Show REBELS AMBUSH AND KILL KILL- I 2000 CHINESE SOLDIERS SOLDIERS' Imperial Troops Believed to Be Surrounded and Cut Off From Communication Communication Communication With the Gov Gay April 16 A A courier who arrived at Canton yest yesterday reported reported re re- ported that over 2000 Imperialist sol soI sol V diens sent by Marshal Su against th- th the tha rebels were ambushed in a narrow defile de de- e file and all were killed or captured The situation in irs the rebellious I rS 4 lIs of southern China is increasingly alarming The Viceroy of Canton has baa telegraphed to Pel Pekin urging the immediate imme imme- diate forwarding of ot reinforcements Lack of news from Gen Ma and Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- S SU Sil is taken to indicate that the rebels have su surrounded rounded the Imperial troops and cut off communication them i |