The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-02
Revolt Against Manchus Aided
by Anarchists and Out
law Bands.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT
TO CRUSH UPRISING
Bodies Lie Unburied in the
Streets and the Stores
Are Closed.

HONGKONG, May Rebellion, bri-
gandagc and anarchy are stalking
through the western half Of Kwangtung
province, numbering, pillaging and
burning, The loyal troops are fighting
desperately to crush the uprising, the
seriousness of which is revealed in fur
ther dispatches from Canton today.
WI Sum, Chinese, who was edu
Gated in Japan and has. adopted the
dress of western countries, is the leader
of the revolt against the Manchu dy-
nasty. The brigand chief, LUX, OF
Shun TAX, is at the head of a horde OF
outlaws whose object is robbery and
murder.
Following the standards of these
men are anarchists, whose purpose the
present outbreak lends itself to- most
advantageously.
These combined forces have thrown
themselves with fanatical disregard OF
their own lives against the troops, and
since the first outbreak Thursday night
much blood has been shed. Sedltion IS
rife among certain of the troops, and
it is feared that the disaffected sol
diers will desert their officers if the
revolters appear to have the upper
hand.
Dead Litter the Streets
Official advices and the refugees ar
riving from Canton today confirm the
sinister reports of yesterday. Bodies
of the slain lie in the streets of the
city, Famine prices are asked tor
foodstuffs and the shops generally are
closing In the panic there havo been
few attempts to bury the dead and the
stencil from the decomposed bodies fills
the air.
Today the revolters have withdrawn
TO 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
TO street. many persons being killed.
They attack 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 dislodged when the
building was set on fire. Many of the
revolters escaped, but thirty or more
died in tine flames.
While the fighting was progressing in
the streets Chinese gunboats. patrolling
the West river, fred into several par
Project Murdered.
Retrea ting TO the countryside. the revo
lutionarles attacked and captured sam
Shui. thirty miles west Of Canton, and
murdered the prefect. The troops were
put to flight and the rebels moved on
towns they took after slight resistance.
Iluk's brigands. following In their wake.
looted the shops OF the three towns The
triumphant sweep Of the revoluttonaries
al, he n-t yl1r
and reports from that district say 1t Is
spreading and that the revolutlonaries
are numbering and plllaging in other
places.
While the movement to the west Is
being directed by WI Sum. the brigand
chief. LUX. has led personally force
to the north Of Canton, He looted the
market at Chung Lok, twenty miles north
OF Canton. He then made a wide de-
tour to the west OF Canton and fell on
Fa,shan, a town fifteen miles to the
ince. Here he first destroyed the palace
of the assistant magistrate and then
turned the town over TO his followers 10
be looted.
Advices state that Shul- Hung. on the
West river. has fallen before the reyo-
Rebels Cut Wires,
The battle al Fatshan was hard fought.
the imperial troops giving battle at Lung
shi bridge Thirty seven soldiers were
The revolutionarics ara cutting the tele-
graph wires throughout the scene of their
operations, and communication between
Canton and points to the north and west
is generally interrupted Traffic on the
Chinese section of the railway leading
north from Canton has been suspended
a report that Shamien. the foreign con-
cesslon above Canton. had been invaded
lacks confirmation. The American gun
boat Wilmington has the place under
her guns.
The viceroy OF Canton. who took ref
uge on a gunboat after his palace was
burned Wednesday night, has ordered
troops 10 pursue the rebels in the coun-
try The authorities appear from the
latest advices to be in control at Canton
The gates OF the city are closed and
no one is allowed to enter. a vigor-
Gus roundup of suspects is being made
Seven gunboats are anchored of the