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TE3 ASSOCIATED jff ( DISPEL , J LAST EDITION : 4:00 P. U. Weather Torecast: RAIN AND WARMER. ' VOL. XVI. NO. 232. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 6, 1911. SoPER COPY ASKEDTO STAY I1WFIIRI Turkey Appeals to -. nited States to Check tu '. Atrocities in N ' Tripoli. VIOLATIONS CHARG7D VIOLATIONS CHARGED Course of the Invaders Is Also Claimed to Contra vene the Hague Convention. Philadelphia, Nov. 6. Formal an nouncement that Tripoli has been an nexed to Italy was received by the Italian consul today from the minister of foreign affairs at Rome. Washington, Nov. 6. The alleged barbarities In Tripoli have been brought to the attention of the Amer ican government In such form that some declaration . of the position of the state department In the matter now is expected. The subject was broached ilrst in the course of a ver bal statement by the Turkish ambas salor to Acting Secretary of State Adee, and later in the shape of a letter. In each case the ambassador, who declared he was acting by express cabled Instructions from his govern ment, described In detail the acts at tributed to the Italian troops and pro tested in the name of humanity against the alleged barbarities indict ed upon the helpless women and children and non-combatants, by the Infuriated Italian soldiery. By order of his. government, the ambassador appealed to the United States to exert Itself to put a stop to practices that, he declared, were In plain violation of the rules of war fare, and '..In contravention of the Hague convention, ' to which the Unlted,tt' Bi'jtaay -are- parties. Acting Secretary ' Adee promised to submit the protest to Secretary Knox who, at present, is absent from Washington. The ambassador's note was based uoon a cablegram from the Turkish minister for foreign affairs, which, after reciting the alleged "wholesale execution of a great . number of In habitants of Tripoli, perpetrated dally by the Italian military authorities, concludes as follows: "I beg to protest tn the most ener getic manner to the government to which you are accredited for such crimes against humanity committed by the Italians, the sad spectacle of which offers a striking contrast with the effort, crowned with success, and admitted by the Italians themselves, that ' our authorities In Tripoli and Benghusl have not ceased to display In order to safeguard the lives and property of the Italians as well as other Europeans, and, that under the very fire of the enemy and In the midst of a justly Indignant and over excited population." Supplementing this cablegram came another from the Turkish office, which was also transmitted to the state department This Is regarded as of great Important because It for mall demands Intervention by the United States. It reads as follows The Italian atrocities In Tripoli be ing confirmed officially, and from ev. ery Quarter, I beg your excellency to reiterate ths representations present ed In my preceding telegram, and to Insist tipon the necessity of a prompt and efficacious Intervention In order to put an end Immediately to these Inhuman proceedings. Falsehood and Misrepresentation London, Nov. . "Ananias In his palmiest' days never wrote half as many falsehoods and misrepresenta tions as have appeared in the Italian press and In the official statements Issued by ths Italian government, telecranhed the correspondents of Haulers Telegraph company, Ltd., at Tripoli, arrived at Malta. From Malta he was able to send an uncensored message which contains pessimistic description of ths condi tion of ths Italian army around what he terms ths besieged city of Tripoli He says i "Tp sum up ths results of the cam paign: .The Italians hold, with nearly , twice as many men, half the ground that they held three weeks ago. Thoy have lost In killed and wounded, not rountlng ths sick, well over one thou "sand men. Many Arabs have been killed and vast numbers were shot In cold blood. Now 15,000 soldiers And themselves with their backs to the sen. cramped aud confined, with an active enemy within a few yards of tnem ana with cholera raging, for, despite om clal efforts to conceal the truth, ther have been many cases among the troops and ths civil population is suf Tripoli havs been closed by ermud entries. "Thers has been no disgrace. On the contrary, the Italian troops fou;!it with great courage and their officers ' set a noble example. The Arabs have advanced their ar tlllery and are shelling the Italian One shell dropped into General tine va's headquarters. The foreign mill tary attavlixs have been kept aboard a boat and nut permitted to land, tit explunmion being (hat It would be ton rianyeroiia fur them ot go ashore. Th Toil. mill Arulm, the c-orre ! 