Canton, Nov. 13.
An attempt on the Canton-Kowloon railway station at Fatshan, which has sroused consider-
627 able interest, took place two nights ago and is believed to have been the work of revolutionaries, According to the statements in the native papers, a day or 60 before the outrage, some strange people Were seen congregating in the town though nothing suspicious was sug gested, and therefore no _particular notice was taken. Then, on Wednesday, suddenly, about four thousand men, each of whom had a white band tied around the arm, suddenly appeared, making for the railway station, and coming from different directions. As soon as this was discovered, the manager _telegraphed to Canton, and urged that soldiers be sent. Meanwhile those troops on the spot—and a considerable number of men are stationed there—stood to their guns, and 90 the fighting began. ~The local troops held their owa, and solutely refused to give way. Pre sontly more soldiers came up from the Canton end of the line, and after a fight that seems to' have continued during most of the night the rebels ga ranged, for they were accompanied by flags, and other indications that preparations had been made. The flag is said to have had a white ground, with red edge, and red stars. One explanation is that the rebels wanted really to raid the military centre at Fatshan in order to get hold of the rifles and ammunition; if this were their object they failed, for the military at once seized their rifles and of course, used them in the engagement.
Others think that the rebels wanted to get hold of the train, in order to use it for an attack upon Canton. Anyway the fiery cest part of the fight was around the train, and it was badly handled, for all the glass of the car-rises was smashed, and the woodwork of the rolling stock badly torn by bullets. Many men were wounded, and some of them have been brought to the local missionary hospital that their wounds may be looked to. The number of Killed I have been unable to ae certain.
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