sion, 39-year old native of residing at 218 Rue Lafayette, was shot and killed at about 12.45 p.m. yesterday as he was leaving the Ta Tung Hotel in Rye Palikao, near Rue clu Weikwei, The crime was perpetrated by two gunmen, who fired two shots at the victim, one of them fatally wounding Li in the head.
The victim, who at the time of his death was dressed in a black jacket and white pants, hod registered at the Ta Tung Hotel on July 7. He was reported to have called himself worker when registering at the hotel, As he was leaving the hotel yester-vüy. the two gunmen appeared on the scene and fired at him, Their job accomplished, the assassins escaped before the arrival of the French police. They were seen running toward the Internationa! Settlement, No motive could be ascertained yesterday and police found no clue fo the crime. Investigations are being conducted, unless Americans held as "retaliation hostages" are granted exit permits, no Germans and Italians will be allowed to leave the United States. The Government wants immediate action It is pointed. ouf that it registration showed that 66,000 Italians and 330,000: Germans were in the United States compared with a few thousand Americans in Europe.—Reuter.
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