CHINESE RIOTS.
POSITION SERIOUS
Press Association. — Electric Copyright.. (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) PEKIN, Ajjril £7. The peop'o at Changsha are thoroughly disaffected, and the officials are
unable to reassert control
THE OUTBREAK BAD
HYDNEV, Am-il 27
Reverend Crowling received a letter from his brother, who is a missionary in China, just prior to the outbreak of the troubles at Changjlia.
Ho stated that the putbrcik was bad, as the floods lmd destroyed a great part of the rice crop. The authorities instead of doing thedr work \vere~'ieglectSlng the administration and pocketing the money. They had also formed a "corner" in rice, thus causing muchi murmuring di Content. Soldiers were 'joining in the trouble owing to the officials keeping back their pay.
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Grey River Argus, 28 April 1910, Page 6
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