No details of the trouble have come to hand, but it is. definitely Known that a large number of Jouses in that town including "Mi sion properties: have been destroyed by the outlaws. It is not known exactly how many foreign missionaries are now at Siaotang. "Hankow Catholic authorities, stated that there had been no priest in that city since the murder of the Bel gian Bishop and priests Inst September Tt. was at first rumoured in Hankow that the bandits attacked Ichang and that all the Catholic missionaries including 25 sisters In that port were in danger. Investiga tion revealed, however, says the "Hankow Herald" that' the report was not correct and that the disturbances occurred only in Sinotang.
The USS. Luzon with Admiral Craven on board, is now at Ichang.
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