New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-15
RIOTERS HOLD CHENC-TU
Fear a Shortage of Provisions
Within the Walls.
REVOLUTION Is INCREASING
Heavy Firing Reported Between
Garrison and Rebels
Missionaries Safe.

pekng. Sept N-The relief force from
rr-chang will take four weeks at least to
..sch Cheng-tu ard the fun gravity Of the
.,,a,ion IN the capital OF Sze-Chuan Prov
Irce Is now realized.
-heng-tu remains isolated The Tao.ai
- Chung King reports that the situation
:, Cheng-tu is serious. The daily rice sup
,Iv has been cut of. and he fears that a
.sortace % provisions will precipitate dis
,,rbances inside the walls. All approaches
"a cheng-tu are held by rioters. the num-
h.r Of whom is being constantly augmented.
There are reports OF disturbances at Sui
.. crhere Tie British refurees recently ar
,lvail and Of lighting at Kiating. near by.
vsolent anti-foreign rumors come from
wsnh-Sien. east Of Cheng-tu on the Yang
,ss-KianS. and a station Of the China In
land Mission. This is a British mission.
The American Baptist Mission Union has
y,auon az kiating
II is not expected that there will be
trouble az Chung King fo- the present. az
Al the disorderly ores have left for Cheng-
~ The missionaries generally are hasten
4ng to the nearest point OF safety A
japanese gunoost is proceeding TO Wanh-
ser.
Unpublished edicts order a large force
a WU-chanC troops TO leave mined ate'y
by the quickest route for Sze-Chuan. and
Tuan-FanS. director general OF the Han
kew SEE huan Railway. is expected at
Lchang tomorrow. TO hasten the move
nent Of the troop train The arrested
rpglesders u the rebellion include the
President and the Vice President OF the
ae-Chuan Provincial Assembly. The lat
Ter was arrested at Hankow whittier it is
believed he had journeyed with the inten
ion Of fomenting an agitation in Hupeh
Province
Chung King, China. Sept 1.-THE British
Consul who is temporarily In charge OF
American interests in this district. to-day
Issued an order that all American and Brit
ish citizens In the upper districts of the
Province Of Sze-chuan. where a rebellion
lin progress, must leave Immediately for
the nearest place Of safety before the stu
atom becomes more grave.
The revolution is fast gaining ground. II
e believed that no food has entered Chung
~ for many days, and probably already the
bsseged are on short rations. Heavy hr-
ing is reported from that quarter between
the LOYAL garrison and the rebels. among
whom there are probably many soldiers.
Among the missionaries who have arrived
here IN safety are the Canadians, stationed
al Luchow. Mr. and Mrs. c. J. P. Jolffe,
VI and Mrs W D. Ferguson and Z. K.
Brecken Luchow, or Lu-chau, is about
one hundred and fifty miles TO the south
east OF Cheng-tu.
Boston sept. IA delayed cable dis
ostch received late to-day by the Ameri-
can Baptist Foreign Mission Society in
this city states that all Of its missionaries
IN the disturbed district OF Western China
are s@fe and that some have reached
Chung-King from outlying places.
Che able dispatch came from the Cana
dian Methodist Foreogn Mission Board at
Toronto. Canada, the message having
been sent TO that society by mistake. The
dispatch read: "Cablegram received to-day.
signed your mission, states Siufu mission
arrived safely and well at Chung-King
Hating missionaries en- route. No tele-
graphic communication with Ming Yuan.
yachow or Cheng-Tu, but believed to be
e. 70 "