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THE REVOLT.
STRUGGLE
FEARED IN
CANTON.
THE POPULATION WARNED.
LATEST DETAILS. FROM THE NORTE
BATTLE AT WOOSUNG.
As four n'clock this morning the Woo forts opened fire upon the Govern ment cruisers Reichów, and Hoikee, which
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 1913
SHELLS BURSTING OVER SHANO
· HAY SETTLEMENT,
TRAGIQ INCIDENT IN GÄUDEY......
After two nights if rest, anys the "N. C. Daily News of July 29, Bring Dogan
malms of the Dare-to-Dios" and other troops had arrived from the northi of the Province art, making Pooting secretty had come to Tungkadoo.
12.80 p.m.
On the west side of the Amonal them
again lost right close uptas nine o'clock, sobals are reported to be making a good and with the most starting results. A advance, and tho diretion of Bring I description of what the fighting was apdicates that the Government troops have. peurs lower down, but for the innates of setired somewhat
the Settlement. the experience was dis
egrecable and in one chas tragia.· Shellac P were whistling freely in all directions over þ
THE INJURED BOY.
....
the Settlement. Two foil in the river On inquiry at the General Hospital, We have had all our cargoes, worth opposite the Bund, and Chines bout at les sigha wa informed that the boy many thousands of dollars stolen by man at the Canton Road jetty' was badly had sustained severe wound in the said, and the pirates seem to be spent the back of the British Consulate is wound wwa drowned by Dr, Murray pirate sixty miles north of hore, he injural. In the Yuen Ming Yorn Boud vido, has his condition, was not critical. derfully well organized."
Our informant is well versed in Chinose play bullets full freely. The worst and Illinghurst. A large part of the
shell burst rigits in the middle of the thought the danger lay in having per-assembled, to listen to the band. A small
where a large number of people were bones were broken.
gerleas, ploughing up the ground, and
alfairs, and the possibilities of Dr. Sun took placas, é aminturally, in the wir Vai Ser guiding any contrix, the writerteis, people zushing in all directiema. was told that Dr Sun is purely a poll Two or three shells passed close over the to arrive in Hongkong on Sunday number of people were nasembled, w
Authentic information was reached thres foo numerous to nation at this price to going to press that time of night burst in many directions British Colony, because it in alleged that Sun has been forbidden to land in the all over the Settlement, he aspires to selo over the Presidenes of the Kalee hotel were probably tho
The shes which passed over the rout which burst
the corner of Hongkong
1:00 A
Firing still continued, and the direc
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Monday is a Bank Holiday.
The French Mail of the 1st July
and the the social system of Europe replied, the rango being about ten li; affairs and ho bluntly stated; that hesperience was that in the Public Gardens Beah of the thigh was torn away, bus Per Par But the Talam that conquered Spain, equal to about three miles. The armitted so much money-millions in fact Case Bottle North Africa, and Persia has de-ment continued until late in the foreto come Into the Shameen. $24.30 $2.05 generated, and now the conquerors now, with what result is is not yet on further investigation the representa wounding a little boy nine years old, the tim appeared to be in the neighbourhood
who once regarded Christian Europe | know.
tive of the "Mall "had an inerview with
well known Chinese, Lo Ho Lin, or in Rand. The boy was taken to the Chenaraf
son of Mr. Reinedies, of 20, Nunzing of the West Gate, PALE, FULL BODIED, DRY, as infinitely beneath them are crying. |
Cantonese Lo Hop Lam, who is the Hospital bleeding freely and later in but aloud for European teachers to DIL. SUN COMING SOUTH." Military Advisor to the Talth of Hoovestigations showed that he was in remodel their political system and toader ple
7 speaking of the presons state of serious condition. Something of panie teach their youthis hard beans which The Sun: Fay Sundels for the Sough have kept to Europe her preeminence with Wu Hou Man, ex-Tubuh of Canton, among the continents The result of and Wong Chingai, German tical jobber, asil, that he was supposed roof of the Palace hotel, where a largo | was delivòred in London, an the 1st August.
