The Archive · 1916

Nervousness in Canton

YUNNAN REBELS SHORT OF MUNITIONS

Canton, March 19.

There has been a run on the Bank of China, whose notes though still accepted the shops hesitate to retain overnight.

General Lung Kan-kuang is held up in Kuangsi.

The high Civil and Military offcials are holding secret meetings daily.

Hongkong, March 20.

Can'on exhibits nervousness garding the situation but so far business is proceeding on its normal course though caution is apparent.

Anticipa' ing an exodus from Canton speculators are buying property in Macao.

A reliable report from Yunnan states that the rebel General Li is in a sorry plight. He i ing reinforcements and complaining of insufficiency of soldiers and lack of equipment and ammunition which has obliged him to retire before the Imperial troops.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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