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Show ri REBELS MASSACRE I isioQ menus I IN 08EJISTRICT fl . H ATTEMPT TO KILL YUAN I ' H PEKING, Jan 15. A bomb H I 4r was thrown at Premier Yuan H j -f- Shi Kal's carriage this mora- 4- H , -t- Ing. Two soldiers and the Hj - horses drawing tho carrlago -f Hl wcro killed. 1 1 i -f PEKING, Jan 15. Tho Knn M 4- Su imperial army, after much -f H , 4- fighting has succeeded In push- 4- Hj I 4- Ing Its way to within sixty 4- H 4- miles of Sian Fu. Tho entire 4- Hj 4- province of Shen Si Is In a 4- Hl 4- turmoil . Many towns have 4- B 4- been looted and deserted. 4 Hl J 4- Tho roporlod massacre of 4- H l 4- 10,000 Mnnchus by rebels In 4- 1 4- tho Shen Si district is con- B 4- firmed. V H 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4- 4-4- 4-4-4-4-4-4- Tho provinces of Shen SI and Shan SI, from which the roportcd massacre of 10,000 Mnnchus by rebels 16 now confirmed, have boon hotbeds of rcv- H olntion for some months. On Dec. J S news was received by messenger B j from Sian Fu, the capital of Shan Si, j fhnt S.000 Manchns bad been slain in j the province up to that date. H I A column of imperialist troops has H i been operating in the district to eup- j press tho robelllon, but the slaving B of Monchus has continued. PBW Telia of Conditions. H Conditions in the Interior of China PBV arc described graphically in an in- pBpl (( terview with Adolph Herman, who pBn went to Tal Yuan Fu to rescue wom- pftWj J en and children of the China Inland PBU missions. Ho says: PBV J "The impression got from the rob- pBph-J ols was far from faorab!e. There PBVI was no responsible head and somo 20 PjS j roen in various kinds of uniforms had PBVj possession of tho railroad station at JAW I Ching Hsing Hslen On showing my PBVJ passport and papers from the United pBpJj ( i States legation, written in Chinese, PBVJ 1 1 I was escorted to the commander PBV I nearby. This officer had several hun- pBpL. drcd soldiors with no two uniforms PBVF 1 alike and various kinds of rifles PBH , "The city of Tal Yuan Fi showed pBpJji row after row and empty stores In pBVJr j tho beat business quarter of the city pftpj On reaching the official quarters we pBVJ! were informed that a party of 21Xor- pBVJjf I elgncrs, mostly women, was due soon pftpjl ' We went to Yan Chuan to meet them PBpJ and were delayed for four davs tbcTe pBpl on account of fighting. On the night PBpJ of Dec 10 a train with 20 wounded PBpJ passed through to Tai Yuan Fu and pBpn in tho night 500 cavalrymen entrained PBpJL with horses and went out to tho scene BH 1 of the fighting PVJ "On tho next afternoon a general pkH retreat began The first train con- PhVJI i tained General Yao. commander at pBpe Nian Tsu Kwan, who had with him JapM I about 400 men. Then other traln- PhVJ loads, containing In all about 2,000 pBpJ troops, passed in succession. pkpjr "AH day long stragglers arrived pBVJ at Yan Chang and we aprchended pBpJ trouble, but a train came from Tai PjpJ ' - Yuan Fu to meet them Towards PhVJ i evening two of the stragglers fired pBpJI their rifles near the station and the PBVM men In the cars, supposing the lm- 1 ' pcrlals were on them, made a gen- PjVJ ' eral scramble for the nearest hills. PapJI Only after discovering that their com- pBVJ! , rades had caused tho firing did they PhVJ J return with great caution and get on JhVJ ' board tho train, which departed JhVM I speedily for Tai Yuan Fu pBpJj "On the 13th we made our depart- pBVJ uro toward the cost and after reach- pBVJ ing NIan Tsu Kwan were sent through pBpJ to Shlh Chla Schwang unmolested pkpn "The rebels complained that tho PhVJI range of their guns was too short, PhVJI ' and they had to flee before the Im- pBpJt periallsts. Some of their now re- PhVJ I cruits did not even know how to ban- PhhJ die their rifles and others were armed 1 with spears." PBVJI Dr. Sun Has Many Callers. H NANKJNC, Jan. 1C The southern 1 capital is now the Mecca of rcprc- pBpj i soutatlvcs of big financial syndicates, pkpl ' leading commercial houses, loan PBVM I brokors, concession hunters and sold- PBpV i icrs of fortune of all nationalities AH BVJ i 7are cargerly seeking Interviews with President Sun Yat Sen. There is reason to believe that strong pressure la being "used 'topoiv suade the president to give a pledge that ho will retire In 'favor1 of Yan Shi Kal Immediately, otherwise, It Is pointed out, Yuan can delay the tfcaco settlement Indefinitely. ' It is alBo roportcd that Sun Yai Son haq received assurances of financial assistance, armaments and supplies In return for bonds, heavily discounted, discount-ed, and other big concessions. Special trains are bringing Into Nanking prominent persons who nn seeking to confor with tho president It is significant that sovcral of tho moBt prominent callers In the last fow days aro connected with the Peking government and Yuan Shi Kal. Princes to Consider Declaration. MUKDEN, Manchuria. Jan. 15. The princes of eastern Mongolia arc assembling at Cheng Chlatun to consider con-sider their attitude regarding tho declaration of independence in northern nor-thern Mongolia. Seize Mongolia Town, HARBIN. Manchuria, Jan 15 A Mongolian force from the District of Kahlalr In Manchuria has seized tho town of Kahlalr and appointed civil officials. Tho troops have Issued a declaration of Independence Tho Manchu authorities and Imperialists havo taken rofugo in tho Russian settlement of Kahlalr Station on tho Manchuria railroad |