amer. It is rumoured in the Colony the Balkan War has brought Turkey that it Dr. Sun comes to Hongkong the to the confession expressed is the most banishment warrant which was
inide EVANS Hreatze, On the and inst. at advanced of her Constaninople papers, against in some years ago will be en St. Andrews, Kowloon, by the Rev. N. Os the lesson of "dearly brought and forer. Since the warrant was issued Pope, M., BENJAMIN DAVINS, youngest son of Joseph Edward Evans, B., of fruitless experience." Ahmed Effendi Dr. Sun has several times visited Eng RE. School, Greenwich, to Mass, Aghaieff writes in the Jeune Türen and on suv occasion was cuter. third danghter of Mrs. Buggins of Now Cross, London, S.E
All hope of regenerating and reviv-tained at Government House, ing the country is not yet lost. Our Asiatic possessions are vast and full of natural riches; they could sustain a population five times their present one. Indeed, if we succeed, by
natained effort, in, reorganizing them on a rational basis, if we succced in
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MONDAY, August 4 --
Bank Holiday. TUESDAY, August 5-
2.30 pm. Auction of Furniture at No s Peak Road by Messrs. Hughes & Hoogh. SnAuction of Steamer Wing
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PACKED LINE HERRINGS
The river steaners sad trains from Canton ara arriving terribly, packed with Cantonese refugees. On Thursday night the Paul Beau was so crowded that two mat Chinese children were suffocated.
THE LOSS OF THE KONG TAI
It is rumoured that the Government Besides, European instructors must reiser Kong Tai, which was lost in the be calied for all the branches of the West River & far daya ngo, was sunk, governmental machine and of the not by a rebel shell, but by a heavy social system: To content ourselves squall during the typhoon. At the time with the reorganization of the army, she was towing several largo jucks filled the pulice, and the gendarmerie, would with troops and these were overturned be to condemn ourselves once more to and most of the soldiers drowned: failure. We must think of the gen- darmerie and the police, and also of the revival and good organization of our schools; our agriculture, our mGONS
EXCITEMENT. IN CANTON,
Activa Preparations for War:
of the Southern Republic and that
lost evening en route to Canton, H.M.S
The German gunboat litis arrived here
Otter sailed this morning for Pakhoi.”
permits.
Fises of 8200 ware imposed at the keen to put Tsun Cha bham, ir Y and Szechura roads. The Best, a small an Chinose for, bringing into the Colony Police Court this morning on two Amerî Shih. Keplace if this revolution car one, burst cire to some houses and wamonition and part of a rife without ries through. He is a rabid Krong. Sdows were rashed, while the second, man and has" boen wiring the people and
» heavier une, passed low over the routi officials of the North that he wishes them and apparently burst in the Spochow to throw in their lot with Carton, sudcreek. ho is also advising Lung Trai Kwong the General in command of the troops at Kwang Si) te turn, in his troops and to come with them to the Southerners side"
Canton...
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FLIGHT FROM THE CITY. N
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It in notified that the St. Paul's | College Chapel of the Anglican Cèmmunion in Hongkong, sitasto in Gleriealy, has been nided to the list of places licensed for the
lemnization of marriazca.
The firing of the first shot was the A good deal of commotion was caused native City. The exodus was romark
signal for ́u great stampede from the]"
The Nestlé and Anglo-Swise Condenseď yesterday by the fact that the Tatuh of able, bots for the street scenes iù afford 323 Compony are again offering price Kwangtung bad ordered at the trained and the celerity, with which it was this month for souplets in their No. 6 on the Three Province Railway to discutied out. The people dashed through competition. Further partionlars may be continue service beyond Fatahan, and the north gate and made straight for the seen from our advertising columns. the writer was officially told that this international Settlement. thoroughly was done because of the Northern troops car but preserving some sort of order. having started from, Wuchow towards A great number had prepared for the whe lately acquired the P. and O. Stammer The Mexico steamship Company.
We are also informed that the Can-bundles of personal effects," others had evacuation, carrying with the small
"Natrung" give notion of changing her tonese troops will not fight against the just a sleeping mat miled under their name to that of "Mexico City." Further Northern men, as they yesterday werearm, as the Tast majority just brought particulars appese in our advertising
paid coats on the dollar (and only themselves out of the danger zones, and part silver at that), and that the Can happy to do that at the greatest possible W! tonese and armed with old discarded speed.
