The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-05-04
RIOT and PILLACE
GO UNCHECKED IN
CHINESE UPRISING
Rebellion Against the Manchu
Dynasty, Famed by Anarchists
Is Growing Serious.

Hong Kong, China, May 2.-Rebel-
non, brigandage and anarchy are stalk
Ing through the western half of Kwang
Tung province, numbering, pillaging
and burning. The loyal troops are
lighting desperately to crush the up
rising, the seriousness of which Is re-
3ealed in further dispatches from Cam
ton today.
WI Sum, a Chinese, who was edu-
Gated in Japan and has adopted the
1ress or western countries, is the lead
r or the revolt against the Manchu
dynasty The brigand chief, LUX, Of
Shun TAX, is at the head of horde of
outlaws whose object is robbery and
murder.
Following the standards of these two
men are anarchist groups. of whose
purpose the present outbreak lends it
self most advantageously.
These combined forces have thrown
themselves with fanatical disregard Of
heir own lives against the troops and
since the first outbreak Thursday
aight much blood has been shed. Sedi-
lion is rife among certain of the troops
and it is feared that the disaffected
soldiers VIII desert their officers IL the
'evolters appear to have the upper
1and.
Ohcial advices and the refugees ar
irving from Canton today confirm the
sinister reports Of yesterday. Bodies
Of the slain lie in the streets of the
,ity. Famine prices are asked for food
Etuffs. and the shops generally are
closed. In the panic there have been
few attempts to bury the dead and the
stencil from the decomposed bodies
oils the air.
Today the revolters have withdrawn
10 a great extent from Canton and are
Devastating the country to the west
along the West river. Before falling
back they fought the troops from street
10 street, many persons being killed.
Driven Out BY Fire.
They attacked the provisional arsenal,
Ind. being repulsed. gathered in an i'm
mense rice store, which they barricaded
with bags Of rice. From the building
they threw bombs into the attacking
troops and We're only dislodged when
the building was set on fire.
Many Of the revolters escaped, but 80
Or more died In the flames while others
killed themselves to avoid capture.
While the fighting was progressing in
the street Chinese gunboats patrolling
West river, fired into several parties
Of rebels, slaughtering 200 Of them.
Retreating to the country side, the
revolutionaries attacked and captured
and murdered the project. The troops
we're put to flight and the rebels
moved on to Wen-Chow and Woo
Chow, both Of which towns they took
after slight resistance.
Luk's brigands, following in their
wake looted the shops of the three
towns. The triumphant sweep Of the
;evolutionaries continued westward
along the West river and reports from
That district say the movement Is
spreading and the revolutionaries are
numbering and pillaging in other
places.
Lux ls Some Fighter.
While the movement to the west is
being directed by WI Sum, the brig
and ch1eftain, LUX, had led personally
force to the north Of Canton. He
seized the market at Chung-Lok. 20
miles north OF Canton. Then he made
wide detour to the west of Canton
and fell on Fatshan, a town Is miles
to the southwest Of the capital of the
province. Here he first destroyed the
palace of the assistant magistrate and
then turned the town over to his
followers TO be looted
Advices state that Shut Hung, on
| the West river, has fallen before the
sevolutionaries. who murdered the
perfect. The battle Of Fatshan was
| hard fought one. the imperial troops
giving battle at Tung-Shi bridge.
Thirty seven soldiers were killed be-
fore the troops fell back.
The revolutionaries are cutting tele-
graph wires. Traffic on the Chinese
| section OF the railway leading north
from Canton has been suspended. A
| report that Shamien, the foreign con-
cession above Canton, had been in
| yaded, lacks confirmation. The Amer
| lean gunboat Wilmington has the
place under her guns.
The viceroy Of Canton, who took
refuge on a gunboat after his palace
| was burned Wednesday night, has
| ordered troops to pursue the rebels in
The country. The authorities appear
| 10 be in control at Canton. Seven gun.
boats are anchored off the city.