Shanghai, Oct, 24. LOSE patrolling was maintained throughout yesterday by the Royal Italian Marines in the Jessfield ares where carly on October 22 alleged members of the "Special ' Service Corps" of the "Chung Kuo Kuomintang Anti-Comintern and National Salvation Army" attacked a Settlement motorcycle patrol, killed 'a Chinese constable and sought to murder a number of foreign and Chinese policemen with hand: venades und Mauser pistol bullets.
The Settlement Police, returning fire, killed at least two of the gangsters while an undetermined number of the latter were wounded, The battle took place outside 1081 Jessfeld Rosd, in Jessfield Village, which house has been occupied by a large number of the desperate gang since August 3 last. While it could not be "ascertained yesterday how many of the "Special Service Corps" remained behind the bullet-seared walls, it was learned that a considerable number of the organization were Still hiding In the area. The "Special [Service Corps" is alleged to be func: [Bening under the establishment at 70 Jessfield Road, which is Mr, Wang Ching-we''s local headquarters, Police records show that the guns men living at 1081 Jessfield Road forcibly seized the house from the Zaul Ka Doo Merchants' reet Union on August 3, were evicted almost im= mediately by a large detachment of Talian Marines who disarmed them. but were released the same day on certain representations being made. The Ilallan Marines, as was reported by the "North-China Daily News" on August 4, returned to the men (who New British Consul-
General Shanghai, Oct. 28.
The "North-China " Daily News" is informed that Sir Herbert Phillips, K.C.M.G, 0.1." His Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai, will vacate his post at the end of this year and will proceed on home Jeave prior to retirement from the Consular Service, Mr, A. H. Georme, cate, Commercial Counsellor to H. M. Embassy. will succeed Sir Herbert Phillips as Consul General at Shanghai. were dressed either in foreign clothes or Chinese workmen's garb) all the Mauser pistols, "potato-masher" hand-grenades. swords and other weapons seized,
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