Quite a stir' was created on the Bund late in the afternoon yesterday when a foreigner, dressed only in a pyjama shirt, was seen to emerge from the Public Garden and to proceed toward Peking Road. He was stopped by' the: police "and. taken to the Central station. There he was interrogated and handed over to his "relatives, 3 it appears. that. the. man, suffering from; mental derangement, had. escaped from the General Hospital by jumping out of a first, floor window. He then crossed North Soochow Road and dived into the Soochow Creek. The water, it seems, appealed to him amd he: swam-1o the mouth of the creek, finally, emerging, at the Public Garden, where -he. sent women into biging Gy, his Appearance,
then called to the sation and the indi back. 1 de were the police, refused fo ti eerie sick man was turned over to them, To add to the confusion reigning in the City, Gre broke out in the Hokushin Hotel, razing it to the ground.
Hundreds were believed dead and injured in surrounding towns and villages.
Harbin was badly shaken although not damaged, while Changchun felt the quake only slightly.—Domei, Reception in Honour Of "Ta Kung Pao"
Chungking, May 6.
A hüge reception will be held at Chialing House to make the ceremony in which the "Ta Kung Pao" will be awarded a medal of honour by the University of Missouri Institute of Journalism at a ceremony to be held in America on May 15. The correspondent of the. Centiral News Agency in New York has been deig receive the medal on the papers "behalf. The reception in Chungking will be organized by the Chinese Society, of. Journalism and the Chüngking Newspapers" Associ fion.—Hávas Telemondial.
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