Call to American Legation for Help from Nationals Shut in Shensi's Capital Peking, Oct. 2.
What amounts to a S. 0. S. message on behalf of the mis:
es who, for months past, have been spent in Sianfu; the beleagured Capital of Shensi, has reached the American Legation here from a foreigner named England. The latter, telegraphing from General Liu Chen-hua's headquarters at Shilipa, stated that the situation was critical and that the Americans in Sianfu were ready to evacuate, 'A later message from the same source described the position as desperate and stated that the for eigners were being detained within the city.
The American Legation, in reply, informed England that two British missionaries, Messrs, Wheeler and Wyatt, left Peking on September 18)
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