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subject of appears
a
the recent riots att a
that these
papers
have
wide circulation in Canton.
The extracts which & refer are
follows:
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, SEPTEMBER 21st, 1883.
CANTON.
[FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.]
20th September.
It seems that among the various causes of the turbulent feeling among the lower classes there is one of no small importance which proceeds from Hongkong in the shape of the foolish articles and items of manufactured or highly exaggerated news which have appeared in the Hongkong vernacular newspapers. These seem to have a large circulation both in the city and beyond it, and extra spicy extracts are reproduced on broadsheets,
posted up in many places, and eagerly read. The Chinese appear to be as easily inflamed by this
vicious nonsense as a lot of schoolboys, and it really does a great deal of harm. It is strongly felt that this kind of thing ought to be put a stop to by some supervision, and it is also stated the Viceroy is greatly incensed against the writers, as they are rendering the masses under his administration turbulent and difficult to control.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1883.
Canton.
(From our Special Reporter.)
September 20th.
The Viceroy is said to be wildly incensed against the native papers in Hongkong, on account of their advising and stirring the mob to rise, and the opinion of those who ought to know best is that if he could lay his hands on the editors, he would order their instantaneous execution.
My attention was
called some days ago
to this
subject, and especially to
article
referring
to the
procuring
of the French in Fuzhou and Taiwan, in which rewards were recommended to be offered for the heads of French Officers and Legionnaires. I at once directed the Registrar General to send for the Editors
of
these
papers and to
them warn
as to the tone of their articles. He
informs me that he has received from them promises
and
to be careful in future, in one case the Editor exhibited considerable alarm at the
possible consequences to which he had exposed himself. A
strict examination is now
made of all articles that are
published.