THE SITUATION
AT CANTON.
NUMBER OF KILLED
VESTIMATED AT 5,000.
TREASURE ISLAND.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1913.
If ever there was a troisture island Shamcen is that place at the present time If the value of all the property in the godown in the twe Concessions could be put down in figures it would read like the story of Monte Cristo. Yesterday stuff continued to come into the island, Continuing in a later dispatch the though where they are putting it all is report of his journey through the city mystery. The coolies are suffering partly described in yesterday's Daily from a surfeit of work and ought to be Press our Canton Correspondent writes :| making a pile out of it.
CAREYING OFF THE LOOT. There was no attempt at interference with any of Lung's troops and the different hands of soldiers seemed to have a definito understanding of some sort. Outside the Treasurer's Yomen there were posted about twenty men of the Luk' Kwan with four quick-firing guns com- landing the two sides of Wai Oy Street and Sheung Moon Dai. Here there were
YESTERDAY'S NEWS.
CANTON, August 15th.
2.1. FIVE THOUSAND CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS KILLED.
The number killed in the late fighting is given as 5,000. Lung lost no more than
REBEL ROUT AT KIANGWAN.
GENERAL LI'S VICTORY.
LENIENCY TO REBELS.
[FOX rat NO. DAILY KEwa!']
On another to speak to the soldiers. Their message & magistrate and some of the local gentry. was to assure them that if they laid down the village was spared. their arms no harm would come to them. occasion, two shots were fired at the They were all Chinese and he did not investigating party, but no one was hit. wish to punish them. Doubtless his Happily force was not necessary in every splendid leniency would have its effect district, and Mr. Rose, who journoyed before. morning on theso troops
through Hunan, states that the exeon- To the cast of the railway line the tions in the eastern area ware insigni- rebels made an effort to retain their posi- ficant, partly owing to an opium delegate tions for long, but with the advance of of usual capability and tact being the field artillery they were soon shelled appointed to carry out the suppression. out. Their position here was extraordin On the western border, however, the While one party were in full poppy growers were much more defiant. ay retreat under shell fire, another was and the authorities claimed that 200 attempting an advance from, the railroad farmers had lost their live in the Chen- at a point actually nearer Kiangwan chow prefecture alone in defending their. than that from which the others were crops from destruction."? fleeing. In fact they were able to make their way for several hundred yards into the country without being fired upon. but at length they met another body of the general retreat towards Woosung. What wounded they had they carried last night. The most important was the with them, but obviously these were only 100 yards awin, which established Cooke's a very few of the men who had fallen.' right to a place in the interport team. At the close of the engagement theThe race, which was witnessed by a large Government forces had full possession of crowd, ended as follows:- the country for a mile past Kiangwan three miles away from this.
POLICE WATCH TAK HONDHONG STRAMERS The Hongkong and Macao steamers and all the native craft are being cart: fully watched for people carrying off loot, and the police in the outlying districts have special instructions to keep their eyes open for ex-soldiers, To-day, on
Kiangwan, August 11th. my visit to the Police Headquarters,
This afternoon the Government and there were a number of men being tried rebel troops again met in the vicinity for being in possession of goods which cf Kiangwan. In all about 1,500 rebels the police had reason to believe had hoon were engaged and of the Government stolen or looted Many of these men forces somewhat under 1,000, but in spite had been soldiers and if they could not of this disparity in numbers the engage- render an account of what they had been ment resulted in a signal triumph for the doing and where they had got the money Government leader, General Tá. in their possession they were punished the losses on the Government side have bean heavier than heretofore, including Most of them had been brought in from some twenty wounded and a few killed. treating rebels and likewise joined in representatives were held at the V.R.C..
the rebel losses are believed to be extremely heavy, but owing to the area over which the fight took place and the early fall of night it was not possible to ressue more than a few of the wounded. At present, they are asimated to be about sixty are prisoners in the hands of General Li's forces, and at the moment some 280 are entirely surrounded by these troops. No move against them has been made, but, showing the utmost leniency, the General is endeavouring to induce to loyalty. then to lay down their arms and return
the hotels and restaurants.
