File No. 893.00/543.
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Peking,
September 10, 1911.
The Viceroy at Chengtu has arrested the ringleaders and his ya-men has been attacked by a mob. The soldiers fired and killed some twenty rioters; some soldiers were killed also. American ladies and children are reported to have left Chengtu, with the British subjects. Troops are being concentrated on the frontier of Szechwan.
Williams.