The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-24
mURl)ER MANCHUS
Ten THOUSAND KILLED tN SHEN
ST DISTRICT.
The Imperial Army Advancing, Has
Pushed Its Way Within Sixty Miles
of Sian Flu Province.

of Sian Flu Province.
The reported massacre Of 10000
Tanchus by rebels - the Shel S! dig
trict is confirmed. The Kan Su in
;erial army. after much fighting, has
succeeded in pushing its way TO with
in co miles OF Sian Flu. The entire
province Of Shen 81 is IN turmoil.
,panv towns have been looted and de-
serted.
Conditions in the interior Of China
a.e graphically described in an in
trrview with AdoiIh Herman, who
went to Tai Yuan Eu to rescue women
and children of the China inland mis-
SION He says:
The impressions secured from the
rebels was far from favorable. There
was no responsible head. and some
20 men in various kinds of uniforms
had possession Of the railroad sta,
ton at Ching Hsing o. sn Jwlng my
passports and papers from h" United
States legation written in Chinese
was escorted to the commander near
by. This officer had several hundred
soldiers with no two uniforms alike
and various kinds Of rifles.
The city of Tai Yuan Flu showed
rcw after row Of erlpty stores in the
best business quarters of the city. On
reaching the officials quarters, We
were inforfed that party OF 81 for
eigners mostly women, were soon to
be there. We went to Suan Chan to
meet them.
"On the night o; December 10 a
train with 20 wounded passed
through to Tai Yuan Flu aid during
the night 500 cava:rymen erIrained
without horses and went out to the
scene Of the lighting.
/ "On the next afternoon general
retreat began. The first train con-
tanned Gen Yao, commander at Man
Tsu Kwan, who has with him about
400 men. The other trainloads con-
tanned Gen. Yao, commander at Man
Tsu kwan, who has with him about
400 fen. The other trainloads con-
tanned in all about 2,0Go troops
passed in succession.
''All day long stra gglers arrived al
Yam Chang and we apprehended
trouble, but a train came from Ia!
Yuan Flu to meet them. Towards
evening two of the stragglers fired
their rifles near the station and the
men in the cars surposing the impe-
rialists we're advancing made a gen.
eral scramble for the neares: hills
Only after discovering that theil
icomrades had caused the firing die
they return with great caution an6
get on board the train which speedily
departed for Tai Yuan Flu.
"On the fourth We made our de-
parture for the east and after the
Man Flu Wang were sent through tc
iShaiar Chat Chwang unsaolested. The
rebels complained that the range Of
their guns was too short and so they
had to fee before the imperialists
Some of their recruits did not ever
know how to handle their rifles anG
others of them were armed with
spears"
The provinces OF shen 81 and shar
81 from which the reported massacre
Ct 10000 Manchus by the rebels /:
new confirmed, have been hotbeo:
of the revolution fer some months
On December news was received D!
messenger from Star Flu, the capita
CT Shan ST. that 5000 Manchus ha6
been slain in the province VI to thai
date. A column of imperialist troops
had ben operating in the district &c
i.g of the Manchus has continued
suppress the rebellion, but the slay'
steadily.