1 I I 1 tbe m --' i, 15 mi LIVES ARE LOST EA Steamers Founder in Gale Off Western Europe, 22 Men Going' pown with Owner. SHORES OF CHANNEL wreckag'e-strewn Vessels Driven from Their Moorings and London Buildings Are Un roofed by Wind. London, Nov. 6. The Greek steam Lord Byron, from Theodosia for Antwerp, foundered in the English Channel during a furious gale today. Twenty-two of the crew of 25 were lost. The British steamer Victorian, on her way from Galveston to Liverpool, today sent a wireless message that she has aboard the crew of the water logged schooner Stephen D. Loud. The Loud Is a three-masted schoon er, of 400 tons, of Thomaston, Me. She sailed from Savannah, October for Boston. Several days later she was sighted by the British steam' er Glen Cliff, 100 miles off Charles ton, abandoned. Great Britain Storm-Swept. cyclonic gales are sweeping over the British isles, doing widespread damage. Shipping particularly suf fered. Buildings were unroofed and vessels were driven from their moor ings. The coasts are strewn with wreckage The channel packet France had an alarming experience. She left Dieppe 1:80 o'clock Sunday morning nd reached New, Haven four hours later. . The packet then got into dif ficulties. She was unable to enter the harbor and drifted about the channel until nearly three o'clock in the af ternoon. She was then. -taken in Xaw by another steamer' which proceeded to New Haven. The vessel was bad ly damaged. , A Great Storm. r Berlin, Nov. 6. A great storm Is weeping over the Baltic and the North Sea coast An unknown steam er has sunk oft Cuxhaven. The crew's fate is unknown. ROOSEVELT DENOUNCED IN COLOMBIAN EDICT Acquisition of Panama Canal Zone Scored as an Act of ., Violence and Rapacity. New Orleans, Nov. . An interest ing chapter in the controversy which grew out ot the acquisition by the United States of the Panama canal ions is contained In an official docu ment of the Colombian government, a copy of which has been received hers. In an official decree designed to in still into ins youin oi loiuraum bitter hatred of the United States and Panama through public instruction, Jorge Wills Pradllla. a director gen eral of bublla instruction of the de partment of Boyaca, declares tnai former President Roosevelt" was the soul of the conspiracy" which result ed In wresting Panama, from ths pa rent reDUbllc Ths decree gives ths language in which the history of the Panama re belllon shall be taught In all public schools and colleges of ths depart ment After giving the names of the aider of the rebellion, all or wnom, It la declared, were "suborned by Yankee gold." the decreed history raintlnuea: In ths preparation and realisation f their criminal Intent, tney were fTicientlv aided by adventurers of ths worst stripe, such as Manuel Amader Cuerrero, a native or tns cuy nt rartaarona: Frederick Boya, an American, and the Frenchman, reupe Runeau Varllla. for whom the opera. fion of the sale of the canal nter- prlis to ths United States had to pro duce filthy luors ana ms ugiomowm, K.toban Huertns and Ruben J. varon, obscure. Ignorant and mercenary soi dlers. I- The United States, whose presi dent, Theodors Roosevelt, was me niil or the conspiracy, hastened to recognise ths pseudo-republic of Panama and to snatcn ins sons ior th. canal, giving to the traitors the sums agreed upon. Availing Itself of Its Influence. It followed that many European and American states equal ly recognised the Republlo Of Pan uma." ., ; , ' M'NAMARA TRIAL DELAY rjuu-1 Talrontah III Ths Examina tion of 80 New Veniremen Is Begun. 1 Lou Anireles, Nov. I. Attorneys in the Mi'Nitinar cms today began Hi eiHtiilnsllon of ?0 new venlrmn. Th N STORMY S (-liinlnntinii of Tiilt'K'miri Seaborn Man mi. it .r - i f Him -m means an . 1 i i , 'n pfitry rlin 1 BALTIMORE MAN FUGITIVE; BANK LOSES OVER $200000 Police of Whole Country Asked to Search for Pembroke W. Pitt, Senior Member of Export ing Firm Doing a Business - of ,. Millions Annually Mrs. Pitt Is also Missing from the City. Baltimore, Nov. 6. Trusted until a few days ago by Baltimore's leading financiers as a conservative grain ex porter doing a $5,000,000 business a year and a leader and official in social and club life, Pembroke W. Pitt, sen ior member of the firm of Pitt Broth ers & Co., Is a fugitive from justice on the charge of obtaining more than $168,000 from five Baltimore and New York banks by means of forged bills of- lading on grain shipments. . The Baltimore police are sending out a request to the police of all sea- Considerable Business of an Important Matter Is to Be Considered. The board of county commissioners met this morning In regular monhly session. Notwithstanding the fact that most