A violent explosion. which rocked the. Central district of the Inter national Settlement and which was believed to have been caused by a time bomb, occurred at 6.35 pum yesterday and sent scores of Chinese passengers from the inv, Kiaochow scurrying back: to the launch {o retrieve their meagre belongings as flames swept the boat. The Kiaochow was a launch plying Be" tween Shanghai and various points in Pootung.
Complete mystery surrounded the The. imagination % Canadians has Ottawa, Aug, 1^.
sea of President Roosevelt fred Љy tà ie meet Mr. Churchill although it did 1 come as a complete surprise in view of widespread. speculation.
The declarati eight war alms seems to be an expression of a high degree of idealism which should attract the support of all peace loy ing peoples everywhere. Confidence has been increased by this unassaile able evidence of closer collaboration between the United Kingdom and the United States.
Reference to Governments associat ed with Germany is taken without question to mean that the Japanese received particular attend 'AS far as can be ascertained, no Canadian officials participated in this conference, Over a mee! reports of a meeting were culated, the Canadian Prime Minis-L. Mackenzie and the notion that, t sta knowl have been caused by a boiler when it was clined fo comment. jon was ina the il id b I for such an oft by a Diesel engine, The boat was lying off the pontoon opposite Nanking Road and had only arrived there a short time before the occurrence. The chow, carrying a Japanese flag, went up in flames within two minutes after the explosion and the entire passenger compartment was enveloped,
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