Shanghai, Apr. 24.
The Central District echoed with shots yesterday morning as a gang of terrorists made a desperate effort, fo bomb the Lien Yih Commercial Bank at 201 Tientsin Road at 9.30, o'clock. A police party from Cenral Station arrived at the scene, but although several shots were fred at the gunmen, the latter, managed to escape.
The bank has only recently been opened by Mr. Pan San-sing. well-known figure in the Western District, and the attempt to bomb the establishment yesterday morning was believed to have been inspired by. internal friction.
The terrorists, believed to have been six in number, were said to! be of coolie class."At 930 am. yesterday. they came up to the bank and threw two canister bombs, When these failed to.explode, the gangsters whipped out their firearms and fired several shots, wounding] Chinese police watchman No, 1370 fin the shoulder. A bank guard was also Injured, a bullet hitting his fingers. Both were removed to the Lester Chinese Hospital for treatment.
'The shooting brought but a party' of police from the Central Station and the gunmen, discarding their firearms. two revolvers, one mauser pistol and two bombs, took to fight and disappeared.
Mr. Pan, it may be recalled, has been' nominated to "the Shanghai Munlelpal Couneit"by the Nanking rice to Shanghai had not been com. pleted. It would appear therefore! that while passively' trying to increase the supply of rice here, the Council will have to do something Positive in the local rice market as to improve the situation in an all-round manner.
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