of the matters considered today were of a routine nature, it is expected that before the meeting ends tomorrow several matters of Import ance will have been taken up. One of these Is the question of hiring the health officer to devote all his time to the health matters of the county, which was requested by the county board of health and the Buncombe County Medical society. A petition Is now being circulated to be presented to the commissioners asking that they take this action. There Is some prob ability of the action being, deferred Untfljthe: next meeting1, however. ' Another ' matter that must be dis posed of at this meeting, which will come up tomorrow, will be the sale of 150,000 In refunding bonds of the county, to pay the 5 per cent bonds which were Issued by the cdunty on December 1, 1901. The new bonds are to be provable within 20 years and will bear 6 per cent Interest. County Attorney J". E. Swain stated today that several sealed bids had been received for the bonds. The board is empow ered to levy a special tax sufficient to pay the Interest and principal at ma turity. The board will also consider tomor row the establishment of the county and city reform or training school. with the board of aldermen of the city. It will be decided Just what Im provements are to be, made on the buildings at the old waterworks prop erty, where It is proposed to establish the school, and a principal may also be considered. One of the commis sioners stated today that they already have in view certain men to take charge of the Institution. ' . ' It is expected, too, that many road matters will be disposed of tomorrow. At today's meeting orders were made in connection with three roads, that the route of the Old Tort - road be changed, to survey the road near West Chapel, and to open a road from the Robert's fill to the railroad, near the Alexander West place. I SICK ROOM, COURT Mrs. Louise Vermilya to Be Transferred from Her Home t to County Hospital Chicago, Nov. . Mrs. Louisa Ver- mllya, ths widow suspected of poison Ing Policeman Arthur Blssonstta, was ready to day to leave home, where she has been til, under guard. Ths wo man becomes a prisoner In ths county hoenltal. Judge Waliur consented to hold court In ther woman a room before her removal to a hospital and she will bs arraigned while In bed. Enarsetlc methods to counteract ths effects of arsenic which Mrs, Ver milya cunningly contrived to mingle with her food In ths presence of her guards were successful. Since the attempt at suicide, Mrs. Vermilya has not been out of sight of one or mora of ths guards, and svery article she touches Is first ex amined either by a detective or trained nurse. A guard of detectives and uniform ed police, with a police matron and aevsral trained nurses, are watching over ra Vermilya and, vnlht or day'she Is never out of the view of at lesat one pair of eyes. Ths woman's bed and bedclothes, her id'eplnf garments, her hair and everything slae about her that could i-nnri'Ht pnlMin, have been examined. The l"'i' ar arotmed and are dn- i t tlmt tin' annum ahull ei .ti'l I , n i!.i' i Hun of nionli-tii'K tl.elr HLYrai!J6 OFGOMMISSIQNERS ...... f ports and large cities to arrest Mr. Pitt. Mrs. Pitt has also disappeared. It Is now expected that the losses will be between $200,000 and $300,000. . Consternation at the widespread character of the Pitt operation is not unmixed with' considerable surprise that conservative banks should be de frauded by spurious bills ot lading. False bills are said to have been found in 'New . York and In many country banks, while the names of grain dealers In Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and other points In the middle west were freely used, It Is charged, as were STATE ELECTIONS AROUSE INTEREST Results Tomorrow May Have Important Bearing on Na- tional Contest, AFFORD OPPORTUNITY TO GAUGE SENTIMENT Will Reflect Effc t of Democratic House Policy and Taft's Tour. Washington, Nov. 6. Leaders of national politics are, looking ahead with acute Interest to the Btate elec tions tomorrow because of their possi ble bearing on $he presidential cam paign next year, ' The elections affard an opportunity tor the first formal popular expression since the bringing together of the TSlrst .democratic na tional house of trepeeeentaUves In 16 eara, and the continent-spanning speechmaklng tour of Taft. - In Massachusetts, Gov. Foes, form erly congressman, has led the demo cratic forces. In New Jersey the elec tion is held in the home state of a candidate for the democratic presi dential nomination. In New York the Issues are local, but the state Is one always' tlosely scanned by political ob servers. ' In Kentucky, Representative OUIe James, one of democracy's