A Chinese carrying a hand-grenade in his pocket was arrested at about 7 am, as he was attempting to elude a French Police search party in Avenue Edward VII, opposite Fokien Road. The man had acted suspiciously in trying to cross from the Con cession into the Settlement and the French policemen halted him. A search of his person. revealed the bomb, in an inside pocket. He was later turned over to the Settlement Police.
It was understood that this suspect told a story of having come down the Yangtze River with five other Chinese, all members of a terrorist Organization, A search was consequently started for the alleged other members of the desperate band.
Arrests of suspects ran into the hundreds in the two foreign controlled areas. In the Central and Louza districts alone, 300 men and women had been taken into custody up to an early hour yesterday afternoon. The West Hongkew police had 150 persons under arrest as a result of the early-morning outrage there. The French Police, who scatched thousands of vehicles and pedestrians throughout the day, also detained many suspicious characters.
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