Tientsin School Head Wounded Peiping, (By Mail).
Mr, Ho Chin-yuan, Principal of the Hopei Provincial Tientsin Middle School, was shot and seriously wound. fed bya gunman on the evening of September 7 when he was going to his school from his home.
The attack occurred at the intersect tion of the Second and Third Special Areas, where the school is located. The gunman fired two shots from behind Mr. Ho's rickshaw, but for. tunately neither of them proved fatal. He was immediately rushed to hosp} tal, where the two bullets were ex. tracted.
It is expected that he will recover.
36 years of age. A graduate Mr. Ho ig a native of Tntsin and! Keio University, Tokyo, Mr. Ho ha 35 connected with the Tientsin Middle School for the last ten years, first ws Dean and the last four years IL may be recalled that last Jun Chinese gunmen killed Dr. Chunta Chuo, Principal Yue Hua or wont Oum Ow Comaonnene Weihaiwei, Sept. 1.
Late in August, interest was con~ fred round the arrival here of Lady Clark Kerr, wife of H. M. Ambas. sador. Lady Kerr, who arrived i H. M.S. Falmouth, remained ship during her stay in Weihaiwei, and when the Falmouth left for a short trip to Chinwangtao, she, with some fellow guests, again travelled in her.
(Lady Kerr has. returned to Shanghai since this was written).
Among the entertainments at whicn she was present was an orchestral concert given at the U.S, Club by Shanghai, Sept. 20 "In view of the fact that there were five direct hits, 1 feel sture that th bombing must have been deliberate, said a representative of the American [Southern Baptist Mission to a "North= China Daily News" reporter yesterday afternoon with regard to the bombing by Japanese aeroplanes. of the Stout Memorial Hospital al Wuchow, Kwangsi, on Saturday.
According to telegrams received here yesterday, nine Japanese bombing planes lew over the city on [Saturday and proceeded to bomb the Hhospital, which at that time housed about 140 to 150 patients. They the massed marine bands. She was *|made.five direct hits on the building, also present at a "Black Friday" dance. and according to the latest informa= tion the hospital "enrively.
A shadow was cast by the death of Omer. Firth, who passed away on Fortunately the precautions draws August and was buried on the fol-up by Mr, R. B. Beddoe, superinten lowing day.
'A happy occasion was the birth of dent of the hospital, seemed to have been carried out to perfection, for a son to Mr. and Mrs, W. H. King, telegrams received from him state both of whom are well known in that there were no casualties among, Shanghai circles.
Keen swimmers have been some-the staff. Presumably the same what hampered during the last week applies to the patients, as if there had been any casualties among these or so since a warning to the effect Dr. Beddoe would have been sure that a 1Dft. shark had been seen near ta have reported this. the Dorseishire, was issued, Later the news went' around that another Marked with Flagw and still larger specimen of these The messages received from Wi unwelcome visitors had been observed chow do not state what the weather near one of the destroyers, Was at the time of the bombing.
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