bul warks In congress, is candidate for United States senator and William J. Bryan and Champ Clark campaigned for him. Vice President Sherman has taken an active part in New Jersey's republican fight. Speaker Clark has done vigorous campaigning In Nebraska, Tennessee and Kentucky. ' liETHOUR CANDLES ON HER BIRTHDAY CAKE i And 74 of Mrs. Penland's De- - scendants Helped Her Celebrate the Day. Yesterday at the" home' of Mrs. Annie Wells on Beaverdam, the ae scendants and some of ths relatives of Mrs. Wells' mother. Mrs. M. M Penland, gathered to celebrate the anniversary of her nineiy-iounn birthday, and flvs generations ot me famltv were represented, in ail ' children, mndchlldren. great grand children, and one great-great-grano child, besides others of ths family connection. Many of the descendants were not present and It U said tnai they will probably number 150. Those who attended the ceieora- tlon carried their dinners with them and all bad a most enjoyable time. A birthday cake had been prepared wun 14 candles. Mrs. Fenlana was im recipient of a great many presents and ths day befora received a post card shower of congratulations. The representative' of ths fifth gen eration was a UttU girl, about II months old. the granddaughter of Mr. mil Mrs. James Brown of Buena vista. ' Mrs. Penland, notwithstanding she Is only a few years short of ths cen tury mark. Is hale and heart and nil does a sreat deal of the house work at her daughter's home. What Is more wonderful, shk cultivated a garden this season, that Is, she did the hoeing In IU Mrs. Penland Is the widow of Noble E. Penland, one of ths prominent citl tens of this section, who died about 10 years afo. Their home was on what is now the Blltmore estats. Just across ths river from Blltmore house. Lifo Termet" Must DLs for Assault. Wsshington, Nov. . A life term er" In prison who assaults , another perso-n with a deadly weapon Is pun ishable with death, under a decision snnounced by the United States flu preme court upholding the conatltu- intmlltv of the I'slllnrnle statute. T!. cuit 'd;lir.a to li.ir.-f.-rs with il 'i t 'i nr,, j . IHl JtHIH' those of the station agents of the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylvania and the Western Maryland Railroad companies. When the extent of the questionable transactions was exposed to these bank officials, It staggered them. It Is now charged that the alleged hypoth ecation has been going 6n for three or four years. Last spring Pembroke Pitt was called before some of the banks and asked about "stale" bill which they held. He was ready with his reply and quickly satisfied them that ail was right. C1SEISBEINC TRIED Negro Educator Principal Witness Against New York er Who Gave Him Beating. New York, Nov. 6. Booker T. Washington appeared In court today as the principal witness against Henry A. Ulrlch, a white man who gave the negro educator a beating one night last Merch when he found Washington in the vestibule of an apartment house where Ulrlch roomed. The de fendant brought as counsel James J. Moore, who was one of the first con tributors to the fund for the develop ment of Tuskegee Institute, of which Vashlngton is the head. A statement Issued by. Washington at the time of the assault said he was reading a tenant's directory In the ves tibule of the apartment house In an effort to Jocate a negro who was one of the officers of Tuskegee. Ulrich's defense was foreshadowed by his previous asrmrtlons that he found Washington peeping through the key-hole of a door, on the ground floor and that a woman wltjj whom he tuincn) roomed told' him she was annoyed by the negro while passing through a corridor. After driving Washington out of the vestibulce, Ul rlch, It Is alleged, knocked him down and was beating him when policemen Interfered. Detective Hagan testified he and Ulrlch were running after Dr. Wash ington, and when he came up to them he found Washington on his hands and knees. "Washington was bleeding on the head," said Hagan. Ulrlch said 'this man Is a thief. I found him with his hand on the door knob and his eye at the key hole.' On the way to the station house Ul rlch remarked that it was a good thfng I came up, for if I had not he would have knocked the negro a brains out There was another man with ui and he said 'I think he was there after those two young girls.' ' James Crowe, a bank clerk, corrob orated the detective's story. "In the station," said Patrolman Tlrney, who arrested Washington "Ulrlch charged Washington with at tempted burglary and Insulting his wife." Washington Testifies. . Booker T. Washington testified. He said It was a quarter past nJne when he was in Ulrich's home. "The de fendant ran Into the hallway and as saulted me," he said. . . "He grabbed me by the throat, choked me, and hit me with his first. I tried to defend myself. He was get ting the better of me and I opened the door and stepped Into the street There were two men on the street Ulrlch asked one for a stick he car ried He hit ms a doxen times with the stick." "What were you doing there?" asked Justice Zeller. "I was looking at the door plates," said the educator, "You went to that house two or three times?" asked Moore on cross semination. I went first about a quarter to nine," witness said. "I was looking for friends." "White or colored T Ths assistant district attorney ob Jected but was over-ruled. 