RISING IN CHINA

Otago Witness, Issue 3101, 20 August 1913, Page 24

RISING IN CHINA

PEKING, August 12,

The rebels attacked the loyalists holding the Kin-yuan station, but were defeated with heavy losses.

Yuan Shih-Kai has ordered the apprehension and punishment of everyone conspiring against the Republic without regal'd to rank or position. He has unseated six members of the National Assembly who were implicated in the rebellion.

The revolution is collapsing. The hireling armies in the south are succumbing to the power with the longer purse, which is in the hands of the astute exponents of Oriental diplomacy. The future depends ■•n whether the President is able to establish a solvent and stable Government in the southern province.

August 13. One thousand Government troops near Shanghai defeated 1500 rebels. Two hundred of the latter were killed in a bayonet charge. The Parliament at Peking is drafting procedure rules. ’I nan Shih-Kars election to the Presidency is regarded a,s assured. Twenty-five thousand Hnanese rebels have announced their intention to capture Hankow. The northern troops at Hankow, with artillery and Maxims, have been sent to intercept the rebels TOKfO, August 12. It is reported that Dr Sun Yat Sen intends to collect funds in order to continue the campaign against Yuan Shih-Kai. August 15. The chief Chinese refugees are flocking to Kobe. Dr Sun Vat Sen and Huang Sing have disappeared.