While
continually groups of Lung's soldiers 150, while the Luk Kwan lost about 1,200 tion in the streets, or finding anything | 200 killed or wounded. In addition some Station, and soon all rebel fortes were
carrying loot and making their way pre Usually sumably to the North Gate.
carrying away what they were
Haw
3
Was
wrapped up in a canvas bag, or in n-red or hinc blanket, though sometimes one more wooden box, while some enterprising fellows had taken a drawer from some shop and filled it up. All sorts and conditions of things were being earried off; one small specimen of a looter who evidently had had to wait till the others were finished was struggling under the weight of a camp-led filled with 1 foliowed a group of these books. solders for some time and intended to do i till they got to their destination, but they commenced an argument among themselves and Bat down evidently intending to stay there till it suited them to move or, despite the fact that a man who seemed to be an officer did all he could. to get thera to move on.
Ö my way back I found the streets much busier, but still there were hardly The Bund was much any shops open. busier than at any time during the last How days, and there were a fair number ut bouts along the water front.
THE CASUALTIES IN THE FIGHTING.
General Lung is at present on board the Chinese gunboat Po Pik, and the railway launch Tung Shan was seen to go down to this boat this morning dying the British flag, which looked as if some one were calling. It is estimated that of "Lung's troops there were more than 100
PROCLAMATION BY THE COLies, The Police have issued a notice saving that anyone picking up arins or ammuni-
that they have the least suspicion has been tooted from any shop, must return the goods to the nearest police station If they are found in possession they will be treated as if they had been footing themselves and punished. This is having a good effect, and quite a number of people have turned up, bringing rifles and other things that they have found in the streets. This is not to be wondered at seeing that the Police are shouting any looters that are found.
and the remainder were civilians who found themselves suddenly in the line of fire or were killed in the tooting. The rent difference in the numbers killed on the two sides is explained by the superior training of Lung's soldiers, and by the fact that every one of his soldiers has to account for his ammunition to his sergent, while the Lak Kwan simply blaze away as it suits theas. Also Lang's troops were always ready for a fight, while the others were surprised on several occasions. In one case two men captured
ANOTHER PROCLAMATION HY, LUNG, quick-firing gun at the Normal College
Lung yesterday issued anoth. pre; from a picket of eight simply because the clamation, practically iterating what picket were not ready and the cover was
was said in the previous one, that he had still on the gun, while the soldiers income down at the invitation of the people charge had their rifles slang over their and with the order of Yuan, and pointing shoulders,
out that malcontents had been doing their best to stir up trouble and make all his work as difficult as possible,
'VICEROY'S 'VAMEN LOOTED,
The Governor's Yamen, which still
He says that after having done all retains its old title of the Viceroy's. Yamen in many quarters. has been co- that he could to prevent losting he has pletely and systematically louted. bren defcated in this end by the very he thought the would Typewriters have be torn off their people that stands and the stands thrown away, and have no trouble with in this direction, He has decided to flowers have even been torn out of pots the Fuk Kwan. and vases and trampled under font, disarin the soldiere of the Luk Kwan Everything breakable has been broken and tarratens to punish heavily all who and the place presents a very smashed-up disobey him. At 12 o'clock to day all are appearance, with the part that has been expected to be at their quarters. So far burned making the place look more as ther has been no developments with if an earthquake had taken place. regard to this situation but a report has come that the soldiers have sent an ulti- ilmatum to Lung saying that if he is not prepared to give them five months pay they will not lay down their arms and
LUNG AND THE PIRATE CHIEF."
Lung has given the Luk Kwan
killed, and that of the others fully fito-day at 12 o'clock to lay down their times thint number, while from one source I am informed that 1,000 would be nearer the number. A Chinese who was unwill ingly a witness of one of the street fights says that there was no shooting. The Cantonese shot mostly from the hip and were ore intent in letting off a lot of atamunition than they were in hitting anything. In this particular braw! my informant tells me that there were eight of the Castonese soldiers killed and only Again, the forts at one of the others. the North Gate were quite easily cap tured, and the officer in charge there now
this aft: racon.
