REDS IN CHINA

Evening Star, Issue 20556, 7 August 1930, Page 11

REDS IN CHINA

CAPTURE OF MISSIONARIES SOCIETY UNABLE TO PAY RANSOMS mm AMMiatioa—By Taltfrapfc—o®fyri|*tLONDON, August 5. “It is impossible for the Church Missionary Society to pay the ransom that the Chinese bandits demand,” said the Rev. W. Cash, the secretary, in referring to the fiendish act of the bandits in cutting off the fingers of Miss Nettleton’s hands. “If we began to pay up probably 100 missionaries would be captured within a week.” The Foreign Office officially says: “ We have already made numerous appeals to the local authorities for troops to rescue Misses Nettleton and Harrison, and further urgent representations for swift action in securing their immediate release are being taken.”

SITUATION SERIOUS DETACHMENT OF TROOPS REQUESTED. SHANGHAI, August 6. ' (Received August 7, at 11 a.m.) In view of the alarming state created by the Communists at Hupeh, and the consequent threat for the- safety .of foreigners at Hankow, the admiral commanding the Yangtze has requested the despatch of a , detachment of the Green Howards to. Hankow. Despatches from Hankow say that Chinese troops are arriving for the purpose of ' maintaining order. The city authorities are ■ adopting stern measures to discourage the uprising by. beheading six Communists in the streets. The Reds are reported to be slowly advancing upon Kiukiang.