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Show WAR CLOUD ntSINO. '&H The Chlnete Are Arming Agalnit Two i'H rugt. liH Hongkong, May 17. The native op- -Jjl position to the occupation by British nBI forces of the new territory, Kow Loon, opposite Hongkong, has suddenly been H renewod. About 000 men ot the Hong- Jal kong regiment, wltn machtno guns, 'H aro leaving here today and tonight, .jH whllo the volunteers have been warned 'al to bo In readiness for any emergenoy. H Tho llrltlsh second-class gunboat Swift H and three other gunboats are proceed. JH ing to sea under scaled orders. Thtu H warships havo 500 men on board. The IH territory back of the Hinterland It jH also disturbed, and Chlncso troopi jH have been sont thore. PasH |