province, me the Brit foreign missionaries in Jobo! Rmeriean, 'Belgin® and Geran, are safe, according to a despot Feceived to-day' in Tokyo. from the ssoclated~ Press. correspondent with the Japanese army at Ling-yuan, Prior to the opening of hostilities Japanese aircraft dropped leaflets i warning foreigners to evacuate or to proceed to places of safety. tribute to the courage and coolness The correspondent pays a igh
lof an American woman missionary, Miss 11. F. Mins, and her British assistants" during "the Japanese bombardment of Lingyuan.
Following Japanese warnings that the town would be bombed, Miss Minne and her Beitish lates made crude American flags which they hoisted over the mission compound, When "the "bombard ment started, Mies Minns marshal fed all the Chinese children unier fice care and, carrying an. Ames
ters toa previously. prepared fa, colly match si the young: bomb-proof" dug-out over which they. planted another flag. Japan: fosse' airmen, secing the flags, carefully' avoided the: place of refuge. Miss Mians belongs to the "Chis: an' Missions in Sany Lands. Reuter.
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