Earl of Rose's Heir Held by Chinese in Kansu Peiping, May 2 The Hon. Desmond Edward Parsons, brother of the Earl of Rose, who has been arrested by the Chinese author!- fies in Kansu, telegraphs that, he 1s being detained at Ansichow, in the far northwestern corner of the province, on a "trumped-up charge of petty theft" His requests for permission to leave the town have been refused.
The British Legation has asked the National Governmeny to telegraph the Kansu authorities to allow Mr. Parsons to leave Kansu for Peiping immediately.
Mr. Parsons, who has lived in Peiping for some time, recently went on a journey into the northwest of China, He was arrested at Tunhuang, whence he was removed to Ansichow, Reuter.
(The Earl of Rose, whose seat 1 at Birr Castle, King's County, Ireland, {s one of the largest landowners the peerage, his estates covering 26,500" acres. The Hon, Desmond Parsons, who was born in December, 1010, isthe Earl's only brother and {is heir presumptive to the title.)
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