ANOTHER CANTON REVOLT.
SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED.
MULTITUDES FLEEING FROM THE CITY.
Alarming rumors are abroad in Hongkong concerning'a fresh revolutionary outbreak which it is feared is about to take place in Canton . ' The trouble, it is said 1 , is being instigated by the relatives of high officials educated in Japan, who are credited with having funds to the amount of £200,000 at their disposal, and enough dynamite, to bldw up the city. The decapitation of rebels and suspects is proceeding daily, but' the relatives of the condemned are not daring to remove the bodies from the streets in which the executions take place. The situation is one of the greatest horror, and l multitudes are fleeing from the city. Political unrest is general througoutSouthern China., and the upshot ot all is awaited with apprehension. British, German, French, American, and Italian gunboats are concentrating in Canton.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3229, 27 May 1911, Page 9
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145ANOTHER CANTON REVOLT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3229, 27 May 1911, Page 9
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