New Britain herald., 1930-07-30
YALE IS ASSURED COLLEGE HOSPITAL
 BUILDING IS SAFE
Continued From First Fage)
ish on gunboats.
Continue Destruction

Shanghai July so LP-Conmunists today continued their systematic de- struction Of foreign property in Changsha, capital of Human prov ince, as they awaited a reply 10 their demand for $f0o0,000 Mexican tahout S42o.00o at current exchange rstes) 10 refrain from burning the entire city.
 They ceased their indiscriminate burning of all property on forward ing their demand to bankers and merchants, but they kept up the carnival Of footing and then apply ing the torch 10 buildings after dis ,rihuting to street rabble the loot from the houses Of foreign devils"
 Filing the loot in the streets. com munists permitted the mobs to help themselves and the rabble made off with the spoiis. What little resist ance was offered came from well-to- do Chinese, who were robbed and then either slain or roughly handled.
 City Lies In Ruins
 4 large part of the city lay in rulns. Beautiful foreign mission properties wore smoking heaps. The fate of Yale college in China, per haPs the best known foreign insti- luton. remained undetermined.
 Apparently doomed to destruction were the large office buildings, for elgn CorsUlates and residences on an island in the Slang river adjoin- ing the walled city. Among these buildings were the offices of the Standard Oil company of New York and the Texas company and the British consulate.
 Tremendous stocks rnd installa- tlons Of the two oil companies on the outskirts Of the city also seemed destined for destruction.
 Most Of the foreigners left the city yesterday on British. American and Japanese gunboats. Because the river was receding rapidly the gun boats were forced tc withdraw. lea"lng millions of dollars worth Of foreign property unprotected.
 Missionaries In Danger
 No further word was received as 10 the fate Of four missionaries be- lleved 10 have remained in the city. They were the Rev. w H. Lingie. Of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions; Dr. Allen N. Cameron, rep resentative of branch of the Ga l!lee Baptist church of Denver. Col; Miss Gertrude Rugg Of the British China Inland mission, and an Ital- ian Catholic priest.
 Whether there had been loss Of life among the foreign inhabitants was not known. but about 5o were removed on the gunboats before the sackIng Of the city commenced.
 The reds swarmed into the vir- tually defenseless city Monday Numerous nationalists and provin- cial officials were executed. A brotheh of Ho Chien, provincial gov ornor was beheaded, but the gov ernor himself escaped.
 He Chien's movements were not known here, but it was believed he will return 10 Shanghai soon. Con- munist leaders announced they
  should be fall into their hands,
 Seek Military Assistance
 Local influential Chinese contend Ranking authorities should seek to extend definite military assistance to the stricken city. Otherwise, they said. the future strength Of the reds would be materially and morally en- Eanced.
 That provincial forces reported marching against Changsha from the north would attempt to drive the communists from the walled city vas considered unlikely since the ln- vaders had a better organized army than the military
 Changsha is considered one of the richest and most modern of interior China cities.