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is compound, the walled collection ot houses which are the headquarters ot the China Inland Mission for the province ot Anh-weL Its direc tor Is Rev. W. Bar. W. I.

Haana. J. Hanna of Toronto, who baa spent Ws life bringing the Christian faith to the tcemint millions of the humble peasant! of inland China. We ire crowded. From the far-flung missions of the province the missionaries have been called In.

Cansdlsns and Americana, mostly young married couples with children, there are twenty-three adults and children billetted in this sanctuary under the International guns on the river. For out there. few miles away, rove the bands of Chinese Communists, ragged and terrible. Ant art there, in hasty graves, 11 the bealea et John and I Ksry DUiIuailn- and the ehlMran And here, idiaeetenily Brian Priseilto nau thiee-meajhs-Id daachter of the tragically bateh- 7. murder and the story the 1 uly mlrsculous rescue of this tiny ln-Sm ftatl got in this strange set-tine, from the heroic Zl jlt the baby.

He is Rev. C. K. Eo. a CWnST'evsngelUt of the In-W Mission.

Rev. Mr. Hanna "VstSmbI thls'tm'lble story I hest-tate to set down. Yet out there on the river are the squat gunboats of Srse mighty nsUons. And here, in (I.) i Section Two r- ,7 t.

,4 the sanctuary en the hill, are men, women and children of that incomparable breed who, thousands at miles from their own countrymen, rlik and sacrifice their Uvea, year In, year out, in their paaiion for the teaching of Jesus, wiw pale a no imrfoua faces, mey go about their affairs, crowded here about Mr. Henna's hilltop compound. They have come in from their scattered I missions. But they wilt go out again. In their heaer.

a the naaM them all. In all the eeeatrlea and nations sf the earth, the stark and an bearable story of Bee. C. K. Le lis new nuaety teas.

I The Slams were two years in the mission field. Both Americana, bow the children of missionaries, they were married In Shanghai two years ago. Their baby, Helen Priadlla, was bora in October last Assared of 11 etcttlea. In November. Mr.

Stam, working out from Wuhu, under the direction of Mr. Hanna, went with other young missionaries to spy out the country titty, sixty miles south of Wuhu. For from the west and south, the Chinese Communists had been working inward. Bitter, un compromising, ragged Hands tney were, spreading destruction and slaughter wherever they psssed. Come end gone in an hour, wreak ing their swift and savage vengeance on sll "friends of the white devils," and particularly ugly towards those who respond to Chris tian teaching, these Red oetacn-merits left horror in their wake.

It was a challenge. It was a grave risk. But out there, on the fringe of danger, were abandoned mission stations. And in those districts were humble Chinese in very special peril because they were Christians. On his tear of retenaatastnea, the re-rag minister ealM at Tstngteh, sixty muse seau at una main nue-stan ststlssi at Wana.

Here was an abend snsfl lessen The ssssgistrete et Tsterleb assared Mr. Stem at hts BTeteetlan. He pilsiii the yenng minister that be weald give him a sr sana I wanting at the asfceaah On December f. In the morning. after a sixty-mile Journey up river and over una, itev.

jonn otam. 2 OTTAWA, JANUARY 26, 1933. Tstngteh. 1 picture turn arriving ana gev Hnc settled In their new home. Mr.

Stam getting the place in aha pe lt re. stam busy with her utile two- months-old daughter. All busy and bright in the new home. But even at the moment of their arrival, traeedy was lifting itself. a monstrous stiaoow.

over mem. Ftrst-Haad Starr. OXV. MR. LO now tells the story.

To me, in Mr. Hennas office, Mr. Hanna acting as interpreter, and In Mr. Los written report that has gone to the American authorities the story is complete. The Stains' cook told me." said Mr.

Lo. "that Mrs. Stam was pre paring the baby for its morning nap and Mr. Stam was setting the rooms In order, when the sudden sound of shootlne came from the upper end ot the town. Mr.

stam ruanea to the gate ot the mission compound to see what was the matter. 'Almost immediately, over the walls snd in through the gates ot the compound swarmed the great throng of ragged and fierce Chinese Communists. They were heavily armed, many of them were young. IS to 30 years ot ag. end armed not only with rifles but with old-faihiocied Chinese swords and erode weapons of every sort tseed.

