The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-01-16

MASSACRESBY THE
MANCHU TROOPS
IN CHINA
Ten Thousand Chinese Have
Been Slain.
IN CENTRAL PROV lNCES
Turmoil and Anarchy Increase, Both
Republic and Imperial Govern
ment are Helpless.

The Kansu imperial army after
much fighting has succeeded in push
ing its way to within 60 miles Of STA
nfu, the capital of Shensi province.
The entire province is in state of
complete turmoil. Many towns have
been looted and deserted. The re-
ported massacre of 10000 Manchus
by rebels in the Shensi district is
confirmed. The conditions in the in.
terror of China are graphically de-
scribed in an interview with Andolf
Herman, who went to Taiyuanfu in
the province of Shansi to rescue the
women and children of the China in
land mission. He says:
THE impression | got 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 Chinghsinghssien. On show
ing my passport and papers from the
United States legation written in
Chinese was escorted to the com.
mander nearby. This officer had sew
eral hundred soldiers with no two un-
forms alike and various kinds OF
rifles, travelled on a military train
to Taiylanfu The cars were strip
ped of everything which could be re
moved.
"The city of Taiyuanfu showed row
after row OF empty stores In what
were the best business quarters oil
the city. On reaching the officials
quarters we we're informed that q
party of 81 foreigners, mostly wo
men, was soon due. We went tC
Yangchuan to meet them. and were
delayed for four days there on &C
count OF fighting. There were ne
inns. and we were obliged to remain
on two cars, one for the women ant
one for the men. On the night o
December 10 a train with 20 would
ed passed through to Taiyuanfu, anC
during the night 500 cavalrymen en-
trained without horses and went on
to the scene OF the fighting.
ION Monday, the 18th, anothe
train with Is wounded passed Thes'
had had no medical attention what
ever and were tied up in rags Of al
descriptions. Many were seriousl,
wounded, and we we're able TO he'll
them somewhat, although our stool
of supplies was very limited. OF
the same afternoon general retrea
began. On December IL two train
loads OF the dare to die battalion
arrived, but these braves did not ven
ture as far as Niantsukwan. Afte
tearing up a lot OF the rails and loot
ing the house of the section foreman
they raised their regimental Ma
and returned to Taiyuanfu
"On the 18th We made our depal
ture toward the east. We 500
reached Niantsukwan and from Their
were sent through to Shihchiascf
wang unmolested. Imperial soldier
were encamped all along the lin
and at headquarters the stan officer
were very anxious TO hear what ha
occurred In the west. There wer
2S wounded soldiers in the hospits
at Shihchiaschwang and few woun
ed reDelS. Inc Ttpels COhlpioAhN
that the range OF their guns was to
short and so they had to flee b
fore the imperialsts. Some OF thei
new recruits did not even know ho'
to handle their rifles and others {
them we're armed with spears"
The provinces OF Shensi and ShaI
ST from where the reported massacr
of 10000 Manchus by rebels Is no.
confirmed, have been hotbeds OF tn
revolution for some months. o
December s news was received b
messenger from Sianfu, the capital
Shansi, that 5000 Manchus had bee
= slain in the province up to that dat
A column OF imperialist troops hs
J. been operating in the district in IN
/. suppression of the rebellion, but
. the meantime many more Mancht
r have been killed by the rebels unit
o the total has reached 10000.