Peking, Feb. 1.
A message from Kansu_ states that the Moslem outbreak which was threatened there has not materalized as a widespread movement. undoubtedly owing to the earthauake, in' which the Mohammedans saw a warning from Heaven.
The death of Shen Jen and other Mohammedan religious leaders through the collapse of caves, houses and city walls seems effectively to have stopped the plan for offering resistance to the Central Government.
Over 500 Moslem leaders are said to have been buried in the ruins of the place in which they were holding a religious conference. As a result of this catastrophe the Mohammedans have changon their truculent attitude toward the Central Government.—Reuter.
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