This city was looted last night by its own soldiers. Several fires, five in all, were started and a large section of the city wiped out. Many were killed and burnt to death.
All foreigners are safe in the Canadian Church Mission and the Lutheran Mission. Word from the Baptists has just been received that all are safe there. The Mission' compounds are intact.
General Feng Vu-hsiang's soldiers arrived this morning and have taken charge of the city. (General Feng is the ally of General Wu Pei-fu and has been engaged in rutting down the revolt of the Tuchun of Honan Chao Ti, who has now fled with his brother; Chao Chieh.)
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.