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THE CANTON OUTRAGE.
DAY AND NIGHT OF TERROR.
Heavy Loss of Life.
A` survey of the burnt-Dut district this morning (Thursday) shows that over 1,000 bousor and shops wore destroyed. All over the smouldering ruine can · be seon people-digging in an ondea. vour to recover what remains of thoir valuables and also their Familios. Judging from the area
SOLDIERS BURN AND PILLAGE CITY. of the fire-swept zone and the
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TELEGRAPH” REPORTER'S GRAPHIC STORY.
direction in which the fire spread; the loss of life must have boon terrible, for with all the stroots | barricaded osoape was impossible. Escaps by way of the roof-tops was also out off by reason of the troops firing at all who came within sight.
mathod of
This diabolical Below we publish full and descriptive accounts of the terrifying
revenge on the part of the scanes enacted in Canton on Wednesday and early on Thursday soldiers could be plainly soon morning. So noon as we learned on Wednesday afternoon of the from the roof tops of the She-
pair of outbreak of fighting and burning, we sent a special representative tomeen, whore, with a Canton in order to recolve first-hand, reliable information. The glassos, one could see the firing parties of soldiers and the victims first of his despatches came to hand this morning and makes fall after having been shot at, absorbing, though sorrowful, reading.
Canton, Thursday, 4 p.m.---- Canton awoke this morning to view the amouldering embora of more than a thousand homos
Red Cross Busy.
At times oven the cries of the victims could be heard.
After dark, by which time the firing had ceased, the burning
Gen. Primo de Rivers, the head of the Spanish Dizoot ory, has been appointed High Commissioner of Moroo00 and Commander-in-Chief of the forces thero.
LADY ROBBED.
ANOTHER SNATCHING
CASE.
Aother case of bag-anatobing was brought to light when Miss Collison, living at No. 4 Basiles,
into the
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LIBERALS HAVE FEWER CANDIDATES.
Lyttleton Road, reported to the CONSERVATIVES NOT "PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS.”
Police. yesterday that whilst walking along Babington Path the previous day, « young Chinese snatched her bandbag,containing money and pipers. The man Ongapod.
CHEATING COOLIE.
FORGES ORDER ON LANE CRAWFORDS.
Ploading guilty to forging an order on Messrs Lane Crawford, Ltd., for $2 worth of goods, a Chinese youth was sentenced by Mr. R. F. Lindsoll at the Central Magistracy to day to four weeks' bard labour.
oustome,
London, October 16. Mr. Ramany MacDonald, continuing his tour, motored from Manchester through the potteries on route to Birmingham.
Speaking at Congleton hesaid that it was everywhero evident that politics warn beginnig to move the hearts of the people. Elo do clared that the uniting of the Liberals and Torios wan a great tribule to Labour.
At Macolerfield, some women prosented the Premier with a silk mufflor and a box of handkerchiefs for Miss Tehbel MacDonald. Enthusiasm was demonstrated throughout the tour, and was especially marked at Hanwell, where the Premier described the Campbell case as a fake to mislead fools.--Router,
London, October 16. The Chief Laboral Whip, in an interview, `stated that the party have at losstwise 350 candidatos, which compares with the 454 in the last election.—Reuter,
MR. BALDWIN'S HUGE AUDIENCE.
Mr. Baldwin appested for national unity, instead of class hatred. He said the Conservatives had made no wild promises or alluring claims. They were not patent thedicine vendors. The country needed a Government with a sufficient majority to avoid annusi elections-Router,
GERMANY MIGHT HAVE AN ELECTION.
London, Gotobar 16.
Red Cross contingents aro district was just one long line of
Contrasting with the difficulty of hearing Mr. MacDonald's working about the elty, all wear-flame-a line at least three-
speech, broadcast from Glasgow City Hall on Monday, hundreds of ng Red Cross bands about their quarters of a mile long. The fire.
