FROM THE EAST.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1388, 14 March 1912, Page 6

FROM THE EAST.

p . . dancing round the queues. Mr. Felix Blei, advance representative for Janscn, the American conjurer, who arrived from Sydney by the Ulimarorf yesterday, is'a recent arrival from tho East, and though he did not actually see any of tho hostilities in connection with tho epoch-making displacing of tho Manchu dynasty, he "miffed it from afar," and was quite contciil. to view things from-a safo distance. Janscn appeared in Shanghai, Peking, Tientsin, Tsiug-Tnu, Hoiiglvoug, and Canton. Acting on advice, they did not go to Nanking, and when at Canton, tho American Consul advised them to cut. their season short, and reach out for a clearer clime, which they very 'promptly did. "It was growing very hot in Canton when we were Micro in November," says Mr. Blei, "and the uatjvos were very much excited and ripe for mischief. The whole country was fcimmering with suppressed oxciienic-nt, and it only needed a touch to nuke trouble. England, America, Germany, nnd Franco nil had gunboats in the Canton River, in anticipation of a break-out. At Shanghai tho town troops- were actively drilling every day, and all preparation was being made for troubled times. At Canton and Hong-Kong wo jaw some curious sights after tho odiet was i<stu>d ordering tho Chinamen to cut o(T their queues. At Hong-Kong all the native barbers throw their premises open freo of charge, and others plied the scissors busily in tho open street. Then they maile'a. big pile of ([now,*, set thorn on lire, and danced round them, singing awl shouting with delight. It was as though so many slaves had been freed from their shackles after ages of serfdom. .Tansen secured several of the queues, as trophies of a remarkable occurrence."