RIOTING IN CANTON.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 776, 28 March 1910, Page 4

RIOTING IN CANTON.

The China "Post," gives the following- a ;', details of serious rioting in- Canton dur- 1 v. ing -.February,'. > from ■'■ its Canton ; -'corre-. ■] ■-' sespdndent:— The ' :oity' -has ;onc'e ■more ] ~Vbecn;'a scene; of carnage andiTi6t.'<"-'The' j 'icity.impresses one/by its pov.-: ■: .- :~/ir£y.-i The .terrible'.conditions' under;which' ■: jits thousands livo.cause.one to; marvel. /. : . fThe eye,: as well as the mind, is. awed ,: iby the revolting scenes, and.it.is no won- : Ider that : the . story which reached us J ..jmay be truejn its essential facts._ The i ...rriot was on a*large arid -fierce 'Scale; .c.Tho ; :.-.soldiers" denied ( all orders,..and.mutiny. , iwas so -rain pant' /that the/barracks' we're , '-.■ tired and completely'.'• demolished. ;Ma- ..- chine guns■ arid, rifles; were ; freely used two■' '.'•. days in.wder to enforce compliance with ; .the wishes-of. the .authorities, 'arid scenes "•...• in the crowded.streets baffled all description. . Soldiers mutinied arid fired on all '. • and sundry.who came in.their way.. Riot , and carnage ruled, while. flames, devas- ':■ [ .tated areas. Hundreds of. Soldiers, it •is stated, 'have run away to the hills, while .'.: the number' alleged to -have been executed within a short time is 60.. News regarding peace- having ■-.been-, restored in the city comes from a reliable and authorita-: ..■■• tive source.' It is to bo hoped.that the '" strorig arm of repression has proved ef- ..: 'fective, but no one can say .when another huge:outburst, may take place. : The sol-. ,'":,.'diers: evidently have no 'conception of loyalty, and probably, will not for years .'''■; to come. Ouo European gentleman . in one spot 17 bodies. Thousands ... of Chinese left Canton owing to the mutiny of soldiers,, and haveJcd-.to HongvKong" for'safety. Large, numbers of. sol'-. . diers have disappeared, fleeing to.,various,' 'points, .'.and., dejlriitft'; instructions have . boen.'uXgently sent, with a view to round- :- ing up the mutineers.: It has been suggested: that some'of the men'.will escape. ■-.•'■ by boat or train,:and• therefore a. rigorous' Watch has been organised." '" ..'" Writing again on February 17, the cor- . respondent says .—"Order has not been , completely restored. The authorities have adopted the most rigorous ..measures to . suppress'the disaffected'soldiery; but considerable fightirig goes on, and'is likely -■'■:. to continue for some.days.- Many of the .'.'•. mutinous soldiers have fled to the White Cloud Mountains, where it may. tako some time,to bring them to submission. The trouble with the: soldiery at Soocbow- the other, day is a coincidence, which may '■'. have, some meaning. . In any case, the situation is none too secure. It is said '/ ithat .the reason'for .the mutiny is the fact' that the soldiers' hoye not received •;the pay due to them. This is an old ' /complaint, and it is not by any means - jthe first time that trouble has resulted in consequence."