His wide circle of friends will earn with much regret that Mr. Vu-loo Tang, secretary to Mr. T. V, Soong, the Minister of Finance, succumbed shortly after eleven o'clock on July 23" to. wounds hho received during the affray. at the Shanghai North Station.
Mr, Tang was walking. together with the Finance Minister when the attempt was made on Mr. Soong's lite and apparently he was on the side from which the firing first started, because he was brought [down almost immediately, bullets Jentering his body from the right, fand the left. His hat and the brie! lease which he carried were riddled with bullets and it was a. miracle that Mr. Soong, who was fully a foot taller than' Mr. Tang, escaped injury.
Tmmiediately after the station had been cleared, Mr. Tang was rushed to the Paulun Hospital, bleeding profusely but, after about two hours, the was removed to the Red Cross [Chinese General Hospital in Avenue Haig, where an' operation was. immediately performed by Drs. J, Branch and D. Dau. All efforts to [save his life, however, were unavailing. A bullet had penetrated the pelvis and pierced the bladder land this, together with the great loss_of blood, according to. medi opinion, was' undoubtedly" the one which caused his death. In addition, Mr, Tang also received other wounds in the body. and tro woud in the arm. However, immediately after' the operations had. been' gir Mr. Vu-loo Tang was the son of the Into De. Tang Nai Tang. He was a nal kus ict, Chikiang Province, a town to the southwest, of Hangchow, the Iprovineial capital, and he was only Bt. years of age, Following a term of study in the [Shanghai Gollege (now the University of Shanghai) at Yangtszepoo, the entered St, John's University and later left for the United States, where he enrolled in rd Unie versity. After a year or so, he transferred to Yale University, from which institution he received - the degree of Bachelor' of Arts at.'a ety eatly ager Fora time, 1 fonderstoog, he served in\an honor. lary capacity in the Chinese Legation In' Washington and. he. wae also attached to the staff of the Chinese feiegation tie: Washington Cone erence, TReturwing to China, ne accepted appointment as a" professor. the National Southeastern Univer ty (now Central Univeral Nanking," where" he taught for several. years, Journalism called him and he came to Shanghai and joined the staff of the "China Pres Sea writer on. Chinese tai, is arousing. cone siderable attention and. being. con: dered authoritative ay, Mr. Teng teas always, known' tobe a Keen student of 'Chinese. affairs, political and' otherwise.
Upon the arrival of the National-forces in 1927, Mr, Tang became private Enelish secretary to. Gen feral Chien Tarchum, the" Shanghai land Woosung Garrison Commission. fet, but he relinquished this position fo! take over the editorship" now defunct "Shanghai Cou When that paper went out of oxistfence, he was made associate director of the Kuo) Min News. Agency" but later he went to Nanking and became 1 a secretary in the Ministry of War finder Marshal Feng Yuchsiang but again journalism attracted him, and returned to Shanghai to assist the editorial, work of the "Far [Eastern Review". 'This position he rave up, however, to accept an ape ointment ax English secretary to tr. 'T. V, Soong, A distressing "factor is that leaves behind him an aged mother Janda two-months™ bride. for. Mr, 'Tang was only married on June 3 ast' in. the Union. Church to Miss Tan Tuan, daughter of Mr. 'Tan Chabekai and. a niece of the Into General Tan' Yen-kai, formerly. pres sident of the Administrative Yuan the. National" Government Nanking.
Mr. Tang was one of the. best known returned students in Shanghai and he was a member of a num= i He took a keen interest in public affairs and, though fof a studious nature, he was one fof Shanghai's society leaders and the had a host of foreign and: Chix Inese friends, who will be exception: ally sorry to learn of his demise and. who doubtless will join together in expressing their sympathy to his mother and his widow.
The funeral took place on July 27 at Hungjao cemetery, 3
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