Canton Road Shop Scene of Outrage 'A bomb was thrown into'a Chiness provision. shop at 354 Canton Road Guring the tiffin period on Friday, wounding five men and endangering Scores of others in the immediate] elghbourhood. Temporary panic wa created in the crowded thoroughfare ut with' the arrival of police from the Louza Station order was quickly restored. The wounded were. taken ambulance to the Lester Hospital, where an emergency operation was performed on the thrower of the bomb.
"The outrage followed the sending of a series of threatening letters 'o the shop, which deals in dried goods. In these letters the owners—were avensed of dealing in Japanese mer~ chandise and were warned to discontinue the practice under penalty] of bodily harm.
"Weeping Corps" F
As a means of stimulating the use of native goods by the Chinese pub-Tie,"a number' of youths have flanized as a "weeping corps" pledge {o"keneel before those found pur chasing foreign products and cry it-was learned. that day, According to the Chinese press, the "tear squad Is already active in Nanking Road, where the members perform their Peculiar ritual at the feet of young Chinese women baying imported corps" was reported been operating that day and on Thursday.
Liang 'Toong-taring, " 25-years-old student at the Tung' Yah Athletic College, Naniao, who was severely injured' when he exploded a hand grenade "in a provision shop at 354 Canton' Road on Friday, has been removed to the Police Hospital, where [tly expected he will recover. "Four shop assistants were injured less seriously when struck by fragments fof the missile 'The thrower of the bomb asserts that his action "was" prompted patriotism' because the shop was dealing in, Japanese goods. "He isa former rickshaw coolie and eighteen months "ago he attempted to commit suicide because of penury. He lost hi right hand and two fingers of his left hand when the bomb exploded, fand an amputation of his right arm fas Mecesstated to save his life.
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