Show AMERICANS IN CHINA ARE SAFE Reports of Recent Disturbances Were Greatly Exaggerated San Francisco Bishop J W Dash ford of tho Methodist Episcopal church who has been four years at Shanghai arrived from the Orient on Friday Bishop Bashford for fifteen years was president of tho Ohio Wesleyan Wes-leyan university He Is on routo to Chicago to attend the semiannual meeting of tho board of Episcopal bishops Concerning conditions in China Bishop Bashford said The reports of disturbances in China have been grossly exaggerated In the United States There have been three riots In the empire since tho inauguration of the American boycott boy-cott a year ago Each one of these riots was due to local causes and similar causes would have produced at least two ot them in the United States Tho Chinese Chi-nese generally aro friendly to Americans Ameri-cans |