1937 69,252,770 Seven prominent British and American residents and a Chinese were The three. principle articiis mening three principle articles makin up this were increase robbed last night by a large gang of heavily-armed bandits on Columbia S piece good: Cereals and flour 3814 million dollars oda Cotton piece is straight through the "ambush"
Road, while anger oom In the early part of 1987 there was gang and escaped unharmed: Al-still considerable smuggling going on, though they carried automatic pistols in these three articles, so that the and military Mausers, the robbers Customs returns did not represent did not fire a single shot. They obthe full amount of imports, The in-tained loot worth several crease in imports is therefore not so dollars and fled. At an early hour large as appears at first sight. More-this morning they were still at large, over, a further careful examination while a large body of police and of these figures reveals very dis-police reserves were searching the quieting facts as regards foreign area. trade other than Japanese.
It was by far the boldest crime per-Of the above 50 million odd, dolpetrated so far by the. large criminal lars increase Japanese imports acelement which has sprung up in' the count for $40,317,684 or nearly 80 western "outside roads" area since per cent. Japanese imports of cereals the establishment of the so-called (chiefly rice) and flour increased by "Ta Tao" administration. Three 20 and cotton piece goods by eight foreign women were among those million: dollars. robbed, losing wedding rings and other jewellery.
An Ominous Fact All'the victims were riding in If, however, we exclude the item private motor-cars when they were cereals and flour, a still more ominous halted by the gang of seven or eight Chinese who formed a human barrier. fact emerges. The remaining total across the road and turned electric imports show an increase of $12,075,- flashlights on the motorists. Most of 035 over those for the same period 1937, whereas Japanese imports alone those robbed had attended a party (after deducting from them to cereals ai the Columbia Country Club and and flour) show an increase of were riding south on Columbia Road $20,069,317. That is to say: the imwhen stopped. They were in five cars. and were robbed within the brief ports into Tientsin from other countries than Japan during the first space of twenty minutes, between 8.15 and 835 p.m. seven months of 1938 have actually The victims were: fallen off by eight million dollars.
Dr. T. B. Dunn, prominent Amerl-Exports from Ttentsin:—can physician.
Ditto 1937 January to July 1938 100459.
98,023,300 Dr D. J. Collins, American dentist with offices in Sassoon House, and An increase of s 2835945
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