7 though this appears to be an eXaggera-
ttion the feeling prevails here hat the
government has really achieved IN im-
kportant moral victory.
The belief has been held here that If
; the first encounte: between the rcvou-
ftionaries and loyal troops proved dcci-
Hslye. the supremacy would be settled
there and then. Only II few unimpor-
/ Itant towns outside of Hankow, WI
Chang and Han Yang. have taken part
hin the rising. Nanking, Chang Sha,
|iCanton and other cities Of known revo.
lnflonarY tendencies have NOT respond
I'd to the cali Of the insurgents, so far
as can be learned, They are seeming
awailing the result Of the first encoun-
! Ter.
Had the rebels overwhelmingly won
today s battle. it was expected tie pro.
isinces below the fangtse Kianp would
4 be theirs. With other important cities
.in rebellion. the government would have
ffpeeu unable to concentrate its strength
,a gainst these three in Hu Peh province
,j1'bc rebel leaders have shown the usual
|lebaracteristic weakness in not follow.
HING up their early victories.
M No news was received from SEE Chucn
provincr The American legation failed
70 receive reports, except that from
4 Eonsnl General Greene at lIapleow an
l,cuucing that the battle had begun
Yuan Shi Kai Terms.
Acceptance Of the Office of viccroy OF
/ Hu Poh makes Yuan Shi kai g ap.
|, continent a military Que, IT is rcliab-
IN stated that Yuan ;Shi ka demanded
Z bermissiou to raise his own division Of
10000 troops and also to cash a per-
soual grant Of ",0GQ.000 tacls ($2 600
1 leU) To this humiliation the regent
gerecd
& Yuan Sbi Kai is expected 10 start
fTom Peltin within three days Many
officials previously dissatisfied with the
nrogrcss OF reform arc rullying 10 til
support Of the government rs they now
bflleVe rhe chances for securing reforms
Arc greater by aiding the dynasty
1 Sowing 10 the censorship. even the Of
trials are unable To obtain reliable
II ((inuftuue6 IN paoo To,,