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Show SUN READY TO J ! DIE FOR CHINA Deposed Southern President Intends to Gather Army for Batte SHAMIHAI t'lilna. .lune 24.- (By the Associated Press)- Sun Yata Sen, j overthrown president of South China, defies the Peking government, denies that he has taken refuge in flight and declared he will dido raiher than yield according to advices from Canton, Can-ton, where the southern leader 1" making h.s headquarters aboard the . rulSei Wingfung. 1 Sun. v. lien loe.ited aboard the Wingfung n' Whwnpoa. flatly contradicted con-tradicted recent reports that his navy hmi turnerl apilnst him ami declared his cruisers, together with his a my ' in Kciangsl province wh'.-'h he haH ordered or-dered to be return to Canton, would follow his banner In a counter-revo lution 4 gainst "hen Chlung Mine an 1 Ihe forces of the north I REA HI KV BliABtfiD. His downfall he blamed on the treachery of trusted subordinates led j by Chen Chiuhg Ming, whom ho bit- terly d.nouncud uh u "traitor'- He excused hi" bombardment oT i Canton ngalhat which the American minister protested as an expression of his iieotest at the treatchery which had resulted In his overthrow. Sun confidently asserted tha'. U9 kocti .is hs Klangai army returns n,? : "it k Ohen'fl forces In tV.e Can- ton territory and. backed by his navy, I hopes to regain lost authority, I in i ntf eer.nl h c ,lefln rerl i f. wis prepared to stal.e his life on .he Issufe In his country's cause iml ha was ready to die fighting for It. DOESN'T IM IAII lo l IT HONG KONG, June :'t (By the I AMflorlafed Press.) Sun Yat Ken. who I Claims th" presidency of China through virtue of hU election by the . members of the old parliament, has hot resigned his office and will not ivsIru under force, he declared In an interview on board the cruiser on Which he escaped from Canton when the city was captured by the forces of General Chen Chlung Ming. Dr. Sun asserted that the uouthern navy was still loyal to him. I am tho victim of the treat hery I of my subordinates and supposed :r.enos. n saia. as h man anu as a patriot. I am going to set an example ex-ample for future geneitlons, anil , will not submit to the force brought to bear by the Peking leaders After ul years they now admit . they were wrong by reconvening parliament par-liament and satisfying the constitution. constitu-tion. They want to reap the advantage advan-tage and eliminate those who sought for these things. T am willing to fight for humanity and e.V.liz rt ion .Vpublicunlm an.i righteousness l have not resigned and will not resign to force. I will only glv my resignation to parliament, parlia-ment, not to subordinates." MUTINEERS KIM. 1000. I'HKIXG. China June 2 4. (By the Associated Press. 1 The crest of the mutiny which has drenched K',ag,-i ' province with bloood. apparently is pa;. K ports from the best available avail-able sources place the death loll at : more than 4000 and Indicate the destruction de-struction or severe damage of four i cities, but do not Indicate that any j foreigners have been molested iloiv-: iloiv-: ever, no word has been received from ' 600 Chlnjese Christian converts report-I report-I ed In prison In the compounds of ttm 'Catholic mission at Taiho since Ihev were besieged then? Thursday by mutineers, mu-tineers, ec,p, their original appeal for aid. As a result anxiety lh..t has been felt for several days reached a hihe.- pitch this morning Talho is 20 miles south of Klanfo and Kiangsi province. Latest reports are that foreigners' except doctors attending wounded in' the hospitals have left N'anchang. a!-! though that city is quiet and no feats are felt for its safety N'anchang is I under the care of a civil governor, who is provided with $14,000 a mon n by private interests for use in main-! talnlng order. Chinese are reported 1 to be hurrying there to gain his pro-I tection. CITIES N! KI.Y DESTROYED. South of Nan -hang communications Virtually are at a standstill and It j may be several day-, before complete details of the devastation wreaked M the mutineers becomes known However How-ever it is established that the greater portions of Kiangfu, Talho, Wanan and Lung Chuan have been destroyed.; In these cities many have been slain, the greater portion of the known dead having been found there A steadily decreasing amount of credit is being accorded dispatches, apparently based on rumors started hy over-wrought natives, that foreigners foreign-ers have been subjected to mistreatment. mistreat-ment. General Esai Chen-Hsun, command! com-mand! r ot the northern Chinese Forces in Kiang-Sl part of whom mutinied. mu-tinied. Is declared fo be increasing his hold over the rebellious men ami i to have stopped their retreat and the ! looting along the Kan river |
