The Archive · 1911

The Position in Canton

The Taotai courteously communicates to us the following telegrams received from the Nanking Viceroy "The Canton Viceroy telegraphed that on the 8th day of the 9th moon rome people proposed to declare independence with a view to st trouble and thi graphed to Peking to be memo to the Throne. At thie moment the bolo of the city was despatched to effect suppression and happily a disturbance was avoided. The people were remonstrated with repeatedly by proclam and those shops and inbsbitants that bed been-misled into hoisting Indepen.

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