CRISIS IN CHINA

Grey River Argus, 25 July 1913, Page 5

CRISIS IN CHINA

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> ;■':.■■ ■■;;^... ;?EMfe,iJuly '24.^ Martial law hajs^l?^ ; prpclaimed ■ at: Pekngj;- Ttas -the fbrmal, establishment : ' o'i^ >the confederare; Gp.verhrnervt at > Hankin©. : . - i ; .EditorsHor Jhie;; ; K^^ng|aß[g:j;party's; nev^siiaßers h\ye ; ; been : at-re^ted' aad the papers "pea^d^j^^ica'tio^i:;; r - ; ;fo; e^^eted;TQngv the -sputherriexs' npmii^eV" as, head;of : the C^ißes;e te^g-rapislalc Shtangfeai;

Cblp^el Brucht alleges 7 tha.t-he acted; urider instructions ; f rpjn , the consular body;- is/regards t^is.- aflrpnt feyi fc«:•^gnjersv; :"■—';;/■ ■■ - ; - :■;■ .. ;■'•■. ,

Tit; -Sun- : Vat; Sen's, ma.fii-festo . r e- scpunts the sputhei:n* grievaiice arid --e^ presses .to op|jpse. dent- Yuaifshikai who! hsis istied; a,; inaini

ffestp ■stripping v.'.gjeneralsf S;Kihgr ahd'Ghenchis'inei of rt%e.ir : : ranky He^ffers pardon: ajQa-reward'to any of his- followers' rwKo . arrest' or kill 'them^/-"--";;: v^. ■.■'■ v :7 > :■■■'■; ■ '.'..;, ; : He-cbncludes by sa'yaigl that he is : det^rhii L ned{ totupnold-itHe- Repjubli.C;. -• 1 Presi'derit Yua^nshAkaiisv laeelaration hi icited: the approval of all" the 'leg;a.lions except 1 . f. Russia,' jap}an ;anpl thejGhinse;s,e press bitterly blame the system ;. of foreign settlements and concessions, enablingr rebels to perfect tneTr " plans. ' - .;.' Three- thousand rebels attacked the jKiangnan arsenal at Shanghai. :.-" T,wb < thousand defenders made a long fight aided by cruisers arid, repulsed the rebels who lost eight huriidredJ-. " ''-; v ' '' ' '■'■'" :■' ■'" ■-'■' ' " : --"

;• .The southerners are awaiting the arriyaj of.^ fifteen. thousand •;. Cantonese ■at r tinhw'aikwan; . ;■ . "' '■: ■

I - The Gpvernrnent threaten to sink jevery vessel, foreign of Chinese, con Iveyirig 1 Cantonese. . ■