CANTON BOMBARDED.
TWO. BOMBARDMENTS BY WARSHIPS ON SATURDAY.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1992.
A GRAVE SITUATION: LOOTING IN THE EASTERN SUBURB AND IN HONAM.
MORE TROOPS OF BOTH FACTIONS REPORTED
CONVERGING ON 'CANTON.
FURTHER DETAILS FROM THE
Foreigners are not interfired with but no Chinese were allowed to pass. and people who intended travelling by the trains had perforce:to go back.
FRIDAY'S OCCURRENCES: A correspondent who went up to Canton on business by the afternoon train last Thursday wrote for us the following
A "STATE OF PANIC. interesting letter on the subject of the coup at Canton on Friday last:----
The ring aid the operatiur of martial When we were about, half way up from law threw the city into a state of panie. the British frontier, the troops began to Up to now very few people were to be attract my attention by their busy and seen in the streels, except the work- animated appearance. They boarded the ing tarn in Saj Pat, Po, where the trach at the stations and this caped a Chinese money changers are locatei, il delay of about an hour la arriving at the shops shut their doors and iron gates Canton. Instead of getting in at 12 10 en the first alarm. In other parts of the train, did not reach there till 115 the city, business was at a standstill These soldiers appeared (for Chinese)Those who could go away made arrange-
and nearly uniformed
Beements to ay so, al Cisse who had to They
arked at Canton, in group stay crowllel round the dry found stores ilઝ
they, had bearded the train, They
in lay in supplies în case street lighting che the Waiehow dialect and hair ok place and they were confined in-
Т сер front the East River districts, cluded, therefore, that they were on ours. Sincere's and the Sun Co.'s pre- mises on the Western Band-were closed, The Chinese newspaper dispatches of Chan Kwinging' troops,
On arrival at Canton I tried to gauge CHINESE PASSENGERS BY TRÁIS
from my Hection of the yesterday, "which were of a very meagre the situssion description owing apparently to the pee mercantile community and gathered that
Sun Yat Sen's pronouncement of Monday. When the morning train from Hong, vailing military conditions in the city ordering Chan's trotips to quit the city kong arrived the Chinese assengers
ས which make the acquisition of reliable and not come within 30 ; had aggravated weed subjected to a strict search by ip the already strained situation. His Kui's soldiers. Those who wished to go information very difficult, were by no
threat. at the reception given to the to the Western part of the City had means as detailed as the account we have Pros gathering on Monday, to espeto do so be a long circaitons ronte," given allove But, there are additional Chan's troops if they disregarded his
A PROCLAMATION. items of news in thera which may be order, by inch poison gas shells, was
At about 11 am. General, Ip. Kui idle boasts that had earned for issuet a brief proclamation which was added. All confirm the reports of outing. by the pepulation as quother of
him the name of Dai Pow Sun posted in the principal parts of the city. the Chinese equivalent of our proverbial each, written more or
Big Gun Sun the "big gun" being it was in eight lines of four characters, empty barrel.
less in rhyme In effect it said: "As the Old Parlin ment has been recanviked, unr object m
CHINESE PRESS.
SEARCHED.
Following upon the camp by General Chen Chung Ming's commanders an Friday, reported in " [ungkang Daly Press of Saturday, serious develojiments | occurred in Caston on Saturday. On lookers on the land were interested to observe about mid-day-six gunboats, Lhres hanging to Canton_Province and three to the Northern Squadron, moving pstream to passitions almost.opposite the Kowloor Canton railway station.
At about a quarter to one o'clock the osing of guns was heard au panied ene despatch mentions that there was much looting on the island of Honam quickly spread again through the city which started on the evening Friday, All six gunboat had opened fire with the 17th and was still going on at ene Ip Kui, Chun's brother-in-law & most -shells and quick-frers.
reliable division commander, had been o'clock yesterday. The looting is gradually withdrawing his troops from fighting has been attained. The hwang. wangs and Shinhing. Those had lehntang Commanders are all in agreement.. steadily arriving in Canton quartering They respectfully request Sun Yat Sen theraselves in empty, togements and at to retire and show himself a true patriot. and the streer turners Ip's headquarters where This action will bring peace the main body of his troops were ecu wereants and the people should not be centrated, were established on the top frightened, of the White Cloud mountain, ostricoking the city. He is reported to be fairly well organised but is weak in heavy artillery
'ment- centiae fo:
in the Eastern part of the city is being carried to the extent of depriving people of the clothes they stand up in in several instance
One of the press dispatches 'contains the statement that part of the Kwang Army (ie. Chen's troups) began to with draw at eight o'clock yelerday morning towards the East River.
