IN CHINA.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1168, 26 April 1910, Page 2

IN CHINA.

THE CHANGSA RIOTS

SITUATION STILL PRECARIOUS

ON THE DANGER LINE

BT ELECTEIO TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT. PWR PEESB ASSOCIATION. Pekin, April 25. Changsa is quiet, but the situation is precarious and the vicinity is extremely disaffected. The British Consul circularised the refugees on the ISth inst., emphasising the statement by officials that if one foreign life had been lost during the riots the whole. province would have risen. It only awaited word from Changsa. Although scarcity of rice was the immediate cause of the outbreak, this concession to Hunanese anti-foreign feeling, coupled with the evidence of the Changsa refugees concerning the growing intolerance of the people during recent years, is highly significant: The refugees pay a glowing tribute to Mr Hewlett, who from the l~3th to the 17th inst., when the Thistle arrived, was practically sleepless. It was largely due to his efforts that no foreigner was killed. Some native military officials stood firm and helped the foreigners to escape. (Received April 2G, 9.50 a.m.) Sydney, April 26. The missionaries in the disaffected district in China include three Australians, Mr and Mrs J. Gardiner and Mr G. F. Draffin.