Five Chinese, one of whom was a woman, who were arrested by the Police on Friday on suspicion fof being concerned in the attempted assassination of Mr. Wang Ching-Wel, president of the Executive Yusn, in Nanking on November 1, were ordered to be handed over to the Shanghai and Woosung Garrison Commissioner's office by the First Special District Court on Saturday, with the exception of one who sustained injuries as a result. of his attempt to evade arrest, This man, however, was being detained in hospital.
Three of the suspects were arrested by Det-Sub-Inspr. Willgoss of the police headquarters in Room No. 107 Of the New Asia Hotel, North Zung-sai, a school Vong-tse, the secretary to a' lawyer with his office in Ferry Road, and Wong Pao-tsung, a woman. The other two suspects were arrested by Louza detectives in Room No, 204 of the Mang Yuen "Hotel, 227 Hoopeh Roa When the police raided the Mang Yuen Hotel, one of the suspects, Tsang Tee-jing, alias Tsang Kyeusze, tried to escape by jumping out of a window. In so doing, he sustained serious injuries and bad to be: removed to hospital. A search of his luggage resulted in the discovery of $863 in notes. Tt was alleged that Tsang supplied the pistol in connection with the shooting of Mr. Wang Ching-wei and that for this service he received $1,000. His alleged accomplice, Wong Ping-sung. told the police he was a coolie. He wag found in possession of a bunch of keys. original member of the Scottish, formally to make the presentation,
that, since the unit's Capt, 2. W. R. Wilson mentioned 1914, 525 men had served in it, and. he raised a hearty laugh by adding that their aggregate service had been 1,950 years. The strength had varied considerably, but the average was 95 and at present they had 100 of all ranks. "One of their members was amongst the oldest in the SV.C. and he also had two sons serving in the Scottish.
Capt. Wilson then gave a most! entertaining account of the Company's doings during its 21. years, and it was by no means all boasting of their magnificence. He sent the visiting officers into convulsions when he recounted with a wealth of detail the famous "disarming" incident, declaring that he Frew one former member who still had. a complete machine-gun mounted "over his mantelpiece. However, it was a fact that every Commandant in their time had' reported on the Scottish as being a most efficient unit under service conditions, and all also had commented upon the unit's remarkable esprit de corps.
Tt would be impossible even to summarize all the speeches "that were made, or to comment on the remarkable entertainment that held the gathering at Intervals, but men-lion should be made of the very much overworked but very willing pipers of Piper McLennan's neat and clever dancing, and of the visitor who took over the big drum. This gentleman, at one time Drum-Major of Glasgow University pipe band, gave a wonderful exhibition of drumming, and regret was expressed by all that he fg not to stay in Shanghai.
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