The Hongkong Telegraph.
NEW SERIES No. 8585
SPECIAL
TELEGRAMS.
THE CANTON AFFAIR.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Prefect Li Killed.
City Gates Again Closed.
„[Tun “TELEGRAPI" CORRESPONDENT ].
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Canton, April 29, 2.45 p.m.
The rest of the rebols are still
驥三初月四年三銃室
On arrival there His Excellency. saw that his younger son was missing. Subsequently the guards of the Admiral found the youth, and brought him to his father. His Excelloney meanwhile had tolographed to a certain mombor of the gontry saying that the Canton officials wero of this situation, and that the soul and all important documents wore. in his hands. We had no time to fool the absence of his younger
masters
son, as he was fully occupied with the situation in order to pucify the minds of the people.
Yesterday afternoon, owing to fuck of accommodation in the ad- miral's yamon, the family of the Viceroy and that of the Admiral wero escorted to the outskirts of
in the city, and the gates have been the city. They wont on board a motor launch, Tin On, and pro- shut again.
cosded to the gunboat, Kwong Ching, where they are staying on Profect Li, who was attrelied to board. His Excellency and Ad- miral Li Chun were left behind. tho Finance Department of Can-Thoy wore busily engaged in cons. ton, has been killed.
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After the repulse by the Viceroy's bodyguards and the soldiers of the garrison on the night in question, some of the rebels made for the provincial arsenal, in the vicinity of the Fi Loi temple. On arrival there they met a strong force of police and also a force of the imperialist troops, and a sovure encounter took place, with heavy loss to the revolutionaries. Besides, many of them wore captured. They fied in all directions, but the police and the impori- ulints did
not give chase owing to the darkness. However, they strongly guarded the arsenal until next morning.
TELEGRAMS.
(ESTABLISHED 1881.)
MONDAY,
GERMAN ¡GUNBOAT FOR CANTON.
(BEUTER'S SARV101.)
Bombay, May 1, 7.35 a.m, The German Gunboat "Iltis" stationed at Hongkong has been ordered to Canton,
Peking Alarmed.
"Suzuna Po" SERVIOR.]
Poking, April 30,
The Grand Councillors, on hour
ing the nows from Canton, im-
modiately instructed the Board of
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Interior and the Commander of
forring about the search for the rest of the incendiaries. They gave orders to the Captain and Deputy Suporintondouts of Police to ask their mon to assist the troops in the infantry corps in Poking to going from house to house for the apprehension of the rebels. Soon make a strict search for all the after the tumalt on the pitrovolutionarios in Peking, and to in question, the Canton officials repeatedly telephoned to the Con- suls at Shamcen to give them in- formation of the riots, and at the, same time despatched deputies to pacify them. It is reported-that-
put a number of questions to those
who are quouoloss
Tho high officials are greatly
American gunboat has inado its appearance at Shameen for the protection of the American sub-alarmed over the riots in Canton, joots.
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CANTON REVOLT.
The morning after the out-and dure not leave their yamons, break, His Excellency and Ad- miral Li Chun respectively wired to Poking and the provinces tho news of the tumult, the oncoun- VICEROY'S MEMORIAL TO Lor and the defont. Alter- wards, all the authorities through-
THE THRONE.
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MAY
BRIGANDS AND AN-
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ARCHISTS JOIN.
A native paper says unt the
londor of the anarchists has join-
1911"
TELEGRAMS.
ANOTHER PREFECT AS-
SASSINATED.
od with the brigand chief Luk SHIURING OFFICIAL KILL- Lang Ching.
The combined ED BY REVOLUTIONARIES, forces pro advancing in large numbers and many houses in Fat-
shan have been looted and burnt,
THE REVOLUTIONARIES
AND THE PRESS.
SOME HOME TRUTHS BY CHINESE, WRITERS.
We note with satisfaction the rensounbly and patriotic.com- ments of the vernacular press. 011 the recent outbreak at Canton.
SHAT PO" SEnvion) '
*Canton, May 1, 10 am.