The leader ef the bsasd told a te grape re fee sserehlng, They tewav Qslharlng a revere! arttetes aieea sssthtng er Bar baas, Mrs. nan benatled her fea heavy waat-sn and a alsissae bar. A few sahs- otse sater, Stam earryaat the ehlld. hey eat east ander heavy award far Mis ashes tan aauee away. How they succeeded in making that rang march in one day.

bo per son knows. Peasants who saw them A the frent haakst ef this sestare Is skewa the Mlraete Baby ef Chma. as she Is bets Balled. MUla three maaithaeM to right are shewn Dr. K.

La, who breaghl the Stasa baby and his awn ssaall ehlld. i after It lantasa Use neapasaa) amw ana as II lisp" nw, aiaasgs his wife and two-months-old baby, their cook and house strvsni. arrived at the mission compound In naaen nasper, esse srr. assai a. rnn, aaif iiiaiaaissH es ine aiapnai waere Ine ehlld leased refage.

I rsfage, pass told me, however, that Stam spoke with them aa he went by. "Where are you going?" one of them asked like simple folk. To whom Stam answered with a smile, "I don't know where they are going" pointing to his guard "but we are on our way to heaven." Narrator Was Captared. "I arrived in Mlaochlao with my wife and baby son. Yuan Seng, st fear o'clock on the sixth," the Chinese pastor told me.

"We stayed with the Wang family. On the next morning at IX too, was captured by Communists. It was through nod's help I wss released in IS minutes. My friends of the village told the soldiers I was a dealer in medicines. I then took refuge with my wife and child end Wang Nai Nal 'Mrs.

Wang) over the top of the mountain, behind the village. We t. e-'. X'--" i tr- -J: 4 it; -V' ''it' i 4' I. a 7 -a i xXm Illustrating First Complete Story of.

Murdered Missionaries (J 1i I. A- r-i'-' i.i 1 Vw atnrlM In maI aim ma bitiA tar Acer nathu that of little Helen Prbclllt Stun, thrM-month-old dauditer i In Anhwet Province, China, by a retreating bandit army. The infant eacape tram me cruel we ot ner parenta wai i "F'-t i I 1 1 rf. two murdered UnlUd tales missionaries, Rev. and Mra, J.

C. Stam, led naked to horrible death after the niW IVlnl, SXT by the' hWiU, the baby' wbi lurmm nv 1 1 1 1 1 nnin.n nuuir. aiaam in a w.w i mm wm u.wvum. uv iw uw uxuunv ii ra in. sin, ininm in iiuu i.

i ii i jit who numd the oaby travellln, with Itev vd Mra. Geo. Birch of Vv, mWonar murdered mi-ionary. (3) M. Stam, who maed IvS Stem not iwo yeara ago.

nev. a. im, uuoo. 7 ATT wmcn ine miawonary parents were paraded to their death with bandits calling to the inhabitants to come and iee "foreign devils" killed. (6) British river gunboat standing by in ease of further trouble.

'0N0URWAYT0 HEAVEN' SAID BRAVE MISSIONER BEING LED TO DEATH Evangelist Friend Tell. How Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Stam Met Horrible End.

RESCUED THEIR BABE Sickening Tale of Torture of Heroic Parents in Their Last Moments. Br DON SMITH. WUHtT. Province of Anhwet, China Trom this bin we can see the Vanftse river. MA.

Lady-KinL it R. Pmimv and a Jananase there In the broad stream, the tarpaulins I flung loose across their if I guns. On thl hill Chinese Pastor and Wife Rescue Child of Murdered Missionaries ai -J i were there for 4S hours, frightened, hungry, thirsty end exposed to the cold. As a result my child was taken seriously 1U, and could not eat for tour days. "On the ninth the Communists retreated to Tseng, snd some Sovernment soldiers arrived at llaochiao.

A friend came up to the hills end told us, so we descended to the town. I wss then told She mams were murdered. "I went to And their enmaaa Ot. what a sight I saw not far from the Wang's house. My two friends dead.

