IMPENDING CRISIS IN CHINA.
THE TROOPS REBELLIOUS.
TEE GOVERNMENT POWERLESS.
MARINES LANDED AT CHANG.
EUROPEANS ALARMED.
PLOT TO SEIZE AN ARSENAL.
DANGER TO AUSTRALIA. Prett Association.—Electric Telegraph.—
New York, September 22. The China correspondent of the New York Herald telegraphs that the disorders at Tohang are growing, and that Wuchang is ready to revolt, and Hankow and Chunking are likely to follow, while the mob at Shanghai, threaten to do so. Three of the warships have been ordered to Wuchang, and the combined fleets are concentrating at Shanghai. The French Minister has gone to Pekin. Hongkong, September 553. The outbreak at Tcliang is organised by the soldiery, and the Government are powerles." to stop it without risking civil war. A merchant steamer is conveying marines from the warship to the town. A placard has been posted in Nankin accusing the Christians of gross crimes. A plot has been discovered to seize the arsenal at Foochow. Foreigners in Foochow are alarmed for their safety. London, September 23. The Daily Telegraph says the huge hive of China is swarming, and the Australian colonies are menaced.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8681, 25 September 1891, Page 5
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