Dofondant told the Magistrate | thousands of listeners-in all over the country to-night board very and stores.
arms and a Red Crogs flag at the raged until about 1 o'clock this
he had not been long in the clearly a quiet election talk by Mr. Baldwin, addressed directly to n Group after group of Sun Yat-head of the column. The dead, morning when
Coliny and did not know the microphone at the London broadcasting headquarters, where the it bogan to von's troops have pillaged and as far as is possible, are being smoulder out.
acoustics have been perfected. looted the remaining shops while given the customary burial in Wholesale Looting.
it estimates its loss at $100,000| His Worship: You know the still more, groups of frightened coffins taken from looted coffin
About 3 o'clock this morning caused by the destruction by fire custom too well, to be ab'e to a European Chinose have gathered about to factories. In several instances soldiers started to loot a building of metera, wires and polos. It in forge an order on watch the process. Chaos has the wounded are still in the on the corner of the Bund and estimated that little short of 3,000 firm. reigned with the city under streets, too weak to move and the Taiping Maloo, when some by fire-an estimate which is J. Jordalu, Secretary of the houses and shops wore destroyed; In reply to his Worship, Mr. rigid martial law.
without aid.
Volunteers began to fire on them probably not far wrong as it is Company, explained the circum- During the heavy firing of The U.S.S. Pampanga arrived again. The soldiers retaliated by yesterday afternoon, fires wore in the river this morning and setting fire to the place, and the known that the three districts of stances of the caso. Defondant,
Saikwan were burnt out.
he said, was employed by the started by the troops and blocks anchored just off the bund. Ship fro raged until eight o'clock thie of the very heart of Canton's ping has been kept away from morning,
Doad are still to be soon in the firm as a coolio, and his duty when the building streets, as many as twenty being wae to run errands between the Chinese business district are tho bund, though the river boats collapsed. to-day a mass of twisted stool have again been allowed to berth
seen by me this morning. A few various departments. He forged I made a tour of inspection of wounded wore also to be seen and the name of one lady to obtain and crumbled bricks, Thousands in their usual places! No foreign the city this morning and, judging detachments of Red Cross inen goods from another department. are rendered homeless by the property has been molested as from appearances it would seem and women, some under the
The Magistrate remarked that incendiariam. In A constant vol.
that the Volunteers in the dis-loadership of a foreign dictor it was a most brazen case of stream they pour Boros tho
triot behind the Sun Company's are patrolling the city on foc aud cheating. bridges into Shamoon.
building made a desperate stand in motor cars, rendering first aid Though Sun Yat-non claims a The refugees prosent an evor until they wore forced whore necessary and taking the marked victory, the shops are increasing problem and they are out by iho firing of tho more serious casos to hospital. almost all elosod and tho strike swarming to the foreign quartor buildings by the soldiors. continues. Many of the Merchant as fast as they can move their They were forood to rotest to Voluntoors appeared on the few affects. Safes, boxes, cloth-save being burned to death, but stronte to-day without uniforming, a motly mass, constitues the I learn that they put up a run: a sort of reconnoitering force to baggage of most of them. Many ning fight and mostly manage feel out the attitude of Sun Yat- were wealthy or at least moderto get away through the other sen troops and the populace in lately well off before yesterday's end of the city, general. Searchos are being outbreak. Now they have only the looting by soldiers began uude by the Sun Yat-sen forces what is contained in thoir baggage. at five o'clock last night and for acuis, and it is said that} The loot taken by the Sun Yat-practically all the shops from several hundrad tillos have been sen troops is being gathered in the Shameen Crook to Taiping Tochun Wu was to be seen
segure from Voluntaors.
Looters Shot
Refugee Problem.
piles at cross street corners and Maloo wore smashed open and
fast
as
materials are
Tho Kung Yee and Canton Hos-
pitals are nearly full.
It is reported that 2,000
Volunteers left the city last night after the firing had ceased and that they are attempting to join up with other Volunteers in the outlying districts.
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DIFFICULTY OVER INCLUSION OF NATIONALISTS.
Berlin, October 16. Protracted ragotations with a view to including the Nationalista in the Government have broken down. A conference of the Chan- cellor and leaders of the Government parties to-day agreed on further negotiations with a view to widening the basis of Government. It is.. not promised that there will be any success. This decision was reached after the Centre Party had passed a resolution in favour of new elections, if no other solution of the difficulty could be found. Reuter.
