Peiping. Oct. 30.
Two suspicious men in Chinese plain clothes who were shot by Japanese sentries on Friday night, when they were alleged to have tried to break through a patrol line in the cufh-western part of Hsuchow, were identified os Canadian missionaries of the Catholic church at Hsuchow, it was revealed here today.
Another missionary, also dressed in Chinese clothes, was arrested at the same time, He was not shot. One of the wounded man is in a serious condition, while the other's wound is slight.
'The south-western part of Hsuchow has been under strict guard recently owing to the activities of bandits and guerillas, 'The missionaries are alleged to have disregarded the sentries' command to halt, They were riding bicycles, a means of transportation frequently used by guerillas in the neighbourhood. When the sentries ordered them to stop they pedalled faster, it was alleged. The sentries fired, The injured missionaries were taken immediately to a hospital in an ambulance. Japanese authorities are investigating their movements.—Domei.
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