Canton, Dec. 8.
The professors and students, 38) in number, of the Canton Christian College, who were kidnapped by. bandits, are still missing. According. to the two foreign ladies, one British and the other American, as well as the two Chinese girl students, who have been released, the bandits are reported to be demanding from the families of the captives the ransom of $300 per head. It appears that the [bandits have taken the captives into the interior. The Peace Preserva-.
[tion authorities, acting in co-opera tion with General Li Fub-lin, Com-_ mander-in-Chief of the bandit sub-
Jjugation. forces, "have immediately [despatched troops and gun-boats and are: endeavouring: to rescue—the' Jeuptives.cRastern News Agency.
Escape of Professor and Many Students: Despatch of
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