New-York tribune., 1910-04-23
ANOTHER HUMAN RISING
Women and Children Flee "a,
Lives from Chang-Sha.
AMERICAN FLEET READY
Missionaries Urged to Hasten :.
Hankow--Fears at the
State Department.

Hankow. China. April 2e--Tfe si,B,,,.-
in Human Province Is reported as cri,,es,
Women and children are fleeing for -.
lives from Chans-Sha. the CAPITA
number OF villages near that c,sv -.
been reduced 70 ashes By native mobs ~.
country Is placarded with threats 70 Ea,
all foreigners.
This news was brought BY rnissio-,-.
refugees who arrived here from Chsns-ss,
and nearby missionary stations =, -
O'Clock this forenoon. Many OF them ~
travelled thirty miles on foot and rsacs.s
the Ysng-tse-KiaHg IN rags. Their non..'
had been burned and they had lost An !,
their personal effects
The missionaries said that gunbos.s 3.
the river had their guns trained yoo-
Chang-Sha and nearby points snd had =,
forded a refuge for many forsfgnsr,
Three thousand Chinese Imperial soi4s.-.
are occupying the strategic points of n,
capital. ana detschrneuts are being hqr7-s
10 the outlying districts. where riotinx !,
reported.
Many Chinese have been killed. In a..
instance a technical school was set AFR.
and thirty students were burned % 4ss.s
When vessels approached Chang.shs "a
rescue the imperillsd persons. ths Cairss.
mob saturated iunks with kerosene OH
from the looted sta. ms Of the standard
OIL Company and. setting them sfrs, sen,
them down stream in an attempt 70 bur,
the onconlins steamers.
The viceroy OF Human Province and N.
governor Of Chang-Shs assert tEst thew
have the situation in hand and thar orde-
is practically restored, bIt ths mission
aries say that they fear further outrages
The telegraph wires west of the Gisturhed
districts have been cut. Many miss'orarieq.
American, French and Norwegian, remain
ar outlying posts.
The British Consul az ChsnEsha. WHO
has arrived here. said to-day: If ons
foreigner had been allied. nassacrs
probably would have followed. The British
Consulate was burned because I employed
laborers from another province in The con-
struction OF new buildings
The monetary loss 10 foreign interests n
believed not 70 have been xreat. The
Standard OIL Company has lost a fs~
thousand cans OF oil
Washington. April 2e.-Further sericu1
trouble IN tho HUMAN Province IS expected
by- the United States diplomatic efficsrs nov
In China. Minister Calhoun, at Peki1s
has requested Rear Admiral Hubbard. con-
mander in chief Of the Asistic feet now a.
Arnoy. China. 10 have his fleet iu readiness
to render assistance.
4 telegram from the minister % the stat,
Department reporting this action says Ira.
there Is no Improvement Tn conditions n
Hu-Nan Province and that there are grave
A. = To-
Consul Baugh. at Hank0w. confirms tas
published report OF the burning Of the MS
slons and custom house at Chang Sha. AMI
he has requested Americans in that city %
come 70 EIankow FOR safet-.
London. April "a dispatch from Sir
]. VI. Jordan, the British Minister AZ Fs-
king, received at the Foreign Ofacc to-day.
reports a recrudescence OF the troubles IN
Human Province.
Yi-Yang. Lung-Yang and Ming slang are
mentioned as places involved in the riotins
and the minister advises al British sub
jects to leave Chang-Sha
Cnicago. April e2.-six Chicago misslon-
aries OF the United Evangelical Church are
believed % be IN the heart OF the distFic.
IN which the Chinese uprising has occurred
They arc Mt and Mrs. =. Newton DuoS.
9Ir. and Mrs. Irving Dunlap and Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Suhr. Mr.. and Mrs. Suhr
have their young child with tiier1.
Homer Dubs. son of 9ir. and Mrs. p'iSa.
Is student at Oberliu college He has
had no word from the missionaries for tv9
months.
New Haven. April "a message from
Huntington Wilson. Assistant Secretary o.
state at Washington. this afternoon. 20 Dr.
W III. Salmon. executive secretary Of t1'
Yale Foreign Mission society, emphasized
the increasing seriousness OF the disorders
in Human Province. The message was az
follows:
legation at Peking and consulsts 1t
Hankow report no Improvement IN EFu-Nan,
and that all Amsricsns have been adzisst
by telegraph 70 como from interior 81 prov
ince to Ha1xow Immediately. Anerca1
varships have been dispatched % render
assistance"
All Americans in the interior of the Dis
turbed region in China have been advissf
by the American Consul at Hlnkow 70 now
to the latter city. 4 rnessass % this ettef
was received yesterday at tbs Episcopsi
Church House in reply 20 a telegram cent
to the state Department IN Washington
The Presbyterian Foreign B9srd in ms
city sent 2 cable nreSSsEc YESTERDAY % ~