'They were whlUV replied Wush tngton. ' TAYLOR SYSTEM SCORED IN SPEECH TO Chicago, Nov. . A revolution within twenty years unless congress enacts remedial labor legislation was predicted by Congressman Frank Buchanan of Illinois, speaking before the Chicago Federation of Labor yes terday. Mr. Buchanan scathingly denounced ths Taylor system of labor which has been urged for adoption In the g v ernment navy yards. Bollew Funeral in New York. Naw York, Nov. .A few personal friends gathered at the Church of the Blessed Baorament today to attend the funeral of Kyrte Bel lew, the cele brated actor. He had no relatives In this country. Ths services were prl The body was brought hre toils (nun Hnlt liiku, where I'ulU'W die TAFT REGAINS TIT Appears in Person Before Cincinnati Election Board Obtain a Certif icate. EXECUTIVE GUARDED BY A POLICE DETAIL Makes Brief Stop at His Brother's Office Leaves i Tomorrow on 1000 Mile Tour. Cincinnati, Nov. 6. President Taft took the first step today toward re gaining his right to vote tomorrow In the municipal election. The president appeared before the election board and obtained a certificate allowing him to register in ward 3, precinct M. He will appear before the proper au thorities in that precinct late this afternoon and will then be ready to vote tomorrow. Taft came Into the election board room In the city hall like any other citizen except for the presence of his aide. Major Butt in uniform, and a detail of Cinclnatl police. The pro- eedlngs were brief. After obtaining a ' certificate, the president was driven to the office of his brother, C. P. Taft where he chatted for a few minutes. Later he was driven to the Taft home, where he stops during his stay. President Taft arrived from Hot Springs this morning to cast his vote In tomorrow's eleclons. He was ac- ompanied here by Mrs. Taft, Miss Helen Taft and Mrs. Thomas . M. Laughltn of Pittsburg.' Tuesday the president will address the"AmecaiT society ToTlne" Judicial settlement of International disputes and will dine with the Commercial club. Leaving Cincinnati Tuesday night. the president begins a 1000 mile tour through Kentucky and Tennessee during which he will make a half dozen speeches. Next Thursday he will participate In the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial building at Hodgenville, Ky. ' The trip ends at Knoxvllle November 11, and Mr. Taft should reach Washington early on the morning of the next day. 0RE1GN NATIONS' NEED IS DALES Exclusive of Italy and England Estimates Made by American Consuls. Washington, Nov. 6. Estimates by American consuls throughout the world of the number of 600-pound bales of cotton required to supply foreign countries, except Italy and England, for manufacturing purposes before September 1, 1112, place the number at 13.711,111. The information was called for by the Texas governor, who wanted It to lay before the governors' conference In New Orleans, In ths case of Italy, the consul-general at Genoa, through misunderstanding, gave estimates for the amount of American cotton I demanded. The United States has' been furnishing about 70 per cent of the cotton consumed In Italy, Indi cating a total demand for that coun try next year of 760,000 bales Esti mates for England, 1,161,611 bales, represent the consumption of Ameri can cotton to September 1, last. America usually supplies about 10 per csnt of England's total demand. SOCIALIST MAY WIN Radical May Ride to High Office In Mississippi In Bilbo Op position. Jackson, Ml,, Nov. I. The soolal- tst candidate for lieutenant governor of Mississippi, J. T. uester, grandson of former Governor Polndexter, Is op tlmlstlo over ths chances In tomor row's election. There Is marked an tagonism In ths democratic ranks sgalnst Theodore O. Bilbo, ths demo cratic candidate for v that office and Bilbo's opponents In his party havs sent out circulars urging democrats to support Lester. Bilbo, as state senator, was twice exonerated of bribery charges. DEATH TOLL LESS Derreaa In Cholera Caaea and Mor tality from the Dtmaae Report- ed lu Italy. - Chlasao, Bwltsrrland, Nov, - 6.