Around them were few dogs, and above them many buis- arua. say nean was Broken when I witnessed sll these. At once Wang Nal list's son end I houehi two coffins. We had no money, but one ok ine anopaeepers gave us credit There was no clothing available so we wrapped the bodies In white cloth. I borrowed needle snd thread and sewed Mr.

Stem's windpipe, and Mrs. Stem's bead to ner pony. Tney were then put in the coffins temporarily to avoid pecking by me Birds, and doe bites I The whole expense amounted to goe.iu.- Bye-WII A ITER disposing of the bodies, Lo tManitemrf tlwil hesrlng from eye-wltneaaes accounts of the tragedy. From these he stales tnat ine mala hand of Com- munists arrived in the village iu the afternoon ot the seventh carrying with them the three whites. Most of the Inhabitants had fled the place before they arrived.

Setting out to loot the shops, the soldiers placed the 8 tarns in the post offlee, and left a dozen men en guard. The postmaster, Cheng, although In fear of his lite of the Reds, offered Mrs. SUm some food. She ate while her husband wrote his test letter. to Rev.

O. W. Oibb in Shanghai, telling him of their capture, and where they were, "After he had finished the note. Mr. Stam ssid lo Cheng.

1 have no 1 mooey, but will you please mail 1 Itsas, daughter ef Bev. and Mrs. lahn Blaaa. anng ma arahaaed child te Waba, eapital ef the arevsnee. Pram left ihewa the rear bukct.

te the Oeaenl aeeeital; Nerae a. Biree. vaBee.ver. uaaaalan salwleaary who assisted Dr. Lei Mrs.

laa. what tU TiiZL. These were. the last known words Stsm spoke. Cheng agreed to do so, end got some water tor the baby.

A tew minutes later the leader of the band returned to the poet office. For some reason he was terribly angry. He ordered the Stems bound. Soldiers brought forth lengths of rice rope and tied Mrs. Stem's wrists behind her until she cried out.

Mr. Slam was treated Her Want Bdby fal Thought Of Dying Woman Mrs. Stam Pins Honey in Baby! Clothing to ProTida for Its Cart After Her Death. the tame way. Lo mid that when he found the bodies the skin about the wrists was cut almost through to the bona.

17 aaadtt Carried Baby. They arere told to march. A mem. the bend picked up the baby. It at ttiought that in the post office Mrs.

Stam bad time to pen a note and pin it with a tan -dollar bill inside the baby's sleeping bag. Arriving at one of the deserted houses, eye-witnesses told Lo, Stam was tied in a standing position to the font of a bed. his back to it. Mm. ranemd the baby were thrown upon the bed.

I Place during the night, nobody will ever know Le said. -When I found the bodies in the street, the lower extremities of the man were stabbed and cut while the woman's extremities were In a similar condition." I asked Mas to captain a Btsle farther aa te what had hasssasl fjjjr I had had UmtTS! laled. bat he if as id. The aeaeral eplalen here hi thai ttr.mJTZl "VTT" ne. night by i fi ee The i sf'sISias hatheatlr.

ontll they gat the beetles e-T nln? "torn- tag. the leader of the bend re. Jtrned to the house wherT the Btems were. Telling his men to an all the villagers" ecmTVnd the foreign devils die be had Stam united from the bed. where he had slumped aU night, and brought the missionary and hit wife out to Beth Naked and Btaedlng.

"ThT. were both Baked, and It 'terly eold. Both Mr. Stam lfe were bleeding from SSL LSJ- some reason the baby was forgotten. shouted for alfenr.

In "Jll had been shouting sod laughing at the foreign Me told the r-v" Huwmi around that all torelgners in China would die. Thev were friends of the National Oov-ernment They built reeds and deiw sloped the country tor meinselveT H'l, nd made trouble with other Last ef all, they must die because they srere friends ot Chiang Kai-shek." a Chinese Chn Bhn- ot Use village merchants, feU on his knees before the Red leader. He pleaded with him to set the Slams Ceewlaaed aa Page tj. -lafjJg'fia i kaaae'' I' '7, I (3 isaasasatsa i Mi llismliaa .7 I.