Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-12
RIOT IN CANTON.
rnn WIN RAGE or TIA. N,r,v
S'"fes 81 Foreign Merchants Looted aud
""'hc"-h'scis u MAKO innings
Worse Between Uhina aud


worse beiwoeu Ohiua aud
France.
reports Oi the riotiug In Canton. China
mentioned briefly in last evenings dis.
pltches, have created great sensation i'm
MI clroles AZ ParlS, aud will IL is feared
result III collision between the French
nnu thihese, Dispatches from Hong
Kong say the mob ut Canton burned the
houses oi several European merchants, aud
also their wharyes, causing great const,r
nation among tho foreign residents. most
ot whom sought refuge on board vessels in
the river. TIE mob, II is said. threw the
contents ot tho buildings which thew
attacked upon the wharves aud looted
them, No violence was offered To persons
aud force OF Chinese troops was called
ont, which quickly dispersed tho rioters.
The natives are SO excited against foreign.
ers that rouewal of tho trouble is mo.
mentarily expected. Ga tho receipt Of the
Intelligence at Hong Kong several gun.
boats were Immediately sent to Canton to
Afford protection To foreign merchants.
The British admiralty has been inform.
ed by telegraph of the occurrence of the
disorder, but no orders have been trans.
United TO the English fleet in Chinese
waters in connection Herewith, the
admiral i'll command being left to act as hC
thinks best undcr tho circumstances OF the
case. IL is stated that the Marquis Tseng
who has arrived in London, Will have au
interview with Lord Granville. secretary
nt foreign affairs, before returning Ia
Paris.
"Details at Ihr Hiot.
AT four clock yesterday morning when
tho steamer lIau Kow arrived at Canton
with passengers, some boarding house
runners attempted To forco their way on
board. Oue of them was acoidently
drowned. A large crowd Immediately
gathered aud began to throw stones. The
Han kow cast off her lines aud dropped
down stream. Tho crowd increased IN
numbers and then set lire to and burned a
humber Of houses on the wharf. They
then got u largo quantity OF kerosene oil
| and set fire to several other houses. Eight
were burned to the ground and many
others Quilted. The foreign residents in
Guiding women aud children, sought
refuge on the steamers Han Kow, Ming
20 and Htang Chow, lying away from the
wharycs. Tho mob, however, did not at
tompt violence 10 any person. Five hours
! Later the Chinese troops arrived and drove
of the mob and restored order. The
tOrci grers are leaving Canton, aud three
guubDats left Hong Kong in order To afford
projection. As soon aS the kiaug Chow
brought tho news the telegraph wires were
cut.
\ diSpiioh from p,r,s to the Exchange
telegraph company states that VI. Tscng
priur 10 leaving Paris communicated with
VI. Challcmrl Llcour. tho French minis,
ter Of foreign atlairs, relative 10 the rem
f0rGemeut Of the French forces in TOuQujn
Ia reply VI. Chalemol Lacour says thai
hc cannot stop the dispatch OF reinforce
ments while there i3 danger of war, and
| that this can only bS removed by TIA,
settlement ut basis upon which 4 treaty
can be made.
1t is reported that tho successor of KinI
Iuduc, Of AMMAN, will receive the gran,
gordon of the legion Of honor from thu
French government, and that tho tw,
ministers who signed the treaty nf HUI
| will be made commanders of the order.
The American Arbitration Kumor.
At Washington careful inquiry TCesda
| failed To discover any foundation 70
rumUrs of American arbitration on Chiues
affairs. The attitude OF this government
| on the Chinese race question would seen
! TO preclude the idea that we could hav
much influence in that quarter.