Casualties Result from Attempt to Commandeer Launch: indian Prisoners Lynched Canton, Feb, 16, night at B o'clock a skirmish took place onthe Bund here between a squad of Yunnanese troops and a number of Indian watchmen when the former attempt-commander a" Portuguese Juuneh. Both sides fired, with the: consequence that one Yunnanese soldier was shot dead and. two Indian watehmen were taken into custody by the police.
About 1 o'clock, a large force of Yunnanese, with the object of taking. revenge, assaulted the police-station, and carried off the two Indian watchmen, whom they shot dead, Immediately afterward, the frenaled soldiers once again att Portuguese launch, res in several casualties on both rities are rack-to devise some relief meos il it is expected that the British Consul-General will Fodge a strong protest. with the Canton Government—Enstern News Agency.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.