AN ULTIMATUM.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1270, 27 October 1911, Page 5

AN ULTIMATUM.

——— -o —■ —* "DECAPITATE PRINCE CHING," CHINA CRIES FOR PREMIER'S ' BLOOD. i REBEL SUCCESSES. ' By Tclezraph—Press Aa'odation-CopyrijM (Rec. October 2fl, 11 p.m.) ] Peking, October 26. The National Assembly demands tho 3 dismissal and impeachment of Sheng 1 Ilsuau Hai, Vice-President of tho Ministry of Communications, and is giving the r Government until to-morrow to comply. , There was a violent scene when the u members from Szechuan and Hupeh denounced the Government's methods of i railway construction, which they declared ; to bo tantamount to taking tho money of the Chinese, who had already begun the ! lines,'and selling the lines to foreigners. s None of the Ministers woro present. j Tho secretary to the Primo Minister, Prince Ching, attera-pted to read a states inent, but was howled down amid criee of "Decapitate Prince Chiug." Tho Legations consider that the A&j sembly's action is an ultimatum to the Manchu Government, either to sacrifice j tho strongest member of tho Ministry, or to declare war against the vast majority of tho Chinese. WAR CHEST CAPTURED. I IMPERIAL TROOPS PENNILESS. f ■ REPUBLIC PREDICTED. (Rec. October 2G, 11 p.m.) Peking, October 2G. It is reported that tho rebels outflanked tho Imperial troops at a point a hundred and eighty miles north of Hankau. Tho Imperial war chest, containing a quarter of a million sterling, was captured, leaving tho Imperial troops penniless. The rebels are not anxious to occupy s many of the cities sympathising with ! " them, until they aro ablo to administer them ciliciently. '"! Tho departure of tho British Inniskil- . ling regiment for Ludia has been countermanded. Lin-Huan-Hung, the revolutionary leader, in a letter to Admiral Sail, predicts the establishment of a republic, with Hankau as its capital. He has appealed to Admiral Sah to join the revolution. JAPANESE AID. U WILL SHE HELP THE MANCHUS? (Rec. October 2G, 11 p.m.) New York, October 20. j Tho "Herald's" Peking correspondent ,{ states that the rebels threaten' to boycott Japanese goods if Japan helps the Manie ctuis - Tho rebels claim that Japan is mobilising two divisions of troops, whilo hei fleet is also ready if tho Mauchus appeal for aid. L MORE TOWNS TAKEN. REBEL FORCES CONCENTRATING. Peking, October 25. Lin-Huau-Hung, military leader of th II revolutionaries, is concentrating tho rebel around Wuchang. ic It is reported that tho troops at Kai st fung-fu, capital of tho province of Hunai 's 275 miles north of llankau, havo joiuei tho rebels at Hanknu. s, Tho country eastward of Kiu-Kiang, o: tho Yantze, is in the hands of tho rebel* ir A new Tartar Genwal was landing a s, Canton when bombs wore thrown, killin d- him and several soldiers. id Altogether twenty-one persons were kill is- ed, and eighteen wounded, and seve of houses gutted as tho result of tho throw ing of tho bomb. er Tho assassin was himself mortall Dd wounded.