arms and repair to their barracks at In Tong. He intends to call the roll and that on the contrary they will fight. Lung make an inspection, after which he will is a determined surt of individual and it disband those troops that he does not is pretty certain that he will not give in want, giving them three months' pay, and to this demand unless he finds that his position is altogether untenable, so there keep in arms those whom he thinks are loyal and desirable. This rends all right should he soule interesting developments on paper, but, it is another matter to carry the scheme out. There is still talk of a break between Lung and Wong. Sze Lung, and it is now said definitely that the Lak Kwan is in favour of Wong as Tutuh but that they are afraid after the last fighting to take the aggressive. Wong says that there were about 30 casualties Wo Shun is here now and is at present and that only B were those of the staying on a ganbont on the river. It is attacking force. To-day Lung holds all said that Lung has been stirring my 1hr strategical points in the city, the trouble between the two Wongs and that Five-Stored Pagoda and every one the city gate; while the Bund and the there is not so much chance of Lung and guubuaty in the river are in his hands."the Pirate Chief" working in unison as was expected; There are 1,000 of Whether there is going to be any more
Wong's pirates, comprising all sorts of about 20 miles above Wong Sha.
of
THE SOWLOON "RAILWAY A report has been circulated and has found its way into one of the Hongkong papers that the whole of the staff at the Railway terminus, here cleared out whilst the heavy firing was taking place on Tuesday. This is altogether a mistake All the Europeans were on duty through all the firing together with all the station maters and engine-drivers, and several others of the Chinese staff, and work werit on just as usual.
QUIRTNESS AT TRE BANNICKS. /
ADVANCE OF THE REBELS."
Shortly after 4p.m. the first news of the advance of the rebels against the Government position was brought in. The headquarters of Geziera! Li are at Kiangwin Station, and from here scouts had been sent out into Up country to learn the state of affairs. Some of them were. dressed in plain clothes," and two find the misfortune to fall into the hands of the rebel outposts. When this occurred the men explained that they were country people focking for their friends, and so slack were the rebels that they allowed them to go. They immediately returned with information of the rebel advance, and General Li thereupon made his dispositions.
When
During the day the rebel force had been making its way from Paoshan City, and was now occupying a position about mile from Klangwan Railway Station, covering the country on both sides of the line. The whole force consisted of infantry, and was ill equipped. news of the fighting reached Wousing reinforcements were only being sent out By the time and additional ammunition was only leaving on wheel-barrows. the last shot was fired some of the sup purts were still more than two miles from the scene of action, and by this time were beginning tu meet their retreating
comrades.
GOVERNMENT DISPOSITIONS
Acting upon the information he had into position, and spread out his men received General Li ordered his batteries They crawled forward. ahead of them. and as the rebels approached took shelter behind irregularities on the ground and in houses, and in this position awaited The rebel front was more or less like the rebel advance. a fan. The men showed judgment in their advance, covering most of the ground on their hands and knees. Along Both sides of the railway line they came, and their front was extended 200 or 300 yards on either. side.
REPULSE OF THE ATTACK.
RED CROSS WORK, When news of the engagement reached i
the railway authorities. Shanghai despatched their Red Cross, train to Morriss and Mr. J. D. Read. It brought Klangwan in charge of Mr. E. R. back about twenty wounded. Where captives and wounded are concerned General Li is the very embodiment of kindness and spares no effort to facilitate the work of dealing with the latter, while. as already stated, he is showing the most humane disposition in regard to his prisoners, It has
le mentioned that ho gave permission to the Red Cross workers to take with them to Shanghai those of the rebel wounded who had been brought in to Kinngwan.
THE OPIUM QUESTION.
SIR JOHN JORDAN'S REPORT The British Foreign Office on July 23rd- White Paper containing published a reports from Sir J. Jordan. British Minister in Peking, respecting the opium question in China. The first despatch s dated May 26th last, and contains reports of the general position in several of th provinces The Minister thinks that on the whole it may fairly be said that the earnestness in the suppression of opium Chinese Government has shown signs of cultivation in the provinces this year. and an advance in this direction has berit made within the last three months. While full allowance. for: their making difficulties. Sir J. Jordan, reinarks, how | ever, that he cannot hit point out that i great deal remains to be done before the work of suppression can be considered as Yunnan, Kueichow, Kiangsu, Kansu, complete--notably in the provinces of and Szechuan. Writing again on June: 2nd, Sir Jurdan enclosed copies of reports on journeys recently completed in Anhui, Hanan, and Shantung, with a view to ascertaining the extent of pappy cultivation still existing in thuse pre- vinces. The tespatch states:-
4
INTERPORT SWIMMING.
