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Last night (November 30) the following refugees arrived in Hankow from Honan: Mrs. Anton Lundeen and three children, Mrs. D. W. Wickner and three children, the Rev. Nels Benson with Mrs. Benson and two children, and Miss Anderson. They are members of the Augustana Lutheran Mission and reside at Kiahsien and Juchow in the district southeast of Loyang Mrs. Lundeen is the wife of one of the American missionaries now in the hands of the brigands.
The arrival of these missionaries throws some I'ght upon the activities of Wu Pei-fu for the extermination of the brigands and the release of foreign captives. Asked as to what is being done, these missionaries report that some soldiers have been coming into the district. but they know of no_ determined effort on the part of Wu Pei-fu or anyone else to deal with the situa~ tion. The Chinese in their district,
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