THE CHINA MATE, MARCH 23, 1938.
MYSTERY OFFERS
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CAR SHOT
RIDDLE
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Japanese Embassy Describe Death As Self-Inflicted
AMERICA'S
BILL IN PANAY
INCIDENT
Washington, To-day.
The State Department announces In
that the United States Ambassador in Tokyo has presented to the Japanese Government an account for damages arising from the sink- ing of the gunboat Panay..
Acute Nervousness HM. CUMINE'S
Included in the American es- timate are damages for three tankers bombed on the same day The
as the Panay incident.
The Japanese Government has already promised to pay full in demnity for these bombings.
WELL OVER U.S.$2,000,000.
Persists In
Settlement
Shanghai, To-day.
NEWSPAPER AGAIN BOMBED
Shanghai To-day.
second innient in the Inter-
connection with the incident last evening in national Settlement occurred slight- which the occupants of a motorcar opened firely before midnight last night when on a group of Japanese, killing one, the Japan the office of the Chinese vern ese Embassy has issued a statement announcelar newspaper,, ing that the dead Japanese was an interpreter owned by a Baton, Mr. H. M of the Japanese gendarmerie.
Cumme was time in several months
The midentified o
Standard
the third
a motorcar alighted in front the office, disarmed the Chinese
statement adds that he
was walking down a street in Hongkew with two companions when he shot himself. An investigation is now pro- ceeding to establish whether the death was sui-the car from which they tossed cidal or accidental.
At the same time, the en- The Note in connection with the
trances to the International Panay compensation demand stated
Settlement have been reopened, that the United States Government the barricades have been remov- finds that the "amount of property ed and the majority of troops losses sustained" is U.S.$1,945,670.01 withdrawn, though a small extra and the "amount of indemnification force was left on duty, for the which should be paid in death and personal injury" is US$268,337.35.
The reason how the disparity The Note points out that no item in the Japanese Embassy and for punitive damages is included, police statements arose has not and the amount asked represents yet been probed.. only the actual property losses and immaterial, and the main fact a conservative estimate of personal that emerges is the acute ner- damages. Reuter.
EXCHEQUER SURPLUS OF ELEVEN MILS.
night
VIENNA WARNING
Vienna, To-day. The police have ordered the sur render of all arms and ammuni- tion by March 25.
After this date, possessors of arms and ammunition will be se-
Reuter.
verely punished. The effect is
vousness in which Japanese and foreigners are now living in Shanghai-Reuter.
INTENSE EXCITEMENT
Shanghai, To-day. Yesterday's incident resulted in intense excitement as the Japan- ese completely isolated the dis- trict north of Soochow Creek
-- Nobody was allowed to enter or leave the district, business was entirely suspended, traffic over The healthy British financial the bridges stopped and shipping
London, To-day.
- position is disclosed in the off-on the Creek blocked.
The theory gained ground last Exchequer surplus of £11,598,000 night that the Japanese interpreter compared with a
deficit of had actually committed suicide, andi had not been murdered. That the £15,656,000 at this time last year.
Revenue hitherto is £839,788,- Japanese were of this opinion was 000 and expenditure £828,189,000, indicated by removal of all restric
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tions Trans-Ocean:
-cial returns showing a current
TWELVE DAYS TO GO
London, To-day. With twelve days to the end of the financial year, the Exchequer returns show that total. ordinary revenue amounts to £839,788,297 compare with £794,150,848 at the correspond ing date of last year. Ordinary ex penditure is £818,319,799, against $798,255,055 a year ago. There is a -surplus of £21,568,498 -of- which
£9369,749 has been allocated to the Sinking Funds-British Wireless.
N.U.J. CALL STRIKE
London, To-day.
IMPORTANT HITLER
DECISIONS TO
BE ANNOUNCED
Herr Hitler will speeches in Austrian
Reichstag
Seven-
The National Union of Journal- Germany
has announced that a
will be called on April 8 un
strike On April
will announ
sions
the
German
watchman on duty and re-entered
la bomb They then drove of
The watchman and a passer-by were taken to hospital with wounds, and one other Chinese was slightly injured, while the plate-glass front of the offices was shattered
No arrests have Reuter
made.
SERIOUSET WOUNDED
Trans Ocean says that the bomb- throwers first fired two shots at the Chinese watchman, woundin him seriously.
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