CRISIS IN CHINA

Grey River Argus, 29 December 1915, Page 5

CRISIS IN CHINA

THE REVOLT SPREADING

ENGINEERED BY CHINESE COMMRCIAL MEN.

GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTIVE STEPS.

LONDON, December 27. The "Daily Telegraph" sayi that .at Peking the internal situation is developing swiftly, though sl^U wnpped iii; mystery. . . j Several of the Legations have received telegrams stating that Yunnan and the Kjangsi provinces have seceded and are mustering troops under. General Isaiao, a Japanese trained! officer, who attempted in ign to; found a dynasty at Yunnan; j The plot is far-reaching- and care-! fuly prepared. j Probably the reason is a monarch-! ical movement, pushed oh by the Chinese commercial communities in America, Singapore and the Southern Seas, who are subscribing . towards the revolt. Yuan Shih Kai's Government is" act ing energetically; ' ; General Isaskuii, - commanding ' the Third Division, which sacked Peking in 1912, is .advancing by forced marches from Szechuan, in order to cut off Yunnan.