Launch Flying American Flag Seized by Bandits: Women Passengers Sent Back Canton, Dec. 7.
Thirty-eight students and _members of the staff of the Canton Christian College, all Chinese, were Kidnapped last night off the 9.30]
neb, ordinarily a 15-minute trip from Canton. to the College. Six well-dressed bandits mingled _with the passengers. At a given signal they took charge and forced the launch to proceed past the College to the neighbourhood of Whampoa, which was reached in two hours.
The vessel flew the American flag. It was sent back with foreign woman passenger and a number of Chinese girls who were on board. All the men were taken inland, except the assistant bursar of the College, who escaped capture by hiding for 10 minutes in the icy water under the stern of the Iaunch, He is one of the three men who spent a month in captivity last year in the same.vicinity, probably the victim of the same gang.
The American Consulate and a The American Consul visited the Governor, Mr. Hu Han-min, this morning and urged immediate act~ fon. Vigorous efforts will be made, it is understood, to effect the eat release of those captured—Reuter's General Li Fuh-lin "Calling the Brigands' Bluff"
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