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The Hongkong Telegraph.

October 26th, 1911, Temperature 10 280, 4 pm, 78 | Houidity.

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TELEGRAMS.

THE

REBELLION.

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THE REBELLION.

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October 26th, 1910, Temperature 10m. 76,

TELEGRAMS.

THE REBELLION.

載大初月九年三蔽室

FRIDAY. OCTOBER

27

1911.

બનાવો

TELEGRAMS.

THE REBELLION,

THE REBELLION.

'ANOTHER ASSASSINA-

NEWS FROM CANTON,

TION.

RUMOURED DEATH OF YIN CHANG."

CONFIDENCE IN YUAN.

FROM THE START.

FOREIGNER'S GRAPHIO STORY,

PLENTY OF RECRUITS:"

Canton, Oct. 26.

Peking, Oct. 27. Fumiour is current in Peking

七十月十其港香

TELEGRAMS.

THE REBELLION.

FOREIGNERS QUITE SAFE.

Wo then walked into the head-

As rogards the foreigners the quarters together. It was a big ladies mil beon advised to building just on the outskirts of

the nativa city and quite close leave and of course many of to the Foreign Concession. It them had done so, but it looked as if it might have been a

136 Pak ARBOR, Bugs Cori 10 Care.

TELEGRAMS.

HOME POLITICS.

THE INSURANCE BILL."

GAG LEGISLATION.. The Premier, Mr. Asquithi, con-

(SERVICE TO TRE ** TEĽSKRAFN,

Durban, Oct. 20, 0.55 a.m.” A foreigner who was in Han-1

To dobato on the Insurance. kow from the beginning of the The Cabinet Ius telegraphedouble has related almost graphic set of private houses before the was very improbable that the Bill in the House of Commons ihut the troops under General to the Canton Viceroy, that IIE. Durban, Oct. 20, 11:45 pant

Fabels took occupation. It was then trould oron consider such was interesting owing to the Yin Chang have broken, jute mut-Yu Shih-kai has been appoint Shanghat Mercury of October officers of the rebel army were ly no need for it, combining their

story which appoured in the very sparsoly furnished an out-

veiled and open references" to Reator's correspondant

side several non-commissioned step. There was absolute-

Home Rule. ***... Poking states that Shong King-iny, General Yin Chang is re-

ed Viety of Hupeli and High 21. He says that the first un-drilling bands of recruits. Thiero pao, the Minister of Communi-ported to have either committed cations, has boon dismissed, snivido or boon assassinated. The Commissioner voted with sup-nouncement of the trouble was was a big number of these com- forces with the number of war-

ground for disaringal is Thrust his urdered I.E. Fung reme comunnd of the military conveyed by the finding of the urowd was looking on. The rebels ther he thought these could Innd that the Government in faturg ing in and the usual Chinese ships lying in the river. Altogeclude his speech by declaring that he was responsible for the Kwok-choong to take command and naval forces. The Cabinet bonit in a house vocupied by were certainly getting a lot of re- nationalisation of the railways in of the second division of troops expresses its confidence that nativos in the Russian concession, cruits from somewhere but the big at least a couple of thousand mon would not hesitate to apply the consequence of which there and to leave Peking for Hope You will be successful in sup-,

majority of them seemed to be of if necessary. Dotachmentsofsail-olosure to compartments of its The next morning saw the be the wild and woolly class.

great projects of logislation. bellions arose. This was intond-

ginning of the massacre of the They might have boou loafers. In ors were being sent ashore nightly od to: benchit the people, bat

our conversation here my friend to assist the volunteers with the COMMON'S LIBERTY GONE.¬ Sheng failed to carry it out suc

Manchas over in Wuchang and the officer wanted to know if I hand

This evoked Mr. A. J. Balfour's that evening numerous fires in any experience at all in military patrol, work. The chief danger setburst in which he acaused M cessfully.

the native city and in Wuoliang work and told him that. I did lay in the starting of fires and the Asquith of creating a procedent were ample evidence that the sked Do you know anything greatest trouble was in the dosor-which did not leave the House any rising had commenced in earnest. Yes, that was any particular the possibility of scarcity of about cavalry work ? and I said tion of the native servants and

Ost haste...

