On August 28, the day after all American missionaries " evacuated the City, the investment began. 'The attacks were heaviest at night At first the Reds hoped that the copie of Yenping would be acoom-Modating. The offer was made that the immediate surrender of the city' would involve only the loss of the head of the chie ry office This offer was rejectes settled down to resistance.
strenuous resistance and the Reds have become embittered, 'They have tightened their' investment. They have destroyed the water supply which is brought from the mountains by pipes. They have wrecked the electric light plant Worked by water power from ym. six miles above
they capture the city, they will They declare that, when pay the inhabitants for the res Lance by slaughtering all above the age of three years. The defending troops are billeted ins out of the seven missionary re ces of the Methodist Episcopal 3 and in two large churches, two iddio Schools and other Mission buildings. on. The patients were unable to pay fees owing to the states of siege. "We are still 0.K.—so dont worry" ran a message from one of the gallant Chinese doctors in the wards. On September 10 Government aeroplanes carried out a reconnaissance over the city but were not able to disperse the attackers who did not relax their cordon.
Much anxiety was felt for the lepers in the leper hospital for they were cut off by severe fighting and. it is feared that they were running short of food. On September 1 the destruction of the water supply began to make itself felt. The et well was inadequate to cope wit the demand and it and other wells ran dry. Pood shortage was also reported. Supplies of rice were inferior in quality or impossible to get at all. The soldiers were said fo have enough flour for their own, ye
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