CHINESE REPUBLIC.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10902, 20 October 1911, Page 4

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(oxl-"(( its' birthday. ! i liv 10.1' MM. 'l'll.l i.l: 'l'll < 'nl'VKH.lir:] < I'm: I'm.-.- As.-ix Ia i ion > i IJ.-i-.-iv-! »i I' l at Ii• -: 1111. October l:i. I' 1,-. .it!ic ,'aii\ ;a• t-'i : !i.i: i it.- .-i ui-er Cni-i-enail will remain a! Nankin". -is I !;,. i i-. 1a I! 111" . I'll! \ i i<—-V<! 11l iI:l i v.',,, Kmiij v- ill 'proc.-d In I lank.ev :■!i< 1:11' i 1 In- _j.llll'>11.11 11 lis. Tin- new-pap.■: - -tate tliat t iie Oc.hia:;s eiiea.:£ed in tile lccent 1 i;_ill* w'lt.'i tile infill arleil alter consideration wit.i other commanders, solely tor the nrotection i.l the (.erinaiis endai;gerwl. Received October 19, at p.m. _Pekin, October 10Ther,. wore anti-Manchii demons!rations during the celebrations of Conlti- «• ills' birthday. . . Some disaffected districts m Hip south compelled the lowering .of the Impen.il ""Competent authorities believe that the reliels' recent- inactivity lias |eo- ! pardised their chances of success. J its rebels complain of the bad leadership of

Liliuan-liung, who was coerced imo lending them. , . i Correspondents* on the other nand, emphasise that the rebels in recreating from Wuchang, "ere 1,01 I"" Jr harassed. .... , . . . Fighting of an indecisive cliaractei took place at Hankow : railway station throughout the afternopli. . ... -. , • The position was sharply con testinl, and was' cphtimially . changing, hands, until tlie Imperial troops finally 401 lK.ssession. ,11.1*. Advices from Shanghai state that the commander of the corps at Kinkian has ioiiied tlie revolutionaries, who. later captured Kinkian and fought opposite the town. Several towns in the Szechuaii province are in'the hands ot the It is .not clear whether the movement is-connected with the Hankow revolt. • The inissionaiies. north-west of rlonan are preparing to leave., . Pekin, October 1!>. Oflicial', accounts' describe the H#J?r kow railway station fighting as a .skirmish. Tlie Imperial tropps captlire'l three rebels aiid a quantity or ammunition. , • .1 ...[V Four torpedo boats have armed oil It is estimated that 21,000 Imperial troops with 70 suns have been despatched to Hankow. The provinci-.il authorities at Canton ore importing • i:ircc suppliosOf arms sind ammunition. Berlin, October I*. . ; A wireless.message received fiom \vei-hai-wei states fighting has been re- | suinod at Hojlkow.-