At the Police Court this morning Japanese rifles (Muji Murata's), and a
One shell dropped into the river lose Detective Inspector Collets charged seven vastly insufficient number of sounds to the Italian cruiser farco Polo; another Chinese with afforces under the societies ammunition.
also fell into the river nearly opposite registration lawa, two with being principals "They have," our informant continued, the Shanghai Club. The Chinese in the and members of an illegal secret society 20,000 Mausers, but scarcely any vicinity were greatly alarmed and some with headymaters at 75 Des Voeux Road cartridges! And the majority of the Beld fell to the ground out of sheer fright and five with being mexabere of it. v Mr.
appeared for-the defenoa Afornial re
and for a wick was ordered, five of the defendants being remanded on bail of $500 each and one on $200 buil
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of communication, our commerce, and Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Pissed and siege in, and mountain batterice. It was reported that directly hostilities Besvis, of Mons, wakilimon and Gristy
our industry; for otherwise, even with the best police in the world, a people tint does not have good schools to train its youth, or highways to move about and send off its products, or industries and agriculture to keep it busy and feed it, will be irrevocably
Yuan Shih Kal cajoled out of the Ca-began an alarming number of rifle shots reddit tones to fight their Mound their way into the Avenue Paul
charta? The military situation in Cantu rumat and the Rec du Cônattlak is in no wise able to copa with the Nertbent troops, and one excellere FILES IN THE CITY.
(From-the-Cinna. Marɛle" SpecialTM -
Representative.)
- CANTON, August 1
* that I can give you is that the mejority of good, officers that area berj
:
.
Judging from the appearance of the
It is notified in the 14 Gazette f, that s
heard in Chia that
The ery of wolf kan so often been longid to the Cantonese Military are sin street of the native sity, it must the following scale of postage caus
rumours of fed to Hongkong with their wives and doomed to misery and to all the anti- more trouble were naised about, ro 376 throw down their arms when the Northern tion within less than an hour after the sad after lat August, 1913-Kot exceed
failure and the soldiers will no doubt have been practically empty of populs: parcels to Canada will come, into force en (social consequences of misery," paid any attention to them, but as the Anny actives; this should be on Thursday first alarm had been taken. About teng 31b, in weight 60.60: exceeding 31b-
or Friday at the latest."
Factock fire broke out. Smuko wa soon
but not exceeding 7 lb. in weight 81.20; rising from a house close to the north exceeding 7 lb. has not exceeding 11 lbin Large bodies of Cantonese troopsgate and in, a few moments a great blase weight, 81.80 Parcela; mush not exceed 1000 went up the North River today eveloped and the first building attacked 111b, in weight, 24 feet in length, breadth but If that they can do but little good.
was very quickly destroyed. The blaze or depth, or 6 feet in length and girth com The Cantor Treasury is absolutely a trong oan and had all the appear.bized. They cannot be insitred.
anier of the beginning of a confiagration. depleted because of its having to payThe Chinces fire brigado got to work in off the troops with all the silver that,
commuxdably, "quick tima. Meanwhile „SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. it emtained. In coquenes the head the confusion among the crowd on the of all government offices, auch sa Likin French Bund was added so by the passage. Mr. C. F. Mason, solicitar-who cause
Grist, went over to Mr. F. D'Almade Castro's office on August lah
The writer cites the example of rumour grow into a yelp of alarm, and other races and nations who have the Chinese-began averesowding the boats HONGKONG, "BATURDAY, AUG 2. 1913. derived all their advantages from more running between Canton and Hongkong, advanced civilizations, as Peter the bringing their Lars and Penates, and their Great learned from Englund the money with them, the writer went to the secrets of a mercantile mazine, and Chino capital to look over the situm Frederick caught from Voltatire the tion. inspiration which became the founda"
THE REVOLT.
