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Show RIOTING CAUSED BY IGNORANCE Victoria, B. C, Dec. 3 Serious rioting ri-oting followed the outbreak of bubonic bubon-ic plague at Shanghai, accord. ng to steamer advices received here Stories were spreafl that the health officers teok sufferers to tho hospital to se-curo se-curo their eyes and hearts for the compounding of medicine and the health officers were assaulted. Riot- ing followed, and the Shanghai vclun-I vclun-I leer corps was called out to protect foreigners and property The recent outbreak agalnvt foreigners foreign-ers In Kwangtung was fomented by anti-dynast Ic followers. Insurgents Irom Hungan aided, and it was not until 8,0i0 troops were sent that the uprising was suppicssed. Churches and property were destroyed de-stroyed at Leinchow and Sanehang, I but no foreigners lost their lives. I |