UNREST IN CHINA

Otago Witness, Issue 2934, 8 June 1910, Page 27

UNREST IN CHINA

PEKING, June 6. Seven thousand of the local troops at Nankin have been disarmed. Eight thousand others have been substituted, and order is maintained. LONDON, June 1. . Advices from Shanghai show that there is a general spirit of discontent in Kiangsi and Kaingsu, due to the high price of rice and the depreciation of copper cash. There is particularly a growing animosity against the Manchu regime, which is causing officials to fear assassination. June 2. Revolutionaries at Shanghai have anonymously warned the Legations that an extensive anti-dynastic rising is imminent. The communication added that foreigners would not be harmed unless the Legations assisted the Manchus, in which case the foreigners would be massacred. June 5. The British residents at Nankin are taking refuge in the suburb of Hsiakwan, which is between the city wall and the river. The foreign men-of-war are protecting them. WASHINGTON, June 3. The State Department learns that placards have been posted at Nanking (China) inciting the people to the destruction of the lives and property of foreigners. June 4. The foreign consuls at Nanking are i urging their subjects to leave immedi- | ately in consequence of a warning, purporting to come from a body called the Revolutionary Board of War, which declares its intention of making war on the Manchus. !