THE CHINESE REVOLUTION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12665, 19 January 1912, Page 5

THE CHINESE REVOLUTION

I ANAKCHY AND OUTLAWRY rampant:' SCHOOL CHILDPvEN BRUTALLY BUTCHERED. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph. — Copyright.) • (Received January 19, 8.5 a.m.) PEKING; Jnuary 18. Investigations show that jxires were stretched across the street forcing the cortege to stop, and the outriders dismounted to cut the obstructions with their swords. Yuan Shih Kai's escape was due to the first bomb from the ver- ; andah not exploding. A wounded officer and nine soldiers have died, and six j soldiers are in a critical condition. Forty ] arrests have been made. The Sowerdy relief mission has arriv- i ed at Peking from Shensi, Shansi and Honan. They report anarchy and out- | lawrv, the revolutionaries and Imperial- [ ists being equally lawless. Many women j have been brutally murdered and towns and villages have been deserted, the inhabitants hiding in caves in the mountains. A mob at Sianfu surrounded the Beckman school and fired it. They then butchered the fleeing children with axes, spades and spears. The city gates were closed for four days while the mob murdered ten thousand. (Received January 19, 11.55 a.m.) PEKING, Jan. 18. The executioner has strangled three of Yuan Shih Kai's assailants. SHANGHAI, January 18. Negotiations for a peaceful settlement are concluding. The Manchu princes are prepared to accept the Republican terms.