Show U S missionary 1 IS CHINESE PRISONER I 1 last reported to be the teacher of red army rei neiping ping china edn bort kl american abr hw home 14 1 minneapolis late h finished a year la ift the tha hands of communist bundle bandits in honan hollan province nelson a worker tor for the th lieth lahr an united million mis slon was captured ap torl at t Hwa Hwan nschan gehan honsa honan on october 5 1930 by members member of t the th first wl rod army of 0 honin and nd W ben been hold captive ever atnee for several weeks amk nothing kl has been heard beard tra from nelson neloa who wh wrote the last letter alvi by libi bu ly in july he vu ira nt badly treated and that the ati oom cam had bad appolo tad him bl aa ft their english teacher tt chr at that time nelton nelson wit was hol adi d te in the communist camp within tw days journey from roia bankow nna d within 40 miles mile of a large lr camp lap of government troops troop the latter never made mad any serious attempt to t obtain his release family watts anxiously belsons nelsons Neli Nel ont sons family hn his waited in 1 I 1 anxiety for the lt IW you ym in laan ha koar hoping dally daily that he h might escape or be released the mission of which he Is a member nit rabir kr has made determined effort to release rela MB him and paid a ra ansom of me kor r 0 than to the who wb had promised to let the missionary loose when this sum urn was delivered but after gettan ur the monar amny they changed chanced their minds and aed said thy they would keep him until they had bai alt also received rec elred tennis ball and racquets volley balls balli a radio set t english books a supply apply of gasoline and arms arm and ammunition the ent at not most of 1 I the th sr r tides demanded but mid ebal could not supply arras aror anil and abraao tion because it was w contrary oat to masslon principles even era after ro r belving the articles artl cl they asked the tk communists to t ky keep adia a captive capt lv thy they sent keck fack word wr tut they needed ia aik english aid no one lie else was wai available A X aan aask rt bir A ic tte dt was was captured nelson but the communists let him go a after the tb mission paid for or his 6 release american legation protests protest the american legation in helping and the consul general in dankow have hat written dozens of notes to the ta chinese government overn ment asking that troops be bocht sent to rescue nelon but nothing has been done the chinese government agreed on tv sev TI feral occasions occa to send bead is relief ex but nothing came cam of these it Is 1 believed that the length of belsons kelona Ke Nel lona sons period ot of capture constitutes ft a record tn ia china at the time he afas na captured niora more th ahna sa forty missionaries of different na n were held captive in different part dart of 0 china but all U of et the have har since died been killed or r released |