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Show vv REVOLUTIONARIES NEAR HONG KONG Canton, May G. The revolutionaries revolutionar-ies are threatening Sheklung on tho east river, 57 miles north of Hong ong Kand 45 miles east ot this city. Tho authorities have dispatched troops to Intercept them The aDovo is the first news tlls- i patch received direct from Canton since tho revolutionary outbreak on tho night of April 27. It tends to confirm con-firm last night's advices from Hong Kong, which reported the rebols in greater strength In the district to tho ( east of Canton and north of Hong Kong than has appeared from earlier reports. Tho report last night that 150 rev- i olutlonlsts from Saigon had arrived) , at Canton is erroneous. It Is much 'j more likely that the revolutionaries arrived at Hong Kong; which has direct di-rect communication with Canton by a line of French steamers. , , |