Police of the French Concession and the International Settlement were yesterday continuing their investigation into the attempt to assassinate Gen. Teng Pen-ying, Cantonese retired Garrison Commander of Hainan Island, on Friday afternoon. The principals of the plot, two Chinese, were being sought and the authorities also were anxious to learn the identity of a Japanese who, it is said, met these two men in Chi Mei Road about an hour before the attempt om the life of the former military leader The two Chinese, armed, went to the General's residence in Bedford Terrace after, it is alleged, they had parted company with the Japanese. The remarkably. alert elderly army officer tussled with the intruders and threw them down the stairs of his house, after which they fled. Their car was subsequently in an accident in Bubbling Well Road, where they abandoned it, leaving a fully loaded military Mauser pistol and a smaller automatic pistol in it. Both weapons had a round of ammunition in the breech The Settlement and French Concession Police continued their strict vigilance v is terrorists and other suspects yesterday and many searches were made in both territories, while special patrols continued to operate.
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