Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-24
DIR. SUN YAT SEN
BACKS REBELLION
Calls on President Yuan to
Give Up Office in Inter-
est of Peace.
GOVERNMENT PLANNING
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
Threatens to Sink Every Ship Carry
ing Canton Expedition of
$4,000 Men.

LONDON. July 24.-The Picking corre-
spondent Of the Daily Telegraph sends
the following dispatch:
The declaration OF martial law here
shows that the northern government ad-
mits Its desperate position This syn
chronizes with the creation of a complete
confederate government at Marking. Par
lament has not yet been dissolved, but
il is unlikely that II will survive a week
"The principal newspaper organ Of the
Kwo Ming Rang party has been sup
pressed
THE war news is battling. but foreign
military experts now believe the south
erners are In far greater strength tnan
has been supposed. They are pursuing
aggressive tactics everywhere.
Rebel Defeat Denied.
"A private dispatch says the southern
ers have not been repulsed from the Pu-
kowry. Reinforcements are coming daily.
and kwangtung promises $4,000 troops,
half of which are due this week
IT IS important to note that the SOUTH
ern provinces which have not seeded are
held in check temporarily only because
the tutuhs military Eovernors) are Yuan
Shi kai's nominees
All indications point to a great explo-
sion In Hupeh province. There is a gem
eral reluctance among the mercantile
classes to hazard their lives and for
Leaders must shortly bring all into line.
The problem is insoluble save by the fall
OF the present regime.
Sun Vat Sens Manifesto.
"Dr. Sun Vat Sen, the former provi-
flonal president, issued a manifesto to-
night, irrevocably backing the re-
oeil1on. He makes three appeals. the
nrst to Yuan Shi Kai. recounting the
southern grievances and declaring that
just resistance to intolerable tyranny
Is no rebellion He concludes: Il am de-
termined to oppose you as firmly as I
did the Manchus. Retirement is abso-
iutely your own course in the face of
the present crisis
The other appeals are addressed to
the officials and the people and are in
the same tone.
"Dr. Sun Vat Sen said to me ner-
sonally: This fight will continue If II
takes ten years. 1 stake my life on the
issue"
Government IL Confident.
PEKING. July 24-The government
processes to view the revolutionary
movement In the south without alarm.
The southern troops from Marking.
known as the Punish Yuan" expedi-
ton. have suffered a fresh reverse and
retreated from Suchowfu and taken
up a strong position at Linhwaikwan,
IN the adjoining province of Anhwei,
where the Tientsin and Marking rail-
way crosses the Hwai river to await
the arrival OF the Canton expedition.
which Is expected to land $4,000 troops
at Pukow
The government declares that the navy
VIII sink every ship engaged in trans
porting the Canton expedition IL ever 1t
starts.
A manifesto has been issued stripping
Gen. Chen ~Chi-Mei. ex.minister OF COM
generalissimo of the revolutionary army
and now commander of the southern
army. of their ranks and orders. offering
a reward to any of their followers who
arrest or Kill them. and a pardon to all
rebels who surrender. except the leaders.
President Yuan Shi Kai's firm determi-
nation TO suppress the rebellion is re-
storing confidence among the wavering
Chinese. and has ELECTED the approval of
all the legations, with the exception of
the Russian and japanese. The Chinese
press argues in bitter terms that the
rebels have been enabled to perfect their
plans through the existence of the sys-
tenn of foreign settlements and conces-
sions. and that IL the system did not
exist the rebellion would not have oc-
CURED.
Severe Fighting in South.
SHANGHAI. July 4-Southern rebels
reported to number 10000 attacked
kiangnan arsenal early Wednesday
morning. The defenders, not exceeding
800 were strongly intrenched and as
sisted by the navy, repealed three sep
arate attacks. The fighting lasted four
and a half hours. According to estimates
GD rebe.s were killed. Another attack
was repulsed Thursday morning.
Some reports state only 5000 southern
crs We're engaged in the attack, but their
casualties largely exceeded the original
civilians The attacks were delivered
simultaneously from three sides.
Reports are current that Japanese were
lighters in the southern ranks. Foreign
volunteers were called out to guard the
settlement few shells burst in the
French concession and q nurse was
wounded.
The latest estimates place the casual
ties AZ leo. many OF the dead being in
poured deadly fire on the attacking
forces.
1t is expected that foreign naval
brigade will be landed. Volunteers are
erecting barricades around the APP
proa ches to the settlement il Is report
ed the French consul will intervene
owing 10 the damage sustained i'll the
French quarter.
In view OF the danger to the British set
tiement the Shanghai Mercury demands
that the powers arrange a neutral zone.