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Show CflESE TROOPS MASSACRENATiVES c PJ3KINO. Cs'ov. 2. Tho massacre of natives at Hankow by Imperialist troops, intelligence of which has reached both the war board and the German legation, may tfrove a serious hindrance to the peace negotiations ' which Yuan Shi Kai has been endeavoring endea-voring to Inaugurate with the rebel leaders. The Imperialists appearent-ly appearent-ly have got beyond control and further furth-er fighting is feared. In such a caso it will bo difficult to protect the foreign for-eign concessions, as they are divided from the native city by streets only fifty or aLxty feet wide" It is reported that the war hoard at, Pekinghas declined to accept the BUggestiort' of foreign doctors to form a Red Cross society on the lines of tho Geneva convention, the board seeming to feel that tho rebels do not deserve human treatment. The massacre, mas-sacre, according to some advices be-gap be-gap before the departure of General i in jonang. The exodus from Peking continues, the doors of manv shops as well as private houses, being closed in anticipation anti-cipation of a massacre. Tho missionaries mission-aries who have had a conference with th0 legation, have decided that tho few soldiers placed in each of the four large mission compounds would sufflco to prevent ordinary outlawry and looting, which Is expected to begin any night Should thoro be a general gen-eral outbreak, all the othors could take refugs in the Motbodist mission, which is immediately east of the legation le-gation quarter and easily bo defended. defend-ed. The diplomatic body will meet tomorrow to-morrow to consider the question of allowing the Chinese troops to enter Tiontsln, a counsul there having made serious objection. An official dispatch dis-patch from Shi Kai Tan, Shansi province, prov-ince, says that regiments of Shansi troops which had been dispatched to assist the imperialists, has mutinlted. Tho mutineers killed their brigadier genoral and then bombarded a Man-hcu Man-hcu city, massacred n thousand Man-chus. Man-chus. Including the governor and his family. Genoral Yin Tchang who until a few days ago, was commander of tho imperial forces, at Hankow,- returned here today. There was a 'great crowd at the station at the time of hfs arrival, ar-rival, but no demonstration took place. It is understood the national assembly as-sembly is showing determined opposition opposi-tion to the foreign loan for which arrangements ar-rangements have been mado, arguing that" such a loan 1b unnecessary as many millions are hoarded In the Forbidden City. Letters dated OoL 29 and 30 from the Associated Press correspondent with the imperialist army at Hankow, say tho.t In the struggle for the possession pos-session of the citj. , there was hand to hand fighting "in the streets, the quarters being too close for shooting. Tho rebels, mostly raw recruits, not understanding the use of rifles, we.re driven back with much slaughter, their doad piling invon the quay The casualties among the imperialists for two days, Oct. 2S and 26, were CO killed and ICO wounded. The rebels had about 700 killed or wounded. The fighting, continues the correspondent, corres-pondent, until the last three days had not been serious. The rebels had the advantage In artillery 'but their shells f did not explode. The Imperialists had ' I the advantage in troops but they were poorly provisioned. No prisoners wore taken. Rebels captured alive were shot or decapitated. It Is learned that the most barbarous barbar-ous outrages were perpetrated on innocent in-nocent persons in the villages An officer of Yin Tchang's Btaff explained that the outrages wero committed by only forty men of the Hu-peh dlvlisoa. General Yin Tchang refused permission per-mission to the correspondents to proceed pro-ceed to the front and placed under the closest surveillance, At headquarters all telegrams undergo the strictest censorship The staff officers, says the correspondents, are quartered In an express train, with engine attached attach-ed for Immediate service. Tho chief of staff, Col, Yin, is now at the front directing operations. Tho general stafT consists mostlv- of German and Japanese trained men, but tho campaign cam-paign does not reflect much credit on them, as they are seemingly Ignorant Ig-norant of the country. Tho soldiers are not bothered by their officers and do as they please. Coming from the northern provinces they have no sympathy sym-pathy with the rebels. Prior to the opening of operations on October 27. General Yin Tchang told the respective commanders that the advance must he made and rewards re-wards were offered the soldiers for any gun captured. The rebels who at fh-st numbered not more than 1,000 shot from the housetops until com- pclled to retire, the sholls from the warships Betting the houses on fire. General Wong Ylh Chat, commanding tho foiirth division, shot soldiers who refused to fight. Dispatches received In Peking tonight say the rebels occupied oc-cupied Shih Hsln Sen on Monday last, but on the following day the imperialists imperial-ists drove them to Liang Tso Klang, on Impregnable pass in the mountainous mountain-ous country. Tho rebels have torn up a half mile stretch of tallroad and blocked the tunnol and now hold the pass with a- small body of men. |