Show MI IN CHINA STRANDED IN BATTLE AnlE AREA ARfA SHANGHAI May 29 AP The AP-The The n church hurch ml mission lon representative representative representative represent represent- at Honan writing from rom S chowan under date of May 22 said fifty foreign mt missionaries sl narles were unable to evacuate evacuate ate the thc area likely to be bo affected by the Impending Chinese civil war since General Feng Yu Yu-Hsiang had destroyed the railway An overland trip out was being con- con dered S These missionaries the letter stated Include twenty-five twenty AmerIan American Ameri Amen can an and British at and six at at- Ho He said Fens Fen's soldiers soldiers sol aol diers virtually wrecked de- de trying telephone and telegraph lines They also tore up the railroad lines S. S The country was said to be full of cf Feng's soldiers who however hoever vere ere doing little fighting Women Describe DescribeS S Mission Looting AMOY AMo China May 29 AP AP AP-Al- Al Although though still suffering Buttering from nervous shock Mrs C. C H. H Holleman and Mrs J Henry Poppen w were ere able today i fo tell teU something of their thrilling thrilling- experiences es during the looting of tit the mission and their to Amoy in Chinese clothing Mrs Hollemans Holleman's husband Dr 1 Hol Holleman Iol- Iol l- l 1 leman of Springfield S. S D D. was kid kid- by y the Chinese who cJ they hey needed him to treat their wounded The refugees refugee said that 2000 communist com corn 1 soldiers attacked the missionary missionary missionary mis mis- compound of ot the American Presbyterian mission FIRING BEGINS We Ve early and were f fInished finished fin fIn- in- in shed with breakfast Mrs Poppen wife of a who escaped saId paid r I was teaching my son Keneth Kenneth Kenneth Ken Ken- neth eth when rifle rIne firing began near our ur house and enemy troops were een approaching Realizing the danger langer I hurried with the children to the girls gina school There was no notime notime notime time to collect personal effects Mrs Holleman 1 with her children joined us at the school S This location soon became preCarious precarious pre pre- Carious carious anious as m marauding troops were firing their rifles rInes recklessly We at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted to enter th the hom homes homa of ChInese Chinese Chi ChI- nese friends T but ut they refused hav hay ing no room for us and feeling that our presence might endanger the lives of ot the tle entire Chinese family However other Chinese friends gave us Chinese clothing and directed us to an nn empty house where we hid throughout the day Consequently I i do not know the detailed activities of or the looting looting- troops throughout the thed d day DRESS AS CHINESE CI S. S After ter dark we ve dressed in the Chiese Chinese Chi Chi- nese ese clothes and crossed the river to the other side sido of the city where other Chinese friends received and assisted us making arrangements for our departure to Amoy These friends Insisted that we go quickly since to remain at f endangered red both them and ourS our ur- ur S selves relves We Ve ate sU such sudi h Chinese food as could be obtained along the tM way The miserable stopping places places- were made worse by a heavy rain which poured us us In torrents This made the road slippery and d dangerous danger danger- nger- nger ous when traveling after dark Saturday night May 2 25 cannot be fully described It was so lull full fears feus of ot bandits near exhaustion n and rainstorms The rain was pouring lightning flashed and the thunder echoed through the mountains We were wet net to the skin and the children were ere crying a and d' d tired often Uen wading wading- knee deep through through- muddy water How we wc did didi I it tJI I dont don't dont don't know now 3 |