"

The Theme intends to dismiss the Presidout of the Ministry of

Tang Shun-yi has been appoint. Communications from service, as od his successor.

A SAPIENT(?) ASSEMBLY..

J

Durbin, Oct. 26, 9.55 uan. Routora porrespondent Pokingroparts-that-a-violont- scone has orzarred in the National

unapology to the nation,

Shoung-po."

FURTHER MUTINYING.

Shanghai, Oct. 27. The antips troops of Sion Assembly, which threatened to have now taken possession of dissolve failing to dismissal and Tungkwan.

impeachment of IE Cheng A rumour is current in Shang Shun-liuni, Vice-President of the hai that the troops in Foochow Ministry, of Communications, on aaye mutiniol and the Viceroy of the groumi that he had favoured Fukion is reported to have beon

the construction of railways by killed. The shipping bureau in foroigh syndicates-Router..

TROOPS JOIN REBELS.

Shanghai, Oct. 20.

It is reported that the troops tinilor General Yi Chang have mutinio.

A rumour is enfront in Cantori that the life of Lienoral Yin Chang

is in dangor.

READY TO FLEE

The Imperial family, are mak- ing prejurations to leave the Capital and go to Jehol.

DECLARED.

•

The stu louts, the solitions and

cortain societies havo declared in:

Foochow has been burnt

A TUẦN SECURE

pressing the rebellion.

have such experience. He then

As the arsenal in Hapoli fullen into the hands of the rebels and as arms and ammunition pre running short other provinces are dxpected to meet the shortago. The disturbances and uproar in branch. The officer then went on The authorities in charge of the the native quarters was quito dis-to admit that the rebels were vory food at the markets. Up till Canton arsenal are asked to turn inctly heard in the Foreign Con- much in want of cavalry leaders Tuesday, however, the supplies

|and judging from his remarks I cessions and the glares from the should-say-he-moant-squadron were quite sullioiont out are ms and ammunition. fires were plainly visible. The leaders or troop lenders, men who All the provinces are requested authorities soon called out the could do something in the way of actually lending the mon in battle. to contribute towards the cost of Volunteers and these were early the operations.

CAVALRY LEADERS

SELFGOVERNMENT

WANTED.

WANTED.

*

EXCITED NATIVES.

shreds of liberty.

HOME RULE.

Mr. Jolin Redmond described'

Mr. Balfour spocol as the test shot in the Parliamentary cam paign in regard to Home Rule and said that it was aimed at pro- tracting the Insurance Bill until 1912 in order to destroy the 1012

ogramme.

LABOUR DIVIDED. According to the "Daily Now" the Labourites are split on the question of the Insurance Bill. Messra. Suowden, Lansbury, Jowett and Thorne have, it says, refused to pledge their support and intend to form an indepen dant group.

An apathetic if amusing spectu- readiness, to the strength of about a hundrod Gormune, sixty

olo was witnessed on the day of the short bombardment by the Chi- and seventy Britishors, and a number of Americanis. A serious The follicer then malo mu annose cruisors when anxious and view of the troubles was taken uffer that he would place a certain excited crowds of natives were to right from the start a foreign for me but the amount was

sum of money in a foreign bank be seen harrying and scurrying authorities and the volunteers not at all enticing or even suffi-through the streets of the Foreign At the meeting held By the were apportioned very hard work. ciont. Still it showed that the Concessione, now going one way gentry and tierelments of Canton Patrolling the streets of the Con- soldier of fortune can still find em- and now lleeing another. They cossions at night time was ordor-ployment in these modern times, had collected their goods and Peking, Oct. 27.

