A French sailor has been detained for shooting a comrade in. the breast outside The Naval Club bars.
It is reported that several sailors from the Commandant Marges, lying off Yangtszepoo, invited two women belonging to the bar to dance with them. While they were in conversation with the women. the brawl occurred, and the man is alleged to have fired a Browning automatic pistol. He afterwards sought the advice of his captain. who advised him to surrender to the French authorities.
The victim was immediately taken to St. Mary's Hospital, where an operation was at once performed, and he is now in a critical condition.
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