CHINESE REVOLUTION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 20 October 1911, Page 5

CHINESE REVOLUTION.

CONFLICTING REPORTS

FURTHER ROYALISTS. GO OYER

SEVERAL TOWNS IN HAND 4 OF REBELS.

Pekin, October IS. Anti-Manchu demonstrations took place during tho celebration of Confucius’ birthday in some of tho disaffected districts in tho south. r lho pimple compelled the lowering of (Tie Imperial flag.

It is believed that the- rebels’ recent inactivity lias jeopardis'd their chances of success.

Tho rebels complain of the bad leadership of Li Huan Hung, who was coerced into loading them. Correspondents, on the other hand, emphasise . tho rebels’ retr.ea+ing to Wuchang, not being pursued or Larrassed.

Fighting of an indecisive character took place around fie Hankow railway station throughout tin afternoon. The position was sharply contested, the place continually changing hands until the Imperial troops finally got possession. Adviws from Shanghai state that tho commander of tho corps at Kiukiang has joined the revolutionaries,who later captured Kiukiang and tho fort opposite. Several towns in the Szechuan province are in- the hands of tho rebels. It is not clear whether the movement is connected with tho Hankow revolt.

Missionaries in North-West Hanan are preparing to leave.

GERMAN WARSHIPS

Berlin, October 19

It is officially stated that the cruiser Gneison.au remains at Nanking, as the river is falling, but Vice-Admiral Vonkrosigk proceeds to Hankow aboard the gunboat litis. Newspapers state that the Germans engaged in the recent fight with tho mob acted after consultation with the other foreign commanders, solely for the protection of Germans endangered.