AT MERCY OF REDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1044, 7 August 1930, Page 9

AT MERCY OF REDS

HUGE RANSOMS SOUGHT BY COMMUNISTS GRAVE RIOTS IN CHINA Reed. 9.30 a.m. LONDON, Tuesday. The Rev. W. Cash, secretary of the Church Missionary Society in Britain, stated that it is impossible for that organisation to pay the ransoms the Chinese bandits demand for the release of the two missionaries. Misses Harrison and Nettleton. If it , began to pay them probably 100 missionaries would be captured within a week. A Foreign Office official said: “Already we have made numerous hppeals to the local authorities in China for troops to rescue Misses Nettleton and Harrison. Further urgent representations for swift action with a view to securing their immediate release are being taken.” A Shanghai message says in view of the alarming state created by Communists at Hupeh and the consequent threat to the safety of foreigners at Hankow, the admiral commanding on the Yangtze has been requested to dispatch a detachment of the Green Howards to Hankow tonight. Dispatches from Hankow say Chinese troops are arriving for the purpose of maintaining order and the city authorities are adopting stern measures to discourage an uprising after the beheading of six Communists in the streets. The Reds are reported to be slowly advancing upon Kiukiang.