An ambulance and police in bulletproof jackets were quickly on the scene, followed by two riot vans. Working in separate parties the police, with drawn. pistols, scoured: the street, stopping all persons tog search them for arms or other artist carried by the terrorists, Except f; slight cuts on the back of the neck sustained by a Chinese in the yard at the time, no one was injured by the explosion and the services of the ambulance were not required, 1
The large lunch-hour crowds which visit the Palace Hotel each day had not arrived when the explosion occurred, but the few people who wet sitting in the grill room, which adjoins the yard, were deafened by the noise of the explosion, Their fears, however, were quickly allayed when it became known that there was no danger and that nobody had been seriously injured, q An official of the hotel stated that after the explosion the yard was filled with a smell resembling that of acetylene, which, at first, made him think there had been an' explosion in the kitchens. A+ glance round, however, showed no signs of th F
The Chinese cre said to have especial confidence in the situation on the north bank, because the area is defended by crack divisions.
The Chinese command say that it is impossible to predict the intentions of the Japanese on the south bank until they reach Tehan, on the Kiukiang-Nanchang Railway.
Following the occupation of the township of Singtze, the Japanese forces advancing from Kiukiang and iso from the west shore of the Po-
During the afternoon three Japanese constables of the S.M.P. and sentries from the Seaforth Highlanders were posted in the lane, and a sentry also stood at the Nanking Road entrance to the kitchens,
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