Several trials for likely interport
C. J. Cooke, 63 3-5sers, wh
A. A. Claxton, 853-3sees.
J. C. Finch, Beseen,
L. C. Souza, 88 3-5secs, Adipe
A PRINTER'S ERROR IN
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it
runs.
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And so, when manuscript copies gave place to printed books, was it rendered in the medieval. "numerari""" to be Latin whep in use.
English. say in numbered, you get "munerari,'
1. to be rewarded.' Transpose the first and third letters, and Which is what all Prayer books would be printing to-day, and congregations sing- ng, where it not for that fifteenth century printer's error.
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Five Consular officers were detached for the work, and, accompanied by Chinese delegates of the nitropolitan and. provincial Governments, they have con ducted a searching inquiry into the conditions of cultivation consumption. Their The advance guards were allowed to and traffic in native opium. come to close quarters with the Govern-investigations have failed to reveal any
I have informed th seen within range the order to open fire inspection and ment forces, but when the main body was poppy crops within the areas under with the artillery was given. No sooner Chine Covernment that, in view of the
Ela: had the guns opened than the rebels effective suppression of the cultivation
Once more they veyance of Indian opium into temporarily checked.
provinces of Anhui. Hunan and Sun- sought cover, but their advance was only and import of the native drug, the con came forward, crawling.
As soon as they came to close quarters tung will now cease, in accordance with deliver their attack.. This was the of 1911."
"In a note of December 10th last, the the rebels jumped front the ground to Un terms of Article 3 of the agreement opportunity the Government forces were awaiting No sooner had the men shown Ministry of Foreign Affairs, quoted themselves than volleys of musketry reports from the respective Governors the effect that these three rolled out, and this was followed by a I was in the vicinity of the Barracks vigorous bayonet charge wherever the provinces were entirely free of opium rebels were gathered in any body. Many cultivation. The information reachin Kwan are situated, and all seemed to be farther casualties resulted when the Govative and foreign Press. and from
and missionaries and others substance of quiet there. The troups are re-assembling, ernment troops fixed bayonets and there seems to be a disposition to pressed hone their assault Against this which I communicated to the Ministry of onslaught the rebels could not stand: Foreign Affairs on February 1st-ali accept Lung's terms though the latest they broke and fled, throwing away their tended to throw doubt upon these claims. reports, as I have pointed out above, sem arms and turning to their pursuers and The results of the examination would HOWARD to suggest that the soldiers are unwilling praying for mercy. In this charge, which appear to leave no room for question that was carried out practically all along the poppy was being grown this season in rach of the provinces under considerat. trust Lung and that they think line, over fifty prisoners were taken.
Suppressive campaigns, Jawever, to said yesterday that Lung's that the only way get anything
and vigour
severity gregt brother was coming to Canton to assist him with formidable artillery, and the news arrived last night that he had arrived and was taking up a position on the White Cloud Hills overlooking the City. How many men he has with him is variously stated, but there cannot be many more than 2,000, Heavy Bring was heard at about 7 o'clock last night, and There were four again about 9.30.
trouble with the troops at In Tong isitreff, at Fa Yin, on the North river, at In Tong where the nuust of the Luk had been swept down by the rifle fire, and me from His Majesty's Consuls, from the
difficult to tell, and people here are quite prepared to hear that fighting has broken out at any time. Yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock the gunboats situated in the river at this point were sheiled from I. Tang district and had to move down river, though if they had remained where they were they would have been com- paratively safe, as most of the shells dropped much short, a lot of them falling in the creek in front of the Government
Tanuery.
LUNG CHAI KWONG AND WONG SZE LONG.
They
are said to be coming to Canton, attracted by stories of the lost that may be
expected.
It
TETUH LUNG TO BE ASSISTED BY HIS
BROTHER.
Was
distinct shots from a heavy gun which appeared to come from the North of the City.
