Peiping, May 21.
Father Bush, the Mary Knoll missionary who' has been missing in South China for some days, still has not been found. It is generally believed, however, that he is being held by his captors in south-east As a result of representations made by the American authorities in Non-King to the Waichiaopu, a telegram has been sent to Gen. Chen Chi-tang, the Canton commander, and to the Kwangtung provincial ' government, urging them to take all possible stoas to find the whereabouts of the missing missionary and to effect his release.
Similar representations have been made by the American Consul-General in Canton, while the military authorities in Swatow have still search parties of soldiers scouring the districts where Father Bush. is believed to be-—Reuter.
Murder of Spanish Fathers Conced Peiping, May 20.
Reports received in Peiping by the Lumen Agentia from Anking, Anhui, state that it is believed there that two Spanish priests captured a considerable time ago by Communists are now dead. They are Father Avito and Father Lopez. The weight of the evidence obtainable, says the report, after prolonged investigation, inclines to the belief that they have perished, Their superiors in Anking are sufficiently" convinced that they are dead that they have ordered prayers for their souls.
Father Avito is believed to have been killed at" Tsingkiangtu, Szechuen, and there seems to be ood reason to believe that Father Lopez met his death at the hands of his captors near Loshan, in Honan. Information leads to the belief that Father Avito was killed towards the end of 1933.
Father Avito was captured by Communists on May 1, 1930, when he was 35 years of' age. 'Father Lopez was born in 1899. He was made a prisoner by Communists at Mitosze, in the Tathu prefecture, on [October' 21, 1934.—Reuter,
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