Peking, Dec. 17, The British Consul-General Changsha, Mr. E.G. Jamfeson, reported to-day that he had received a letter from Tayung, 'a small town in Hunan where there isa station, stating that Mr, A. Hayman, the Australian mem: ber of the China Island Mission, and Mr. R. A. Bosshardt, a Swiss mnissionery, both of whom are the hands of bandits, were being, reasonably well treated by thelt captors. The letter had been written by Mr. Hayman and wa dated December 7." The two mise sionaries, together with their wives and Miss C. Emblen, also a missionary, were captured "in Chenyuan, Kweichow, on October The three women were subsequently released in order to convey the demand of the bandits for a ransom of $100,000" for Messrs, Hayman and Bosshardt.—Reuter.
Our two workers, who were taken fon October 2, have not been heard from or of since October 8, Miss Emblen had been taken with them and on that day spent a little time with them while getting some din ner. She was so exhausted by the hard travelling over rough mountain country in constant rain with scarcely any food that she could not keep up and on October 9 was abandoned.
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