The revolutionaries are spread-
ing over the country side, and
assisted by brigands are murder-
ing and pillaging the towns along
the West River,
News has boon receivol that a
lawless band has detroyed the
The writers are very far indeed from giving the revolutionaries any support whatever. On the Yamon of the Assistant Profect of contrary they roundly accuse them of being unpatriotic, of Fatshan and have looted the town working for their own selfish ends and of doing untold harm to their country and bringing misery upon the slings and arrows of outra- people already sufficiently under
a
goous fortune."
The madness of trying to take
The band thon passed on to
Shiuhing and there murdered the Profeet and attacked the town,
Canton with a fow mon badly looting every place they cane armed and allogother indisci- plined is dwelt on. It can only to. bring sorrow to the people who lavo alrend to pay more for their food, thanks to the mistaker efforts
觀一月五英游賽
SERIOUS NEWS.
THREE RIVER TOWNS
TAKEN BY REVOLU
TIONARIES.
BRIGAND CHIEF ON
WAR PATH.
Nows has been received by us
from a private, but reliable, sourco.
of a corious nature.
The revolutionaries in strength
Imayo attacked and captured the
three West River towns, Samshui,
Wolohow and Wuchow, and have
| murdered the prefoot of the first
named.
They havo soized stores and ammunition and have looted the shops. They are in strength in
this neighbourhood.
Immediately after capturing the towns and putting-tho-Im- perial troops to fight-it is feared
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BINGLE COPT:19. Ceste,
·REUTER'S
TELEGRAMS,
REPORTED CAPTURE OF MEQUINEZ CONFIRMED.
TRIBES QUARRELLING.
REUTER'S SERVICE TO THE “TELEGRAPH."
Bombay, May 1, 7.35 a.m. A telegraphie communication statos that a Rabat courier from Mequinez confirms the report Berbors, after five days fighting. that the town was captured by
there has been no further attack Another mossage from Toz says
on the town, but some principal be- leaguering tribes are quarrelling among themselves.
SHANGHAI RACES.
TO-DAY'S RESULTS,
Stowards-Mr. R. Macgregor (Chairman), Messrs. M. Hoerter,- H. E. R. Hunter, John Liddell, E. U. Poarco. F. B. Marshall, L. Midwood and
Wo ore indobled to the stowards of the Jockey Club for the following results.
FIRST DAY.
The Shanghat Spring meeting was a very heavy one. Results in commenced to-day. The courso
brief are appended below :-
that some of the luttor have join-1-THE SUBSCRIPTION:
PLATE-Value,
Tho countryside is grently ad them--they cut the telegraph
of mon who are not really patrio alarmed.
Lio.
The writers enll upon the rovo- lutionaries to desist, and if they must help their country, let thom seek for other means besides war.
There is much that they can do
to help Chins, but they can only
do harm by resorting to the policy
Latest from Canton.
May 1, 12 o'clock.
wires and stopped all communica
tion with the outside world,
To add to the dangers of tho
situation, the brigand chief Luk
out the provinces were roquested" fTie "TELEGRAPE CORRESPONDENT of the bomb. The papers oxpress The gates of the City bavouguin of Shuntak has gone on the war
to pasify the people under their jurisdiction.
It is stated that the ringleader who was arrested was a man of the Pun I district. He name is Wu Sum. He has boon educated in Japan, has adopted European garb, and is a little over 20 years of ago. Ho was arrested on the afternoon of the day of the out- break. All his confederates came from Singapore. Between then they had successfully smuggled lot of arms into Canton. The plot was betrayed by some of the incendiarios..
Yesterday, along the Bund and Wing Ching Street many arrests
Canton, April 30,
the Throne, anent the rising
In his telegraphic memorial to Canton, the particulars of which have already been reported in our columns, H.E. the Canton Viceroy reported that nearly all the an archists were arrayed in foreign garb.
On their way to commit thearson in the Viceroy's yumen, these carried in sodan chairs. The foreign-dressed incondiarios were cluir coolios were also members of the gang, under disguise in
the hope that these disturbors of
to justice. the poncs will be quickly brought been closed and no ono may. loavo
or enter Canton.
The Chinese section of the Canton-Kowloon failway has
path.
