Four bandits were arrested. on Friday afternoon by Japanese gendarmes in Nantao after they had victimized a gambling house and opened fire to escape arrest, according to the "National Herald." The report does not mention casualties National Assembly complied with and the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, there, dropping eight bombs in all. but it is stated that the people living ands for emergency power to meet quite a sensation was created in "Three bombs fell in the vicinity near by were panic-stricken during Shanghai yesterday when rumours of the Wuling Hotel causing slight the chase. created by the wars raging in two sections "were circulated to the effect that damage, while five bombs were The daring hold-up was staged hand grenade had exploded at the dropped on a piece of vacant ground shortly after 3 p.m. when many Central police station and had caused near the bus station. The Chikow gamblers were visiting the Yung injuries to a P.W.D. coolie. Some Bus Station is linked with both Sen Gambling House at 10 Liu Wen t previous Ningpo and Kinhwa, wartime capital hare reports had it that the hand grenade Loong (Lane), Lu Hsiang Yuen es from the floor of the Assembly was planted in a gan can by of Chekiang, but since the bombs Road. Armed with revolvers and Minded", the Assembly approved one of the Chinese ar by the missed it the traffic is not affected, pistols, a large number of robbers it is stated, by a vote of 62 to 1. police during the curfew hours, broke in suddenly. while a report in a local Chinese With some of them covering the paper stated that there were five these were taken to various stations guards of the establishment, the rest bombs discovered in the can and in Shanghai. The majority of those of the gang began relieving gamblers that the coolie had sustained many detained were, of course, Chinese, of their cash. Japanese gendarmes slight wounds. but foreigners had also been stopped arrived quickly but the bandits tried These rumours were investigated and questioned by policemen on to shoot their way to freedom. The and proved to be groundless, and street duty.
Japanese returned the fire and as a although there was a terrific ex-The situation in the French Con-result of a hot chase four of the men plosion at the police station at 6.20 cession was also well in hand and were caught, am. yesterday, police researches armed lorry patrols with French revealed the following: on Saturday regulars cruised along the streets in
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