THE PLACE FOR MONEY.
U.S. COURT'S DECISION.
SPAIN AND. MOROCCO.
GEN. DE RIVERA HAS FULL CONTROL
·Madrid, Oct. 16. -- Goneral Primo de Rivers,
LAST YEAR'S FIGURES.
In the annual roport of tho Director of Public Works just, issued, reference is made to the "LOANS SOUGHT FROM-NEW-YORK-BANKS... building boom. Tho report
New York, October 16. The New York Times states that nearly all the New York banka The outstanding feature of the which are doing international business have received requests for Up to a late hour this after consists of electric fans, milk, rifled. Practically all that was this morning riding round in his year's work under the Building loans from European Governments and from railway, hydro-electric noon the city was quiet as far as alarm clocks, telephones, autommovable was taken away. The armed car surveying the work of Ordinance is the large number of and other industries. The paper adds that if only a portion of the loans firing was concerned. Occasional obile tyres, money, sacks of rice officers appear to have done their his men. It is openly reported Chinese houses which have boon be granted, the American investment market will be called upon to outbursts of rifle fire alone broke and many other things. As best to stop looting, notices heing that all orders in connection with or are about to be reconstructed.
Renter's American-Service. the quietude. Many troops Dre
any quantity of the posted all over the city that yesterday's outrage were given It would appear that this recon- place over a billion dollars worth of bonds within a few months.-- being moved about the city,
obtained, they soldiers caught looting would be by him. A party of 200 Voluntoors struction was to a large extent however, and the tension of the are carried away by troops shot. This did not seem to have on Honam were surrounded by carried out to avoid the provisions designated Assembling vory much offect and no fower Li Fook-lum's troops early of the Renta Ordinance, which populace is very noticable. Fear to
than 40 soldiers were shot this yesterday morning and made to allows readjustment of rents in is expressed in the foreign quarter quarters. that thero will be another conflict Many Chinese are crowding morning for looting on the Wing surrender their arms. There cases of reconstruction. Apart bofore the night is over.
the river boats on their way out On Maloo. Evon this did not was no fighting on Honam. This from this, however, thero has of the city. Thousands more deter others. Street lamp posts news will serve to dispel the boon a great increase in building want to leave but aro without on the Taiping Maloo are being rumours that Li Fonk-lum was activity.
The number of European
SHIPOWNERS NOT
Forty men, caught looting by Hongkong
funds. Everything is payable in used as bases for the collection with the Volunteers or that the
money, only the of loot and there are piles of Yunnanese wore neutral. They houses for which plans were sub-RESPONSIBLE FOR DRUGS
mitted was 506 (an increase of the Sun Yat-sen Labour Army, ricksha coolies and a few others electric fans. rolls of silk and were all concerned.
New York, Oct. 10. were executed by shooting on being exceptions.
Sympathy on the Shameon is 187), whilst the Chinese houses cloth, gramaphones, clocks, boats
entirely with the Merchant numbered 3,395 (an increase of The Federal Court has decided the public execution ground and It is impossible to hire an and shoos, otc,, ut oach post. the bodies were quickly removed. automobile in the city and many Dotachments of soldiers are even Voluntours as they were trying 2,135). The total number of all that a steamship cannot be whose policy of partial evacua- It is customary for the bodies to privately owned cars are parked taking the stuff away on tracks. to free the people from the burden buildings ofthor reconstructed or attached by Government when tion of Morocco has long dis-- beon vosted with full :: be loft as a warning to the re-fabout the polica station on the In the Saikwan district looting of excessivo taxation and the altered was 9,377, an increase of the members of the crew smuggle pleased the military party, has
yoke of militariam. After wit- 4,775, or 104 per cent.
Hquor or narcotior into the now mainder of the populace. One Shameen side, where they have is going on in a similar manner.
without the responsibility for affairs In The number of plans deposited United States officer of the forces saw two mon been placed for protection by Here podastrians are stopped and nessing: the tragic sights of ves
f his own command in the act their owners.
searched under the pretence of terday and to-day, I am convinced was 3,450, of which 3,108 were knowledge of the owners of the Morocco, King Alfonso to-day appointing him High Commis- looking for arms, but the soldiers that it will be impossible for Son approved. The plans increased vessel.
