PERIL TO MISSIONARIES
RIVAL FACTIONS FIGHT
A CANADIAN WOUNDED.
(United , Press A»9oci»tion.—Cop/right.)
(EeceiyeiJ 21st'December, 11 a.m.)
SHANGHAt, Mth Dec,
The perils of missionftrie* ia tft* interior are increasing. Tht B«*ciuen Province is ovetruft with b»Hdit« t and mercenary arhiies, kud the'rt, it *ontinual war ft re between tU* arnrie*. Seports from the Lttehow territory Mate that swai-ms of bandits in th« gmin of military are subjecting \k« inktbitinttft , to unparalleled oppression witK p*r»Cc»tion oi Christians. ■ Two rival factious are £«fctin£ t»r tht control of the province, wilk the nsuit that ilie lives of mis»ion«itg are imperilled. Soldiers hre running amok, looting homes, ravishing \vome» t khi levying taxes at ihfy ' enn point. A pitched battle betweeM 0»B;HVal *ot*M at LUchow resulted in extensiv* killing. " Two missiohkries, n Canadlaii tod an Australian, were entrapped , bet#«(in the, two lire*, »Bd the, Uanadlati Wlw Seriously wounded, lie was dragged to safety in the mission home by the A*ltrhlian. Mr. N. 3. Aiut*. TTi« minfett was subject to k rate *f tti'f&i k«W%. Others attempting to leave '■ tt*1 , *si*y werp^drivch back fey gnftflr*,:' Help ia » promised. ,m =
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1926, Page 9
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183PERIL TO MISSIONARIES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1926, Page 9
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