The following was the toll of those taken by these brigands, viz., Messrs. Lenoir and Michael, gineers of the Lung Ilai Railway, who have been four months in captivity; Messrs. Lun-deen and Forsberg of the Augustana Synod Mission; Mr. and Master Borg-Breen of the Lutheran United Mission; Mr. Grimaldi of the Roman Catholic Mission, Yingshowfu: also Mr. Ledgerd, Mrs. and Miss Soder-strom and Mr. Walker, all of the China Inland Mission. The former seven were in the hands of the brigands right un to the end, while the latter were in their hands for longer or shorter periods, but they either escaped or were released.
It would seem that Wu Pei-fu desired to adopt paciiie measures to induce the brigands to surrender, no doubt with a view of safeguarding the lives of the forcigners. Ho had requested the Dip plomatic Body to refrain from.sendvestienta the whole situation on the ground. The Super-Tuchun
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