A PATRIOTIC OFFICER
20,000 TROOPS ON THE MOVE
Received Oct. .If?, 11 p.m
LONDON, Oct. 1G
The Times' Peking correspondent reports that though the edict curtly orders Yuanshikai (who was previously deposed) to Wuchang, and does not attempt any reparation for his dismissal, ho has accepted, in the grave emergency, the hardest post in the empire. He is apparently confident of the loyalty of his 'northern army, which is his creation.
Thirteen traiVspri t trains left Peking and Paotingfu oii Saturday and Sunday. Eleven leave to-day and ten on Tuesday. Alb'.^cthor 20,000 ,combatants will concentrate at the third station noith of Hankow. -
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19111017.2.36
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12824, 17 October 1911, Page 5
Word Count
102A PATRIOTIC OFFICER Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12824, 17 October 1911, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in