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Show BIG REBELLION IMPENDS. Natives In Southern China More Restless. New York, Sept. 5. A dispatch to the Herald from Hong Kong says: Influential natives state that the flame of rebellion has been fanned in the southern south-ern provinces and predict a tremendous conflagration within a month. Placards and pamphlets are being circulated in Canton and the provinces intimating that the allies are thoroughly routed. The feeling against foreigners is bursting the bounds of official control. The majority of the mission station in Kwang Tung have either been destroyed or looted. Native Na-tive Christians are-terribly abused. Natives Na-tives in foreign employ in Canton have been threatened, and a systematic looting of . the houses of English-speaking Chinamen China-men has taken place. Several reform parties, with their headquarters head-quarters in Honskong-, who have been supported by funds from rich Chinese in the Interior and in America, have hitherto hith-erto refrained from aggressive action, believing that the powers would effect the regeneration of the government. One pow erful organization is distributing thousands thous-ands of copies of a reform appeal in the British colonies. The memorandum has been signed by 200 names for presentation to the British minister, imploring the assistance as-sistance of a reform government. It recommends rec-ommends establishing Nan King as the capital and the selection of enlightened Chinese officials to administer the government, govern-ment, with foreign advisers. These people are disheartened at the re ported Intention of the powers to withdraw with-draw from China. Different societies are combining to raise the standard o. revolt and overthrow the corrupt government. The practical cessation of trade with the north has thrown thousands of Chinese Chi-nese in each port out of employment, and thev are ready to join the rebels. French aggression at Swatow and Japanese Jap-anese aggression at Amoy intensify the hatred to the foreigners. The strike of coolies at Hongkong is at an end. |