Hankow, May 1.
Monsignor E. J. Galvin, Vicar Apostolic of Hanyang, reports that! the whereabouts of Fathers P.
Laffan and J. Linehan, who were carried off by Communists at Sientaochen on April 25, are unknown, It is believed that the Communists are now proceeding to Yokiakow, on the Han River, roughly 20. miles rthewwest of Sientaochen; ding to Chinese reports, the priests are still alive.
Up to the present St. Columban's. Mission, to which the captives bee Jong, has received no demand for ransom.—Reuter.
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