To put it frankly, things seems paricus, WITHOUT in any way wishing to tion of German literature, while Italy the Chineas of the Old City closing, YP Station, or any oliecting station, have of a motor fra engine travelling at top out last October to Mesra, „Wilkinson and magnify the situation, if may be was the quarry out of which the men ocking to the Shameen with their valu rasli They must have it!
their houses with heavy barricades, and to find security for their positions in speed towards the scune of the cutbreak safely stated that Canton is, in a of Western Europe dug their costliest ables. Yesterday, from daylight until Tho troops at the Fort at Wisanzion
are all now men, and they do not know
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THE ATTACK.
11 p..
Lung finds opposition on his attempt Tarkey this writer remarks. We heavily laden with boxes, age, cases, in consequence all is confusion there
We must regret, says toe L. and d♬ Ex- to enter the city, fighting sharp and absolutely need the help of European iron chests and a lot of other impedi- The principal gang of pirates have
press, to announce that the death tools About 8 p.m. hundreds of Chinese who place at Streatham Hill, London, S. W., severe is almost certain to take place specialists; it is to-day acknowledged menta, rated the Brd Street Bridge on telegraphed to Worg Wou Shun to como and been put in the country during the on 5th ultimo, of Mrs. S. O. Angier, walow That such an attempt will be made that, left to ourselves, wo can not the Back Band, their, raucous cries of down and head them, and they premise, day were observed pouring into the of the late Erode, J. Angier, formerly glo
ander his leadership, to wips out the French Concession. They had newì of very soon by General Lung is almost reorganize any brunch of life in a II-Ha! Ha!" as they staggered under Southern troops and to put an end to to furthcoming attack, which started Hongkong and Canton, and founder of thứ certain, and indeed it is believed that satisfactory way. This may seem their heavy loads esaing basisly on the Chan Ewing Ming, and to Cantonese mule, just before nine o'clock.»-
journal. (The L. ad C. Express).- Slewo in a few days the attempt will be somewhat humiliating to our national
Wo are further informed from the same It was on the samo lines as its pro-Angier, who was in her 83rd year, had only made. From the nature of the pride; but all artions that have wished And while this was going on, blus is hors de oditas when wo say bhanghai the attack was more to the west, slysis following. ten days after muccesfas source of authority that the Chinese Navy decors, except that on the far side from been ill for a few weeks, s striks of pare General's proclamation, he is, appar regeneration and revival bave gone pickets from .M.S Sandpiper were set. Chinese Navy woman the boat this being accounted for by the messing operation for cataract. Though Mix ently, not the manip cause bloodshed; this same road. We may name among ting up quick-firingi guns, pueig cover that are still left to them) by reasonTemple of the God of War, when it is Canton for two years; It was during the of the troops at Longhua. From the Augier was only resident in Hongkong and without serious reasons, and indeed others Japan, Russia, and the Balkan to approach to the bridge being placed of their shortage of coel The bas clearly stated
on the verandah at the comer of the Government has owed, are considerable, the rebel forces took up capture of Canton by the British forrow, that States themselves. And this is persund at the Cunni, and the other be $700,000 far more than a year, and that their old positions from Nants in the arsenic poisoning by the baker Ab Luni- This is due to the fact that the Chinout now vident the number of soldiers was eventful period round 1854, including the
Chan Kwing Ming prisoner. It a good school, one must have seen so kangulat, along the Shameen Canal refeed fast on firidge, althougs by no means pear to the time. The late Mro. Angler was the mother liis principal object is to obtain fectly untral; to have, for example, bind a sand-bug doubt, in effee in ecseguirass further credit has been creular line out towards St. Catherine's Hongkonge and other incidents of the is very probable, however, that if such a school and to have directed it," find the barbed wire There are believed to be 4,000 tiver Inti apr The Attacks from both sides of five sons and two daughters, of whom the ex-Governor bas decided to remain one does not make it up out of the mons
pirator within a few miles of Cantor,ors timed simultaneously, and those who three sons sad two daughters survive to
we go le press, under ommand of the came in from Seawei report that rebel mourn her love old Pirate Chieftain Woo Shan.
