p. 10 | Revolution in China

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 16, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 19.

Revolution in China

Revolution in China.— Plague, famine, Russian encroachment, and other evils seem not enough to fill China's seething caldron of trouble; revolution has been added. Inflammatory publications are circulated by tongs and secret societies in various parts of the empire, and it is impossible at present to learn the extent of the uprising. The revolt seems to be against the Manchu dynasty, but not in the interest of anarchy. The government is endeavoring to meet the difficulty without warfare. But in parts of some provinces, Kwangtung, for instance, there is murdering, pillaging, burning, by desperadoes who are following the revolutionists.

In many cases the soldiers are affected. Terror prevails in Canton. Bodies of the dead lie in the streets. The stench of decomposing human flesh fills the air. The city walls are closed, and the authorities are still dominant. The whole revolution, which broke out simultaneously April 27, is said to be engineered by a Doctor Sen Yet Sen of New York City.