The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-03-18
CANTON, CHINA, VERY QUIET.
There Is Nothing TO Indicate Revolu
tionary Movement.

Canton, China, March Is. Notwith.
victories in Szechuen which are reaching
Canton, this city Is very quiet and al
present there is little 10 Indicate that
kwantung province is greatly interested
in the revolutionary movement. Gen.
eral Lung Chi-kwang, the military gov.
ernor, has a tight grip ON affairs and il
loyal TO the Picking government. As long
as he remains so, there seems TO be lit.
tie danger OF any extensive trouble in
Canton. Half of the troops commanded
by General Lung are Hunanese. He has
kept these separated from the troops
which make up the rest of his forces.
and 80 far the Hunanese have not made
any decided move 10 join the movement
against the Picking government institut.
ed by Yunnan province.
Canton, even in normal times. is a
turbulent center Bomb. throwing is
common in this city, and the government
Is constantly on the lookout for Snug
glers who bring in explosives. Conse-
quently General Lung lives in bomb
proof yamcn and is practically a prison
er, as he does not dare to move about
the city without taking every precauton
to protect himself against persons in
sympathy with the movement against
Yuan Shi.Kai.
Canton is the great trading center of
south China, and the opinions of the
merchants may generally be judged by
their commercial transactions. When
they regard the conditions unsettled,
they buy few goods and prepare for poor
trade. At this time Canton merchants
are practically all heavily stocked, and
are buying more goods. This is regarded
by bankers and other foreigners in Pc
king as certain indication that the
Cantonese expect no extension OF the
Yunnan movement into awaiting prov
ice.
Little attention is paid by the man in
the street to reports from the revolu-
tionary zone. Even the capture of Suifu, |
in Szechuen province, by the Yunnanese
troces, did not create ripple in Canton,
The announcement that Kwaichow prov |
ice has joined Yunnan in a movement |
against Peking provoked little discus
sion. The Cantonese appreciate fully |
how sterile and unimportant both Yum
nan and Kweichow provinces are. They
realize how limited the wealth of the
two provinces is and apparently do not
attach great Importance to a movement
which has no greater financial backing
-han they believe the Yunnanese can
Revolutionaries have found Hongkong
/ poor refuge. The British have done
possible to discourage the
'nemies of Yuan Shi-Kai Demonstra-
ions against the Chinese central gov
rnment have been frowned upon, and
ditors who printed matter of a seditious
haracter have been harshly dealt with
" British officials.
A missionary returned from two
ears tour in Yunnan province reports
hat in spite of the revolution. the prov
ace is perfectly safe for all foreigners.
Missionaries have not been troubled BY
he revolutionaries, and foreign corpora
ions engaged in business in Yunnan
ave not been disturbed Every effort
as been made by the reyolutionaries to
ct the sympathy of foreigners. This :
,turned traveller reports that the Yum
anese army is poorly equipped. and is
specially lacking in clothing. In some
Uses the revolutionaries were compelled
, loot because of absolute want of food.
othing and funds to buy the same,
sal 40 is held in the highest esteem by
lie Yunnanese revolutionaries, according c
} the returned traveller, and is appar
lily making the best of the limited re-
ttrpaq az his command