CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
A MISSIONARY'S OPINION.
. LONDON, Friday. Dr.. SomerviUe, of the Londqnr Mission at Wuchang, declared that the outbreak in Szechuiam, i& almoslt entkelv ah eoonomic one, due to ill- advised efforts or the Chinese, to subscribe money for railway pj;yangthe money for the proper' ourposies, the treasurers squandered it in r';.Wber speculation®, paieoipitaling acute distress and unrest. The troubles in Uupeh, on the other hand, are-pm-ely revolutionary and anti-Manchu. In a connected .with the American Boone, University at Wuchang the discovery. of *" i l^ ts ? l \ Photbgi-aph of a meeting e C U;b;led to he execution of eeve" raj Boone studenta. , Dr. Scmervilfe •is surprised at Yu : aii7,shikai'. s appointment as the rebellious Wees at Wuchang are largely due to his creaV©n. HeV added that Ha.mya.ng. and'.the .native city of Hankow are in the rebels, f^, j x lh * £ un ' boats wfl l tn-ohably be toi oed to bombard from the north,' and flie Boone University Wiesleyan. ' London American and Swedish mission.- hosprta,ls and. schools will then, be in the Jn e , Q f fire between the gunboats and tne rebel carno®.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 21 October 1911, Page 5
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