As soon as he hoard of the Cans
ton outbreak he gathered his forces
and descouded suddenly on Chunglok. Ifore they seized the
The People Hungry.
ton and the almost total cossation The closing of the gates of Can.
of all business is causing much distress among the poorer classes. Things are not betterod for them families, whose custom is thus re- by the exodus of the wealthier moved from their shops. The BRIGANDS BOMBARDED. ammunition is kept, and succeeded
price of food has gone up en- order to escape the attention of ormously, three catties now cost- the police. The Viceroy said that ing as much as would have bought the action of the anarchists Lon or fifteen some time ago, Thosituation is greatly aggravated
At daybreak, the imperialists searched high and low for the revolutionaries. They located then in a shop dealing in rico, in Ko Young Lano. Unfortunately the rebel had already built strong barricade by putting up hundreds of bags of rico baltind the door Here a doully and long fight onaued batwoon them; at the beginning, the imperialists were losing ground, and made Boveral unsuccessful attempts to bombard the haunt of the rebels. The boabe thrown by the in- cendiarios were too dangerous for the imperialists to get near. At 11 o'clock the commander of tho of suspects were made; all of them in setting fire to the yamon, was besioging troops received orders wore queueless and were attired in from II. E. the Viceroy to set fire European garb. One of the editors 80 sudden, that it was impossible by this, and unless peace is quick- to the rice shop. This had the of the native press and a student to mobilise all the troops at aly restored, riots may be expected desired effect. Over thirty of the rebels wore burnt to death, and the others onded their lives by killing themselvos with revolvers. From & reliable source we learn that the rising would have taken place at eight o'clock on the night in question, but it was provoked earlier by the arrost of one of the ringleaders. They know that their plan had lonked out, and they tried to disperse..
On that eventful day the steam or Wing On carried to Canton hundreds of these incondiaries.
After gaining access to the city, they found their game was up: and to their surprise they saw that the police were quite rondy to arroat them.
moment's notice.
of the Kiang Wah, Hospital were arrested. Fortunately they and military oflicials, and the It was not the fault of the civil were liberated. The suspected Viceroy thought that he, himself, robels when arrested wore tried ought to have beon blamed for at once and if there was any carelessness in not discovering evidenco against them, they wore the plot. He also asked the removed to bo executed at Throne to inflict punishment on once. It is foured that many him. He said that the civil innocent people have suffered the and military wore very active, and same fate.. At the time of writing energetic in coarching for and everything is quiet, and the gates arresting the revolutionaries. are open: All juuks have been allowed to clear for the interior.
- Native Interest.
Great interest, in the doings in Canton, is being shown by the Chinese. Hundreds gather daily outside the offices of the native prass here waiting for the latest
nows.
COMMERCIAL.
HALL AND HOLTZ, LTD.,
The report of the directors of
at any moment. The large ma- sympathy jority of the people are out of all
with tionaries.
tho revolu-
THE STATE OF THE CITY. THE "T" CORRESPONDENT
Canton, April 20th. This afternoon the city gates
suspended traffic.
GUN BOATS KILL OVER
TWO HUNDRED.
("Taun Wan Yut. Po.")
Canton, May 1, 11 «.m.
The two Chinoso gun boats, Kiang Tai and Kiang Hong,
while patrolling the Wost River
were closed again; as it has como came in sight of the brigands under Luk, as the latter wero advancing on Fatahan.
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to official ears that thioro aro still His Excellency neked the some anarchists in hiding Throno to free them from blame Queuoless Chinose are being con- for this occurrence in Canton, tintially atopped by the troops, and let them have a chance to and subjected to interrogation, render good service to the nation while a watchful eye is kept on in futuro. Ho further reported those who wear a wig and a falso that the foreign Consuls and queno.
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market where a store of arms and
in getting
krms.
a large number of
The force then proceeded to
Fatshion and pulled down the
Yamen of the Assistant Magistrate
after which they thoroughly looted
the town. The people along the river bank are panic-stricken.
