Peking, Feb. 3.
From Tsinanfu it is ro-ported that Red Spear bandits have captured a party of German Catholic mission aries at Poli, on the Shantung coast to the south of Kiaocliao Bay, and are holding them for ransom, demanding $60,000.—Reuter.
Hankow, Feb. 5.
Messages from Sinyang-chow state that Father Hawley, a German mission~ ary, has been imprisoned by the' authorities there since January 30 and that $30,000 is being demanded from his Mission as ransom, It appears that Father Hawley was invited to a conference, from which he never returned.
Considerable uneasiness is felt here for the missionary's safety on account of the prevailing lawlessness in Honan. It is believed that Fong Chen-wu, who at present is in control of Sin-yangchow, is responsible for the outrage.
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