Following the information contained in the "North-China Daily News" that Mr, Vu Ta-hsiung, counsellor of the Ministry- of Industries of the Reformed Government and pro-Japanese propaganda official, was assassinated at the New Asia Hotel on Monday, Chinese reports yesterday were ci culated to the effect that pro-Japanese officials living in the Settlement were removing to the safer areas north of the creek.
Rumours were circulated throughout the city on Monday that Vu had been murdered in his office at the New Asia Hotel by three men, but this information was not confirmed until some days later when the S.M.P. were officially told of the killing by the Ta officials and the Japanese ing to these reports, the three men—alleged to have been assistants of Vu in a pro-Japinese publicity organ—entered the hotel without any to reports as to their status. Once inside s room they suddenly pulled hets from their gowns and made a concerted attack on the official, who was powerless in the face of their onslaught.
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