Reports' from, Lieut, Robert "H. Soul the American asta mile tary attache who on August. 6 proceeded to. Sianfu, 'Shensi, in. Con: ection with the' disappearance on Tune 4 of Mr, Henry Evall, an em= ployee of the China Inland Motors, 2 Hankow American firm, now cent firm the fears that he and his party were unquestionably murdered"
"The evidence, through. only_circumstantial is nevertheless so com> plete as to leave no oom for doubt that Mr. Gustav Torn-onager of the Famine Commission who was. with him, together with a third companion were all killed, Lieut. Soule has-been unable to find the slightest trace of the bodies fof the men, their motorcar or the $20,000. worth of gold dust and plyer which My. Evall was, bri ing from Kansu, presumably in ment of cars sold there. However, Heat. Soule is continuing: his vestigations although there is little Drospect of tangible results owing to. the reported inaction of local The U. 8. Legation is making further strong " representations Nanking and the provincial authorities.
rlier reports from Lieut. Soule substantiate the first' accounts joeed together from peasants? information, that the party was seiz~ ced by soldiers and later seen being taken along a deserted road. The villagers "says that they heard shots and that a few of them saw some bodies being thrown into well, They are unwilling to so however, whether the victims were was speedily removed, including the spiriting away of the motor car—Reuter.
Nanking, Aug. 18.
The Foreign Office to-day received telegram from Shensi concerning the dlaappearance in that province of, three. foreigners.
The telegram was from the provineial government and stated that magistrates all-over the province had been instructed to search" for the missing men but without finding any trace of them. It adds" that inone part it was alleged that some Villagers saw some bodies being thrown down a well," A. careful search was made but the only thing bottle. 4 found in the well was a thermos
On receiving this telegram, the Foreign Ofice telegraphed to Sianfu requesting the provincial government to exert its utmost Cly efforts to trace the missing people.
Peking, Aug. 19.
Through the courtesy of the [United States "Legation Lieutenant Robert H. Sault, Ai military attache, is. making ing on behalf of the Swedish Legation regarding the disappearance of Mr. Gustav 'Tornvall, business manager fof the China International Famine Relief Commission, who has mot been heard of since June 4, 'The Swedish Legation has also made representations to the Nan-King' and? provincial governments.
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Todd, chief engineer of the Famine Commission, making inquiries into the disappearance of Mr, Toravall, Mr. Ekvall, fan employes of the China Inland Motors, and a third man who was anfu, Aug. 13.
Searching enquiries are being made as to the Tornvall-Ekvall tragedy. Lieutenant Soule, of the American "Legation, arrived August 10, accom) Todd of the C.LF.R. following day. The well into which the bulles wore said" to have been thrown was searched, but nothing found, though the presence of a canteen Dottie and signs of blood, together with the fact that the well has been - recently filed in, seemed to indicate that the bodies had been removed elsewhere, as wag likely to happen.
"The 'Provincial. Chairman, Yang Huchen, received the visits and lig the' eat amine clit Com mittee, He expressed great con. eyn over the raster and said that ila few days age he knew nothing whatever about it, a statement which we tbstiewd ' to be true, Tt Seems fairly certain now that the ferime was committed by soldiers acting under the orders f someone
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