A wealthy Chinese banker was kidnapped on Tuesday night when several men entered the home of Mr. Loo Sao-dong in Vu Yuen Road and abducted Mr, Jabin Hsu, a well-known Chinese here and one-time member of the Chinese Government, according to several reliable reports. The victim son-in-law of Mr. Loo, was dium; with the latter when the men entered and took him a As the cum was committed in an "outside road, the Settlement Police were not The Minister said that the danger of being killed and wounded by bombs so far had been much less than anticipated but that plans were being rushed to continue the evacuation be cause the danger to health, particularly in the overcrowded shelters of the "most hardly pressed areas" was great and, in consequence, disease would be able to spread more easily.
Mr. MacDonald said that 20,000 children have been evacuated from London within the last 10 days "but that is clearly not enough."
He added that mothers and children will be moved into the country as rapidly as possible but not to the east or to the south-east.
"Later," he said, "the scheme will be extended to other areas where the overcrowded shelter problem is serious from the health point of view—United Press. formed of the kidnapping, and the details of the abduction could not be ascertained, the reports said Mr, Hsu. who is well known to many foreigners in the city, is a native of Shanghai and was born on March 28, 1889. At one time he headed the "China Press" editorial staff, with which he was connected from 1917 to 1925. He was also sent to America by the newspaper to attend the Washington Conference.
Well-known for his public work. Mr. Hsu was a, member of the Shanghai Municipal Council, and at the time was said to be connected with Dr.
H. H. Kung in the Chinese National Government. Later he was appointed of the Department of Generat China.
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