This judgment is the sequel sionor and Commander-in-Chief make sure of taking all money Yat-sen over to return bere. by 1,524,
ta the case of the Orduna of Morocco.
Gon. Primo de Rivera 18-.. Those tragic days have created and valuables from their victims.
On March 13th. The Court Sults of clothes, rolls of silk, ato.,
an indelible impression on the
expressad the opinion that mains head of the Directory In It is persistently rumoured
Canton City.
the ship must be "in the posses Spain. General Alzpuru only on A more graphic story of the can be bought off soldiers for fifty minds of all the inhabitants of about the city that Goneral Chan actual defeat of the Volunteers Conte apisce, but the person buy-
sion of the guilty persons" with Oct 14th. unexpectedly resigned the consent of the owner to be the High Commissionership of king-ming will arrive at the out- and of the subsequent reign of ing them is immediately robbed skirts of the city to-night with torror is told by our spoolal Can-again at the next corner.
subject forfeiture.-Reuter's Morocco for reasons of health.”
→Router. about 18,000 troops to aid the ton correspondent in a long_re-
Women Molested.
American Service. Voluntourforces. General Wu Fet-port which he sends us today. Some of the soldiers this morn-
The stoathors to arrivo in Hong- cheng, Commissioner of Police, is Ho says:—
ing.havo been caught interfering again in the olty in active com- The Volunteers kept up their with the women folk and serious kong last night were packed with The Latin American Govarn
refugees, over 2,000-coming down mandof his troops and there is now defence until 2.30 on Wodnes-cases have beou reported. There by the . Lungsbon alone. A ments are discussing with United a marked difference in discipline. day afternoon, when, if reports is a stondy stream of refugees crowd of many hundreds sssem- States officials the establishment Most of the streets still have are to be believed, their smmuni- leaving the city, each with their bled on the Fraya to groet! them. of an air mail service linking up
the capitals of six Central TO BE HELD IN AUSTRALIA. their sand bag and dry-goods box ton gave out The soldiers, how bundle of belongings. The city is
Later Reports. American republics and Cuba barricades behind which the six o'clock, after which there was being, on
over, kopt up their firing until absolutely dead, the only activity the part of the
London, Cat, 16, Further reports to mach us to- with the United States, over ▲ Volunteers fought all day yester.
military. Parades are being bald day are to the effect that Sun two thousand mile router
The third Imper day. Many of the buildings have Practically no firing at all.
It was at noon when the in the strasts with the object of Yat-sen has boarded the Bolshies Mr. "Wilbur, Bouretary ballet holen through windows
soldiers started setting fire to the impressing the inhabitants. and in the walls, The American City, and by 2.30 p.m. the district
vio gun-boat preparatory to Navy, speaking to a luncheon In Club bad several bullets entor the behind the Taiping Maloo wasted by motor car in which Chan that two or three hundre volu ZR3, sald this would yon
Pamphlets have been distribut- leaving for good. It to Barua fed honour of the Garmar'officers huilding and one coelia was shot one blasing mass. To make mat Lim-pak is again denounced and tears were killed together,
tem worso the soldiers, who had in which it is ordered that all about 100 soldlorer
of stealing two bottles of soda! water from a small stand and, drawing his pistol, shot them both in their tracks.
in the font
co
REIGN OF TERROR.
CROWDS COME TO HONGKONG.
Thile most of the dead from taken up positions on roof tops, shops and stores shall open for estimate regarding
zabzallot have been started firing on this refugees as the resumption of business. No sivillane who laya
e villl a number they fled from the burning houses, shope aro'opening, however, and the dam
1 Treats By most shooting all whom they could sed, soldiers are going from · house to million
relatives have A number of people were trying house and shop to shop ABE
and to escape.down the Taiping Maloo for arme and disar
avor the when they were stopped by the Volunteers left uns
the soldiers and driven back into the 2,000 Houren 1 (the) burning area there to meet their
AERIAL. DEVELOPMENT.
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