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Show 1I6 U. S. Missionaries Face Execution in China " Escaped Priests Say 4 Reds Determined ' Bevel ' To Slaughter Aliens Spread of Banditry in Kianftl Follow Communist Com-munist Cain CANTO V. CMna, April : Ar-Amart-an tnlaaloflartaa ahoir wrtrrd hra from Htnfeng, near Kanrhaar, Ktanval province, ftato aifleen Amerli-an I'atHolle Bnlaafnn- rlaa ajaro In irire dangar ( fall. nf Inla Ota handa of "red trorpa and poaalbla eieullon. Katuhow. Ihejr aaid, waa near aurrender la ommunlata and andtta arho had i-eateced. iha cay ainiasaarl laal fnont h. ' I'aiher Mrliuthlln and rather Jtnehrlnter o( Hrvoklyn. N. T., ha arrived here from Hinfenc after Iravelint afoot and hr boat for even dava. fava a Ihrllllnd ar -count of I ho "red telcn of I err or" In aoulhern Manfal prnvinra. They Mild that befuro then- depariir 4 from Kinfeng 11 an reported hl-fieao hl-fieao trotfio vara avaruatlns Kan rhow. Tha falo of that rtlr and Ita Inhabltania aa unknown In ttlnfena. only fiflr-lhreo mllea amith. herauaa romtnunlralloa aa Cut. CITY Ot'INICLtS MclMiiahlln and Moehrlnaor aald Jrad forrea arero ovorrwnnina Iha enllra aoulhera part of hlangel and they had left Hlnfenf. aa Iha rlly I defenaoleao and Ihelr "death raa pmoahla If raptured." Whareabnula of other ffilaelon-ariao ffilaelon-ariao In tha area ouleida of Kan rhow an not known to Al'-t.ujih gihn and Moehrlncer. They aald . " many of them had bean a-atlared to varloua plarea. tceiaiing development in Kn-rhow, Kn-rhow, h prieai aald that from March It la Alsrrh II a regiment of t'hlneeo aoltliera dcfende, the rlly agalnat repealed red attacka In w htrti hundred of the bealegera wroa alaln with r If lea and machine kjruna a they aooghl lo acaia tb rtlv wall by mean of laddera. Tha reel a retreated, turning Ihalr attentlnn lo leeerr placea. They looted mlaatona In southern Klangal. INFf NO TAKIN MrlAuchlln and Moehrlnger paid that on April 1 Iha bandlta atarted 4 toward Nananfu and ainfeng. the latter city (ailing Into their hands April 13 All official of Hlnfrng that war raptured, aatif Ihe prleata. war "rut i .open alle. and 300 of tha principal Inhabltania wera murdered." Tha ativiet government waa refab-Halted refab-Halted by Ih reda, they amid, foot: I nfflrea wrr protected lo aid In epreadlng rommunlat propaganda. Telegraph offtcea were doatroyad aod tttetr avnplovea hilled. Ituaalan aovl-t currency and atamita mero placed In circulation at tlto raptured plaree. aald Mc-laiuglilln Mc-laiuglilln aad Moehrlnger; Hovtet propaganda, they added, wan mak-, mak-, Ing great headway among Iha maaaea and aa.ooo peaaanta bad ca-lleted ca-lleted In Iho communlet army. Tha mleelnnarte aald the "reda" offered a reward of t2 far every foreigner raptured, avtng that "all foreigner would lot killed." Hover I at Iter members of Ihelr mleelon aoclety e aborted, the rrleela eaid. Father Toung atatltmed at Nananfu. from Hrottklyn; Fattier (iatley, alatloncd al Hlnfeng, from Ronton, and Father Flaherty, stationed sta-tioned at l.ungnan, from H) recuse, all reached Hong Kong. Othera. however, wer unahl lo leavo Iha dlatrlct and tlirlr fat waa unknown. Tha prleet an Id that Ih French Rlehnp Inimong. th American Hlahnp O'HIte. seven Ameilcan and ona Hwlaa prleata. with eight American Amer-ican prleela of charity, .wrr known to b at Kant how. KHAS'liHAI. April !l lAPl-A dlataltt h from Canton today lo Iha nallonalt.t government's Kttomin new agent y stated tha governor o( Klangal provlnco bad telegraphed hla resignation lo Iho government at Nanking, asjlng ho waa unahl to meet lit bandit nienaco which waa engulfing Ih province. A elm-liar elm-liar dlepalfh aald that Ksechwan province mllllary commander were convening at Chungking, aeeklng lo devla meana of eotnhaltlng Itandlls threatening weal China. Tha torn-mandera torn-mandera offered lioo reward for each communlet captured. |