Peiping, Feb. 24 The acting British Consul-General Jat Hankow to-day telegraphed to the Governor of Shensi Province request jing that all possible steps be taken to effect the release of Mr. S.C. Frencham, a member of the China {Inland Mission, who has been eaptur-Jed by Communists.
The telegram also requests that the Governor of Shensi make every effort to locate Mrs. Frencham, who is also missing.
Mr. Frencham, who was stationed at Ningidang, in southwestern Shensi, is reported to have been carried off by Communists led by Hsu Hsiang 'Although Mrs. Frencham was with her husband, there is no news concerning her' whereabouts and feared that she is also being held captive by the Reds—Reuter.
Mr, and Mrs. Frencham are both young missionaries. Mr. Frencham was born in Melbourne, Victoria, 26 years ago and came to China only in "the autumn of 1990. Mes. Frencham comes from Suffolk, Eng. land, and was married to Me. Frencham in January, 1934. After their marriage the couple went direct Ningklang. a velt where tha, mission had not hitherto had a station and opened up Christian work thera.
For some days, mission circles have been anxious for the safety of the couple, in view of the retreat of the Reds from Szechuan. The news of the capture of Mr. Frencham was specific, and the absence of mention of Mrs. Frencham is being interpreted the best light.
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