I told him it was ridiculous und the other day the vice-chairman Fed and tho volunteers after their said I would not think about it. hattels, in bags, baskets, and The Ministry of Finance has said that if the province were wall day's work had to take up this He replied that his party wore boxes, and did not seem to know votes to 103 agreed to the guil- obtained a loan of Tis 1,000,000 from a well known German Bank administered there would be no duty thankless kind of a job fighting for a cause but I told him where they were making for. at the rate of 6 per cent. This fear of a robellion. It was for the in all truth. The Ilunkow Volun- that I would not be; that that did the bombardment took place on teers wors of the bost materials, sympathies were certainly with Friday afternoon and it was a money is to be devoted towards people to support the officials however, and seemed to comprise them. That finished this part of very good thing for the foreigners. the cost of operations.

our conversation but after speak that the forts at Wuching did not, whion right and to correct the practically all the men.

ing generally on military matters reply to the fire. The cruisers wrongs done by then. Mr: Kong

for some time the officer said us wo

REBEN FUNDS FROM

MANILA.

Hung-yan said that oach proviner THE REGIME OF QUIET. should be self-governed. When

he was lost-in Hongkong ho had an interview with the oditors of the vernacular press there regaril- ing the advantage of independent government,

Then came the regime of quiot, the waiting for the initial stroke. The revolutionist army.

lost no time but devoted all their energies preparing for the struggle. After they had taken Hankow and

not worry me, although iny

were parting Well, won't you were lying in front of the Russian tako the offer?'. I said No. Concession right in the middle of In fact I might go and join the the Foreign Settlements, Imperialists. Iaughingly he terminated the strange meeting by saying 'If you do that will have the pleasure of cutting your head off very soon!'

A GREAT STEP.

BLANK SHOT.

THE GAG CARRIED. Bombay, Oct. 28, 1:55 p.m. The House of Commons by 230

tutine closure on the Insurance Bill.

GOVERNMENT CONUES-

SIONS.

The Government made some concessions. It allowed twenty- two days for the discussion of the

A DESERVED TAUNT.

THE DIGNIFIED CHAN- CELLOR,

Mr. Auston Chamberlain ac The "Manila Times" of Octo-

cused Mr. Asquith of forcing the A strong rumour is afloat that

guillotine on the House in order the naval troops utider Admiraler 20 says that Manila Chinese

to inake a precedent for the Home Bir Sah Chen-ping have joined who syinpatijise willi the revolu-

Rule Bill. Ho donounced the In- tionary movement in China, wore

ile was strong in the belief, the rebels.

|surance Bill - að ́” an immoral. ngog-withrexcitement-when-cable Ngolichow and Sanchow-in-

Jiowever, that at least half of the attempt to bribe_the_working- shots fired by the cruisers were classe5: Hunan have been captured by grams began to arrive-telling of

The speaker informed the blank and lio was also of opinion the rebels and the capture of Au- the bitter buttle close to the gates of Wachang in which the rebel

Alt. Tum Lai-wun spoke of the lanyang they started in on re- "Mercury's" representative that that the warships, were short of king in imminent...

forvos pitted their strength against aced for the public superintend-cruiting big numbers and adding even the foreigners in Hankow

The Chancellor of Exchequer, to their strength. They had re-who could speak Chinese, know ammunition. It was woll-known FUKIEN'S INDEPENDENCE the Imporialist troops.

In different Chinese stores and ing official administration. If the galar recruiting officers and very little of the actual position of that Chinese cruisers as a rule did Mr. Lloyd George, said that Mr.

affairs. There was nothing but not carry very much ammunition.

Austen Chamberlain's remark restaurants placards were posted people wished to suggest ad-establishments for the enlisters, rumours and many of them were. When heleft Hankow the warships uinued: "If anything is more was about the limit." He con- giving an account of the battle ministrativoroforms to the govern- these bolding a prominent pusi of a very absund and suggested were out of sight but they were immoral than a bribe it is pro and the placards were the, contre

milos mising a bribe, getting votes, and dependence in Fukion. They fortunes of the war. These groups Provincial Assembly. Should headquarters were daily enrolled they had something good to go at all surprised if they went over of animated groups discussing the moat, those must go through the tion towards the back of the Han-usture. If however the-robel

kow Waterworks. Hore at their army had inauy officers like the passed about six or seven

