Here Discussed; Shoot-up Victims Progressing The eight persons injured in the shoot-up which followed the ill-fated attempt to hijack a car in trans-pin. on Friday, were improving satisfactorily, according to enquiries made yesterday at the various hospitals where they are now under treatment. Mr. F. Arnold, F. Swiss member of the technical staff of the "North-China Daily News," who was among those injured, pro-is gressing favourably and was interviewed by detectives in charge of the case yesterday. He is to leave the General Hospital within a few days. Meanwhile, Maj.-Gen. Saburo Miura, Commander of the Japanese Gendarmerie, accompanied by Major Hayashi, called on Maj. K. M. Bourne, Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police, at 1 am. yesterday partly in connection with the shooting affair and chiefly with a view to having a general discussion regarding the crime situation in Shanghai.
During the meeting, which lasted until 430 a.m. recent assassinations and armed crime in general were at some length.
It will be recalled that one of the gunmen was shot and subsequently Italy, US.A. Seen as Future Belligerents Japanese Press Discusses
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