The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-01-18
Ten Thousand
Mancflus Slain
By The Rebels
Shen-si Scene Of Massacre-Many
Towns Looted and Deserted by
the Victorious Hordes Of Chinese
-Abdieation Delayed.

thrown at Premier Yuan Shi Kais
carriage this morning Two soldiers
and the horses attached to the car.
riage were killed.
Pekin, Jan. 1.-The Kan Su i'm.
perial army, after much fighting has
succeeded in pushing its way to with
in sixty miles of Sian Flu. The en-
tire province of Shen-Si is in a tur.
moil Many towns have been looted
and deserted.
The reported massacre of 10000
Manchus by rebels in the Shen.Si dis
trict is confirmed.
The provinces of Shen.Si and Shan
81, from which the reported massacre
of 10000 Manchus by rebels is now
confirmed, have been hotbeds OF rev
olution for some months. On Deem
! Der 8 news was received by messen-
ger from Sian Flu, the capital of
Shan.Si, that 5000 Manchus had been
slain in the province up 10 that date.
A column of imperialist troops has
been operating in the district to sup,
press the rebellion, but the Staying OF
Manchus has continued steadily.
| The Rebel Army.
Conditions in the interior of China
are graphically described in an in.
terview with Adolph Herman, who
went to Tai Yuan-Fu to rescue wom
en- and children of the China inland
missions. He says:
"The impression | got from the
rebels was far from favorable. There
was no responsible head, and some
twenty men in various kinds of uni
forms had possession of the railroad
station at Ching Hang. Halen. On
showing my passports and papers
from the United States legation, writ
ten in Chinese. was escorted to the
commander nearby. This officer had
several hundred soldiers with no two
uniforms alike and various kinds of
rifles.
"rhe city of Tai Yuan-Fu showed
row after row of empty stores in the
best business quarters of the city. On
reaching the official quarters we were
informed that a party of twenty-one
foreigners, mostly women, was soor
: due. We went to Yang Chuan tc
meet them and were delayed for -four
days there on account of fighting.
ION the night of December 10 {
train with twenty wounded passed
Through at Tai Yuan-Fu and during
the night 500 cavalrymen entrainet
with horses and went out to tht
scene of the fighting.
Retreat Begins.
ION the next afternoon genera
. retreat began. The first train con
tanned General Yao, commander a
Man Tau Kwan, who had with hin
about 400 men. The other trainloadt
containing in all about 2OOo troops
passed in succession.
"All day long stragglers arrived a
= Yan-Chang and we apprehende'
trouble, but a train came from Ia
Yuan.Fu to meet them. Towards ev
) ening two Of the straggleTs fired thei
: rifles near the station and the mel
in the cars, supposing the imperial
were on them, made general scram
BILE for the nearest hills. Only afte
discovering that their comrades hat
. caused the firing did they return
-, with great caution and get on boar
the train, which speedily departe,
for Tai Yuan-Fu.
ON the 18th we made our depart
ure toward the east and after reach
6 ing Nian-Tsu-Kwan were sen
through to Shin CHA Schwang un
molested.
q "The rebels complained that th'
range of their guns was too shor
and so they had to flee before tn,
imperialists. Some of their new re
cruits did not even know how t
handle their rifles and others were
armed with spears
Republic Acclaimed.
Ranking, Jan. 1.-the Inaugural
tioD of the republic was quietly cele
rated by a reception held at the
residence of President Sun Vat Sen
which was attended by all the Off
cials who have been appointed since
the formation of the republican cab
inat