A recent incident at Took, 20 kilometres. south-west of Suchow, me volving three Canadian missionaries, two of whom were shot by Japanese taken for" Chinese Jed after an invest "the missionaries having. ad~ mitted their error in passing through the Japanese sentry line unintentionally, according to Information receiv ed here today.
'The missionaries were riding: bie cles in' a strong wind and passed about 100 sands" from the Japanese sentry Tine despite repeated commands to. lit Because they were wearing Chinese clothes the missionaries were believed to be Chinese guerillas ate temping to escape, Guerillas operat Jing. in the neighbourhood often had 'The sentry fire seriously wounded one "of "the missionaries, slightly Wounded another. 'They were taken immediately to a Japanese hospital Later they' said thay had not heard the: sentries' commands to stop be= cause of a high wind—Domei, Canadian Mi:
Identified Shanghai, Nov. 2, Little additional news is at hand regarding the condition of the two Canadian missionaries who were shot. by a Japanese sentry neat Hsuchowful on October 22, other than they are "progressing favourably under treatment' by Japanese army doctors, The Japanese military spokesman at yesterday's press conference stated that they" did not possess proper documents from the army, The army spokesman also. gave their names to the journalists "and identicd them "ai Brother "'B, Gauvin, who is the most seriously wounded; Brother L, Fontaine, - who was only. slightly wounded, ahd the Rev. Father 1, Bourassa, who was hot injured but who was. the Fast to be captured, chase having been sivan by' the sentry, It will be recalled that the clergy, according to Japanese official re ports, were said to have tried to pass the lines on bleyeles and were fired on when they refused to heed the: sentry's. challenge,
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