Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-02-15
Associated Pres Dispatch BY Special wlrel

Associated Press llapAleN u1 opfclal WlfeA
San Francisco. Cal, Feb. i5.-The
officers of the steamer Doric which arrived
here yesterday, brought news OF the dis
patch of two British gunboats 90 Canton,
China. Just before the departure Of the
officers from the Orient. The vessels
were the gunboats Moorhen and Sand
piper, which were lying at sanshui and
steamed up to Canton under secret orders.
Just before the Doric left Shanghai il was
reported that there had been an uprising
in the Stunning district, near Canton, and
that the magistrate and many people had
been killed. II was said that rebels had
gathered in force and were marching on
Summing City The inhabitants Of the
district were fleeing 20 Macao. In Canton
the boycott is most rigid. There mes
sages from Chinese merchants in San
Francisco, urging continuance Of the
boycott. are pasted on the walls. In adj
dition to the anti-foreign agitation in
Canton. there is an anti-dynastic move
ment The officers of the Doric learned
that in Canton Human braves were being
drilled with a view OF taking part in an
uprising against the present dynasty.
G. +. Young, an eyewitness of the riot
at Shanghai, was a passenger on the Doric.
He told of the intense anti-iorign senti-
ment that exists among the Chinese and
predicted that an uprising will take place
within the next few months. He said that
| 200 Chinese we're killed in the riot at
| Shanghai and that only the presence of
| the foreign gunboats prevented the whole
I sale slaughter Of Americans and English
men. Mr. Young said:
"The riot at Shanghai had its inception
/ in the action Of the British Consular
| Court. | was in Shanghai on December
18th, the day Of the outbreak, and re-
manned there for a few days during which
all foreigners were compelled 20 carry
rifles in order to protect themselves from
harm. IL seems that a Chinese woman,
accused of trafhcking in Slav girls, was
hailed before the Consular Court. She
was found guilty and sent TO jail. The
Chinese protested and Immediately riot
was started. The rioters ran from street
TO street, searching for foreigners. Re
volvers and rifles We're used BY the Ameri-
cans, and the Chinese answered with
volleys Of stones. Many were hurt by the
flying missiles, but heard Of no fatalities
among the Americans or English. One
English woman was attacked and dragged
by the hair. She was rescued by party
OF her cuuntrymen. i know Of an instance
Mlttit "a party ol AuitikNNAc MNlI AAANNN
to bay by the mob and were compelled ia
kill six OF their assailants before they put
them to flight The Chinese government
officials, OF course. were powerless to put
an end to the uprising, and it was only
the warships that brought the affair "a
a speedy termination.
"That there will be trouble in China is
almost a certainty. All that the Chinese
want is a leader The hatred of foreigner.
is there, and all that the populace want j.
someone to stir them 70 repeat the atroci-
ties Of the Boxer uprising. The foreigner
who visits Canton at present does so at
tn risk of his life. The crowds gather
about foreigners in the streets OF the city
and on several occasions l have seer
women insulted by the Chinese.
"1he trade conditions in China al
present are frightful. The boycott is a.
rigid as ever. Ii is absolutely useless
to endeavor TO sell American-manulac
tured goods to the Chinese. In the in
terror it is worse than in the larger cities.