Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-05-02
ANARCHISTS FOLLOW STANDARDS
Outbreak LedS itself AdvsntageouslJ
to Their Purposes,
SINISTER REPORTS ARE coNFRED
Revolters Withdraw Largely from
Canton, Proceeding Westward.
SEVERAL MORE TOWNS PnLAGEI
Rebels Are Led by wu Sum, = ohi-
hese, Who was Bducated In
Japan, and a BriEand
Chief.

HONGKoNG China. May i.-.-Rebefiion,
brigandage and anarchy are stalking
through the western half OF Kwang Tung
province, numbering. pinaging and burn
ing. The loyal troops are trying desper-
stely to crush the uprising. the serious
ness OF which is revealed In further dis
patches from Canton today.
WI Sum- a Chinese, who was educated
in Japan and has adopted the dress of
western countries, is the leader OF the
revolt against the Manchu dynasty. The
brigand chief. LUX Of shun TAX. Is at the
head OF a horde OF outlaws, whose object
lie robbery and murder.
Following the standards OF these two
men are anarchist groups, to whose pur-
pose the present outbreak lends itself most
advantageously.
These combined forces have thrown
| themselves with fanatical disregard OF
| their own lives against the troops and
since the first outbreak much blood has
been shed Se1itlon IL rife among certain
OF the troops ana 1t Is feared that the
disaffected odters will desert their Of
ficers II the revofters appear to have the
upper hand.
Official advices and the refugees arriving
from Canton today confirm the sinister
| reports OF yesterday Bodies of the slain
lie in the streets Of tho city. Famine
prices are asked for foodstuffs and the
shops generally are closed. In the panic
there have been few attempts to bury the
dead and tho stencil from the decomposed
bodies fills the aar.
Fight from street to street.
Today tho revolters have withdrawn to
great extent from Canton and are devas-
tatinE the country TO the west along the
rix al har tboxr
fought the troops from street to street.
many persons being killed. They attacked
the provisional arsenal and being repulsed
gathered in an immense rice store. which
they barricaded with bags of rice. From
the building they threw bombs into the
attacking troops and were only dislodgcd
when the building was set on fire. Many
Of the revolters escaped. but thirty or
more died In the flames, while others killed
| themselves TO avoid capture sta
while the fighting was' progressing in
the streets Chinese gunboats patfoiIing tts.-
| West river fired into several parties Of
rebels. slaughtering 200 OF them.
Several cities Sacked.
| Retreating to the countryside, the revo-
lutionarIes attacked and captured. Sam
Shut, fifty miles west OF Canton, and MUIR
dered the prefect. The troops were put to
hight ana lnt Iepeih ulONeQ on 10 w Gu~
Chow and woo-show, both Of which towns
they took after slight resistance.
Luks brigands, following In their wake,
looted the shops OF the three towns. The
triumphant sweep OF the revolutionaries
continued westward along the West river
and reports from that district say the
movement is spreading and that the revo-
lutionaries are numbering and pillaging In
other places
While the movement 10 the west is being
directed by Wu-Sum the brigand chief
LUX. has led personally force to the
north OF Canton. He seized the market ut
Chung-Lok. twenty miles north OF Canton.
Then he made a wide detour to the west
OF Canton, and fell on Fat shan. a town
! fifteen miles to the southwest of the cap
ital of the province Here ne first de-
stroyed the palace OF the assistant maEis-
trate and then turned the town over TO
his followers TO be looted.
Advices state that shui-Hung on the
West River has fallen before the revolu-
tionaries, who murdered the prefect.
Fierce Battle at Fat shan.
The battle at Fat Shan was a hard fought
one. the imperial troops, giving battle at
Tung-Shi bridge. Thirty seven soldiers were
killed before the troops fell back
The revOlutionaries are cutting the teie-
graph wires. Traffic on the Chinese sec
tion Of the railway leading north from
Canton has been suspended.
! A report that Shafnien. the foreign con-
cession above Canton. has been invaded
lacks confirmation. The American gunboat
Wilmington has the place under its guns.
/ The viceroy OF Canton who took refuge
on gunboat after his palace was burned
Wednesday night. has ordered troops 10