Hongkong, June 24.
Chinese machine-guns yesterday repulsed an attempted landing by a small party of Japanese marines at Hainan Island, Chinese reports said today.
The attempt followed a heavy shelling hi Chinese shore defences by Japanese naval guns. The Chinese failed to reply to the bombardment.
Chinese claimed they kiled 26 Japanese marines and suffered a loss of seven dead and fourteen wounded themselves in their successful check-
Says He Lost $1,000
An extended search ended yesterday with the arrest, by Detective Sub-Insp J. Crighton of C. O. Danenberg, British, on a charge of larceny, Danenberg was taken into custody in the International Settlement and will be brought before the British Police Count today, It is alleged that he stole various property, valued totally at $1,000, from Dr. C. A. Soondora, young Siamu physician educated in London, March after he had induced Dr, Soondora to take a room at th Yangtze Hotel, Hankow and Yunnan Roads, The property abstracted from Dr. Soondora, who a newcomer to Shanghai, is said to have consisted of money, clothing, a banking code and the physician's passport Danenberg was found yesterda in the French Concession and wa persuaded to go to Police Headquar ters in Foochow Road, where he wa. arrested, "Dr, Soondora hails from Chiengmai, northern Siam, and is said to ing of the attempted landing.
With the arrival of additiona! Japanese warships, making a total of eighteen in the vicinity of the island, the situation was becoming critical, Chinese reports said.
French naval authorities are watching the operations anxiously and have dispatched: ten warships to take up positions off Hainan, Chinese reports said.—United Press,
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