El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-17

the capture Of the silver stocked mint
at Hanyang.
UndiseipIined Insurgents.
BY this time Pekin was galvanized
INTO acllon. Gen. Yin Chang, president
OF the board of war, dispatched 5000
regulars OF infantry to HankOw at
once ARTILLERY was also ordered to
the front and a base established ar
NelkoW, about Is miles north OF Han
koW- Soon between 49, 900 and 10000
men We're modified at that point, and
from that time the military phase of
the revolt turned distinctly to the adj
vantage OF the imperial cause
The peoples army took a stand
at AlIometer Ten, and numbered pos
SiDIy $4,000, perhaps less, mostly raS-
PIE PIE, enthusiastic US but undisciplined. On
OctoDer u they opened with artillery
on the imperial base at Nefkow. ,.ix
IIIeS away. The imperial artillery
replied, found the range quickly. and
the reGels were driven from their pOsi-
IlOn with considerable loss HanLro,y
was put to the torch later. in order 70
drive the rebels from the native civ.
On November p Hanyang fell before
the Imperlallsts, due partly to the de-
seruon OF the Honan troops. In the
~; m &c pa tI yes OF Marking the imperial
IsIs 4lfsl lost the city, regained it. and
AGAIN lost This was the last barrie
OF the revolution. Both sides tonight
credlta6Iy throughout in the main
me me lnperiaIists were not only lovll,
out eIficient to a degree which sur-
priSed all foreign observers tn re,-,,-
luLlonlsts showed intense earnestness.
bravery and resourcefulness.
Spirit of Revolt Spreads.
e, But these imperialist successes. con-
tiIled as they were to a small part of
the empire, failed to check the natrir-
Y W lame II spread up and down the
ahSIze valley and to the fOur Isrir5s
Admiral Sab with his IL sbfns 80
ucaliy the entire Chinese navy turned
revolutionary. Shanghai Sianfu 81
OIner cities, followed by one DrOvinco
49, 60. dHoIner, overthrow Manchu ruIe
win startling finality. There was
sSIy little Dloodshed in the transit
Ion. IN many cases the officials mere
~ changed allegiance
1r.' am We're the frantic efforts of the
X va i!ch I princes to still the storm.
uan Shi Kai was reca lied to noy,-..,-
becoming at once their msinstav s -;
SHeIf dictator. Shoals of abiect elders
- IN the throne fell on indifferent
ears; tul pardon was offered to ali
+f Sol5 VINO would recant. and ma
1 .oIiSi assembly was provided for on
PAPER october so. But the rebeilioD
SSyIeW, and on Christmas day. DR.. sun
= a. sen reached Shanghai from Paris
d January 1 saw him Inaugural ted as DrO-
rdsiOhal president, by virtue of the
we OF the Marking assembly.
Provisional Government
u Feace negotiations between WI Tin,
I dhs' former minister to the Unir,.d
.-72,ldtes, acting for the republicans. AMI
IN 7 SLs Shao VI, emissary OF Yuan Shin
N az ended in Tang's complete con-
version Yuan Shin Kai, favorine a
limited monarchy, accepted reluctant
~. The Manchu emperor abdicated on
I eoruary u, Sun Vat Sen subsequently,
resigned as president of the revolv-
uoLary government by agreement. ana
on March 10 Yuan Shin Kai, by agree
ment, in Pekin, took the oath of Of
lice as first president of the provf 81
onal republic of China, to hold office
as such to January 10, 1913, or until
4 president is elected by a limited suf-
frage and the republic and constitu-
ton formally installed.
Tomorrow: Constitution Making.