REVOLT IN CHINA

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2657, 31 December 1915, Page 6

REVOLT IN CHINA

GOVERNMENT ACTION »ixi&TlOtf HIGHLY' VOLCANIC By Telesropb-Pross ; ABSoclatton-Oopyrlcht Pekln, December 29. The/Government is-striving to,meet the rising. storm by . inducing France to - declare ,a 6tate of siego on the Tonkin border and secure 'the. co-operation of the Governor - of in> cutting off railway cowiectionwitli Yunnan and closing,the Red'Eiver ,to .navigation. Sensational ir.jideiits ~ are v reported from qk'owliera..'OTegovernor,-ofSwi-ohow is a prisoner in the hands; of the southern confederates, while General Changsun, who, refused a dukedom, was almost assassinated on Christmas Day. ; Tlio situation is highly volcanic and threatening rapid developments. [Tonkin, since 1884 a French poseessioa ,is'the north-east portion: .of the Indo-Chinese peninsula, bordering on China. The lied River (Song-coi) traverses the whole of Tonkin lengthwise.] SAFETY OF FOREIGNERS. GUARANTEED BY THE REBELS. London, December 29. The "Daily Telegraph's" Pokin correspondent, .states- that thfc authorities at Yunnan and Kwangsi r have'informed ■the. Consuls that they guaranteed for- ■ eign lives and property, and that-they were determined if possible to peacefully ■ maintain the Republican form of government, which the plotters are attempting to destroy. LOYAL PROVINCES. PACIFICATION EFFORTS. . ' • Pekin, December 29. Kwantung and Kwarigsi -remain loyal. Meanwhile the Government has dispatched a pacification commissioner to Yuii- - Qau. . . .., '5..,'.