REVOLT IN CHINA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10299, 2 November 1911, Page 1

REVOLT IN CHINA.

TUnited Press Association— By Electrio TIIE T i!SKra i! Ei)ICT. YUAN SHI KAI APPOINTED PREMIER. FIGHTING AT HAN KAIL PEKIN, November 1. ' The President of the Assembly announced that the Regent had sent asMjraacea that tho edict would be taith!fully carried ouc 5 and that it was not, {pier? words. Members expressed,satisfaction. The unrest continues, . foreign troops are guarding tlie mission houses in Pekin. , ;t The troops at Tsmnnhi and Chaehuna informed th(i Government that ;they support Chang Shuo Tseng s demands and will not oppose the rebels. , The Ministry is resigning and an •idiot is immediately being issued proclaiming Yuan Shi Kni Premier. /he 'jtattaJ* has gone to the front at oing'aioohsu. i Advioea from Hankau state that the irebttls have reaaptured the station and jtliafc the dragon flag lias been rehoistat Canton, where business has been (resumed. Private cables deny that 'Fiinchau haa fallen. A Court official at Ichang refusing to deliver the keys, "and ft few other Manchu officials, were iilled by rebels. The latter are rigor(OUßly preserving order and executing kll looters and incendiaries. !,•; MANCHUS ENRAGED. Tha Pekin. correspondent of the ''Jtar York Herald" says that the Imperial clan is deeply enraged. They declare that the regent is responsible Jot the loss of the throne to the Man(Jhus, and that he can only atone by -,6ttici'de. ~. . \ , t rebel troops at Tiayunnhi boast Hhftt they kiiled two thousand Manchu tflolditers and civilians in cold blood.