The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-22
nEvnns 70 HANGOHow A. THn
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SEES The EVACUATION
STANDS CLOSE M THE CONos AND
sEcUREs one Priced soy
vrxlR FROM COVER
NOR,s HOUSE. i
BY WwAIsREN II. STUART

History has been making rapidly
in China during the past two months.
FEen one end 3A the country to the
other cOmpactiy organized. wave OF
revolution has spread virtually re-
sulttng In tho capituiation Of the Man
chu throne. Called In 26T years ago
to help out In 4 Chinese quarrel. the
Maachus captured the country for
themselves, and have even since then
sucked III choicest blood. They have
been weighed In the balances and
found wanting. The Manchl govern
ment - far a. we can see il com-
pletely gone, and even IL the Imperial
fanIily by any chance remain on the
throne, their power will all have paS-
sed to the self-goyernment Chinese.
Hangchow, where l 1--we, the CAPT.
tai Of China's fairest province--the
Richmond, Virginia, IT the Chinese
Empire, turned rebel Saturday
night. An account OF how It happened
by an eye witness who lived In the.
real Richmond for four years and Is
rebel Still, may not be unInterestinE
TO readers OF The Virginian. l per-
sonaily witnessed many Of the scenes
ana ~ to the others have secured the
best information obtainabie.
Tho flame whoch broke out a month
ago In Hankow has spread systemat-
fcally from center To center under
most effective organization. Most
cities have just been quietly taken
over by the Peoples party. In one
Or two places Manchu garrisons have
Deem Slaughtered. Our city had such
= garrison, and when two weeks ago
It was reported that they were pre-
pairing to resist. ana had placed can
non on their walls. a panic ensued
such an one rarely sees or hears OF.
Lay after day people Iert the city In
thousands, the wealthy going with
their possessions to Shanghai, ali
Others going with what world goods
they could carry, to all the country-
size around. In moderation / put the
number OF such refugees at 100000.
others gravely treble It. As for me.
after some vlimpses OF the refugees,
ana some sights Of the crowds etiIi
left l am ready to believe any esta-
mate anybody ever made OF the pop
Nation OF China, or even OF q part or
II. PricsS scraped the shy while peo-
pies hearts dropped correspondingly
low, and man after man asked US,
What's going TO happen?" .Do YOU
think It will matter" This suspense
went on for two weeks. excitement
growing worse and worse. When on
saturday morning we learned that the
Chinese city OF Shanghai had gone
| over ~ the rebels, we all felt that
| lahscnoW must SO very soon. But SO
close and perfect was the organixa-
tion that even the head OF their own
Tied Cross did not know on SATURDAY
evening coup that had been planned
! TO the smallest detail.
The ftepubiic Of China.
hunor says that TN Friday and
! saturday leading citizens met with
the Governor and asked him to Join
them. In declaring the province Sc
| ceded on Sunday. November 8 that
ne NJ nrst agreed TO do 30, but on
objection by one of his lieutenants de-
| INJURED. and SO lost himself to the
! popular cause. What we do know il
that On Saturday night at o'clock
ne sent word to the consul he could
no longer protect foreigners In the
city. That seems to have been his
last off1ciai act. AT any rate, since
about O'Clock Sunday morning
We have been living under military
government by the peoples party.
Long live the Republic OF China.
/! TWO military camps are located near
Hangchow. one south and one north
OF tho city, embracing, all told, some
! 5000 soldiers. At 1880 that night
Tour soldiers of the southern camp
came out quietly and cut tho teie-
phone wires and then coming on the
street. ordered the suburban police
| to retire from duty. and walked on
towards the city. soon a shot was
nred, answered by one within the
walls, then three la quick succession,
and at once mulberry grove and truck
garden ssprang into armed men as IL
they had been sownv with dragons
teeth. The whole company marched
three abreast to the city gate, which
opened AZ II by magic. At the same
| time similar company came in from
the North. A midnight lunch WIS
served, and from headquarters ona
band separated to protect the various
1 misst IA compounds. another 70 seize
/ the telegraph Office. and another went
4 OH towards the Governors mansion.
| Four men knocked on his front
gate. and by tho CLINT or u pistol help
!, cd the dazed porter. to l1sake UP his
/ mind. His knees and the gatc's hinges
| creaked and bent simultaneously. and
| whole company Of soldiers follow
| ed the four inside. Further In. they
were met by the Goyernor's personal
bodyEuari; but when one Of their
| number dropped dead, the whole
guard surrendered. TWO demands
were made. enc for their Ammunition
! and the other for the persons Of their
chief. Tho gnard themselves arrest
Cd him. and took him under orders
| 10 u scIat,aaeuae rear stsss iisYay At.as
ton, where he las been courteousiy
kept. The mansion was then pot on
fire--the only fire that no ono mas
tried to put out In Hangchow far
many day. My pen y not good
enough to describe the dralIatic
scene. From the rebels' 1pndezvOus
arose . song and clApping of hands:
from the terrified and effete Tartar
braves. q lonely bugle call to Arruss
otherwise absolute stiilnens. 10
thousands Of .breathessly interested
people. this was the burning AZ their
Bastille. the ushcrtns IN Of = better
| day, best typified In their minds by
the motto they have choptn, KWang
Foh," meaning, Light has come
again" IA
Two years ago last month. IN com.
many with two other triendS, I called
81 this same Governor, Who enter
tanned us.xraciously In hin inner draw
Ing room. Three dAye ASo With ono
az those same companions went
again. A dirty hegGar picked OLD
iron amid snioIdertng ruins where the
Governor had sat SIC transit gloria
mundi. Il. N ~ lf
ons Quiet Sunday. +
The firing OF the 0overnOt'k quar- 4
tArs Haa the signal kor tha taking
ovr IT every thing BY m fsosis. Guards
appeared at various ncno0lA IN nos