The Savannah morning news., 1900-06-27
OUTBREAKS IN THE SOUTH.
Trouble Now Looked for in other
Sections of China.

London, June 27. S:45 a. MA fresh
phase of the ebullition in China is the
probability of immediate outbreaks in the
great southern provincial centers
The populace there is daily assuming
more hostile attitude towards foreigners,
and the latter perceive symptoms of a
general rising, especially at Nanking,
where, according 10 a dispatch TO the
Daily Express dated yesterday, Kang WI,
one of the most truculent enemies of for
eigners, has arrived by way of the grand
canal. armed with full powers from the
Empress to deal with the Southern prov
| inces
The friendly attitude of viceroy Liu
Kun Yih toward foreigners has brought
him into disgrace with Prince Tuan, pres
ident of the Tsung-n-Yamen.
| The unrest at Canton is described by a
dispatch from that city 10 the Daily Tele-
graph dated Monday, via Hong Kong
| yesterday
1T is feared that we are on the eve of
! a scene of bloodshed and anarchy in the
two Quangs only paralleled during the
Tai Ping rebellion. The signs of a muir
| derous uprising are so manifest that
| wealthy Chinese are hurrying from Can
ton and vicinity, taking their wives, fam
lilies and valuables.
VIII Not Let Lii Go.
Lii Hung Chang has again been per-
emptoriiy ordered 10 Pekin His enemies
declare that they will murder him before
he can reach there. His presence alone
restrains the revolutionary elements here
| His departure will let loose the black
| flags and red girdles. Knowing this. Lis
trusted officers are sending their families
90 Hong Kong.
THE Viceroy himself trusts the Ameri-
cans in this Crisis. He says that they
alone want no territory and he places
himself largely-almost unreservedly-in
| their hands. At an important conference
to-day he reiterated this statement
"All the missionaries have been notified
of the imminent peril through confidential
| runners. They are leaving Canton hur-
riedly and only a few are now here.
Commander Mclean of the L. S. S.
| Don Juan de Austria, is here to protect
foreign interests. He is capable and en-
ergetic and is reinforced by H. NJ. 5. Red
pole Two hundred foreign residents at
| Sameen are armed.
Canton's Millions Disaffected.
"The Canton population reaches 2,ooo,-
| 900 in addition to 2500O0 living on junks
| and fiat-bottomed river boats. Most OF
these people are dissffected and iucen-
diary proclamations are increasing the
number of the virulent."
| Shanghai cables that the French consul
there has received telegram from Shan
Tung asserting that 1l,000 Chinese troops
are making a forced march from Shan
| Tung to Pekin.
Two Jesuit fathers and one hundred
| native Christians have been murdered in
| the southern part of the province of Chi
Lii The Chinese military authorities have
| been discovered recruiting at Shanghai
inside the foreign settlement, and some
| agents have been arrested in the act of
constructing entertainments around the
! European concessions.
| Chinaman connected with the war
| purchases for the Chinese government IN
| Europe, who has been interviewed by the
Daily Express, says that China has i'm
mense quantities of arms and ammunition
and will "stagger humanity If driven to
| defend herself