Detectives "from Hongkew police station were on the scene of the crime soon after the robbery and all the employees, who had witnessed the coming and going of the robbers. were questioned, as were the three guards. The questioning, however, threw no light on the affair. The guards, it was said, had not the least suspicion of the sinister aims of the two men and had therefore done nothing to stop their car.
The sum was sent here by the Hongkong branch of the Post Office znd wag to be used for the construction of a post office in Nanking. Due to the fact that all the banks were closed' on Friday, the $2,500,000 were kept ati the Post Office until yesterday morning when it was to be loaded and transferred to the postal bank.
"We closed to 4000 yards, firing our guns and torpedoes. One torpedo scored à hit amidships.. The cruiser Norfolk was also firing with her guns puffs jand torpedoes, and the ' battleship: King George V with her guns.
"The: position of the enemy was unenviable.
British warships closed in, raining shells on the doomed yesso
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