Show I AMERICAN RESIDENTS i DEMAND PROTECTION Recent Mutiny at Is More Serious Than I Reported Republican Special Cable Calle Pekin ln Nov Xo 24 Official telegrams I toda in indicate indicate in- in to o the tho various legations here today that the tho situation at Nankin where a mutiny broke e out on November Novem Novem- ber bet 19 is far tal more serious than the grand council counci reported and it II is evident evi d dent nt that the Chinese officials are trying to hide hid the tho facts Some of or the foreign residents have have- tal taken en refuge e on hoard board a a British gunboat gunboat gun gun- boat boat A German war vessel vesel is lying of off the town awaiting developments but bul no American ship is near The rho American residents resident asked for a ship but In view of or the assurances b by the grand gand council counci that the situation was well wel in hand no ship was wa sent Some of ot tho native pap papers r intimate that tho the levo revolt In Ill can be traced to missionary troubles but this charge is without s substantiation as aF it itIs itIs Is certain that the soldiers re revolted re- re because e the they had hal been approached approached ap ap- ap b by revolutionary 3 agitators and were The They seized the tho fort at but a n Chinese gunboat shelled their position and tho the EoJ soldiers fled fed to the hi hills The remaining 1000 soldiers at are arc being being- closely watched as it Is Is' feared they ma may follow in trio the footsteps of the malcontents and start another r uprising |