CHINESE REVOLUTION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 58, 23 October 1911, Page 5

CHINESE REVOLUTION.

STIFF FIGHTING

REBELS GETTING THE BEST

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) Pekin, October 22. The capture of Ichang is confirmed. It is rumoured that the Sachnogpingi flagship is sunk or captured. The fall of Changsha is imminent. There are the wildest rumours that the rebels' are capturing cities and gunboats. , . The Viceroy’s yamen at Tamanfn has been burned, and there are signs of grave unrest at Tientsin. Missionaries have been warned that a revolutionary outbreak near Pekin is imminent. Foreign diplomats are considering China’s foreign and financial obligations. China requests the_ postponement of the Boxers’ indemnity instalments and is eagerly seeking a loan. Yuan-shih-kai refuses to recapture Wuchang, being dissatisfied with the Yinchang’s preparations. He regards the latter as boastful and incapable. Yuan-shih-kai demands the -supreme naval and military command. Melbourne, October 22. Tho Victorian branch of the Young China League has received a cable from its headquarters stating that the revolutionaries had a great victory at Hankow. Over one thousand Imperial troops were killed, and only twenty or thirty rebels. New York, October 21. Cables received at San Francisco state that tho Chinese Republican leaders confirm the defeat of the Imperial forces at Hankow. It is reported that an Imperial warship was sunk. Admiral Shah retired to Tviukianp;. The rebels are expecting a great accession to their strength as a icsult of the battle.

THE MANCHU DYNASTY. AX UNPARALLELED EDICT. Pekin, October 21., An edict, unparalleled in Manclm history, offers an amnesty to all classes of civil and military relii Is surrendering. ' SHANGHAI BANKS SUSPENDED. GOVERNMENT IN GREAT . STRAITS. Shanghai, October 21. Several native banks have suspended payment. Bankers and m* r••iiants’ guilds are negotiating to avert a financial crisis. Pekin. October 21. The Government is in great straits in supplying the banks and legations with financial assistance. Hongkong, October 21. Foreign banks are making continuods large shipments of silver, including British dollars to North ChinaOwing to the Chinese paper currency being discredited the market is practically depleted of specie.