CHINA;S REVOLT.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1261, 17 October 1911, Page 5

CHINA;S REVOLT.

DISAFFECTED TROOPS. LARGE AREA OF THE EMPIRE AFFECTED. YUAN-SHIH-KAI'S MISSION. Bi Toleeraph—Press Association-Copyright (Rec. October IG, 11 p.m.) London, October IC. The Peking correspondent of "Tlio Times" reports that tliougli tho Imperial Edict curtly orders l'uan-Shih-Kai to Wuchang, and does not attempt any rcparaliuu for his dismissal, he accepts in the grave emergency the hardest post in the Empire, and is apparently confident in the loyalty of his northern army, which is liis creation. Troops From the North. Thirteen transport trains left Peking J and Pao-ting-fu 011 Saturday and Sunday. Eleven will leave to-day, and ten ou Tuesday. Altogether twenty thousand combatants will concentrate at the third station northwards of Hankau. The General Staff is conlideut that tho rebellion will soon bo suppressed. It is declared that Hankau station is still in the possession of loyal troops. A financial panic occurred in Peking on ' Saturday, when there were runs on the Government banks and the native cashshops, but the disturbance was merely temporary. Objections to a Loan. The War Office's overtures with four foreign banking groups for a short loan to provide payment for the northern troops has been met with objections, firstly, on tho ground that if financing is begun it must bo continued, although the future is uncertain; secondly, that the aim of securing loans is obviously to induce the revolutionaries to believe that foreigners are contributing to suppress the revolution; and, thirdly, that the Throne should bo compelled to disgorge its hoarded millions, TROOPS JOIN REBELS. TOWN IN SZECHUAN OCCUPIED. PASSPORTS FOR MISSIONARIES. (Rec. October IG, 9.45 p.m.) Poking, October 16. Telegraphic communication with Chang;sha, the capital of Hunan, has been restored. Changsha is now reported safe. The consuls at Hankau are sending the European women and children down the river to Shanghai. Three thouband troops from Honan encamped north of Hankau have joined the Revolutionaries.

At the Arsenal. Tho rebel arsenal at Hau-yang is working double shifts and turning out twentylive thousand rounds of ammunition daily, A hundred and forty h'eld pieces are also ready. Two thousand revolutionaries have occupied Kiating in Szochuan, about 600 miles distant from Jlaukau, and four hundred rebels from Kiating arc marching in the direction of Yachow, about 75 miles north-west. j The revolutionaries consistently protect tho churches, and aro issuing passports for the missionaries. Hankau Isolated. Hankan is now isolated, and tho telegraphs are in tho hands of the revolutionaries. Tho trains have also been stopped. The Chinese warships will issue a warning before bombarding tho town, and the foreigners will then leave the foreign

concessions. Tho British consular archives havo alrendy been transferred to a gunboat. , Tho Prefect of Sui-fu, in Sichuan, fear- 1 l'ng the forcible opening of tho prison, released the prisoners. ( ■ 1 REVOLUTIONARY MANIFESTO. i APPEAL TO THE POWERS. \ New York, October 15. : A manifesto has been issued by the ' Chinese revolutionary leader, Dr. Sun : Yat Sen, appealing to all friendly nations to observe neutrality with regard to the revolution in China, and promising full observance of all treaties with I foreign Powers. Ho declares that tho object of the revolution is to overthrow tho corrupl ilanchu regime. It is believed that Sun ,-Yat Sen is about to depart for China, although a j price has been set on his head. SYMPATHY IN CANADA. SHIPMENTS OF ARMS. Ottawa, October 15. Tho flag of the Chinese Republic was lloun on tho Clnneso quarters in Victoria, B.C. There was great enthusiasm when news of tho probablo success of the revolutionaries was published.

It is known Hint arrangements have been lnatlo by Dr. Sun iat Sen to dispatch shipments of arms from tho Pacific Coast to China. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT. MOKE MUTINIES ALLEGED. London, October 15. There is an unconfirmed Central News report that two battalions of moderndrilled troope at Teing-Tao have mutinued, apparently iu sympathy with Dr. Sun Yat Hen, tho Kevolutionary party's leader; also that thero is active revolutionary propaganda at Tsinau-fu, the capital of the province of Shantung. ; CURRENCY REFORM. I BANKERS' NOTIFICATION. ■ London, October 15. '. Tho bankers concerned have notified L China of their acceptance of tho cur- . rency reform scheme, and that they in- - tend issuing the loan within the half--1 year, unless prevented by forco majeuro. c— ■ —