Failure of Attempt to Smuggle Bars to Japan Details have transpired of an attempt which failed to smuggle out of Shanghai a considerable quantity of gold bars, The bars! were seized by the Customs authorities, and In accordance with the Government edict against exportation of gold, have been con-
The attempt to take the gold out of the port was made on July 13 by Chinese who had booked passages to Japan aboard the C.P.S, Empros of Canada, It is understood that Customs officers watching the steamer noticed that certain of the Chinese passendars were wearing some special sort of waistcoat, and when an examination vas made, it was discovered that these had been specially constructed for the purpose of containing geld ba: The gold bars were of two cular sizes, and these were immediately taken into the possession of the Customs, Three or four Chinese were engaged in the traffic, and among them they had about 300 gold ba The value of these at the present rate of exchange is put at between Tis, 150,990 and Tls. 200,000.
Tk is Harned that the process of melting down old ornaments is proceeding uninterruptedly, and that Japan continues to be a ready buyer of the precious metal in the form of tars.
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