The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17
SAFE ar HANKOW.
~ tee Pr@%essy 90 the Nilssssas a. Chang !
sha I.Ssl-C. y. s:unhoat % tne Scene.

~ tee Prs~essy 90 the Silnsssns a. Chaag
shs I.Sst-C. y. s;snboat % the Scene.
Special Csas Despaashss 10 TN SrE.
Annoy. April I1.-Ths Unitsd States pro-
tected cruiser Cleveland. which arrived
here yesterday. has sailed for Hankow
because " the rioting At Chang slhA. Sew
eral British cruisers are also on the way
TO The scene Of the Disturbances
LoNDoS. April Ie.-Tbs China inland
Mi@siOn here has received cable despatch
which states that all tho missionaries
Who 6ed iron Chang sha are safe At
H&nkoW. They lost all their personal
efetAs
HARRIsEUn'. April THE following
cable despatch Was received this after
noon by Bishop Rudolph DSlbs from his
500. Rev. Newton Dubs. who 10 super
lntsndent u the missions Of the United
Evangelical Church az Chang Sha. China:
-Station has been attacked and prop
eTty damaged seriously. An re safe.
We have loss everything. Lack Of pro-
lection by the authorities
Nav HNygS. April Is-Prof William
". Ssllmor. secretary and treasurer
20 the Yale Mission At Chang Sha. China.
who spent part % last year at the mis-
SION. aid tonight that he had J'ist re-
ceivcd a Cable message from the Yale
representatives there thAG they had ar
rived safely at BSHso~. SO mites from
Chang Sha. Prof Salmon said that
Yale would take M active part in calling
President Tais's attention 10 the matter.
hut that the STATE Department. had al
ready taken u up.
IL 49, ~. - "A NAa al
College In China was such that II would
ne practically impossible - protect
Il by the United States army or navy
To reach " by land a march ot $50 miles
through thickly populated hOetile coun-
Try would have - 10 made He Eaid that
the United States gunboat- oO'Ild no; reach
che sp", becSu-r they were too heavily
built - navigate tAe river shadows.
TIE bSiti-h gunbcats being Of hght'r
bsIilh co,,ld make Il.
An account - the conditions po~ pre-
vailing IN China WAS TeOeiveA to-day
by Prof salmon from Huntington viii
sDn. Assistant Secretary nf Stats
MONTCLAIR. y J..April ~ Archdeacon
Frederick D. Carter rector oG ~. Luke .
Episcopal Church. to-day received
s'abl-ar1m from HAnkow. china. ac-
q,iainting him With the fact that Mr. and
Mrs Alfred 4. Gilman resident mission
aries At ChAng-shA. had escaped from =
Chinese mob With their lives. hut that the
mission buildings and all their personal
Belonging had been destroyed.
Mrs. Gilman 10 n daughter u the Rev.
Mr.. Carter Mr.. Gilman has been q nis-
sionary in china for the last eight years
He and MR. Gilman rssurn~si to their
station only about Two months ago after
hIrlou gh OF year. most Of which was spent
in Montclsir. TN leaving iontciair last
February the Gilmsns we're presented
with a purse ~ sSGo. ~. t.uke's parish
also arranged to pay Mrs. Gilman
regular salary in tho future 80 the repro
sentative of the MontclaiT church IN the
Chinese mission field.
The Commercial Cable COMPANY sent
out the following notice to-day:
The Chinese Velegraphs ADVISE that
owing riots nj Chang Sha the telegraph
lines between Nochow aud hang ShR
and liangtlsu aud chang Sha are inter
rup'ed CAblegrsms for Chang Sha are
accepted at senders risk
Later the lines. u was announced, were
but messages were still taken
u ssnder's risk
chang Sha y the capital Of the province