one wlio made him the offer then down the river: He would not hohen not giving it."-Router: included many inen from different the officials take no notice of the long lists of enthusiastic revolu- on. He was certainly a most ranks of life, and there wore but Asseinbly's recommendation, the tionaries, "One day, continued intelligent and very smart man fow Manchu sympathisors among people's suggestion should then be the narrator, "I was standing and was evidently of Amarican Several of the rebel soldier, now about this place when I entered training. His English was so and again obtained entrance Ono effect of the news of the supported by a body. formed to into conversation with one of the perfect that it aroused suspicions to the Foreign Concessions victory was the cutting off by superintend the official admini- lok who was appar of his being a foreigner. How against rules and also against the

ently one of the rebel oflicers. over he was a native all right and should say he held the rank cor- if he had not been in 'America ho proclamations of their own lead- number of Chinese of their tration. queues, the badge of the hated

responding to adjutant. He ad- had evidently studied after thoir ors but they were invariably dressed me in absolutely perfect models and from their books. ignorant of the command and re- Manchu domiuntion. There was

BONGKONG TO PLAY A English asking what I was doing That interview was held on tired on being told. The white is to proceed to a University. 110 concerted movement of

there and if I were not afraid. the Saturday prior to Oct. 21 and cotton badge like a handkerchief The captain of the Hindustan this sort, but many of the

PART.

told him that the latter part of his on Sunday. Monday and Tuesday round their arms was the distinct-praises life zeal and intelligence question did notstrikemeatulland all was quiet in Hankow, there

and says that every one on the Several hundred students are Chinoso barbers of the city were

thon wo talked quite freely about being uo sign of a battle Inte on ive sign. The rebels wero splen-vessel is sorry to lose a good com- advocating the declaration of kept busy all morning, shouring

the revolution and its prospects: Tuesday night. He was of tlie didly equipped with modern rifles rade-Router, independence in Tientsin. Some the locks of the rebel 'sym-

Ho was very confident his side opinion that if the revolutionists and, bayonots, carrying their am- arrests have been made by order pathisers:

Juo buy it a severe baitle with

Foouhow.

the Tartar solliere, and captured The troops of Fukien and those of Queichow province have mutiniod, and the fall of the Sion

prefecture in Shensi' resulted from the mutiny of the troops

there.

TROUBLE IN TIENTSIN.

tliem..

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It was ngreed to form

a

int body to the revolutioniste.

PRINCE OF WALES.

A GOOD COMRADE,

' TELEGRAPH."'} VIỄN TO TEN *** Durban Oct. 26, 3.30 p.m. H.R. H. the Prince of Wales,

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superintending body. It was was going to win. Then he obtained one really good victory munition in pouches and clips. THE CHINA SQUADRON. of the Viceroy of~Chibli.” This The now of the victory gave decided to approach the societies wanted to know very particularly then the whole of the Yangtze On the first day of the tropibles a solion line caused much ogitation au in pefus to the collection of in Canton and ask then to select what I was doing there and I ro Valley would join them. The but so far nothing of a sorious funds for the revolution. Just their own representativos. It was pliod that I might he looking for officer would not, tell him what party of Imperialist troops about nature hus occurred.

employment. He immediately the total strength of their forces 300 or 400 strong passed through BRITISHI DESTROYERS SAIL. how much has been collected it also decided that the "Canton asked me if I had any objection was, merely stating that they had the Foreign Concessions in re-

penclied the ex-Viceroy of Ilupoh. at present, but large sums have some representatives to go to and I said "No a drink would be Foreign Concessions their on- Creek At Nanking H.M.S. New-

The Board of Censor has im-scenk impossible to stato exactly Press Society should despate to living a drink with a rebel great number. Outside the treat, going towards Seven Mile (SavioB TO TEM “! TRESGRAYM./!]\/ none the worse bocause it is offor-campment was a fairly large one castle was soon and there was also The destroyers Ribble and An Imperial rescript has been sued oriloring II.E. Yuen Shih-ready been sent by trusted mat- Hongkong with a view to cured by a rebel but I am not drink and an estimate of a military man kal to institute an enquiry and Fongors to the headquarters of the ing the o-operation of the various ing just now as am not very would place their strength atfrom anchored there a big German Usk have gailed for Devonport for -report-" Shat-po,"

Trevolution near Hankoy, Chinese Societies in Hongkong, well,

|5,000 to 7,000,

China:

cruiser—the Cueisenau,

Bombay, Oct. 27, 8,5 a.m.