Show U S missionary IS CAPTIVE OF CHINESE last reported to be the teacher of red army Pei neiping ping china hert bert nelson Amer american lenn missionary whose home is minneapolis tins has finished a year in the hands of communist bandits in nonna province nelson a worker for the lutheran united mission was captured at Hwa nwan nechan gehan honan on october 6 1930 by members of the first red army of honan and has bas been held captive ever since for several weeks nothing has been heard from nelson who wrote the last letter received by his bis family in july reporting he was not ant badly treated created and that the com coia and appointed him as their english EnK teacher at that time nelson was held in the communist camp within two days journey from flan frankow kow and within 40 miles of a large camp of government troops the latter have never made any serious attempt to obtain his release family waits anxiously nelsons belsons Nel sons family tins has waited in anxiety for the last year in dankow hoping dally daily that he might escape or be rele released asod the mission of which be Is a member has made determined efforts to release him and paid a ransom of more than to the communists who had promised to let the missionary loose when this surn sum was delivered but after getting the money they changed their minds and said they would keep him until they had also received tennis balls and racquets volley balls a radio set knells english hooks books a supply of gasoline and arms and ammunition the mission sent most of the articles demanded but said they could not supply arms and ammini tion because it ft was contrary to mission principles after receiving the articles they asked the communists decided to keep beep nelson a captive they sent back word thin that they needed an teacher and no one else ejae was available A norwegian ml flonary worker rev kev A was captured will nelson nut hut the let lei him go after the he mission paid for his release the american legation in and the con consul ul general in bankow nave have written dozens of notes to the chinese government asking that thai troops be sent to rescue nel son hut but nothing has been lone done the chinese government agreed on several oren occasions to send a relief expedition ped tion irlon hut but nothing came of these promises it Is believed that the length ot of nelsons belsons Nel sons period of capture constitutes a record in china at the time he was captured more than forty missionaries of dif different feren na tIona lilles nere ere held in different parts of china but all of these have since died been killed or released |