CHINESE REVOLT.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 254, 13 October 1911, Page 5

CHINESE REVOLT.

WUCHANG IN HANDS OF it EBELS. [PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT. ] London, Oct. 12. Following the decapitation of three troopers al Wuchang all the provincial troops mutinied and arc now in possession of- the town. All the yamens, including the treasury, were brunt. The viceroy took refuge in a Chinese gunboat. General Changpao was killed by a bomb. He was one of the ablest men in the Chinese army. Documents show that the revolutionists intended to make Hupeh their base and thence to envelope the Yangtse province. The taotai requested the consuls to instruct foreign warships to guard the harbour. The viceroy has urgently appealed for the despatch of (he Tiensin division. The consuls at. Hankow refused the request to patrol the river. The revolutionists have written requesting the consuls to observe neutrality. The rebels attacked the local troops who were fleeing towards Hankow. It is feared that a currency chaos will follow the destruction of the treasury which supplied Wuchang, Hankaii and Hangyang with notes.. REVOLUTION SPREADS FAST. HANYANG CAPTURED. (Received 13, 10.10 a.m.) Pekin, Oct. 12. The revolution is spreading rapidly. The insurgents have captured Hanyang, including the arsenal and the Government ironworks employing 3500, including many European .superintendents. Its products compete successfully with the Steel Trust, in Hie American market. HANKOW TROOPS MUTINY. Six thousand troops at Hankow mutinied and killed 250 Manchus. Insurgents in Szechuan have occupied Suifu and hold the country west of Min river, between Kiating and Kwangsi. MISSIONARIES SAFE. Missionaries at Wuchang are safe. The Minister of War has ordered two army divisions and a number of warships to "Wuchang.