Chinese woman, aged 38, who as} hawking flowers "near the foot of Nanking Road, was killed instantly by a Route 1 "bus outside the Cathay Hotel at 345 pin. on August 2, Passers-by stood aghast as the wheels of the large double-decker passed over the hapless woman, who had darted in front of the vehicle at. the ""east-bound" stop after. the Russian doorman stationed there had told her to move on, A woman com~ panion of the hawker's, on recovering, from her shock at witnessing th tragedy, sprang to clutch at doorman, whom she would hot roleos for some time. Several other Chinese witnesses, some of whom had been on the "bus in question, likewise assumed the attitude that the doorman had been partly to blame for the Finally, a number of witnesses went with the Police to the Central Station TraMe OMlce, where statements were taken by Sub-Insp. Tulloch.
The woman's body was removed by ambulance to hospital and thence to Soviet Consulate Raid Rumoured Moscow Broadcast Blames Japanese Rumour-ridden Shanghai was given another excuse for' the—jitters on July 27—at the sober hour of Sto'clock, just as the sun was rising—when an' oficial news broadcast from Moscow declared that an. organized allack™ on the Soviet Congulate-General in Whangpoo Road was con templated.
'Japan was blamed for the dastardly pplot, which was to be executed by White Russians, according to. the broadcast and % statement by. the Tass news agency. A group of Russians carrying forged passports have been introduced into Shanghai by' the Japanese, the report goes: on. They are now being trained for the coup and to conceal their identity they will wear disguises. It is not Givulged whether false beards. will bbe used to make them less. conspicuous, or more mysterious. The price of horse-hair apparently remains unchanged The supposed terrorists were drafted in Manchoukuo by the Japan= ese, who sent them to Shanghai, according to Tass's report as brought from Moscow by the United Press,
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