The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-04-18
CHINESE RIOTERS
SLAUGHTER MANY
THOUSANDS
FOreign-0wned Buildings at
Chang-Sha Burned
TROOPS JOIN WITH MOB
Six Regiments Of Foreign Drilled
Soldiers Desert and Aid Insur-
rectionists

Chang-Sha, China, April lS--ln
the rioting here in which not less
than $4,000 persons including the
governor of the province Of Human,
have persisted, all the foreign owned
buildings in this city have been des-
troyed by fire with the exception of
the British Consulate. All the build
ings rented by foreigners have been
looted. The Chinese officials as long
ago as Thursday issued a proclaim
nation that they were unable to pro
tect the lives and property of for
eigners and thereupon all foreigners
made haste to leave the city. SO far
as is known, no foreign resident lost
his life
Besides the governor OF Human
Province, Wou Tchung-Siu, his son,
also was killed, and several other
government officials fed. Even yet
a section of the city is in flames.
Six thousand foreign-drilled soldiers
are stationed here and few of these
protected the governors house for a
time, but soon all joined the rioters.
The riots began on April l3, when
the famine sufferers looted the rice
shops. A captain of police was
wounded while trying to restore or
der but thousands crowded around
him and his assistants and he was
obliged TO fee to the Yamen. The
rioters followed him there and be
sieged the place all night.
The following day the disturbances
became anti-foreign, this being a
strong anti-foreign province. The
China Inland Mission and the Norwe'
gian and Catholic missions were
burned. The other missions were
destroyed on April 10. The mission
aries attached TO the American Epis
copal Missionary Alliance. the United
Evangelical church and the Wesley
an and Yale missions. numbering Al
I'm al, took refuge In boats. They
lost all their effects. The destruc
tion Of all foreign property, includ
ing the japanese Consulate and The
British warehouses, followed. The
fate Of the Standard oil company'i
newly erected tanks is unknown bu
the official buildings were destroyed
on the same day.
The British Consul detained twI
steamers for the refugees. who In
cluded seventy Japanese. Owing
however. to the shortage Of provis
ions and the hopelessness OF the SIT
uation. II was decided to start 70
Hankow.
Eight Germans attached to the II
ebenzoll Mission were In Chang.Sn
when the troubles began. They fee
from the city and Il is reported tina
three Of them, while proceeding {
Hankow In junk without lights
were run down by the British CUR
boat Thistle and drowned Anothe
report states that the men dlowne
were Americans but there is no col
flrmatinn OF this.
The chief cause Of the rioting wa
the scarcity and high price OF rice
the supply OF which the Chinese ofll
ials were accused OF cornering. FC
long time past an anti-foreign pr
paganda has been carried on, an
conditions were such that the riC
riots served TO supply the excuse Il
demonstrating the anti-foreign SCI
timent In an active fashion.
According to one report. the COVE
nor OF Human was not murdered bl
committed suicide after notifying u
Chinese government that he was re
ponsible for the trouble. The late
advlces regarding the situate
throughout the district are very Z
from being encouraging.