NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mataura Ensign, 29 December 1911, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

THE REVOLUTION IN CHINA. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. BT ELECTRIC '! Til."'. !i,A!!-t.- COPYRIGHT. FEB UNITKD I-*.'!-'-■ (-NiICM i v l!>K SHANGHAI, Dec. 28. Dr Sun-Yat-Sen's arrival has introdu«ed a new and fora.-iul element into the revolutionaries' councils. It is understood that Sun-Yat-Sen (the organiser of the revolution) will be forthwith •elected President of n Provincial Government of United Provinces of China and will form a Cabinet, and issue a proclamation embodying Ac terms to be offered to' Man; 1 .,;.; -im i the Court in the event of peai..'l'iu sun-cider, failing which the canvpai:: i will proceed and Pekin will be taken. STEAMER FOUNDERED. ALL BUT TWO DROWNED. LONDON. Dec. 28. The steamer Hif/he--'l?n. bound from Smyrna for Dublin, foundered in the Bay of Bisect-, -.-id ail the crew excepting two perished. CHILDREN BADLY BURNED. TONnON. Dec. 28. A child, when e+ierrpting to light a cigarette in a room adjoining a picture palace at Chesterfield, set fire to the clothing of a group cf children dressed in muslin with cotton and wool trimmings. Five cf the children were badburned and are in a critical condition. THE COTTON LOCK-OUT. LONDON, Dec. 28. It is believed that ihe cotton lockout will be of shert duration owing to the disproportion be: ween the cause and its effect. REVOLT IN THE CONGO. BRUSSELS. Dec. 28. Reports from Bomba state that the whole of the Welle district in the Congo has revolted. The insurgents are armed with Mausers. Two thousand mounted troops have been sent to the scene. THE MEXICAN REBELLION. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28. General Reyes has surrendered. He pleaded for pardon for his few followers.