Loses Life Fighting for His Flock Peiping, Dec. 8.
News has just reached Peiping of the death in Shensi of Father Paul Hou at the hands of Communists, states the Agentia Lumen, Father Hou met his death while defending his Christians against a Red attack. He_was killed by a hand-grenade.
The village of Tungtsuen held out against repeated attacks by Reds and 'Ghally they gathered extra forces {or a sixth attack on the village, Father Hou threw in his lot with his flock and, at their request, directed the de= fence of the village, He was fung al the Reds from the top of the village wall' when a hand-grenade exploded Ten Catholic missionaries who have been besieged in Yenan, Shensi, for five months by Communists possibly may be rescued by alr. The mis sionaries are nine Spanish Francis cans under Bishop" Ybanez. The Chinese military authorities,—states the Agentia Lumen, have suggested getting them out by aeroplane and fu experiment is to be tried" soon, five of the besieged having sent out word that they are willing to take the isk, 'A letter brought out from the missionaries secretly states. that conditions in Yenan are critical, Fuel. short and, if the siege lasts much Tonger, there will be little, if any, meat, all, oF vegetables left, 'The Reds are reported to be very strong in the Yenan area. A body fof 8.000 troops was found insumelent to penetrate their lines, suffering heavy defeat. It has, therefore, been decided "to try and' bring out the stranded missionaries by alr—Reuter, Completing the first Pacific flight, the China Clipper arrived at Manila on November 28, having left Alameda, California, on November 22, These pictures show th ut machine arriving at "Admiral's
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