Salt Lake Herald | 1900-10-16 | Page 3 | Rebels Still Gaining

REBELS STILL GAINING I Sun Sim Yat Sen Takes Takes a Town and ad Invests a City j t BRITISH GUARD GUA ORDER BORDER I THREE TE TE FACTIONS OF OP POOL POOLS ISSUES ISUSi i Oct 15 Sun Tat Yat Sen ac according according cording to reports report from Canton has taken the town of of on East Kusha river and is now investing the te total toral torl city of Hui Hul Chou Chou A force of im inn imperial penal troops from Canton was wa defeated by b the reformers being killed kiedA A column of troops was wa dispatched this morning moring to the Kowloon frontier with wih the object of barring baring armed arme refu refugees refugees refugees gees gees either eithe rebels r bels or imperial troops from f m entering British BrIsh territory when defeated The rebels are reported to be strong stong thirty miles mies north norh of ot ott the t British frontier A thousand of Ad Admiral Adm miral m Hos troops are ar in pursuit of them t hem m while 2000 Chinese troops have left ef Canton Caton overland to intercept the te rebels Admiral Ho has informed the te gov gor government erni nt that the rebellion was careful carefully ly planned The rebels are anxious to conciliate the villagers and gain gin the respect of foreigners hence the te ab absence abs s mace sence nce of outrage and pillage viage All AU indications point to the rising be being being lug ing ing widespread Outbreaks occurred simultaneously in several centers center of Kwang Tung and Kwang Si Apparently nty Kwang Yu Ta Wel Wei Sun Yun Tun and the Triads have amalgamated their forces In the common cause the over overthrow overthrow throw trw of Manchu rule in south China Some positive indication of the atti attitude ati attitude tude of the foreign powers is anxious anxiously ly iy awaited A French launch was wa captured by bythe bythe bythe the pirates Oct Oct 13 near Mong Chow The pirates secured in specie