To show the terrible plight which the. populace was reduced may be mentioned that the London Misaion Church is in charge of an old evangelist. His second son, newly married, was at home and. this youth was carried off as a prisone bat not before he had hidden bride in the empty coffin that his father had prepared for himself, and: hidden his father minus practically' all his clothes in a sludge tank. The! house and chapel were looted by! everything except the coffin with its contents and when the raid was over the old man and hig daughter-in-law emerged from their hiding-places to find each other safe.
<A number of troops have been sent to Yinshan and are reported to be in touch with these brigand-soldiers of Fan Tsung-hsin and to have killed a number of them. Quite! a number of the captives have es-leaped and reached various places of safety. Yinshah i only about 30) miles from Teian and the missionary ladies who were expecting to Te-turn to Teian this week will not be allowed to leave till matters are more settled.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.