- bullettn Issued by the lUi.lisn govern ment shows a dncreaae In the num be.- of cholera ru-a In Italy for the period betwnen f). t"l . r 22 to It. Th tot ii I tiirail'iT t i r- tt 1 la 10. n H o; . . PEKING FALLEN. IT IS REPORTED Chinese Capital Taken by the Revolutionists Sunday, Says Cablegram to San Francisco. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY'S ACTION CONDEMNED Provincial Bodies Protest Against Adoption of a Con stitution as Without . Authority. San Francisco, Nov. 6. A cable gram to the Chinese dully paper here this morning says Peking was cap tured late yesterday by the revolu- , tlonists after a sharp encounter. Washington, Nov. 6. Another evi dence of the chaotic state in China and the utter lack of recognition of a responsible governmental body are contained In state department advices rom the American legation at Pek ing. The provincial assembly of Chlpll has protested to the. national assem bly against the assembly's action In adopting a constitution and declares that the national assembly Is acting without due authority. Following this line the Chlpll assembly seeks support of the other provincial as semblies. Various societies in China, accord ing to official reports, are also pro testing against the national assem bly's action. Some very strong oppo sition is manifest to granting any . terms whatever to the Manchus.. " During tn past weeg mere nave been lets .than half the members ot" the national assembly present at any lot the sessions. - . .,. . , . .. v-". , Heocto atn wnnooat " Shanghai, Nov. t. Three Chinese gunboats, forming part of Admiral Sah Chen-Ping's fleet which put In here yesterday for provisions, went over to the rebels this morning. Chinese telegraph operators today went on strike, but the cables have not been molested. Foreign marines are guarding the cable huts. It is believed Admiral Sah Is hiding here. Ching-Klang, in Klang-Su province fell at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The city Is a treaty port with a population of 150,000. Hang-Chow was taken by the rebels yesterday after a spirited resistance. Li Plng-Su Is the responsible head of the new administration in the na tive city of Shanghai and suburbs anl is now engaged In completing his or ganization. He recognises only the "republic of Han" and would guar antee order. The only disorderly ele ments, he said, now in China, are the former officials, their supporters and the former officials, their supporter the Manchu troops, who would never again be permitted to control. . Want Emperor to Abdicate. There Is reason to believe that In revolutionary sentiment throughout the south strongly favors ths uncondi tional sbdlcation of the emperor and th establishment of an entirely pew regime. Yuan ahl-Kal will be repu diated If he adheres to the Manchus. He might become the head of the gov ernment and reeclve universal support If he separated himself from his for mer alliance. There is, however, a growing suspicion tnd distrust of Yuan Sbl-Kal. The present plans for a republlo Include complete control of the Yang Tse Klang. Admiral Bah la now crip pled and cut off from his base. The, revolutionary leaders are determined to avoid bloodshed and secure the peaceful capitulation of the Manchu troops In the various southern towns Huang-Ring, the revolutionary leader In, the Yang-Tee delta, has arrived In the native city of Shanghai by motor car. He Is engaged with other chiefs n a conference. The entire surroundings of Shang hai, Including Wu-Sung, art now In rebel hands. Ths serving out of arms continues. National Assembly Denounced. Subscriptions are pouring In tor the revolutionary cause. The revolu tionists maintain that no concession un me pari oi uie mrvni win kibh while the Manchus remain In power. A meeting of the Klang-Su, Che Klang and Fuklen gentry stigmatized the na tional assembly as not representing ths country. Ths revolutionary pro clamations abolish the Likln and land taxes, the maritime customs only be ing retained. Reports are numerous of ths defec tion or the capture of various other Chinese cities, thsse Including Wu-Hu and Foo-Chow. It Is reported that Yuan SM'-Kat is at Hankow negotiating with General U, leader of the rebels, who Is In a nnaltlAII nt ltL.1. Um T t la Ka lleved that the south will demand the retirement of Uie Manchu rnyalty, with a pension, and will not be satis fied with less. The revolutionary leaders at Shang hai express no fear that ths lmperll Ists would attempt to rerapture the city. They said that the new k.,." la ment Is fully ronutent to co'-' I ' situation anil w for-Un . , . KiiMVi.ir N, . - ti-. ; v. 1 i.iii .'.) from iuM'iiiniin'ii,
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