CHINESE REVOLUTION.

Mataura Ensign, 14 October 1911, Page 6

CHINESE REVOLUTION.

TO CAPTURE THE EMPIRE. FORM A REPUBLIC. BT EtECTBIC TELEGBAPH. COP7BIGHT. FEB UNITED PEBSfi ASSOCIATION. PEKIN, Oct. 13. The revolution is the most formidable since the Taiping revolt. It is part of a concerted movement to take the whole Empire and form a republic under Sun-yant-sen. Misgovernment, over-taxation, food and distress paved the way. The revolutionists occupied Hankow unopposed. Random shelling between a revolutionary fort at Wunchang and loyal cruisers on the river ceased after British and Japanese protests had been made. The concessions are endangered. Foreigners at Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang have been summoned to the foreign concessions at Hankow and report that they have been well treated at the hands of the revolutionaries. The Viceroy's yamen and the Tartar general's residence have been destroyed. The Pekin-Hankow railway has been torn up for a stretch of 20 miles and bridges have been destroyed between. Ten to fifteen thousand troops mutinied at Hupeh. Thirty modern guns have been captured at Wuchang. An edict cashiers the Viceroy bi%t orders him to re-take Wuchang under pain of severe punishment. The mint with two million taels of Government silver has been captured. The Government is stupefied at the dissatisfaction of the troops. Admiral Sah's squadron has left Shanghai for Hankow. There, is semi-martial law at Pekin and the residences of princes and iigh officials and the city gates are guarded.