The Archive · 1939

Wounded Men Identified

Both have been identified and are E. AUC of Nie Bai: seats cee ce mous

N cee tes core The first two hospitals belong to the United Church. of Canada and the China Inland Missioh respectively and the last two to the London Missionary Society.

Four Murdered At St. Andrew's Hospital at Hokien, -Hopei, terrible scenes were witnessed before the were closed dow, At this place, which was seized) by the rioters, four of the staff were murdered by the mob, two nurses were raped, and three British members detained. British workers were driven out of the following hospitals. Foster Hospital, Chowtsun, Kuang Te ital, 1 Hoschow, (all these establishments are in Shantung), the Wilmay Memorial Schofield tish staffs, who have been prevented are the General Shantung, the which is run by a Chinese staff com. mittee, The Mackenzie Hospital in the "British Concession, Tientsin, is still operating No information has been received about the condition of St. Stephen's Hospital, Yungising, St. Barnabas Hospital, An Kuo and the Lading Hospital, Chuchiatsai, Shantung. Mis-ions affected by the anti-British movement are the United Church of Canada, the China Inland Mission, the training London Missionary Society, the So-

Certain neutral consider it possible that a Soviet "offensive" will be launched shortly against Rumania and Turkey, said the official French radio commentator today.

Such an offensive in their view might be supported by German and air movements in the West.

Nazi the commentator added, were evidently trying to i observers that, both internally and abroad, Germany and Soviet Russia were strongly linked, their interests identical, and that their collaboration in the Balkans in no way conflicted with Italian interests.—Reuter.

Rumanian Oficials Confer Rome, Oct. 28.

The Rumanian envoys at Ankara and Belgrade, called home for consultation, had a four-hour meeting last night with King Carol, Gen. "ial George Argetoianu, the Prime Minister, and M. Grigor Gafencu, the Foreign Minister, The conversations will be continued today.

Well-informed quarters in Bucharest say the discussions concerned the effect of the pact between Great Britain, France and Turkey upon Balkan policy, the possibility of the formation of a neutral bloc in southeast Europe, and the relation between the Balken States and their great neighbours.—Reuter,

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