ILS of the three months' captivity and brutal execution of the two missionaries in Fukien province, Miss Eleanor Ht ison and Miss Edith Nettleton, have just been revealed. Carried off to the Communists' mountain it, the two ladies were subjected to all forms of hardship and mental torture, before finally being clumsily beheaded. The execution took plaice after angements had been made for the payment of a ransom. of $50,000 to their captors.
It is learned that H. M, Government intend to lodge a strong protest with the government at Nanking shortl A service in memory of the ladies was held in Loadon on Friday.
Dr. C, 'T, Wang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday expressed regret for the murder of the two British lady missionaries and promised that immediate steps would be taken to suppress the bandits.
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