FIGHTING IN CHINA.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3347, 13 October 1911, Page 5

FIGHTING IN CHINA.

REVOLUTIONARIES BURN WUCHUNC. FOREIGN APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE REBELS CAPTURE OTHER TOWNS. (United Press Association —Copyright.) PEKIN, Oct. 11. Young China revolutionaries are burning Wu-chang. , ... , The viceroy at. Yamen has been, killea.^ The fightifi'g continues, but ers are safe. Volunteers at Hankow are standing to arms day and night. Foreign Consuls have telegraphed tor further assistance. Japanese and American cruisers are expected, and other gunboats are hurry, ing there. The European women and children are taking refuge on river boats. PEKIN, Oct. 11. The revolutionaries at Wu-chang have issued a proclamation, threatening to decapitate anybody injuring foreigners. The present movement is directed against the Manchu domination. ” Rebels in Szechuan have captured Kaitang and Yachowfa. DESTRUCTION OF THE TREASURY. “CHAOS WILL FOLLOW.” WHAT THE REVOLUTIONISTS DESIRED. (Received Oct. 12, 9.9 p.m.) PEKIN, Oct. 12. Following the decapitation of three troopers at Wuchang, all the provincial troops mutinied, and are now in the possession of the town. All the 3'amens, including the Treasury, were burnt. The Viceroy took refuge in a Chinese gunboat. General Changpao has been killed by a bomb. He was one of the ablest men in the Chinese army. Documents show that the revolutionists intended to make Hupeh a base, and thence proposed to envelope the Yangtse Province. The taotai requested the consuls to instruct the foreign warships to guard the harbor. The Viceroy urgently appealed ror the despatch" of the Tientsin division, but the' consuls at Hankow refused a request to oatrol the river. Revolutionists have written requesting the consuls to observe neutrality. The rebels attacked the local troops, who are fleeing towards Hankow. It is feared the currency of chaos will follow the destruction of the Treasury, which supplied Wuchang, Hanku and Hangyang with notes.