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The Cody Enterprise
Cody, Park County, Wyoming
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In Canton, China, on Oct. 19, Chinese troops looted the city amid clashes between rival factions. British and French naval forces landed to protect the foreign concession, while merchants' volunteer corps prepared to expel troops. Expected arrival of 18,000 armed forces heightened tensions.
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BRITISH AND FRENCH ACT TO PROTECT THE CONCESSION SECTION OF CITY
CANTON IS BEING LOOTED
Native Soldiers Pillage and Hold Up Citizens—Army to Arrive and Add Terror
Canton.—While Chinese troops continued looting and robbing citizens here, Oct. 19, British and French naval armed forces were landed to protect the foreign concession, and boats plying between Hongkong and Canton made extra trips to carry persons fleeing from Canton.
The naval forces put ashore Oct. 19 brought with them machine guns with which to protect bridges in the foreign concession. British military forces also are arriving from Hongkong.
Clashes of the rival factions and the expected arrival of Cheng Kwing-Ming with a fully armed force of 18,000 are causing an alarming situation. The merchants' volunteer corps, whose differences with the so-called "Red army" of Chinese laborers precipitated the present trouble in Canton, is concentrating its forces at Shiuhing, west of Canton, with a view to making a final effort to expel the troops from the city.
The local British consul has been accused of harboring Chan-Lim-Pak, head of the merchants volunteer corps and other officials of that organization within the foreign concession.
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Canton
Event Date
Oct. 19
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alarming situation due to clashes and expected arrival of 18,000 armed forces; merchants' volunteer corps concentrating to expel troops
Event Details
Chinese troops looted and robbed citizens in Canton. British and French naval forces landed with machine guns to protect foreign concession bridges. Boats carried fleeing persons from Canton to Hongkong. British military forces arriving from Hongkong. Rival factions clashed; merchants' volunteer corps, in conflict with 'Red army' of Chinese laborers, concentrated at Shiuhing to expel troops. British consul accused of harboring Chan-Lim-Pak and others.