Impotent

The Peking Government ordered the forts of Woo-Sung to open fire on the naval squadron that rebelled last week. The order was, however, ignored. The Government also stated that the naval rebels established a mail and telegraph censorship.

Admiral Tu, head of the Chinese Navy, tendered his resignation, but the Government declined to accept it. He was instructed to attempt pacification of the mutineers by making up their arrears of pay and establishing a future maintenance fund.

The Peking press does not agree with the Government that the dissatisfaction among the officers and men is because of overdue pay; it attributes the real cause of the trouble to political intrigue against the Government, which recently lost a vote of confidence in Parliament.