The telegram announcing the mas-sere of the missionaries at Sianfa was hardly unexpected by the missionaries locally, For about s month there bad been no news from Sianfa of any kind, and in times of trouble like the present missionaries have learned that such lence is always to be dreaded. It is lieved that in these remote cities the Chinese are able for a short time sbeolat: ly to prevent information of any kind whatsoever from leaking out, bot of courte ultimately the course of events most transpire. Thos, when for th past weeks Sianfa hed been silent, fears were entertained for the safety of the people there, and there have now been ce firmed, What has happened to the other missionaries in the province and especially on the plain of Sian, is not Scattered over the pi Scandizavian Mission has about twenty in many of which are the families of the missionaries, and besides these there is the Franciecan Mirsion, having its beacquarters in Hankow, and the Enj Baptist Mission, The latter have their buildings st the other ide of the city to those of the Seandijas. The representatives of this mission in Shanghai are without new
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