Peiping, Nov. 21 jory felt for some time Safety of the Americans "taiku, shansi, was somewhat relieved to-day when a Japan. ese oflcer in Taiyuanfu reported that there had been little Aghting in the Tail region. Tt ig believed that all the 11 American missionaries and doctors there are safe. An carly effort will be made Japanese officers to contact them, Meanwhile, mystery surrounds the fate of 10 Japanese women, wives, of Chinese, known {0 have been living in Taiyuanfu before the hostilities, They are. still missing, and the Japanese military authorities believe that they are dead.—Reuter.
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