Just os he had said before, Mr. Allman repeated yesterday that the "shun Pao" confined its activities to the chronicling of news.and world events and hod always dissociated Heir from polities and propaganda of any sort. He continued that the paper received no subsidies from Anywhere, and that st had received no threats lately, "He had no idea, he said, why bombs should be thrown at "Shun Pao'
"An interesting point in these bombings may be the fact that Mr, Allman one of the seven foreign news~ papermen who has been threatened with deportation by. the Nanking government, Eight employees of th Paper were also among the 83 Chinese black listed by Nanking at the beginning of July.
"The July bombing of the paper resulted In' the death of one person fond" wounding of nineteen others, among them a CPC, The outrage was committed by three men who threw four hand grenades. One of them was arrested after a chase by Chinese plain-clothes policemen, and when taken to the Central station, confessed 10 have belonged to a "eer tain" political organization.
Yesterday's bombing came completely 05 a surprise as no one ex-'Peeled the same place to become the alin of the (erzorats two days run-
$800 were stolen. by two gangsters, one of them armed, from a Chinese pedestrian at 2.45 p.m, 9a January 6, when they stopped him in Peking Road, between Kinngse and Honan Roads, The armed man kept the victim covered, while the other rob-liber took the money away from him.
Shortly after Wusk yesterday 0 Chinese constable found three hand grenades of the potato masher type in the vicinity of the paper at the Intersection of Hankow and Shontung Road, The. finder reported the matter to, the Central Police Station and a party. of Chinese detectives under Detective Inspector V. I- Ovsianikomt made enquiries at the scene. It was learn~ by a Chinese from building adjoining the "Shun Pao." 309 Hankow Road.
The grenades were carefully wrapped up in newspapers in such 0 way that the effects of an explosion would be minimized, which led the police to believe that they were Splanted". near the piper by labour agitators to scare the workers Into Teaving their employment.
An American Concern The paper is on American concern, {the chief editor of which is Mr. N. F Allman, an American legal practitionfor and member of the Shanghai Municipal Council, Mr. Allman declared in November last, when a bombing outrage was perpetrated in the premises of the paper with fatal results, that the "Shun Pao" was not subjsidized by any political party and was printing only factual news. Other sources however, stated thet the paper had adopted a course hostile.to the new regime.
The bombing of the paper in November last was ascribed to terrorists and was one of the most serious newspaper bombing outrages in Shanghai since the outbreak the Sino-Japanese hostilities, The explosives used at the time were of the potato masher type and the violence of the explosion was evid~ enced by the shattering of the window panes of the paper and jecompanying loss of human S.M.C, Acts to Curb Shanghai, Jan. 4 'The determination of the Shanghai Municipal' Council to take vigorous Retin, agaer "reo. proeare wat proved yesterday morning by the at-
HMunleipal Police of two. Chinese rice rest by' the Special Branch of the Alealers suspected of selling rice the market above the prices recently fxed'by' the. authorities and. the Shangha! ice Price Pixing Com Tus men are alleged to have offer-edu bribe of $400 to 2 Chinese defSelive who arrested them, and they will be brought. up this morning be-Tore the Firat Special District Court fon charges of bribery and selling rice exorbitant prices in contravention of the "Special Police Laws" recently Dossed 10 deal with profiteers "The. case will be the frat of tts ind since: the ing of lee prices Fecenly following protracted. dscus-Hons. between Council officials and Chinese. rice" control. organizations. twas announced by the Council that Vigorous action would be" taken Saninst offenders. Chinese creer Here are awaiting the outcome of the tare in view of the acute rice situa: {ion prevailing locally and the recent Gecislon of the authorities to take finite action fo curb. profiteering on {he cereal in'which so many of the Div's population are dependent for Members of the police force attach the Special Branch and work ing Under Superintendent G. J. Bene belt have been entrusted with the task of bringing proateers Yo. book, ita learned yesterday.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.