Months Ago, Wounded by:
Lone Gunman Another Chinese newspaperman, black listed by the Nanking Government some two months ago, fell victim to an attempted assassination yesterday. He was Mr. Koo Tse-chung, thief reporter of the "Sin Wan Pao" who was shot at and wounded by a Chinese gunman in the French Concession at 2 p.m.
Int. Koo had just left his home in Rue Bourgeat to go to his ofice when, just before reaching a Chinese garage at the corner of Avenue Foch and Rue Chapsal a Chinese opened fire and wounded him im the the victi} tan. for over hile the neck, Althoügh bleeding, profusely,
would be assassin fired two more shots. Mr. Koo, however, was not hit again.
Seeing his work done, the gunman disappeared, and Mr. Koo was taken to Nanyang Hospital. From there he was taken to Ste. Marie's Hospital, where an operation was performed at 3 pin. Although the wound was rather serious, hopes have been expressed that Mr. Koo will 1 boarded by. officers of a Japanese naval patrol who interrogated the captain and requested him to leave the vicinity of Wenchow immediately.
Japanese naval operations in east Chekiang aimed at subjugating ter-Titory still held by the Chinese resulted in the extension of the ban on navigation to Wenchow and other ports maintaining a good trade with i. After suspension of shipping between the two ports for almost a month, the German owners of the vessel concerned announced an impending sailing for An Kong which i striking distance from Business was brisk for the shipowners and the vessel made its elearance from Shanghai with a full complement of cargo and Chinese passengers, mostly Wenchow merchants who came here on business and were awaiting the first available opportunity to return to the east Chekiang port It was recently reported that rite the enforcement of the ban, contact had been made with Fukien and that the port of Hsing Hwa had been opened to navigation again. Whether the restrictions were relaxed to some extent or the port actually was made accessible to shipping temporarily is not known, but it was learned that communication with Hsing Hwa by sea route has again been interrupted. According to Chinese shipping circles the ban is being enforced in Fukien more rigorously than ever and there has been no movement of cargo either way.
The closing of Wenchow to navigation dealt a serious blow to coast! shipping owing to the prominence of Wenchow and the excellent trade she was carrying on with Shanghai. Lured by the high freight obtainable some of the biggest shipping companies here despatched their boats to Wenchow with gratifying results.
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