Medicine and. tespital_ supplies for he treatment of tne Communist Seopa, wounded in conficts with Gorcrnmvect forces and wasted: by tease emp ie rancor mand General Ho Long, the Red leader, for the relose of the Rev. Oseat Anderson, the: Swedish missionary, captured neat Kingmen, Hupeh Pre! fpovines, on Apr.
According to a report received by tie Shanghat Swedieh "Conmulate-Gkreral from the Swedish Vice-Con-
Rasagreed to Mr, Anderson's release Hntow, General Ho" kang
General Hsu, whos in commaed at iP'nedicnes are provided fo" Stes hes mite to per despatch of medical supplieds to the|Lo Commugist bandits.
It is now revealed that the prin-pal Toot of the Communists in raid-Kingimen was medicines and sur. gical lustraments and in addition to his, loot stolen from the mission headquarters, personal belongings Jand $1,000 in cash were taken but very little damage was done to the As a result of the Communist ald, Women missionaries in the Siang-Yang and Fangeheng districts fare being withdrawn ard sent to Hankow, Apr. 28.
The Rev, Oscar Anderson to-day was a fugitive with Ho Lung, who is now being hard pressed by Government troops. General Ho Kung, according to ceived here, is now in hiding in the mountains northwest of Kingmen. With him is itr. Anderson.
For the ransom of Mr, Anderson only medicines are needed. So hard hit is General Ho Long by the Government offensive be la willing to Yield even hie most valued. prisoner In''return "for medicine for' his wounded soliders.
"To-day deapaiches from Shasi and Kingmen report the experiences Of. the Miss Augusta. Nelson, Swedish, and Miss Esther Nordlund, They. are atlemptin medicines which cam hovsent to General Ho Lung return for the release of Mr. Afderdeclare that 1,800 of General Ho Lung's terrorists have been captured. They were decapitated accordance with the Government's \determination to stamp out the communist-bandit menace and afford security to the cities which for long have been under the constant threat of attack.
Mr. Lo Tso-ching Chinese convert: lof the Lutheran missionaries,
the release of the Rev. Be at Kuangan, Hupeh, negotiating. for American missionary who has been fin the hands of bandits for nearly seven months, Mr. Daniel Nel son, the brother of the captive mission: ary, hopes. that on Thursday Teo-ching will reach Sungfow land from that, point report leraph as to the success of sotiations—United Press, Apr. 27.
Mr, Daniel Nelson returned to-day com Sunenu after sending the is brother, It appears tha hitch has occurred in the proceed [Chinese go-bet ings, this being ccording "to the the absence of motor-spirit in the supplies included in the ransom. The sum of $9,689) was sent silver and for this a'receipt was given by the Communists.
It appears that the Reds are asking for farther ransom, but requested motor-spirity a leven offered to. pay' themselves the supplies. 'The reason given the demand is that they' need the spirit for the con of have have for for transmitting apparatus, Further the go-betiwecn that dissension is n munist camp, a certain section vot immediate release of the!
ry and others holding out For their demands and even sug gesting that, as ither the Nanking. lor the United States Govecamer ut supplying the ransom, there is no reason why it should net be me However, it is learned Mr, Daniel tis fo'take up' Sie wapplen of Soto has hopes that, if asked Yor, his brother will be ree to take up the supplies of petrol
leased without further delay and without further ransom being asked.
Nelson, a registered nurse, realizes the need of the Red raiders id in return for medicine, bandages.
hospital equipment she is seeking the release of Str. Anderson.
four days after they" wore ata captured by General Ho Lung at Kingmen, the Misses Nelson and Nordiund travelled through war-ridden territory with General' Ho Fung and his Communist army. They were carried part of the time fin sedan chairs and part of the time jon the backs of donkeys.
The Misses Nelson and Nordlund wore served with coffee from the hands of the Red leader himself. Finally, however, General Ho Ling liberated the Misses Nelson and Nordlund because he could not keep up with the movements of his flee-soon as the word of the at: tack'on Kingmga had been received here the Waban Miltary Headgu fers ordered General Kuo Huan, Gazrison Commander at Tchang, take. the, field against. General" Ho Long. "A reward: of $100,000 has been offered for Geveral Ho Lung, dead or alive."
For Pearly two weeks the Brigand Chieftain has been "hotly. pursued. Yesterday he. attempted. to attack Sinevans, important "and strategic city la Western Hupen. But in atempling repeat "ihe jel Ho Lung met with a severe wen outrage st Sianyang Gens Other nits of General Ho Long's Red army have been defeated by Government forces before Yuanat Official srotincements issued from the Wuhan Garrison Headquarters studiously ignore the beckoning lights of the evening ritual. 'He-does not believe in reform. He is unresponsive to - May Queens, Early: Morning Reds or Longer' Daylight Fanatics. He lets the whirl go on and, the trouble is, he Keeps annoyingly fit and happy. That: will not—should not—deter the sane section of the community from taking their full share of the opportunities offered from te-day onwards.
Apr.
Arriving here to-day from Shast Mise Augusta Nelson said that week she will leave for Shanghai, In Shanghai Miss Nelson will Nordlusd suffered but lith the hands of the bandits. "God with us," she declared, been Heard of April 28, when Misses Nel mand Nordlund were His bandit captors ree 4 spt a in the mountains northeast of Kingmen, Kingmen is now in the hands of [Government troops again and Government forces are waging an vffenarmies Apr. 30, Miss Augusta Nelson, who captured with Mr, Anderson with Miss Nordlund, arrived land is to, stay in. Shangh: Mrs. Anderson. who, four children, is anti was: and here with
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