Evening star., 1915-12-25
Government Troops Join the
/ Rebels in Province of
vunn,o
"PUNISH YUAN SHI KAl,"
i ONE OF DEMANDS MADE
Force of $4,000 Men Sent From SEE.
chuen to Suppress
Uprising.

PEk1NG, December 25.-A
revolutionary movement, under
the leadership OF Tsai 40, former
military governor OF Yunnan, has
broken out.
The government troops in the
( province have joined the revolu-
tionists, and Tsai 40 has declared
the province independent and
guaranteed the safety of foreign
ers. The revolutionary forces
now number 5000.
Army Sent Against Rebels.
Conditions in the province of Kwei-
chow are unsettled, but disaffections
: have not been reported in the other
southern provinces.
The Chinese government has sent
10000 soldiers to quell the revolt. The
troops have been sent from Sze-Chuen
province. in western China, bordering
on Tibet. The uprising started at
Yuan Nanfu, in Yunnan province
monarchy which is to be restored.
Lieutenant Of DR.. Sun.
Tsai 40 recently resigned a bureau
chiefship at Peking. alleging his health
had failed. He returned secretly to
Yunnan, where he had been the most
prominent leader under DIR. Sun Vat
Sen, the first provisional president of
China, who of late is reported to have
been conducting revolutionary propa-
ganda.
1t will require about two weeks of
marching through the mountains for
the troops from Sze-Chuen province to
reach Yunnan.
Purpose of the Uprising.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December 25.-
Gen. Hwang Hsing. former minister of
war Of the Chinese republic, and at one
time generalissimo of the revolution
ary army at Wu Chang. at his home in
Media near here declared that the OBJ
ject of the present uprising is the up
holding Of the republican form of gov
ernment and the punishment of Yuan
Shi Kai." The leaders of the move
ment, with whom he is in constant
communication. aim. he said: to re-
establish the constitution and parlia-
ment. They will protect the lives and
property of foreign residents in China.
but will not recognize contracts. loans
or concessions made by Yuan Shi kai
after the date of the uprising.
They will fight under the flag Of the
Chinese republic with the addition of
white pennant inscribed with Chinese
characters declaring for the punishment
of Yuan Shi Kali
The general who has devoted his life
to the establishment of a republican form
of government in China and led an expe-
dition against Yuan Shi Kai from Nam
king said Tsai 40. who is leading the
present uprising in Yunnan, will receive
support from many other provinces. Tsai
40, he said. is an able man and was
brought to Peking by Yuan Shi Kai and
made director general for the collection OF
taxes because the president feared Tsai
Ao's power In Yunnan.
Urged to Lead Revolt.
Tsai 40, according to Gen. Hwang
Sing, was importuned by the officers and
soldiers who had served under him in
Yunnan to return there and lead the re-
volt. He managed to leave Peking on
leave of absence and arrived in Yuan
Nanfu December Is, according to recent
cablegram received at Media
The province of SEE Chuen. which is i'm
mediately north Of Yunnan. is also in full
sympathy with the movement to depose
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troops would be with and no. against the
revolutionists. In the provinces of Kwei
Chow and Kyang 81 in the southern sec
tion Of China the people are almost unani-
mously opposed to Yuan Shi Kai. accord
ing to advices received by Gen. Hwang
Sing. His latest cablegram, received last
night from Shanghai. was undecipherable,
he said. He believed that the words used
in the code had been purposely mixed up.
Gen Hwang Hsing said that he probab-
ly would return to China in the near fu-
ture.
Declare Their Independence.
Announcement from Peking OF the
outbreak OF a reyolutionary novement