Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-09-16 | Page 7 | Americans Reported Safe

AMERICANS REPORTED SAFE. H CHUNG KING, Sept 15. Several H American families from Kiatlng and H "elscwhero have arrived here safely. H Two thousand modern troops out- ll side Cheng Tu have not yet Joined l the besiegers, but havo moved from their barracks, outside tho walls, into il a camp seven miles distant They re- ril fuse to obey tho viceroy or to particl- 3 puto In the siege. It is reported that i H the students of the military college fl havo joined those non-combatants. H Authorities outside fear to attempt I JM the relief of Cheng Tu, lest tho neu- il tral soldiers Join the rebels The be- il siegers arc armed only with antique ll weapons. They demand the release . B of tho ringleaders of the railway jl league as a condition upon which they M will raise the siege of the capital. jJ