Evening star., 1900-06-27
TRGl DLE; MAY SPREAD SOUTH.
Unrest at Canton. NankinE and Other
Chinese Cities.

LONDON, June IA fresh phase of the
eLIllitior in China is the probability of i'm
mediate outbreaks in the great southern
provincial oenters. The popuiace there IS
daily assuming more hostile attitude to-
ward foreigners; and tho latter perceive
symptoms OF general rising, especially at
Nanking, where. according to d. dispatch
t. The Daily Express, dated yesterday.
kang WI, one of the most truculent enc
mics Of foreigners. has arrived, by way of
the Grand caral. armed with full powers
from the empress to deal with the southern
Provinces The friendly attitude of Niceroy
Liu Kun Yih toward foreigners has brought
him into disgrace with Prince Tuan. presi-
dent of the tsung Ii yalnen.
The unrest at Canton is described by a
dispatch from that city 10 the Daily Tele-
graph. dated Monday. via Hong Kong, ye4-
tcrtiay: 1T is feared that We are on The
eve of q scene of bloodshed and anarchy
IL the two Quangs only paraileied during
the Tai-Ping rebellion. The signs OF u
murGerous uprising are so manifest that
wealthy Chinese are hurryng from Can
ton ana vicinity. taking their wives. fami-
lies and valuabss.
Lii Hung Chang has again been peremp-
torily ordered 10 Pekin. His enemies de
clare that they will murder him before he
car reach there. His presence alone re-
strains The revolutionary elements here. His
and red girdles.' Knowing this. Lis
trusted officers are sending their families
to 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-aimost unreservedly - in their
naGds. Al an important conference today
he reiterated this statement.
''All the missionaries have been notified
of the imminent peril through confidential
runners They are leaving Canton hurried
ly. and only a few are now here
Commander Mclean of the United States
steamer Don Juan de Austria is the first
here to protect foreign interests. He Is ca
pable and energetic, and is reinforced by
II. VI. s. Redpole. Two hundred foreign
residents at -Shameen are armed.
The Canton population reaches 2o0O.0Oo.
in addition to 25o,o0o living on junks and
sampans (fiat-bottomed river boats). Most
of these people are disaffected. and incen-
diary proclamations are increasing the
number of the virulent.''
Shanghai cables that the French consul
there has received a telegram from Shan
Tung asserting that 11.0n Chinese troops
are making a forced march from Shan
Tung To Pekin
Two Jesuit fathers and 100 native Chris
tians have been murdered in the southern
part Of the province of Chilli The Chi
nese military authorities have been dis
covered recruiting at Shanghai inside the
foreign settlement, and some agents have
been arrested in the act of constructing in
trenchments around the European conces-
siUns.
\ Chinaman connected with war plr-
chases for the Chinese government in Eu-
rope. who has been interviewed by the
Daily Express, says that China has i'm
mense quantities of arms and ammunition.
and will .'atagger humanity" If driven to
defend herself.
The steamer Sam-Chui has arrived at
Hong Kong from Wu-Chau on the West
river. with number Of lady missionaries.
he ~ fra Mt bar re
preparing 70 leave Wu-Chau as the natives
are conducting anti-foreign demonstrations.