THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 27, -
AMBASSADOR'S COURAGE AND FORTITUDE
Shanghai, To-day.
Tribute was paid to the British Ambassador, Sir Hughe Knatch ball Hugessen, by Colonel W. A. Lovat Fraser, the British military attache, for his remarkable courage. and calmness during the attack on the party by two Japanese planes yesterday.
Colonel Lovat-Fraser said that the Ambassador, although seriously wounded and obviously in great pain, did not lose consciousness.
Their one thought after the at tack was to push on to Shanghai and during the remainder of the journey they only stopped once or twice to give Sir Hughe water.
ATTENDS TO BUSINI
When they reached the Country Hospital the Ambassador's forti tade had not given out, because before submitting to the ministra- tions of nurses and doctors, he attended to certain urgent busi- ress.
Colonel Lovat-Fraser said that the machine-gunning by one of the Japanese planes, greatly surprises the party.
After the Ambassador had been wounded, both he and Mr E Hail Patch, British Treasury official jumped out of the cars and discuss ed the situation.
BLOWN OFF ROAD
It was while they were confer- ring that the second Japane plane attacked the cars with a bomb, the missile falling into paddy field.
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"The force of the explosion blew us right off our feet into the field. Had it dropped on the road we should have been killed," said Colonel Lovat-Fraser.
MR HULL AND SHOOTING OF AMBASSADOR
Washington, To-day.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, has cabled to the British Government expressing his great distress at the wounding of the British Ambassador and-offer- ing solicitous best wishes for his recovery
Speaking to pressmen, Mr. Hall described the wounding of the Ambassador as extremely re- grettable and unfo matë. Rea- ter.
JAPANESE BOMB RAILWAYS
Japanese planes carried on exten-
Nanking, To-day.
sive bombing activities on the Pei- ping-Suiyuan, Tientsin-Pukow and Peiping-Hankow railway hires yes terday.
It is also reported that the Japan- ese air arm în North China is seri- weather in the north which has ously handicapped by the rainy
made their main aerodrome at Tien- tsin dangerous for landing. Cen- tral News.
PLANES ATTEMPT TO BOMB TATUNG
Kweisui, To-day. Japanese planes made two at tempts to bomb the railway station at Tatung, important north Shansi coal and communications centre, yesterday afternoon.
The report states that no serious damage was done by the few bombs that the planes succeeded in drop- ping-
Two Chinese who were caught signalling to the Japanese bombers from the ground, were found gui executed yesterday afternoon. of aiding the enemy and were Central News.
Army Recruiting
The Colonel added that the Am-
London, To-day. bassador was journeying to Shang-
The War Office announces that hai to give his fellow-countrymen the recruiting figure for the Regu a message of good cheer.
lar Army last week was the best for The Ambassador has passed any week during Angust since the reasonably satisfactory night and his condition is slightly better. Renter
year, 1932. The number of recruits approved during the week was 655.
British Wireless.
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