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Show £} p & " V r dear Children. ^ ^ . ^ Rt t i n ^ t forward on tfe ft „ , T **.*«* - m mv t t r e to hear of further movements oi the Reary Arte* J g a I I O D I I t a i " ^ u - , L a s f of u s 7 B t i l l in Eweichow, they t r i e d to enter Yun. £ going a n u t u i ^ u to tne . a s t g circling westwrd, thru Yunnanfu, or Tun* Prov,, prabaoly to & e . i*xo o ^ i * south,to the I ¥ of Yun-fu.. Oh'uen and then cross the angtze uu.re i t ai • ; veJ f +Jie Y u n s o l d i e r s 5? ^ f i ^ P d t o t i ^ - e i n a c t i o n , &nd not merely follow behind! So, there f i n a l l y aecidea to *»**»*^ ZT£e ^d * *e r * ^ a i n d r i T e n i n t ° K w e i ' 3 I J - t l x e^ X * n * b y 1 swift m v e ^ n t ' ^ f into Yun, and threatened Yunnanfut The foreign r ^ u l s t i - so concerned, when the Reds were only abt 13 miles d i s t a n t , t t et S S e ^ s B i n b l % r t h e foreign n a t i o n a l s , to the number of 200, at the Ay depot, tne:, «s s ; ^ ® \ ; * ; f a c l J L ^ .7ith> B t e a w UT)f to evacuate them. The 200 event the fi£t a* ?h" Ry I t ^ i o n f £ d then the s i t u a t i o n eased a l i t t l e , and the oeonla r t f t rapir homes! ?he Reds continue in that neighborhood, a l i t t l e farther d?B*^ntMid i t is said, s t i l l wish to get into S.Gh by Hwei-li-Ch^as l a s t liay d i s t a n t , J^Q AS t h there. The SaGhuen s o l d i e r s nave S E T Into S n n t ^ ^ d every day h e r e , our c l i n i c i s « ? f e d - with t h e n . a j* ! f f f « « r i n - U t i e n t s . Each day sees new r e s i d e n t s or divisions coming,and " i t ? on^s moving f a r t h e r southward. They leave t h e i r i l l with us - tynhoia,*. ^,y~A dvsentery. malaria - these are some of t h e i r s.i.»m*nt*, •J tf%r~tHet battle in eastern Yun, at Esuan *si,whem the Reds were driven fcout of Yun ( t o r e - e n t e r aeain very soon!) Shiang KaiShek Quickly rewaxaed ^ " i r v p i n r by besto-inp; a reward unon than, of ^100,0001-JJ mm the s o l d i er ^ o r d todpv frmYunnanfu is that Chiang i s flying to Yunnan-fAaue in trie Can#o» AtAe 30th,' further h i s t o r y promises to be i n t e r e s t i n g - as to 150 w i l l win out ? A7 t r r i a c to i n s o i r e the s o l d i e r s to action against the Reds, or, the ixeas, I l e t t e r today from Rev Mr OottreH , frm the Gap to which s l a e e he ana wit* ha* 'to"evacuate 10 das after t h e i r r e t u r n there from attending Synod hers,ssy*S they ban 14 das in t h e i r home a f t e r return frm furlo in Dec before coming are to attemi Synat, He i s a useful man in Yunnanfu, f i l l i n g into all sorts of s i a h e s of usefulness there, but LODGING to get back into t h e i r work for which they "are responsible, at mmg Ch'uen, the only foreigners there - at l e a s t in F i s s i o n work* Probably no o t h e r s. On t"He 9 t h i n s t , i£r Bosshardt appeared in Yunnanfu, released oy the Reds rf4, a f t e r 18 *©* in t h e i r fcanfsi He ws^vew, i J T r h a d to be out in the Hoso -had V<5T b r o n c h i t i s , n l a u r i s y , h e a r t - trembllT' was f o o t - s o r e , etc; Today's mail s a y s - - R-s'his wife, after t h i s period of anxiety, has arrvd in Yunnanfu, hy a i r f J****""*^ He and h i s corao anion in misery, Mr Eaj 1 1 1 , both were t r i e d hy the Reds, on the charge of "Imperialism", found g u i l t y , and sentenced, Mr Bos six to 18 'mos of c a p t i v i t y . His companion was en Australian, and, the Reds said, therefore l i v i n g under the heel of i m p e r i a l i s t i c England, so lite was to be p i t i ed and tc be in c a n t i v i t y a year I However, the Reds demanded a huge sum for ransom, -oromiaing to r e l e a s e the men i f i t were oald. I t was naid, l a s t f a l l , a nd *the Reds r e l e a s e d Mr H. only, s t i l l keexxing Ax S. . In Kweichow, t h i s winter, i t i s reported by eye-witnesses, that when Mr B was too footsore to wlk any l i n g e r , he was c a r r i e d suspended from a "Dole, which threaded h i s hands t i e d to getheri d i t t o h i s f e e t , carried with h i s baok -parallel to the ground! All this to a lowly G I M missionary, whose only sin was that he was a subject of an ;" Inmerial" country! Our Ifosu Treacher and a church member, both from not far from here in Kwei,.fedkk, too, ware released when the Reds were near Yun-fu. As yet we have not t h e i r story. The l a s t two wks have b«en p e c u l i a r l y busy in the Hosm° the f i r s t one 'due to the va.ga.ries of 3 onium a d d i c t s , i n - n a t i e n t s to break off use of or>ium. They ware lan&-ownwrs; id%4, nothing to do amwa t r y to l u x u r i a t e with t h e ir money, hence indulge in n a r c o t i c s ; « all giving a poor background for reform. they f i n a l l y l e f t , against advice, on 10th day - but, r e a l l y were cured of the h?,bito We!d liked to have them stay t i l l we rmd* f i n a l decision* a. Kirum*^ a- |
