A letter received on Wednesday from Mr. N. Astrup Larsen, secretary of the Hankow Foreign Residents' Committee, corroborates the news published a. few days ago the release of Mr. O. Forsberg and gives some further informa regarding the brigands' captives and the: military operations. He writes "A letter from Hsuchow, Honao brings the good news that Mr. O. Forsberg, who has been held captive by the Honan bandits since October 13, has been released. He teached Hsuchow, under military escort, on the evening of December 6, and is expected to arrive in Hankow: on this morning's express (last Saturday). The Chinese army officer who brought him is reported to have returned to Kiashien to bring out Mr. Lundeen, who may thus be looked for in two or three days.
"A telegram just received from the Rev. Vikner at Kia-hsien, Honan, and sent from Kia-hsien on December 7, reads as follows:—'Aeroplanes arrived to-day and circled over the robbers' nest. Gen. Chin Yun-o arrived this afternoon. Notify Mrs, Breen, husband and son together, all right. Letter coming.' This would indicate that the release of Mr. Borg-Breen and his five-year-old! son may be expected within a few days.
"No word has been received regarding Father Grimaldi, the Catholic priest, and the two engineers held by the bandits. A telegram has been sent asking for information concerning them.''
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