A mild wave of crime swept over Shanghai early last night when thirty-two bandits staged six armed robberies in various parts of the city in the brief space of two hours. The total value of the loot sto! by armed robbers during the was over $2,257.
Four men, one armed with a pistol, entered House 49, Lene 1 Peking Roed, at 6 pum. and robbed the occupants of the house of money, clothing and jewellery valued at $650. Thirty-five minutes later five men, two of whom were armed with pistols, walked into a general stere at 660 Ward Road and walked out again with $540 worth of money clothing end wool.
At 645 pin. five men, one armed with a pistol, entered House 6, Tuli Ming Li, off Macao Rood, and stripped the terrified people in the house of money and jewellery valued at ti Rcobers descended on 17 Tse Yih Lee, off Kiukiang Road, in mass formation when ten © less than eight of them carrying pistols, trooped into the house at 725 p.m. and robbed the place of money and property, the value of which had not been ascertained last night.
Ten minutes after this affair three men, cre armed with a pistol, stroll led into a food shop at 807 Gordon Road and departed with a gold finger ring, valued at $20, which the accountant of the place hed been sporting on his finger. At 8 p.m. five men, three armed with pistols and one wilh a wicked-looking rife, robbed the attendants of a coal shop at 379 Wayside Road of $377 in money and clothing.
Robbers were active yesterday morning too as two men, one whom was armed with what believed to have been an imitation pistol entered House 35, Lane 348, Weihaiwei Road and robbed the lone occup ent of the house of $400 in cash and a diamond ring valued at $150. in purchases to suggest that the wheat would find its way to Germany, but [as soon as it was learned that there American Ambassador x the pent took prompt, effective action."
Such a possibility, the Govern-In Nanking for Japan with Sir Canadian Wheat Supply To Russia Cancelled of Canadian wheat will an Order-inued, the to license the "export of adjacent to an Nanking, Jan. 24.
Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, American Ambassador to China, arrived here at 10.30 o'clock this morning aboard the U. S. S. Flagship Luzon.
Courtesies wre exchanged with a Japanese warship anchored on the Yangtze when the Luzon arrived.
Mr. Johnson was greeted on the can Vice-Consvl, and other American Consular officials and residents.
He went by automobile to the American Embassy on Shanghai Road. The American Ambassador was scheduled to leave Nanking at 9. o'clock tomorrow morning for Hankow, reaching there on Monday—Domei.
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