Three Chinese were badly injured, one possibly fatally, when an unidentified person threw a bomb into the door-way of the "Hwa Mei Wan Pao," an American-registered Chinese morning and evening newspaper, late yesterday evening In the subsequent confusion, the man who threw the bomb escaped and he is now being hunted by the police.
The offices of the newspaper, one of the few Chinese-language journals to continue daily publication since the MR. DE VALERA WELCOMED) Japanese assumed control of the BY
MR. MacDONALD
censor's office, are Avenue Edward VII, on the south situated on
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DRI." side of the road near Kiangse Road As usual the street was fairly crowd-London, Jan. 16. "d. A number of coolies and other An immense crowd of Irishmen Cmployees of the "Hwa Mei Wan staged a wild welcome for Mr.
Pao" were on the premises at the Ermon de Valera, the Prime Minister of Eire, when he arrived at Euston time. to-day for the talks between Irish Suddenly, shortly before seven o'clock last night, there was a terrific and British representatives, which explosion in the door-way. It was Monday, will begin at 10 Downing Street on subsequently found that the missile was a hand-grenade of the "potato-Cheering loudly, the crowd rushed masher" type which many Chinese the barriers and surrounded the car-soldiers carry in pairs across the riage. The police were forced to call chest. Eye-witnesses of the bombing po pore ents in order to clear said that the man who threw the Ya hand-grenade appeared to be a Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary of Mr. de Valera was met by Mr. Chimes. but d he with which the incident occured State for the Dominions, and Mr. they were unable to give more than J. W. Dulanty, High Commissioner the vaguest description of him.
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