Actording. to their victims the robbers all spoke Shanghai dialect and broken English and seemed to be of the coolie type. Investigations are being continued by the Bubbling Well police, who have received many surprised by a visit four bandits, three which Ties not bee ascertained.
Road detectives are investigating the affair.
In a robbery at Lane 23, House 23 chekiang Road four men, three armed, made away with a total of $627 in money and jewellery at 833 pan. when they held up the four inmates at pistol point. Five minutes later another five robbers, three of whom were armed, stole $640 at 400 /Foochow Road. In all cases the robbers made their escape. three hold-ups in different areas of the city being reported to the Shang-hal Municipal Police between 620 pan, and 930 pin, The frst took plore in Tuli Shing Lee alleyway, off North "Kiangse Read, when five Chinese, all of them armed. held up a pedestrian and robbed him of $35.20. After the Foreign Lady Robbed By Armed Bandits Shanghai, June 20, While walking along Railway Road, near the home of Maj.-Gen. F. K. Simmons, Commander of "the British Forces in Shanghai, yesterday morning, Miss Anne Lamber ton of St. Luke's No. 2 Hospital situated in the Academia Sinica held up by a ped men and re= lieved of AL the time of the hold-up few people were in the vicinity and after 1 Miss Lamberton of 1 pistol were able to make the away before fon the scene. hold-up they made heir While the "victim informed Low police _station, 'AN 745 pam. another twu robbers heels wit shots the last robbery three armed, held up_a_male Eh Great' Weste tain valuables, amounting to $2450 They made their escape before their victim could raise an alarm, Bie Maul Six men, we of neal with Stols. entered a Chinese residence Hows 16084 Bubbling, Welt avd after intimidating the with—property' men on Railway Read near Jessfield Road at 8 am. yester~ day and was robbed of a watch and Japanese Protest on Propaganda"
Shanghai, June 27.
Aceus British and other news oxen d newspapers of disceminfling malicious propaganda about the Stripping incidents in Tientsin, since the beninning of the blockade of the British Concession there, the Embassy spokesman at yesterday's press con ference stated that " Japanese protest had been lodged with the British authorities in Tientsin on the matter yesterday. He added that these mali Gious statements were being, dis Seminated with a view to make the issue one of general appeal invoking. human principles. He also indicated that he did not believe that the reports received here on the subject were true,
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