troops there likewife came into action. The writer was informed today that These must have been the men posted
The Government troops are now a c
entangle
Um. Powell, Id. successful, but, no far, the Cantimices and the modesty to recognize our full of chickens, when a hawk coines in
rod the British strainship Huong Shanaiderable distance out from the Arsonal from the Convent there. down the Franch Sisters and protegen Sicawok opened upon them with their accompanied by Lieut. C. de V. FGTe to proceed as once to Canton and to bring towards the dprth, and the rebel troops Commanding the Troops in South Chins,
· Major-General · F. I. Kelly, C.B
in Canton that he has taken the very heart, by divine inspiration! Let us On the centre streets, and all main ptudent precantion to surround him cherish no illusions about outselen mounted, and the writes was informed the French Convent of the Colony chain the Hung-chang Memorial, MEN FIRST: OFFICIAL INSPECTION-
cross-ways, guns were hurriedly being salt with as big a bodyguard as pos- this haughty arrogance is already that last night marines from the vacious sible and to be doing all he can to cost us too dear; let us at least have ships wero to take up their patrol duty enlist sympathy for his cause with the learned this hard lesson. If for the but en dzelting one, and remindul The scene was not only an interesting populace. It may be that he may be past five years we had had the grace the writer great deal of a barn, fürd have been remarkably apathetic re faults, perhaps we should to-day have
THE CANTONESE "REVIEW" garding the present opposition to Pre-been cured of them and could already ined from the Turner that no niora Curiously enough an offein order was sident Yupn. We are inclined to dispense with foreigners. So let us valuables should be taken from Canton, at Canton, in saticipation of the arrival of The review of the troops that took placa think that General Lung willen not hesitate; in our appeal to the and them as the Chinese as the Northern temps, was ludicrous, to say 1deavour to enter Canton before the foreigners let us not stop with auch aking to put in safa keeping in the Soms were armed with reasonable
amount of that are the leaste arrival of Dr. Sun and Wu Hon Man and branch of life alone, but let Shamcon rifles, ethers had carbines of stolent pat. apon the scene.
us call them for all branches, and give The writer was told by a member of teens, whose danger, the writer thought The news to hand from the North them plenty of liberty to reorganize overy inch of their space was inkot up more behind the gun, than before it, the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank that from the view point of sa yo witness, lay is that the bombardment at, Woosung these departments. Forts began this morning, when to
W with cohosts of money, and godown of there sud there a cutlass or two shone in hoor waable to advanco far beyond the The Officers of pride with their r every kind on the Shamcenare Allod to the hot aan light, while the troops elo" } western suburbs of the City: These the "pectiva, departaments, were Culonel S the surprise of all aggression firet Fu's Dregs, Patent medialson, &eme from the defenders. The two
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The representative of tho China Mall and several interesting Letorvisvu with men who are band-in-glove with the situation and he quotes que Mr. Martin, of the Petralown 01 Com
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machine guns. With their fold artillery A.D.C., Major H. B. Bewart, D. A. A. and. the rebels in the other points als fired, M.G., and Major B. S. Paul, Acting and within a very short time the Arunal General Staff Officer, made his first official guns and those of the men-of-war were inspection this morning. Commencing with start with, their distanco was badly out, pissed on to see the alarks employed in the replying with terrific fosillade. To the 88th Company, ... he quickly. this counting for the number of shells Headquarter of He then proceed d they apposted to and their range. 40th Companies, Royal En Insers, and in the foreign quarters, but gradually Wellington Barracks where the 26th and At the time of writing 6ghting was detachments of Army Forvice Corps and taking place in very close proximity to that, opposed to to heary fire if the with marked promp tudo the French Concession, showing evidently for his inspection which was compisted Army Ordnance Corps wera praded ready
ships and Arsenal: Uze revci troops lim
ezelted other exhorted them to parade there was a parto in the City. fnd their slippared foot, and a very much Government guns wars now shelling, and. amor words to that effort.
The affair hosted one hour, alter which apply of serbridges was given each man,
And they diaperáci mazkodn
the start of the engagement that report Ba wild was the fire from this guns At
Joly, and Liect Colonel Radclife, R. Lieut. Colonel H.-W. Tles, Lieut. and Adjatans H. P. Garwood And Major G Pritchard, B.GA Male Fitzwilliams,
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Pootung. It was believed that there. Sinih, A.OD.
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