'A. message was received by the headquarters of the China Inland Mission in Shanghai on Saturday from Tenghsien in Shensi stating that soldiers from Ningkiang had reported that Mr, 8, C. Frencham, the young member' of the, mission' who was taken captive by Communists in that city, had been killed, The mission was still. without news of Mrs. Frencham, who was believed to have been with her husband when Ning-kiang was captured.
The message was sent by Mr. Carwardine, a senior member of the to have travelled for thirteen days under terrify handicaps to gain safety, Only fragmentary news of events in southern Shensi has reached Shanghai thus far.
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