To Travel by Raft to Paotou En Route to Peiping Peiping, Oct. 15, Further word has been received here from Messrs, "H.D. Martin, British, and John de Francis, American, who have reached Lanchow, capital of Kansu, after beitty detained in Suchow in connection with trouble over their passports.
Telegraphing from Lanchow, Mr. Martin stated that they were leaving by raft down the Yellow River, presumably for Paotou, the railhead in Suiyuan province, whence they will po, doubt come on to Peiping Messrs, Martin and de Franets arrived in Lanchow too late to join the party of nearly 30 British and American missionaries who started. out by raft down the Yellow River fon October 9 on their way to Pel-ping—Reuter,
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