Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1911 — HASWU-CHANGSURRENDERED [ARTICLE]

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Doubt Cast on Official Report Over Which Premier Rejoiced. Pekin, Nov. 30. Doubts are now cast on the circumstantial official report of the surrender'of Wu-Chang, about which Premier Yuan Shih Kai was so elated. The exact situation cannot be learned and it seems that the government itself has no definite information... It 4s stated, but not confirmed, that the rebels, of whom there are 20,000 still effective, have shut themselves up in Wu-Chang and closed the gates. They are said to be* still dickering for an armistice which, up to last reports,’ had not been granted. There were —artillery —exchanges — tween the imperial gunners at HanYang and the rebels at Wu-Chang. The rumors suggest that General Li Yuan Hung, who, it may be recalled, recently delegated the rebel military command of the rebels to General Huang Hsin, does not agree with the latter in regard to the surrender. Huang Hsin says that he is not Treat en yet , ■ Deaths of Huctirg Season. Calumet, Mich., Nov. 30.—The season for deer and birds in northern Michigan, which closes today, after being open six weeks, has taken toll of not only 10,000 deer and countless birds and other game, but also of nine hunters. Two score others were seriously wounded.