Tsingtao, Jan, 25.
Japanese authorities at Taian, im= portant city in Shantung Province, have arrested 9 number of pupils of the Sulying School, which is operated by the American Methodist Episcopal Mission, on charges of possessing papers" connected with the Com munist, 8th Route Army, accord-{ing to information reaching Tsingtao, The arrests are understood to have boon made shortly after the New Year although the number involved is not yet known, Anti-foreign doments in Taian were responsible for the exodus of British missionaries some months ago. Hitherto, none has returned.—Reuté
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