Tho Canton Viceroy on hearing
of this brigandago at once der
patched a force of troops to the
A brisk fightonsued. The gun-scene. boats heavily bombardod the band
subjects have been looked after The shops have not re-opened and killed at least two hundred, and he had placed a special re-for business yet. Foodstuff has
giment of troops, together with risan considerably in price, espe-wounding many more. The bri- some gunboats, patrolling Sha- cially rice. Chinose people in the city have meon for their protection. The Blood stains still disfigurn the gends replied with a spirited fire,
neither bean molested nor robbed by the revolutionaries.
streets, which are in some onses and despite their heavy losses pushi
filled with the bodies of the slain.
The smell arising is intolerable,od on the Fatehan, which they and the police will soon have to turn their attention towards the sacked. removal and burial of the rapidly decomposing corpses.
Outside Fatshan the brigands
The looting took place yester
day evening and the troops were.
sont dff this morning.
FRENCH PRESIDENT'S
RETURN.
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GRIFFIN
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Just in Time (Cumming)
Time: 2.07 1.5.
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Persimmon Tree (Vida).... Por (Schnorr) MED Coronation Rose (Burkill)
Time: 3.19 2-5.
Prinz Waldemar, took a large quantity of cigars to Australia from Manila."
Liput. G. II. Kont, 1st Bo, K.O.Y.L.I., arrived in tho Com- mand from England, pers.s. Delta, on 27th April, 1911 (leave).
Leave of absence, on private affairs, to the United Kingdom, Ias been granted to Capt. G. C. | Dwyor, R.G.A., ou privato affairs, to the neighbouring countries, to Miss F. G. P. de Stourdza Zrinyi, 3 Sistor, Q.ALM.NS.
Under those circumstances they made for the Viceroy's Yamon, na already reported. During the fight they arged the Viceroy's body-guards to join them to over- turn the government and to kill all the Manchus. However, thoir inducementsproved futile. WhonMessrs. Hall and Holtz, Ltd., for
It is stated that the Manchester
(ENDTER'S SERTION) the conflagration was spreading, the year ended February 28,1911, Corporation Free Library, which
Bombay, 7.35 a.m. the Viceroy collected his soal and boon issued to the share has already banned Mr. H. G.
The French President (M.have gone to London to be present The Hongkong Volunteers who somo important documents, and osoaped by the same way as holders. The profit for the year, Wells's" Ann Veronica," rofuses
met the Imperial troops at Tung-Falliores) has returned from at the Coronation were cheered his family lind, dono. The including 811,327.76 brought to place "The New Machiavelli"
Toulon..
on their way by the D. B. Browery, on the shelves. Viceroy was strongly guarded by forward from last year, amounts
week ending April 20 show that ahi Bridge, and a severe encounter The Berlin semi-official "Nord- which presented thom with a case his bodyguards and the guards of to $52,829.06 which the directors According to a Peking message a good deal of sickness is pro Admiral Li. His Excelloney was recoramond shall be disposed of to the "Mainichi," the estimated valent in the Colony. Seven took place.
of their well-known beer. deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" followed by the Provincial Tren- nsfollows:-A dividend of $1.80 cost of the maamuvres of the cases of bubonic plague occurrød,
hopes events will permit France hold, Karberg and Co. at Tientsin
The compound of Mosare. Arn surer and the Educational Com- por share, at 8 per cent. $42,140.- Chinese Imperial Guards and the of which one proved fatals thirteen The losses on the Imperial side to adhere to the Morocco pro-containing a large number of missioner on his way to the 80; write off Fixtures Account 10 8th Army Division, to be held of small-pox, twolys of the pati-
gramme. Any transgression of bales of cotton has been badly Yamon of Admiral Li Chun. The per cont. $1,087,45; and to carry in the vicinity of Shanlisikwan ente dying: two cases of anterio, wore thirty-seven killed, while the Algeciras Act will have bad damaged by fire about 12,600 Viceroy was wearing a sliort black forward to new account $9,600.- next autumn, is over 1,000,000 one death, and one fatal case of
consequences, which cannot be bales having been burnt or other taols,
rolapsing favor make up the total. the briganda lost many more,
disregarded
Wise seriously affected.
coat.
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The medical returns for tho