Mutiny of Troops Sent to Suppress Pirates Fuom Ove OWN Coneesronene Hongkong, Mar. 26,.
Last week an official statement was issued that the mi ities in Canton we to clean up the pirates' nests at Bias Bay. After careful study and deliberation among the gunboat commanders, schemes have been formed to deal effectively with the free-booters. The Hongkong Gov-jemment was willing to cb-opofate> oe but a [Canton official agency said that Hongkong's assistance campaign against pi was not desirable gunboats were avail fable, the Chinese naval authority would carry out the expedition alo Some soldiers were placed at Bins Bay, but, instead of clearing away. the marauders, their troops mutinied and killed their commanding officers, Some picked troops and gendarmes are now on their way to suppress the uprising, and another small contingent passed through Hongkong today on their way to the pirates' dens. 'The mutineers were formerly bandits and their revolt was the result of the agitations of Communists from Haifung and Lukfung di tricts, formerly headquarters of the Reds.' The rebellious soldiers loot-Jed the surrounding villages and destroyed the wireless station, About two regiments of soldiers were involved.
With the mi campaigns Jagainst Kuangsi and depletion of the provincial treasury, the local authorities do not expect any immediate solution of the pirates by Canton, The Forbidden Ballroom Some time ago a Spanish lady petitioned General Anyang Kui, the police commissioner, for permission to open a dancing' studio in the Chinese city. As there are no such schools in Canton, the police commissioner refused to grant a permit to the disappointment of this dancing teacher, who, however, got wwe from her' consul in Shameen to open the dancing academy. Before the school opened, many offcials applied for admission, a strangely enough, important officials the Bureau of Public Safety also ed the dancing classes.
The police officials then explained that they had mot known' that the teacher was a respectable foreigner, otherwise there would have been no question but that the permit would foe granted, As the Indy has spent lange sums in decorating her ball froom in Shameen, she has no inten-ion of moving to the Chinese city. Dancing lessons are, of course, n0 worse than mahjongg or other harm-resident. to me.
Canton like dancing; why don't they allow their compatriots to dance within their jurisdiction?
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