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Show Kidnaped Missionaries Must Be Released al Once, China Tom. IT. ICING. Nov. 16. iDy the Associated Asso-ciated I'ress. ) Demands lor ihe Immediate Im-mediate release lor Hit foreign missionaries mis-sionaries kidnaped by (fhiii'-so bandits m re made ot! the l'ck rig Kovernmcnt today by the America , British, Italian, Ital-ian, French and 5vc lish ministers, W b o uv-led under ixii.tr ictlons of their governments The iic minister.' , presenting a joint note, called in person and informed in-formed executives ot ih- Chinese republic re-public that the contin led retention of the missionaries in :aptlvit would not be tolerated by t) e powers. The powers, it was ,s;ud. tvuuid he cuni-peiled cuni-peiled to act drastic illy unfeSS the miiSionaricf, Were i cl. .ised and ffU&V- anteea given1 tor the inure safety of the hundreds of other missionaries in China. VIGOROUS L - Tho note was coue icd In vigorous language, it declare 1 that the missionaries mis-sionaries wore .u.ri. on thc.r worii iu tlie interior Of Lhuia under treat--lea which had been vk luted by the adductions. ad-ductions. j it is understood i hat Washington i instructed Jacob Goui I Schurman, th'-Americarznlnlster, th'-Americarznlnlster, t impress upon hjj-efiie Beriousness of the banuiits -feiu ties in detuimnf foreigners for political motives. Dr. Bchurmaii protested1 pro-tested1 onlj in behall ol ine- two American Amer-ican cuptivis, but jcined the other mimsters in a geiciai complain: against intervenes with the treaty rights ol tnCssfonarles. ; r.t-jhiiis-i-iie- Amerlc ins, tn captive: iXMrtmcludc one Uri ek, on - Fi inch icitizen, on-.- British BV bject, one Swcu-Ish Swcu-Ish and one Italian. 1 "he trench aiin-iste'r aiin-iste'r represented tht missing Greek. (The Italian hostage vas identified as Father Grimaldi, w: 10 was captured , in Aiihwei province and taken Into llonan province wh sre about 10, outlaws have been holding a large area The others all aie detained li llonan. Y M A11MV .Ki The bandits have i leiaed the vatlous nationals with a view of forcig tlu-1 tlu-1 l'eking go i rium-iit t lm "i i".ii-' th bandits in the regular Chinese army. Most of the brigands are dlsnhssed soidiera who want reinstatement. 1-eKiug probably will bo forced to accede to the bandits' demands in order or-der to satisfy the powers. |