DIM HOPE OF RELEASE
Captured Missionary RANSOM DEMAND RAISED (Received August 30,11.20 p.m.) Pelting, August 30. Latest reports from the region occupied by the Red bandits under the notorious Ho lung, who are holding the New Zealand missionary, Mr. A. Hayman, in Hunan, provided dim hopes of an early release, as the bandits are apparently flushed with the success of their recent drive toward Changten. when they captured the cities of Shinmen and Tzeli.
They are now demanding a greatlyincreased ransom over what they previously agreed to accept, the British Embassy reports.
A cable dated August 28 stated that the Peking correspondent of “The Times' said that negotiations for the release of Messrs. Hayman and Bosshardt, the missionaries held captive by bandits since October 9 last, had entered the final delicate stages. The ransom money, which the Communists greatly reduced, had been handed to couriers, and it was hoped that the missionaries would be released in a few days. -
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 287, 31 August 1935, Page 9
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