El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-20

lines and not allowing any but his own
/ messages to be transmitted.
! They stated that Gen. Yin Tchang
! organized his forces and was rapidly
/ pushing forward his troops, meanwhile
/ contenting himself with reporting mil
I itary details without furnishing def
I mite news Of Wednesdays fight.
1t was explained that the cOncentra-
ton Of the two imperial divisions had
T been completed last night at KWang-
{ shua, on the Pekin & Hankow rail-
road, 20 miles north Of Hankow. 1t
was understood that Gen. Yin Tchang.
! the commander in chief had reached
KWangshua.
Considered Outlook better.
Official assurances were given that
although the situation had been grave
I recently, the outlook was now much
improved, and the ultimate triumph Of
the government was certain.
A rumor was current that the rebels
Z mad cut the railroad behind the inn
perial troops and captured Siaokan, so
miles north Of HankoW.
Another native report was that the
rebels held the railway tunnel at Sin
Yang Chow, in the southern part OF
10 Nan province, and about 100 miles
north OF HankOW-
Attempts to establish wireless com
municaton between the capital and
hankoW have thus lar been fruitless.
DfsaffectiOn Among Soldiers.
Consular dispatches from Yum Nan
report persistent rumors of disaffec-
ton among the imperial soldiers. Both
the modern troops and the local regi-
ments threaten to mutiny because they
have not been paid and refuse to march
against the rebels In SEE Chuan The
TicerOy is said to have Withdrawn the
ammunition from the troops and to
have fortified his yamen.
Suggests Foreigners Leave.
The French consul at Yum Nan re-
ceived a letter signed war minister
OF the revoluuonists, recommending
that foreigners leave the country while
yet there was time In consequence
the missionaries have been warned BY
couriers and are preparing to leave
A MOhammed rebellion is reported
Imminent in Kan Su, the scene of tile
MOhammedan revolt Of 1858-75.
The belief is strong here that a seri-
Gus defeat of the government forces
as seems probable from tOnight's dis
patch from HankOW, would have such
an effect on the country generally
that II would fan ripe into the hands
of the revOlutionists.
The legations today sent q strong
Joint protest to the government against
the prohibition Of cipher dispatches
and threatens ito upset the money mar
ket and lead to a dangerous panic.
Foreign Legations Hear Little.
The foreign legations in Pekin have
received no dispatches from Haukow
since 6 o'clock last evening. The last
message from American consul general
Roger Greene stated only that the
fighting had begun. Tt is believed
however, that the concessions in Han
kOw are safe, and that the 10 or =
foreign cruisers and gunboats in the
narDor are ample protection, even from
the joint Chinese army and navy
But it viii be impossible to prevent
stray shells from endangering foreign
ers, or cOnflagrations and lOOting by
the rabble 1t would be difficult to
gordon the concessions because only
2 "a D ct laF 20
densely packed Chinese city.
The German legation at Pekin denied /
the report that German troops had
been engaged in the fighting iu the
streets Of HankOw- The board of COM I
municauons has received dispatches
saying that Siackan in Hu Peh province I
has been captured by rebels
A report has reached here that inn
perialists have refused to detrain at
HankOw- Other reports say the Chinese
gunbOats took little part I'm the fight-
ing because direct fire would have
endangered their own troops, while a |