The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-09-14
LARGE FORCE ATTACKS CAPITAL
OF szEchUAN PROVINCE,
WESTERN CHINA.
ARE REPULSED BY TROOPS
Latest Advicss Indicate That Foreign
Missionaries Are Thus Far Safe
They Are Supposed to Be in the
Canadian Msthodists Compound in
Chenotu-Gunboats Up the River.

Pckin, Sept 13.-Latest advIces re.
ceived by the Chinese foreign board
and the foreign legations indicate that
Chcngtu. capital OF Szechuan province.
the missionaries are inside the walls
and that the city Is garrisoned by
tS00 troops, who have had several en-
gagements with the besieging forces.
A dispatch from the prefect OF
Tsuchau. dated Septemurr ~. says
that the troops were firing on the rcb-
els from the Chengtu walls and that
the besiegers had lost many men. Tho
belief Is held there that the garrison
Is capable OF resisting the attacks OF
any number of organized rebels from
the outside. Tsuchau is rs miles from
Chengtu.
The Canadian Methodist compound
with the city has open spaces around
It's own walls II Is believed that
the foreigners have taken refuge with
In this compound. which Is considered
the strog gest and the most easily de-
Tended. PeSin missionaries who have
been In former riots In Chengtu say
that whatever Chinese troops were
disptched to guard the mission would
be stationed outside the compound
and would not be permitted to get
within the gates.
Probably Prepared.
Whether the foreigners and tho
natives inside the walls are prepared
| 10 endure a siege is not known. Tho
question of supplies Is all important
| and II IL probable. from past cxpcri-
ences. that the missionaries have TAX
en- precautions against suct. con.
tingency. The missionaries, how.
ever, have no weapons unless they tavo
/ been supplied by the vlceroy
Every effort IL being made to coms
munlcate with Chengtu, but SO far
there has been no movement to relieve
the city.
Foreigners here seem confident oe
the ability OF the viceroy to sups
| press the rising. The southern Sec
ton of Szechuan continues loyal. al@
though the natives sympatkize with
| the opponents OF railway construc-
tion. All gatherings In ,Pekin In
sympathy with the revolutionary
movement in Szechuan have been disc
persed by the police.
A dispatch from Kiatingfu, south OF
Chengtu. says that foreign missions
aries stationed there have left for
Yangtse. These include three men
and their wives and woman doctor.
The foreign gunboats have been un.
able to proceed above Suifu.
Americans in Little Danger.
Washington, Sept 13.-The Ameri.
can squadron. headed by the cruiser
New Orleans, which has been making
It's way up the Yangste river from
Shanghai to Nanking, has reached
Saikwan. the port OF Marking and
Admiral Murdock has taken command
OF the expedition. transferring his
flag from the Saratoga to the New
Orleans.
While he originally intended that
these deep draught vessels should
stop at Marking. the admiral has now
changed his plan and will proceed
with his squadron about $50 miles
further up the river to Hankow, which
marks the limit OF deep-Water navi.
CATION. This movement Is made pos.
slble by the fact that the Yangste Ia
greatly swoolen by a flood, which Is
the greatest since 1888.
American citizens In Szechuan prov-
ince are believed to be In no present