Peking, Aug. 23.
A combination of force and gentle persuasion is still being employed in fan attempt to rescue Mi ton and Church Missionary" Societ are captured by bandits ety in to! Kienningta, in Fukden, july while travelling from Chungan
The Fukien' military. authority claim that, with this "object, oe {troops from Chungan attacked a body of 3,000 Communist-bandit, defeated them after a sanguinary fight, in the vicinity "of Singtaun, and broke up the Communist head: Guarters there, For this reason, it is stated, the Fukien military " authorities. are hopetsl of securing the speedy re-Tease of the missionary ladies, but the foreign authorities are what scoptical, obtain the release of the ladies by negotiations, Tt is believed that as a result the attacks made by the tree Reds have split up into smaller bands and thas it may prove more difficult task to trace the whereabouts of the captives. Reuter,
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