Rumours of Foreign Residents Being Evacuated A good deal of surmise was abroad on August 5 when it was earned H.M, S. Cricket and another had suddenly left Hankow for: Changsha, snys the "Central China Post" of July 31. No reason could be traced for the sudden move:
Dany of Further Trouble in Other Reports reaching Shanghai of threatened uprising of Communists in western Hunan, as the result of which preparations were being made for possible evacuation of foreigners, failed to be confirmed locally.
'A letter written on August 1, by the British Consul in Changsha to a local missionary organization, makes no mention of unusually startling developments and xives official sanction to the departure on visit of several mission workers various parts of the district. Conditions were described as far from stable, and it was pointed out that the missionaries had best use Changsha for the headquarters of their work. Changteh was particularly not to be recommended this connection as anti-foreignism was believed to lie very newt the surface there. Beyond these facts, however, nothing has come to hand "regarding the rumoured Communist uprising, except that a wireless message from the Widgeon had been ceived from Changsha and it was rumoured tat immediate ayistance was asked for.
During the day reports of all kinds were in circulation the con-ansus of them being that a com munist attack on a large scale har been Iaunched against Changsha and that foreigners were evacuate ing the town.
Inquiries at headquarters however, failed to elicit any knowledge for thi and nothing appeareil to be known there beyond the fact that a certain amount of fighting: had occurred in the province, but that the communists had "been rounded up by the Hunan Gov ment forces.
In addition to the "Central China {Post's statement, reports reached wt the week-end, that midable, but obtained.
Mohammedan Rising Feared There are 18 missionaries at Changsha where the Ching In! Mission and associated—workers carry on work at a large hospital, a blind school aid a Bible training school. These workers fave ported nothing unusual during the past fortnight.
Danger, however, is believed to be imminent' from 'a Mohammedan rebellion in Shansi and Kansu, meagre reports of which have begun to reach the mission workers in adjoining provinces, This up) ing, which is by no means unique in the history of the provinces wherein large communities of Mohammedans live, is said to be against the local authorities. Detachments of Feng Yuchsiang's troops, according to reliable information, being withdrawn from the nor them expedition areas to cope with the new internal trouble, 'The well-informed state, also, that the provinces of Shansi, Anhui and Hunan, or the Central' provinces, are infested with Communists whose work goes on quietly, and which, while not flagrantly apparent
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