CANTON’S CRITICAL SITUATION.
REBELS IN STRONG FORCE.
THE GOVERNOR ASSASSINATED
Tlie situation in Canton is still crit cal. i
Latest despatches report that Li, wie Taotai (governor) of Canton, has been assassinated by the rebels. ' !
The revolutionaries have again assembled in large numbers, and the gates of the city have been closed'. - The :faidt ItliAt’ (the 'loyalty 'of the troops is doubted has caused a general feeling of insecurity, and much excitement prevails among the peaceful
habitants. r Refugees who have arrived! he firm the earlier reports concern rising in Canton, which appears been instigated by the anti-Man These rebellious natives went to canton from Macao and 'Hongkong and spread: their revolutionary propaganda among the .troops iust at a foime when the latter were nursing many grievances.
Hundreds of irebels have been either killed or wounded in the fighting that begun in Canton last Thursday.
Brigadier-General Chung, who was wonncled while endeavoring to suppress the revolt, died yesterday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3217, 13 May 1911, Page 2
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158CANTON’S CRITICAL SITUATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3217, 13 May 1911, Page 2
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