Poking, June 7.
The fate of the score or so of British and American missionaries in the belengured city of Kueilin apears still to be uncertain, As late as May 25, according to a Consular report received to-day from Changsha, Kueilin was still closely invested and no news had been received from Bishop Holden or any of the other British missionaries in the city. Chinese reports state that two American missionaries have been killed and that the whole population is in the Inst stages of famine, the daily rice ration for each person having been limited to four ounces. The suburbs and neighbourhood of the city are said to have been laid waste by Gen. Shen Hung-ying's troops and the outlook is gloomy.
On May 27, the consular report states, two British missionaries, the Rev. "J. R. Wilson and the Rev. A. J, W. Mackay, arriving in Yingchow, set out for Kueilin with the object of trying to get some information regarding the foreigners in the city. Meanwhile large bodies of Hunanese troops have been drafted to the Kuangsi border.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
Hankow, June 11, The Hengchow correspondent of the "Central China Post" telegraphs: "Kueilin reports that Mr. JR. Cunningham, of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, has been killed, but the other foreign: Service. ers are Safe."—Reuter's Pacific
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