A hand-grenade thrown on the first floor of the "Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury" building in Avenue Edward VII early yesterday morning tore a hole through one wall and managed to damage no less than three offices, The hand-grenade, of the "potato-masher" variety, was thrown at about 5 o'clock yesterday morning, and smashed a hole through the wall of the United Press (Arerican news agency) office, wrecked the door leading into the office of Mr, H. C. W. Woodhead, editor of "Oriental Affairs," and damaged furniture and broke some glass in the office of the editor of the "Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury."
Due to the fact that the premises were almost deserted at the time, no one was injured, A coolie sleeping on a bench near where the bomb was thrown, however, had a severe fright when the bomb exploded and tore its way through the wall only six inches or so from his feet, The bomb-thrower, who is said to have been dressed in a long Chinese gown, calmly made his escape immediately after throwing the missile. He was actually seen by two Chinese coolies in the hall but as they believed he was armed, they made no attempt to stop Mr. Chinese in the street below, as well as the Sikh watchman on the ground floor, did not see the man come out of the building.
When the French Police arrived, however, it was obvious that the Defending Forces Expect "Big Push" Hourly eykum. ro the xen Singapore, Feb. 4.
The manceuvres last night included several air "attacks" on Royal Air Force aerodromes, which were, however, driven off by the defenders.
Defending reconnaissance planes took off at 4 o'clock this morning, followed closely by fighters, to attack the "enemy" when located.
At about 1.30 a.m. a defending submarine. reported a cruiser meat Johore, which was too far away for an attack with torpedo.
The presence of the cruiser caused anxiety at the headquarters of the defending forces, as it was thought that she might attempt to land troops.
Aircraft were therefore, immediately sent out to search for it. They dropped magnesium flares, lighting up the foreshore for miles around, but returned reporting that the enemy was not sighted. The defenders believe that the cruiser, realizing that a submarine was nearby, made off to sea.
Throughout last night all warships taking part in the manceuvres were obliged to "darken ship," requiring exceptional skill on the part of the Fleet Air Arm pilots, who during a series of attacks on Singapore, were obliged to fly off or land on the aircraft-carrier in almost complete darkness, man was no longer on the premises, The United Press office was found to be the most severely damaged, with a large hole in the wall, not to mention damage to various' pieces of furniture inside the office
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