Hongkong, Oct. 1.
The Hongkong and Canton Steamship, Company received a message at 2 o'clock this morning from the Fourth Route Army in Canton that rho vessels would be allowed to pass the Bocca Tigris Forts until further notice. No reason was given, As a result, all sailings between 'Canton and Hongkong have been cancelled. It is reliably reported the Pearl River, which flows through the heart of Canton, hasbeen. completely blocked by' the Chinese—Reuter.
Foreign Ships Shut In Canton, Oct. 1.
News that the Fourth Route Army here had issued a message that no vessels, would be allowed to pass the Bocca Tigris Forts until further notice, thus stopping all traffic the Pearl River, has caused consider~ able interest It ig hoped that the measure will be only temporary.
There are six British-merchantmen at Canton and four gunboats, the British river gunboats Tarantula and" Robin, the French Argus and the American Minds Two other British gunboats are understood to be somewhere this side of the obstruction which Is reported to have been built by the Chinese. At Whampoa, six miles south-east of Canton, there are three Norwegia vessels, three British and two others believed to be French—Reuter, September 8, "were arrested by Chinese garrison troops yesterda The trio, it is learned here, hid themselves in an old temple three It from Wangtien below Kiashing on ie Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Rall~
They were discovered by farmers there who reported to the garrison headquarters Central News.
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