The
Hye-witnesses say that the objective was apparently the aerodrome
car On White Cloud Mountain. Friday Sau's' mei were driven from the nero drone, which was immediately occupied
This notice is really a declaration of by then's trumps. It was soon clear that
policy by 1p Ku. The Old Parliament the aerodrome was out of range and
has been already convoked in Peking, that the shots were falling short, inta
STRENGTH OF RIVAL FORCES.
and as Sun had declared his intention of the city, but no order to cease firing was j
The strength of the rival forces is retiring when the country was ruled by Accounts differ as to who actually began approximately as follows:-Sun's forces constitution, p, has now asked him to given on that arogant and the bombard the fighting on Friday morning. Une dis are mostly along the North River all the go. The notice is also intended to assure over half an hour. patch says that when the warshins arrived way up to the Kiangsi border. Hs the people that the troops acy, not fight 32 is also stated that machine-guns were off the East Bund signals were inade to Sung chi the commander of the Seconding with any idea of personal gain.
In the afternoon people were hurrying the soldiers on shore not to fire.
Kwangtang Army, and Sup's staunchest frest from the warships, presumably at soldiers disregarded the warning, and the military adherent has about three inita- to and fro in the city in a state of com warships then Spened Gre. The names of lions in Canton, Ngai Beng-ping, com- stentation wondering what was to hap Chan's troops on the Bund.
The whole city soon took on a must ships are given as the Chain, Wing Chinhas also a few battalions in Canton. The seen in large numbers in all sorts of the principal ships of this flotily of six mander of the Third Kwangung Army, pen next. Ip Kur's soldiers were to he deserted aspect; everyone who, hindsa and Wing Fang,
balance
of He's and Sgai's troops, togethe city. A no Chinese, ragept those On the other haud it is stated that the ther with those of other minor lenders, in the remote subsubs, P., wear Tung cellir betook himself to it, with all his
naval commandér on Thursday night such as General Li Fook-lum, are all with shan, could get to the trains, the three household, and Chen's troops took cuver wrote to the Chamber of Commerce inth the Northern Expedition. Owing to their night banca Futelian Hai "Song, and mating that he intended to fire on widely scattered positions it is difficult to wong Saj-wers chock-a-berk full of wherever they mould,
Chen's troops on the Eastern Band who gauge their exact strength, but reliable refugees by 3 pm, although they did The gans of the Forts soon replied to were
evolting against the Southern sources of infernation give it round did not sail till 6 p.. Goverment, and the fire from the warships and for to advise the people of the shops in the tin is supposed to number lightly over requested the Chamber about 10 battalions." (A Chinese batta. an hour the din was terrific. The war:
or they. would suffer
The the average probably 150). Hea is Cruisers started to fire at 20 minutes to strictly pro Sua. but two on Saturday in the direction of the pinen as in
whips were conducting a sweeping tre, rood to withdraw from the 360 11 tuld, but is seldom more than 400- | Wing Fung and the To Fa-entered Can-) Firing inner city. One shell fell at the North and Li Foolery difficult ng ping is passing Shaunern and going to -ba-tau
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Fafshon nt à c'clock, two cruiser du Shortly after my going on board the
ten Harbour by the Hondn back-reach, from east to west, so that extensive
tion, at the eastern end of the harbour. Al damage must have been done.
a the guns that could be were trained on ceased about the o'clock, but it was (iate and demolished live honum. Another frutral attitude when allows differences shore, the largest being-virinted no it un The guns were man- some time before people eraturi, intown empty at this time. The ten-house Onabled them to keep their positions when ned and the decks stacked with shells, and
in a school house, which, fortunately, courred. Their sitting-on-wall policy a high platform.
the streets again. Towards four clock,{ed collapsed, and it is stated. Was the anal it would be safe to assume that in timba The crus were composest in the
the Eastern Bund at which the warships the last three Tuchun were driven aury, the rews were apparently at
battle sta however, there were a good many people | killed
Both about and a considerable number were of and wounded numbered upwards the event of hostilities they would be main of Northern Chinese (!)
a hundred. The tea-house was
strictly neatral until one side gained dropped anchor shortly after five o'clock- going into one of the big ten shops when rendezvous of Chen's troops.
ste material advantage, when they would off Tai-ha-tau One of the Hongkong papers which sup. endeavour "to the firing recommenced and the tea shop port the Sun party mentions that Com-side.
