AV u 1 ing I ang, one of the highest officials,
an( l who had been intrusted with frequent
missions from the Emperor to this country,
has joined the rebel forces and has been made
Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the new
regime.
1 he British consul reports the situation as
critical, and since the assassination of General
M r u Chang, his head was carried off; the
revolutionists declare it was taken to the
officials in the Forbidden City and that the
foreign element made it possible for this to
be done.
fifteen American war vessels are now in
Chinese waters, under Admiral Murdock. A
force of marines and blue-jackets were landed
from the New Orleans, to protect Americans
and their interests.
Later. —The Manchu army executed a
flank movement which has had appalling re
sults. The following dispatch was sent on
Saturday by cable to the New York Herald'.
“Nanking.—With 100,000 people, or one
half the population of the city, lying dead in
the streets and the houses that escaped the
fire, Nanking today is a vast area of ilfeless
ruin following a night of horrible butchery
without a parallel in modern history, if, in
deed, it has a parallel in the history of all
time.
“What life remained within the city’s walls
when the Manchus sheathed their swords and
returned to Purple Hill this morning, was
stamped out during the day by a detachment
of the Imperial army left at the scene for
that purpose. Those inhabitants who escaped
the butchery of last night and yesterday and
the summary expectations of Thursday were
hunted down among the charred ruins and
put to death.
“The walls of Nanking surround an uncov
ered grave.
