Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-26
Fo KEN Sympathizers With
Chinese Rebels Waiting for
Some Military Success.
CLAMOR IN THE SOUTH
BY HOTHEADED YOUTHS
Poor Generalship of Southerners Re.
sponsible for Failing Movement,
Says Foreign Experts.

Flu CHOW. China, July 28.-The defeat
Of the southern revolutionary troops at
Shanghai seems to have dampened the
artlor of the people of the province OF
Fo KEN, who sympathize strongly with
clined to remain passive unless the
southerners achieve an important mill
tary success. War Is generally depre-
Gated but there is small minority of
the more youthful and hotheaded ele-
ment which clamors for redress Of Its
grievances.
When some of the military were with
drawn from this city Sunday a detach-
ment of Japanese marines was ordered
ashore In the foreign colonies here the
general opinion prevailed that the land
ing Of these marines was unnecessary.
strict censorship has been imposed on
outgoing kilograms, as well as upon the
newspapers.
The five-colored republican flag con-
tinues to float over the mum cipal gov
eminent offices. but the Hagstafs over
the forts are bare
Many of the Christian missionaries have
been recalled from the interior districts,
owing to the possibility of outbreaks.
Every Available Man Sent South.
LONDON, July % Northern China
and Manchuria now have sent every
avai.ab soldier southwark says dis
patch to the Daily Telegraph from its
Peking correspondent
From daybreak,' the correspondent
continues Picking has resounded with
bug.es as the garrison regiments mar he'd
out to entrain from Pukow. l counted
twenty-five battalions of infantry, six
batteries of modern quick frers, four
mountain batteries, two regiments of
cavalry and other details. making 5000
corhbatants.
The transport and supply columns de-
arted three days ago. | therefore esti-
trated with the other corps at Su-Chow-
Ed before the end Of the month
! 10 Attempt Recapture Of Forts.
''Yesterda. two transports carrying
1850 northern troops, conveyed by three
cruisers left Taku. 1t is believed they
ill assault the Wusun, forts and at
Tempt their prompt reCapture.
1t is now evident that every ava liable
.orce, inc. uGing The press ana money, Is
Elm emp Dyed TO crush the southeihers.
rorei II experts are OF the o.DIn on ina.
me southerners Wasted the past fortnight
IN throwing away pr. ce!ess opportunities.
/ lad they seized the a. sena. prompt y,
|, hey say, the power of the navy would
nave been neutraiiZed and the result
/ v ou;d already have been sestled, but poor
southern genera.shIp mas been IrltteFhs
| away time and men,.
/ In reking the campaign against the
: hwo Ming Tang party IS the nercest.
EAany parAamentarians have been ar
j. rested and suosequen .ly released, but
he procurator general announces tina
.4ul,ss Gen. Huang Sing, comm ,nder OF
,he southern army. and DR.. Sun Iat
ssh, one OF the chief revolu slonaTies,
re expelled from It's mem -eTship the
party VIII be treated as a revoiu .ionary
.oc,ety.
Japan's Watchful Solicitude.
1T is pers.stentIy rumored here tina:
Iaran is partly modifying the 9Th
-kummamoto and another division. No
conformation is obt Unable Japan's at
Ltude is quite correct being simply
that of a watchful solicitude for the
s.eat interests that are being endan-
sered."
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Shanghai says 1t is now admitted that
the arsenal there is becoming hard
pressed by he southerners.
THE garrison" the correspondent adds,
has been harassed by sniping through
result of three successive night at
tacks. 1t appears that only the support
OF the navy prevented its fail.
THE casualties of the southerners to
date are 200 men killed or wounded"
Foreigners Appeal for Guard.
HANKOW. China. July 26.-Urgent ap-
peals were received today from the for
eigners resident in Ku Ling for a naval
,uard. There are over 1000 Of them
there, mostly women and children. The
authorities have not yet taken any ac-
ZION.
The northern forces according to dis
patch from kiu kiang. started q general
..ovance yesterday anu the rebels re,reat-
Ell before them in confusion. A column
of northern soldiers crossed the Yank-
tse Kiang and captured OLphant Island.
from which position they began Smelling
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