From the Fatshan oce could we the coracin on the winning:
Eastern Bund which was practically de- received an unluckly shot which prasander Hai Sung Chi, is returning from
SEN'S NAVAL ARM. the Northern Expedition with from 20 to
sertel. though at this hour this locality is tically wrecked the premises and killed a batalions (roughly abent 5,000 mea). Squadron, which, to all appearances are people in gergesus raiment. noticed on Sun ale has the Northern Cruiser usually resplendent with bright lights and many people. This bombardment also The dispatch says vaguely that when loga! to him. lasted about three quarters of an hour. Hui's force arrived at the station (name state of repair, fairly modern, and all marching slowly carrying a banner with The ships are in a good the Bund two batches of Ip's soldiers With the approach of nightfall (which given), it encountered strong resist the larger guns have modern turrets and an inscription on it, probably identical
aner, and it was when the Navy learnt van fire on gither broadside. The flagship
with
the notice above-mentioned. was unrelieved by any street lighting, ai Hni's arrival that they opened fire in Hai Ki of over 3,000 tons displacaren A. Whampon thì nuiser Bio Trung
order to co-operate with ther
against carries two 8-inch as the electric power station was not will other sources mentions that few quick-firers. The Wai Sum is about
Army (.. Chen's troops).
twelve 3-inch (probably &-inch) guns had steam up and was weighing anchor, News
Smaller) and a presumably to go tip to Canton: Commanders Wong Tai Wai and Li Fook the same size as the Hai Ki. Lum are also returning with their troops three large guns, ten smaller guns and a from the Northern Expeditionary Army' scene of warfare to Canton.
quick-firers. The Sin IF is slightly smaller than the other two cruisers. She A curious item in the news is that on carries two inch guns, eight smaller. Friday underneath the national ensign and a few quick-firers. The Wing Tsag. Opinion as to whether heavy lighting ying over the Admiralty establishment, Wing Fang and Ton Yn are about 2,000 will actually take place is much divided. character for "Neutral" leading people 4-inch guns and some quick-frers. was a piece of white cloth bearing the odd tons displacement and each carry two Some" think it imminent; others that it is intrely bluff and that both siles are to think that the trouble was over.
DANCE TO · Ar Tai-sha-tan, near the terminus of trying to win over the people who are One report states that the netion of the the Kowloon Canton Railway, Sun has disinterested and who are sick and tired Navy in opening fire on the Kwangtung a few aeroplanes. Army was prompted by their indignation
of this continua strife. But, weighing. she information which I have been" able against the Kwangiang troops for dis-
to gather from most reliable scurces, I the situation very grave.
loot.
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in operation) Chen's soldiers. began to They stopped men and women everywhere, on the pretext of searching for arms and ammunition. They found mone, of course, but they took all the money and valuables" that the people possessed and none was too poor to co tribute a man was seen robber of four An eye-witness also, saw three women stopped by soldiers; two of them ran away but the third was roughly handled, earrings were torn from her ears nul some of her clothes were taken from her. Crin stories are told of the brutal conduct of the Soldiery: rapine, if not murder, seents, to have been fre
The ability of the warships to pass up queat. But then what ear one expect the river unmolested by the forts is ex plained by a statement that the late said An informant, they are only occupiers of the forts removed important pirates and bandits in officers' and parts of the guns rendering them unwork
able,
soldiers' uniforms."
All the evening the soldiers svarmed in the streets, and towards mid night looting of shops began in earnest and good deal of desultory, firing was heard during the night.
CHAN'S FORCES..
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She has have toc deep a draft to go up as far as Canton, but they also had steam up and their guns were manned,
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SPECULATIONS.
the Burd, and i Fook Lum's force in troops in Canton, and the most conserva arming the troops of Ngai Bong Ping on 1 Kui is the real commander of Chauchen soldiers in Canton are numeri Honam, which, they say, were, neutrative estimates of his forces place them cally superior to Sun's; they are about They not only disarmed then but usurped Cantos, The First Kwangtung Army forces employed solely to maintain order. 51 of 50 hattalions inside and around found in resources, coquine ningu by-
holds a
temporary advantage", be their quarters,
reviously commanded by Tang Hang cause the bulk of Sun's troops castot bo whe who was recently assassinated) has its transported back immediately.
Chen headquarters on the Eastern Bund, a few may be able to take Canton, but if he blocks from the Mayor's Municipal takes it, can be keep it! That is where Offices. A nemainal commander was the Navy comes in. They will not bora- appointed after Tang Hang's death, but bard the city as long as Sun is inside, br, acts under Ip Kui
but if it is lost to him the Navy might bonbard various forts, with certain.
