REBELLION IN CHINA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1286, 15 November 1911, Page 7

REBELLION IN CHINA.

OUTLAWRY IN CANTONPILLAGING AND BURNING. WOMEN AND CHILDREN MURDERED. Dy Tclosrapb-Prcss Association-Copyright (Rec. November 15, 0.35 a.m.) Peking, November 14. An Edict appoints Yuan Shih Kai to command all the troops in tho vicinity of Peking. Wa Ting Fang (Foreign Minister for the Shanghai Republic) has telegraphed ti tho Regent urging abdication, and points out that apart from Republicanism there is no way to avoid the continued sacrifice of lives or presorvo tho peace. Ho promises the Regent a sufficiency to enable him to live in style compatible with his birth. Outlawry continues in Canton, and robbers are terrorising the inhabitants. Revolutionaries, through a misunderstanding, slew one hundred Luaneso revolutionary troops at tho Fatshan Theatre. Fifteen hundred Yunnan soldiers escaped from Waichow, pillaging and burning villages and murdering women and children. They are now surrounded by rebels and fierce fighting is proceeding. ATROCITIES IN NANKING. Peking, November 13. General Yuan Shih-Kai received an ovation on his arrival at Peking. The Imperialists at Nanking continue killing tho Chinese or cutting off their arms and hands. Many engaged in Red Cross work have been killed and their bodies mutilated. The British and German admirals visited Nanking, and advised the Consulates to close, as the warships would bo unablo to protect them. Wi Ting Fang, who was recently appointed Foreign Minister for the Shanghai Republic by tho Reformers, is a barrister and acted as magistrate at HongKong for a time. He was for a period secretary to Li Hung Chang, and later, in turn, Minister to tho United States. Spain, and Porn, Secretary of the Board of Foreign Affairs, Vice-President of tho Board of Commerce, Vice-President of tho Board of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of the Board of Punishments.