The Archive · 1929

Fanatical Spirit Soldiers

Hankow, Sept. 19.

A letter, just received by the] Franciscan Mission, reveals that the murders of Bishop Trudo Jans, Father Bruno and Father Rupertus re perpetrated by "Spirit Soldiers," a fanatical society similar to the Red Spears of Honan. further details are available' at the present moment.

The French Consul, M. T. Seurquin, left for Ichang from here on Tuesday evening to make personal representations to the military officials at Ichang, and it is understood-that he will be joined there by Baron Guillaume, Counsellor of the Belgian Legation at Peking, who is expected, here this event Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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