Canton Mutinous; Warships Gather.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 4, 1913:
American Vessel Joins the Fleet Assembled to Guard Foreigners.
NORTHERN ARMY COMING
Siege of the City Is Expected — Thousands of Refugees Arriving.
    HONGKONG, Aug. 3.— The situation in Canton is very serious. The electric lights are cut off at midnight, and the people are fearful of a mutiny. Trains and vessels leaving the city are packed with refugees. A siege of Canton is expected with the arrival there of Gen. Lung Chi-kuang, commander of the Government forces in the Province of Kwang-Si, who is moving southward on the city with his army. Soldiers are patrolling the streets of Canton, as the police there are unreliable. Seventy traitorous soldiers were shot in that city on Friday. A reward of $60,000 has been offered for the head of Gov. Chan of Canton.
    Men with guns from British and French warships are guarding the Shameen or foreign quarter of Canton, where valuables worth millions of dollars are stored. The international fleet lying off the city has been augmented by the arrival of American, German, Japanese, and French men-of-war. Soldiers have been sent from Hongkong to Canton, and three naval vessels are ready to start thither, at a moment's notice, with stores and additional troops.
    Missionaries who have been recalled from disaffected districts are arriving in Hongkong by hundreds. Fifty thousand refugees came into this city last week.
    Gen. Lung Chi-kuang is a German-trained soldier. The Cantonese troops are made up of untrained rabble. They are demanding double pay for their services.

    AMOY, Aug. 3.— The cruiser Hai-chen, which has been in the hands of the southerners at Foo-chow, has deserted their cause.

    SHANGHAI, Aug. 3.— Having bombarded the Wu-Sung forts early Saturday morning and then sailed away, the Government warships commanded by Admiral Tseng returned to the attack for a brief period later in the day, with the apparent object of hastening the negotiations for the surrender of the rebels who are holding the forts. The Northern Admirals are undertaking a large, sweeping movement, with a view to cornering all the revolutionists in Wu-Sung.
    The rebels at Su-Chow are retiring to their former position on the Hwai River and toward Pukow.