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Show REBELLION IN CHINA IS PRACTIGALLY SUPPRESSED In Canton the Populace Is Celebrating The Ending of the Uprising by Public Rejoicings. Hongkong. The southern Chinese rebellion has been practically suppressed sup-pressed and the declaration of independence inde-pendence of the revolutionary provinces-abrogated. In Canton the populace popu-lace on Monday celebrated the ending of the uprising with public rejoicings and the explosion of firecrackers. It is said Gen. Lung Chi-Kuang, the victorious commander of the government govern-ment troops from Kwang-Si, has been appointed governor general of the province of Kwang-Tung. The rebel governor Chang of Kwang-Tung, who said at the beginning begin-ning of the revolutionary movement that he disapproved of the independent independ-ent policy of the southern states, shot his two military advisers, Chans Chung-Ying and Wang Suit-Sun, and an army officer, as he suspected them of intrigue. The artillerymen of Canton killed their lieutenant colonel and then marched to the governor's offices, where they looted the treasury. One of the shells fired -h the artillerymen artillery-men fell in the prefect's offices and killed twelve persons. Fighting continues along the West river, where the rebels have captured a gunboat. The chief problem of the authorities is the suppression of looters. |