Bisbee daily review., 1916-10-08
U A N I 0N IN CHINA IN SThTE9F
 SIEGE
U. s. Warships Lying Of Sha- meen Island, Protecting For eign Population As Spent Shells Fall on Deck.

HONGKONG. Sept 4-(Correspon-
 dence of the Associated Press. .)-Can- | ton is in state of siege and panic as
 a result of the ambitions of rival mili- tary leaders who claim they are oper-
 ating through patriotic motives. Chol- era has appeared at Macao. and is re- | ported at Canton. Consequently Hong kong has been compelled to deny ad-
 mission to the thousands of Chinese who are fleeing from the besieged city
 of Canton.
 General Lung Chi-kuang. who was military governor of Canton before Ii
 Yuan-hung became president, was re-
 named by Ii Yuan-hung to hold the
 same office. However. the opposition of the extreme republicans to General Lung Chi-kuang was so strong that President Ii Yuan-hung was eompell- ed to name General Lu Yung-ting to take the post of military governor in Kwangtung. General Lu is in Kwang- si. and has not yet gone to Kwangtung
 province. He is reported to be on his
 way there. but there are many rumors
 as to what his intentions are. The hold
 of the Peking government on Santon
 and Kwangtung province is so very
 slender that it is doubtful whether it's new appointee will be able to restore
 harmony when he reaches Canton
 In the meantime General Tsen Chun- hsuen and General Ii Cieh-chun. who
 pretend to be patriots prompted only by a desire to displace General Lung Chi-kuang. whom they denounce as a monarchist and a man thoroughly out of sympathy with the republican gov ernment. have been attacking the su- burbs of Canton for weeks. and are blockading the river.
 The United States has several small gunboats lying in the West River for the protection of Shameen Island. upon which practically all the Europeans live. The Japanese also have several warships in the river, and a number of anticipated Chinese gunboats are engaged in the s5vuggle which has been going on for some time. The revolutionists have drafted several steam tugs into service. and equipped them with rapid firing guns and sev- eral larger guns. lndiscriminate shooting has been going on for weeks. with the result that bullets and mis- placed shells have been falling in the vicinity of the foreign settlement and life has been greatly endangered in many parts of the Chinese city
 The foreign warships have at times been within range of the fire ex- changed by Lung Chi-kuang's men and the forces of his two opponents. One sailor on the T. s. s. Helena was wounded by a spent bullet which hit him in the foot. Several foreigners have had narrow escapes on Shameen Island. and the foreign consuls have ordered their subjects to keep away from the waterfront and remain in doors as much as possible. The firing continues both day and night. and con sequently it is never safe to move about in the foreign section.
 Shameen Island. upon which all the foreign consulates and most of the foreign business houses are located. Is only about one and a quarter miles in circumference It is separated from the main city by narrow creek of great depth. which can be crossed only by two iron bridges that are barricaded.