THE REBELLION IN CHINA.
DEFEAT OF THE REBELS.
,AN OUTCOME OF THE FAMINE.
I By Telegraph.—Press Association.—
Pekin, June 3. The Imperial troops have met and defeated the rebels between Amoy and Swatow. In the battle 700 of the rebels were killed.
1.-. Two thousand Chinese troops, drilled in European fashion, have reached Swatow.
| The rebellion has taken place on I account of the failure of the local ; officials to distribute food in the famine-stricken districts.
S The British and American Eastern jfleets are concentrating at Pakhoi and other ports in Southern China to protect the Europeans in the event of the trouble spreading.
A previous cablegram said that the rebel army was well led and consisted of 30,000 men. , .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13456, 5 June 1907, Page 7
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