The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-20
NO DEVELOPMENTS
 IN SITUATION OF THE REVOLUTION
No Communication With HankOw Since 6 O'Clock
 Wednesday Evening
GOVERNMENT TROOPS
 REFUSE TO DETRAIN
It Is Believed That the Concessions
 .ankow Are Amply Pro- O eStccted By Foreign Troops S and Gunboats

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 i Hankow Is again cut off from direc telegraphc communication with tn outside world. It is not known, there fore, whether the fighting which began early Wednesday morning betweenirev olutionists and the imperial troops stil l continues.
 l Last advices out of Hanl<oW indicate l that the rebels had retired into WI l Chang. having met a temporary re verse. The fact that nothing has beel received by the legations at Pekinl during the past "A hours, however would seem to indicate that tine imper ialists have not succeeded in forcing decisive engagement.
 l Yuan Shi Kai in assuming the offic' of viceroy of Huph and Human super cedes in authority the war minister Ying Tchang. He probably will leav l tomorrow for Hankow and goes unde orders to inflict rigorous punishmen upon the rebel ringleaders. l The German legation at Picking de nies the report that German troop engaged In street fighting at fIankow 1 l Refugees from shanghai confirm re 1 ports of the massacre of 800 Manchu 1 at Wu Chang, neither sex nor age bein. considered.
 Additional Japanese destroyers ar now on their way to HanlSow.
 Af Tlie American legation at Picking ha asked the Chinese government to in sure the safe transportation of Amer jeans from the territory between Han lsow and Picking should the necessit. arise. ,l
 Peking October 19.-Foreign lega tions here have received no dispatche from Hankow since 6 o'clock last even 1 Ing. The last message from the Amer lean consul general. Roger s. Greene stated only that the fighting had be gun. It is believed, however, tha the concessions in Hankow are safe ant that the 10 or 12 foreign cruisers ant eunboats in the harbor are ample pro lection even from the joint Chimes army and navy.
 l It will be impossible to prevent stra! shells from threatening the coast oi conflagrations, however, and footing b, 1 the rabble. It would be difficult tt cordon the concessions because of mar row streets cutting them off from tht destiny of the packed Chinese city. 1 It is hoped that all the. women ant children have already been removed l from Hankow as it is feared that tht defeat of the revolution might be fol | lowed by other excesses. The German legation at Picking de nied the report that German troops engaged in the fighting in the streets of Hankow. The board of communica, tons early last evening received dis patches saying Siackan in Hupeh pro vince had been captured by rebels.
 Troops Unruly A report has reached here that i'm perialist troops have refused to de- train at Hankow. Other reports say the Chinese gunboats took little part in yesterdays fighting because direci fire would have endangered their owr troops while flank fire would have involved a bombardment over the for eign concessions.
 Signs of discontent at Hankow are subsiding after yesterdays fight. The
  ammunition and the arrival of govern ment endorsements but the loyal troops were not sufficiently strong to press home any advantage gained. The American attaches. Lieut.. Col Will liam D. Beach and Capt. J. H. Reeves, returned to Pel1in last night because they were not permitted to accompany the troops to Hankow. They say the order- liness and precision with which t-e :roor trains are being sent southward IS ad- mirable
 The food supply seemed to be abund- ant and the troops were in good spirits The rapidity with which 20,000 men have been moved has surprised the military attaches. The Chinsese army, they de- clare seems to have learned the les sons of modern tactics well, but hghting spirit is evidently lacking.
 That the rebels did not advance along the railway prior to the arrival of the imperial troops may not have been ow- ing to lack of initiative, but to the pos sibility that the revolutionists would prove disloyal. It is thought both armies are in danger of wholesale disaffection. Re ports that the infant emperor has been taken to Tien Tsin and secretly placed in the foreign concessions are ground less.
 Wireless Established
 
 the Yang Tse Kiang are establishing a wireless service from Hankow Japanese torpedo boats now at Tien Tsin may con- meet with Tollio as well as with lian- kow. by wireless. The American lega tion has asked the Chinese government to insure the safe transportation of hrler- jeans from the Peking- g-Hankow railway zone should disorders develop Much alarm has been displayed all along the railway line, owing to widest rumors, while no news has been made public to reassure the people.
 Lieutenant Colonel Beach, In lescelbng conditions Tn Hu Peh, says there Is a good crossing on the Yang rse i've miles north of Wu Chang, and it should not be difficult for the imperalis.s to crcss under protection of the gunboats. He was informed that the rebels lave Fl ob- ably 12.000 soldiers.
 An edict issued today gies Yuan Shikai as viceroy of the disaffected provinces authority over the war minister, Yin ,rchang, who is now serving general in the field.
 A strict censorship was established to- dav on all trans provincial messages re- pn 1ling military movements and also on All code messages except consular and .at1on dispatches Even the legations are ihus deprived of news and there is anX- ,o,ls suspense as the last messages re- neived described the continuance of desul- legation dispatches. Even the legations are crossing the river.
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