NEW CHINESE CRISIS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15358, 21 July 1913, Page 7

NEW CHINESE CRISIS.

MUCH TROUBLE IMMINENT

NORTH VERSUS SOUTH.

THE PROVINCES JEALOUS.

PRESIDENT OF REBELS.

BRITISH RAILWAY SEIZED.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.

(Received July 20, 5.5 p.m.)

Pekin, July 19. The crisis which is developing threatens to be of first-class magnitude.

The Cabinet has resigned. _ The trouble springs from the rivalry between North and South, and from Yuan Shih-kai's efforts to over-ride the provincial authorities, and the Southerners' demand for the President's resignation. The immediate cause of the revolt is the dismissal by Yuan Shih-kai of the Tutuh of Kiangsi, a young general, for flouting the President's authority.

The necessity for keeping large forces in Mongolia, where the situation is serious, is increasing Yuan Shih-kai's difficulties.

Sun-Yat-Sen openly favours the Southerners.

Hsen-Chan-Hsuan, who it a man of great force of character and of ruthless disposition, has been proclaimed as the revolutionary President. »

His troops have captured the British section of the Tientsin Rail way.

The Southerners killed upwards oi 20 officers loyal to the central Gov ernment.

Yuan Shih-kai has appointed Fen-Chou-Chang, who captured Hanyang during the revolution, to the supreme command of the Yangtse. It is reported that upwards of 40 Japanese officers are assisting the rebels. The garrison of the Woo-Sung forts joined the rebels. Britain has sent a destroyer from Hongkong to Canton. AN AGREEMENT REJECTED. Sydney Sun Cable.—Copyright. Pekin, July 18. The Senate has rejected the proposed Mongolian agreement on the ground that it was believed that it would lead to grave trouble with Russia.