Incendiarism Probable at Home of Japanese Minister Blazing up as the result of the alleged "work by incendiaries, the garage at the house of Mr. Shigemitsu, the Japanese Minister to China was" partially' destroyed Gri, Jan 24, ""but bremen prevented further. ates flames from spreading an; Poste Foch and re to. the The shautlear, drove the car French Police. A man from the station got into the ear and directed chauffeur to the Shanghai Nursing Home (formerly. the Hospital) in Route Dufour, where he taken in and given, medical tention immediately, The lady was also put to bed, being in a state of collapse, The shooting, took pace at 12.15 and Dr. Porges was admitted L"Horpital at 1250, pam "Despite everything that could be done, he died 20 minutes later, at 12.
50 pam.
Porges' own medical 'Dr. Hume, was called in, but too late,' and he arrived ites after the death of Dr, The French Fire Bridge respond-led to a telephone call at 7.15 p.m, to 79 Route Pichon, the Shangh residence of the Minister, who now in Japan, They found the orage well alight, bie prevented the house itself, "mae fire from doing' any damage to The fire has been thoroughly. me vestigated by the French" Pol jas well by officers of Japanese Consular police, istd, fully charged, was found beind the house, as well as a poster And a piece of loth. with Chinese characters, which indicated that the fire was started by a member of the Death-Defying Corps of the Nation Salvation Association for Resist ing Japan." A theory, however, is that' the fire was either caused' by Japanese radicals or by Communists, The poster is stated to have read iterated orth hay as follows: "As the Japanese crimes have now reached their limit, Wwe have to lead the masses to annihilate enemy and drive away the ort Gl te, Japanese soldiers 0 as to. defend one £ Biker nomic the "National Government and Gen-oral Chiang Kai-shek lanes rend Be red mits has been away nghai there was only one Annamite constable of the French Sadie Reet Reeds a the Lunghsea Road the ear was gfe net te I Police on duty in front of the house when the. fire started, He we age Tie a a warned by loud barking of a dog, to the car, The car was stop} and shortly after saw flames lie fand then allowed to proceed. hot was fired in this instance, but upwards from some bedding soaked sitting. in front of an armed rifle kerosene, whereupon he gave the falurm to the Fire Briga proved no pleasant experience. After Since the fire a strong guard has moving down the road for 200 been posted to the residence, consi or 300 yards Dr. Porges' car was seen approaching, and it was [ing of a foreign member of the force fand 12 others.
Teng after that Dr. Porges received the. bullet wound that caused his Mr. 8, H. Tong, assistant secretary of the City Government Greater Shanghai, called upon Mr. Franz Winkler, the Austrian Consul-General, to express the sympathy of the City Government regarding the tragedy. The call was returned in the afternoon by the Austrian] Consul-General, Mr. Woo Sze-shing, of the Shang hai District Court, accompanied by two secretaries and a soldier, examined the. Body " and issued a permit for the consular authorities to take charge of the Woosung Area, body.
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The late Dr. Porges is survived lby a. mother, who lives in Vienna. onsilar authorities are attempting get in touch with her. He. was Jengaged to Miss Haeufler, of Agram, TuKo-Slavia, who was inthe motor lear with him at the time of the [shooting.
Mr, Winkler paid high tribute to is countryman, commenting particularly upon his vivid interest the East and his keen brain, In less than three years, Dr. Porges had learned both to speak and to write Chinese, Mr. Winkler declared.
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