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THE CLASH,
At 1 m. on Friday there was general Treasury, at places named Dai Yut Tsun kirinishing at the back of the Provincial
but I understand there were no casualties and See Hwo Kai (inside the old city),
Provincial Treasury disarmed the guard At 1.30 a.m. Chan's troops captured the
So the City...
is ambitions nod. will not quit hinges on whether Chen has a chance of unless forced to. The whole question
he thinks he has a chance, he will try taking Canton and then keeping it. If
he cannot hold it, with nu hatagonistic and that will mean fighting. If he feels Navy, I do not think he
will
any moment ring might re-commence- to "be very high and were estimated President's yamen which they tried to everything he took last night. Sun.thinks
life.
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of refugem-mostly better class women Sun was said to be hiding. The attack danger the city, theanwhile Chen is
In
THE LATEST FROM CANTON, According to the latest reports from Canton brought down by the ss. Honam, it seems to be fairly definite that no fight ing took place in the City yesterday, It is difficult to give any estimate of of guns could be heard in the distance, though early in the morning the booming the extent of damage done by the two but whether this was another clash be bombardments of the city. No one is in tween the rival factions is not known.
mounted their own unit. elined, naturally, to wander to and fro The city itself is quiet. The casualties formance at the Civil Governor's yauen: then he must comply with Sun's ulti
At 2.10 a.m. they repeated the "per- If he does not attempt merely to satisly idle curiousity, for at incurred in Saturday's fighting are said
take Canton, and between 3.15 and 1.30 am. they were In such a closely built city there must many to be about 2,000,
in similar operations at the
matum and take his troops away within ten days from last Medday and leave be considerable wreckage and loss of
.. HAS SUN LEFT CANTON ?
set on ire, From 3.30 till 5. o'clock they that Chen will not actually fight and en- TRAIN SERVICE SUSPENDED. The Hontun brought down a large crowd tried to capture the Kung. Yam Hill where
losing all chance of popular favour. Messages were received in Hongkong and children. The name of Dr. Guns used Mauser rifles and the defenders gradually, bringing his troops back, and that no trains should be despatched to Yat-sen was rumoured as one of those on machine guns, but refrained from using Ng Gai and cthers are mediating. Caston for the present, as it would only beard but eonfirmation of this report The quarters of the Chief of Staf (Hsu pizce in these few days, the merchants
artillery..
my humble opinion, if no lighting takes, be bringing people inte danger of being could not be gained. A crowd of between Shang Chi) and his family and soms and charitable institutions will find a way robbed or killed. The first train to 5,000 and 6,000 Chinese witnessed the residente in the neighbourhood, were out. Canton on Saturday returned without arrival of the steamer.
looted detraining its passengers. It got into
Chen Kwing-ming arrived in Canton a foreca is expecting to bombard the White Sun Chung Fu, commanding the naval A Reuter's talegram received from the danger zone, for there are bullet marks on the coaches and a shot passed Peking states:-
p.m. on Friday. General Chen Chiung-ung (1),
Cloud Mountain to-night (Friday) and No rickshaws were allowed out till fighting is imminent. Many of Sun's who was through one coach, for two opposite panes are broken. The first train reached dismissed from the Governorship of Can nigh on 10 a.m. The Eastern and West followers are on the ships coming down
ten in April, bas
Canton andern parts of the city were guarded by. Hongkong again at midnight. and the sec-declared that the Southern GovernmentUp Kul's troops and these were directing to Hongkong. They are coming practi ond got back on Sunday morning. Trains has coated to exist.
cally empty handed from Canton are also suspended, other forth unite with the Northern Govern trying to go West to East,
Canten will hence the police in sending back all pedestrians
When the THE WHEREABOUTS OF SUN wice Hongkong would be receiving heavy mant in recognising the old Republiena rickhaw service started they also were sent
TAT SEN trainloads of refugees. These are com Government, Sun Yat-sen, whoor, forces back. The only reason for this that I ing down instead by the steamboats are crushed, has taken refuge on a gun-being mostly to the east of Canton. they Yat Sen when he quite to whampea could surmise was that. Chan's troops We learn on good authority that Sun which are maintaining their service. bcat. The Fatshan left Hongkong last night Chen Chiungong is apparently a tele wanted to keep the line of communica Thursday night went down to Whampca and the Bonam left Canton yesterday graphic mutilation of Chen Chiung-ming. tion clear for troops coming in from the and went on board one of the cruisers of
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the former Northorn Squadron.:
afternoon.
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