Sining Surrounded: Several 4 Cities Captured 1 Prox Our Ows Comesroxonst iningfu, Kan., Feb, 20.
Jing now has been la the hands of the Nationalists for about two months. We were all congraiu-Yating ourselves. that we had gone over so. peacefully, for it was alli done without fighting of any scription. It cannot be forgotten What happened in-Hangchow some)
months ago when the change of government took place. We here Ju Sining at. that time only saw} the results of a very little of what took place. "Our mission compound at that tine was more like 3 mili ry hospital than anything else.
great many of the wounded wer jed at that time. These of were all Mohammedan sol dives, for the change of government fat that time had not yet taker Phe Now the tables have turned, Dun the past ter in a state of turmoil and dis-Mohammiedans have risen up all around.
Brigands is the term] used for them, but they: are none! tier than the late Mohammedan] army, known as the Ninghai 'They' now number many. te thousands, for "they have ordinary Mohammed like. At the present to the fouth, west, and ming. anil It is rumoured that the cast they are also advancing on Sining. are: literally sur rounded by them. Ax to those who} fre still In the ity, at the press tent time they are powerless to do anything but who knows what attitude they will take should they. ger better opportunity.
000 Slain is said that there are 30,000 Nationalist soldices here in Sining fat the present tine and a very Muble source declares there are rang again on the was up to Si ing from Lanchow, and they ought to arrive in two days" time. The cities of Kuieteh, in the south, Tangar, in the west, and the north, are now in the. hands fof the brigands. Loot ing has been very. wrliat extent this hay been, Hot know definitely apart the city of year, which was taken by' the brigands some three days ago. 'There. was only' & small num ber of the Kuchmingehtin there at ths time, Ie is said that these have bect killed. The number given as killed is 3.000, but this has not yer been verified.
When the Mohamm wan brigarss entered the ety. they killed all -on whom they' could lay hands. Many Uhousands have pulfered—men women, and children alike. Word came through from a fellow missi mary that he gould not cope with} the wounded, and requested that we would send help immediately. The road is blocked, and it has been possible to et through. TI was rumoured that, before the brigands eft the city, they: set fire to. the place. This has been conteadieved Since, but it is a fact that many thousands of the people have been Killed.
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