The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-11-14

NoAcinr eAcufaiOun euf through the
streets. Occasional ehots rang out.
sometimes volley, but no violence
could be seen IN the neighbofhood.
Following the wall I climbed Serpent
Hin and found smoke rising from the
burning remains Of che vicar0y's and
treasurer yamena. I walked along
towards the middle Of the hin where IL
is crossed by much used rond. Here
found about four or Eve hundred good
humored soldiers under the control OF
Fat officer OF some high rank and
few lower officers Of different stations
and uniform. "America" was a good
pass word among them aud was al.
lowed to 90 where / pleased. Th0y
covered the sides and top Of the hill,
but observed no precautions md ap.
parently had full control Of tho city.
went about examining their small
modern mountain guns of which they
had dozen or 80 on the hill and look.
ing into their "sightsv found them set
on the smoking remains of the vice
roy's yamen which could be easily COW
cred. They fred systematically as I
watched and were trying to dislodgo
the remaining defenders.
q. g. 8. ''viIlalobos'' steams over.
From the hilltop could see Hankow
in the opposing direction and on the
river between one or two small Chinese
gunboats or torpedoboats and as ]
watched, the U. s. s. "Villalobos"
crossed towards our city and lay to
beside the largest Chinese gunboat out
side the Grass Lake gate. It was fol
lowed by another gunboat which APP
peared to be q JAPANESE.
Nothing exciting was to be seen, the
only evidence of fighting being few
individual shots with an occasional vol
ley in the city streets.
AS came down the hill l met DR..
MacWillie and Mr.. Wood crossing to
the other side of the hill to visit the,
Mission hospital and to rescue two
ladies in a girls school in a far cor
ner of the city where good deal of
the fighting had taken place Little
anxiety had been felt for these ladies
as every assurance was given for the
safety of all foreigners. They visited
the hospital and found soldiers there
seriously wounded and attended them.
Lister they proceeded across the city,
meeting courtesy from the soldiers ev-
erywhere, rescued the ladies and es-
corted the Chinese girl pupils to their
homes.
Walking back through the streets the
spirit of trouble was conclusively re-
vealed by an ugly little incident. A
soldier knocked on the door of house
and demanded any Manchus. A blanch-
ed-faced man in the door said 81 or 81
and the soldier called up his comrades
The conclusion impending was too evil
/, dent and the foreigners got out with air
speed.
1 later visited again the Grass Lake
gate to wait for the sailors from the
Villalobos" but missed them; they
had come and gone. Again the soldiers
received me well and, as the morning
, brought assurance of success thew
! warmed mn, and treated me like a
| friend. On my way, home / stopped at
the London Mission hospital where
wounded soldiers were still coming in.
Lowered Down From Wall.
That afternoon the people of the city
left in great numbers, being lowered
down the outside of the city wall by
men with ropes. Since that those men
j who charged exorbitant prices for this
/ work were driven away by the soldiers
but the exodus kept up until the gates
i were opened on the 14th to allow peo-
| pie to leave from any part of the city.
| Probably it was that night that Gem
eral Ii formally assumed control of the.
new military government and issued his
! hrst proclamation, promising rewards to
those who protected commerce, foreign
institutions, etc, and severe punish
ments to all perpetrators of crime or
excuses.
During the night our compound was
! patrolled by relays. On our beat we
earned lantern and on appearing on
an open space were spotted by the sol
diers on Serpent HILL who Immediately
| opened fire. The first two bullets sing
ing overhead were enough warning and
we threw ourselves fat into a fence
! corner, extinguished the light and
shortly the shooting stopped. We were
pleased more than agitated by this fir
ing as it showed that no prowling about
the streets was to be tolerated and
since then the strictness with which
thieving has been punished has iusti-
fed our hopes.
1 Next morning students were allowed
4 to leave the school to escape from the
city by the gates as they opened from
time to time and Mr.. Wood with DR.
Patterson of the London Mission
4 escaped by the wall to arrange in Ham
kow to have the consnls negotiate for
the opening of the gates to allow for
eigners to escape. They met, at the
river side, Mr. Green, the American
Consul General in Hankow. with the
Commander of the ''Helena,0 Mr..
Buchanan, and Rev. F. G. Deis. They.
demanded entrance at the Grass Lake
gate. They were refused, but as a field
gun arrived at the same time they were
allowed TO enter with It.
Immediately they began to make ar
rnngements to have all foreigners
gathered with hand baggage on the
Boone University compound. And they
then proceeded TO the Provincial AS.
sembly Hall TO request General II to
ALLOW the gate TO be opened for our
passage ont of the city.
This was readily granted by the gen.
eral and about three o'clock a long
procession of students, servants. teach.
ers aud foreigners passed in order
doWn tho street, through q double file
Of soldiers who watched for Manehns,
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