•
The Tutuh and General Wong Sze Lang are not in complete agreement if all tales are to be believed, and there are people who think that Wong has not been quiet, as he insists in connection with this present troubio, and, that he is aiming at the Tutuhship. If there are going to be strained relations between these two people there will not be peace until there To-day seems to has been a big fight. suggest that the fighting is over and that the only trouble now will be preventing to be collected and brought to him and the different factions among the soldiers that he himself will look after this part front getting at each other's throats of his Army, issuing these only to those Lamg is quite capable of fixing that officers in whom he can place the greatest mattor up satisfactorily, if he has com trust. plete control of those piratical troops that have been Icoting along with the Cantonese soldiers,
CA
TERELS HEMMED IN.
were
WATCHES.
reasonable in the way of pay is to ask To the west of the railway line the inaugurated in February and March for more than they really want. This rebels fared badly in their retreat. They when the puppy plants were showing may not is the cast, of course, and we troops and before they knew what bind it had become known that the three pr
were soon outflanked by the Government well above ground, and at a time when
THE AMERICAN WATCH may have fighting this afternoon. The happened about of them were survinces would be subjected to investigation, arrival of Lung's brother, Lung Ban rounded it would have been an easy The appointment of British Consular Ewan, has given the situation a brighter matter for the Government. troops to have officers to undertake tours of examination or FINEST QUALITY AND HIGH PRECISION wiped them out. The rebels were unable undoubtedly stimulated the zeal of the apok from the point of view of a peace to extricate themselves from their pusi provincial authorities and, assisted by fettlement, as he is said to have an tion, and as the quickürers and field military officers and large numbers of artillery of the Government forces had soldiers, the magistrates and opinto appreciable aunber of troops..
the hurried inspectors redoubled their previous been advancing during retreat of the rebels, they could within a exertions. OVE very short time have been brought to bear upon them.
ADJUSTED FOR TEMPERATUKE AND
POSITIONS.
It is satisfactory to learn that these exertions have been rewarded with complete success, and it is to be hoped that, having secured immunity from the import of Indian opium, these three THE PRICE OF THE HOWARD
WATCH IS FIXED-
A story of Mrs. Kendal and Mr. George Gray, the Fighting Parson, is told in the Daily Sketch. I hear you are The men were called upon to lay down writing a play," said Mrs, Kendal years their arms and surrender, but while pie It is reported that General Lung has ago; let me help you by giving you this: pared to surrender they declined at this issued an order that the breech pins and book. You cannot produce a play with stage to lay down armis, Even now some other parts of all the heavy guns are out actors and actresses, and this book General Li took no harsh measures. He vinces will see to it that there is no should prove very valuable to you. You kept kis men posted round the position will find in it the names of the 300 actors to that escape was impossible, and later and actresses: I advise you not to in the evening sent two of the prisoners who had been captured during the flight employ
RESENTMENT AGAINST THE LUK KWAN There is no question that the buk Kwan started the looting and it is against the that the most resentment is felt. They knew exactly where to find the richest quarter of the City and how to get there quickest and get away chaiest. The other
THE POST OFFICE AT TAL SHA TAL LOOTEŃ. The Post Office at Tai Sha Tau, the Canton terminus of the Kowloon railway. was Tooted last night by soldiers from the barracks in the vicinity; but what has been stolen or what damage has been troops do not know suflicient about the Tai done I have not been able yet to ascertain, city to have struck the Sheung Moon One would have thought that this part and the rich Wai Oy Streets it unde, of the city was safe, as within a few though they were only to ready to learn hundred yards of the Station the and afterwards had no compunction about Barracks of the police soldiers are joining in the procession. There must situated, and there must have been there have been about 10 fights between the two at least 1,000 in when the attack took Factions just at the point where these
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INCIDENT OF TES TÕUES:
Mr. E. CA Wilton, who headed the Anhu party, had sy adventure with pirates while proceeding up the Hun liver. His heat was followed the whole of one night by a junk containing & Ten of there undesirables. They were attacked
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with a crew at last double their mother. The pirates buited across country wa harmad, though it would bare be an easy matter to have shot then down. A week before Mr. Wilton's arrival at Anhui one of the guards of an opium inspector had beverloughs wennded in anadiseant village The Governor ordered the troops to destroy the village, and 300 men, with two mountain guns, were ordered to carry cut the work. Fortunately owing to the mediation of
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