Troops At Wu-Chang Mutiny.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 26, 1912:
China Needs Money to Pay Off Swarms of Menacing Soldiers.
    PEKING, Sept. 25.— The troops encamped outside the gates of Wu-Chang, capital of the province of Hu-Pe, mutinied last night and attacked the city. The troops numbered several hundred and were composed for the most part of cavalry. A strong force of Gen. Li Yuen-Heng's regiment immediately engaged the rebels, and after several hours of fierce fighting dispersed them. The casualty list is not known, but two officers were executed for failing to divulge their knowledge of the movement.
    The object of the $50,000,000 loan is ostensibly for the purpose of paying off and discharging this menacing army, which is very large, according to the lists submitted by the Generals. The National Assembly recently made an investigation and discovered that the Generals, like the soldiers, were not free from the methods prevalent under the Manchus, but the Government argues that it is cheaper to pay the military leaders' demands than to fight.