Chungking, June 28. The Rev. A. A. Caswell and Mrs.
Caswell of the Canadian Holiness Movement Mission at Changteh, in West Hunan, were killed on June 24 during a Japanese air raid on Changteh, it was learned tod:
News of their death was officially confirmed by the British Diplomatic Mission here, interviewed by Reuter's correspondent, who was told that the British authorities had received a telegram yesterday from the Principal of the Canadian Mission Schoo! at Changteh, reporting their death.
The telegram, to the British Diplomatic Mission stated: "Japanese aeroplanes bombed the city of Changteh for over 1% hours on June 24. They deliberately and systematically bombed the premises of the Canadian Holiness Movement Mission. Both the Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Caswell were killed."
A Chinese message, received earlier from Changteh, reported that deceased were missing following the heavy bombing of the city by Japanese planes on June 24, during which their house was hit and caught on fire.
The Rev. A. A. Caswell was the secretary of the Canadian Holiness Movement Mission, whose only mission in China is at Changteh, in West Hunan Province.
They were Canadian. Protestant missionaries from Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario—Reuter.
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