Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-22
1900 SLAUGHTERED
BY REDS IN KAN
Presto Released to Present
100000 Demand for
Release of Missionaries.
BY the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, October 22.-Chinese
press dispatches from Nanchang today
said 5000 men and women had been
slaughtered since capture of Khan, Cen
trail Kiangsi Province, by Communist
hordes october 6 burning and looting
in the city accompanied the massacre.
Missionary advices from Kiukiang said
five foreign Catholic sisters were cap
tured by Reds and were held in a Com
munist hospital few miles outside of
Khan, while five chinese nuns were held
at Red headquarters within the city.
Whereabouts of four priests captured by
Communists was not known.
Additional information from Bishop
Migniani and Chinese priest, at Kiu-
kiang, said M mission buildings had
been burned when they departed at the
command OF the Reds to demand $10,-
OOO, 900 Mexican for release of the mis-
sionaries.
Gasoline in Churches.
The bishop left Kiang October IA. He
said buckets of gasoline had been dis
tributed through the buildings belonging
to the church, in the event the Reds
wished to fire the properties.
Additional Kiukiang advices said Ma
tionaltst authorities were experiencing
difficulties in forcing the few remaining
Nationalist soldiers in Kiangsi tc fight
Red soldiers, The advices said the
armed men were adopting the slogan:
Soldiers Don't Fight Soldiers"
This development was unexpected
and is considered the result Of Com
muniSt propaganda among Marking
forces.
That Marking is facing a herculean
task in its efforts to uproot the Com
munistS Of Central and Southern China
was agreed Ia all circles.
While Lazarist headquarters here
were reticent concerning the wholesale
kidnapping of their missionaries at Khan,
members of the mission indicated the
demand for $4,000, 900 (Mexican) was
absurd. Even fraction of this is not
likely to be paid, it was indicated.
Oficials Of the mission said the re-
ported killing Of two priests at Khan was
considered confirmed, although no de-
tails we're available.
Urge Release Of Nun.
Nationalist Authorities were urged by
the American consul at Hankow today
to secure release Of one of the nuns
held captive at Khan.
followed reports from Kiukiang saying
the nun whose release is sought by
the Americans is a Filipino.
Reports from Pengtseh, Kiangsi
Province, which has been captured by
the Communists, said Father Vonaix,
French priest, had been murdered. Pre-
viously it was reported two Chinese
priests had been slain when the Reds
raided Khan.
Bishop Migniani and one Chinese
priest arrived at Kiukiang today and
told the story of their capture along
with the IA hostages now held by the
reds.
The refugee missionaries declared the
reds were in complete control between
Khan and Nanchang, Kiangsi. They said
they saw no evidence of Nationalist
soldiers.
Trouble between French Catholic
missionaries at Kiukiang and repeatedly
anti-foreign Chinese Buddhists was
considered likely to result in a legal
quarrel between the two orders con-
corning ownership of mission land
Catholics yesterday appealed for as
Sistance to the French consul at Han
kow, simultaneously refusing to allow
members Of the order to appear in Chi
neSe court here as they were ordered.