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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 7, 1988.

WAVE OF

SWEEPING

TERRORISM SHANGHAI

Bomb Outrages Signal Dawn Of Anniversary Day

-"TERRIERS" Japanese Shot In

GUARD THE PALACE

London, To-day.

For the first time in history, men of the Territorial Army furn- nished the guard at Buckingham Palace when they took over duty from the Scots Guards.

The King watched the core- mony of the changing of the guard from a balcony of the Pa- lace. Reuter.

.DR. KOO'S

DEMARCHE ON PARACELS

Paris, To-day.

Diplomatic circles here. learn that the Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Wellington Koo, during a visit to the French Foreign Minister, M. Bonnet, on Wednesday, stressed that China would maintain her sovereignty over the Paracel -Islands.

Street: Badly Wounded

Shanghai, To-day.

BRITISH STUDY OF SITUATION AT MEMEL

· London, To-day, The Under-Secretary for Foreign

Terrorist activities in Shanghai, commencing be-Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler stated in

fore dawn to-day, gave the International Set tlement an earnest that the anniversary of the outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostilities would be one of extreme tension and of strain on the police forces.

One Japanese has already been shot and seriously wounded, and bombs have been thrown at a number of points although details of the effect are not yet available.

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the Commons yesterday that "His Kovno, who has just returned from Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at a visit to Memel, reports that some- the port on June 20 and again on what serious rioting took place at

June 28 when demonstrations by arrival of German steamers were German Memelanders on the followed by clashes between them and the Lithuanians, resulting on

British

the latter occasion in the death of one Lithuanian and the wounding. The first incident occurred at

of others by the autonomous police. now the headquarters of the about 5.20

The Charge d'Affaires is satis- a.m. when a male Japanese gendarmerie, and Japanese, who was riding in a

fied, however, that both the the Yokohama Specie Bank. Lithuanian and Autonomous au- ricksha in the International Set- Following the bomb attacks, thorities are alive to the necessity wounded by an unknown assail- and the Municipal Police swarm-incidents and I have reason to hope tlement, was shot and seriously the Japanese military authorities of preventing a recurrence of such ant, who got clear away.

ed to the area which has, now that the situation which had been Four empty cartridges were been cordoned off. Reuter. generally quiet and satisfactory found at the scene of the shoot-

TWO DEAD

before the incidents took place:will ing.

Shanghai, Later.

now return to normal." At 5.30. a.m. another incident! The Japanese shot while riding Wireless. occurred, when three bombs were in a ricksha this morning has since For this reason he wished to thrown at a Japanese cotton mill died. know why these Islands have in the Settlement. A Sikh watch- occupied by the Annam police? man, wounded, was the only

M. Bonnet replied that the casualty.

In the West Hongkew district, 'n French authorities had merely sent the necessary personnel in At the same time, two more bomb was thrown at a Japanese order to erect and maintain bea-bombs were thrown at the Japsentry post. The Japanese opened cons at the Meteorological station anese mill's staff quarters near-fire and shot one Chinese dead and and the Wireless transmitter." by. Slight damage was - caused wounded two" others—Router.

"Moreover," declared M. Bon-to the buildings, but one of the net, "two detachments of Annam inmates was injured. police had been sent to the Is- lands in order to protect the staff workers and plant against fisher folk."

"These were measures," con- cluded M. Bonnet, "for the pro- tection of apparatus erected for the safety of International ship- ping." Trans-Ocean...

CHOLERA RAGING AT SWATOW

.Shanghai, To-day. The epidemic of cholera is rapid- ly spreading at Swatow, according to despatches here, which state that ower 600 persons have, contracted the disease during the past few days, of whom upwards of 200 are already dead.

It is added that large quantities of anti-cholera serum are being prepared as rapidly as possible at

g Kong whence will be despatch- to Swatow. It is hoped that the epidemic will be soon be vanquished by means of vaccinations on a large! scale. Trans-Ocean..

FIFTEEN WARSHIPS OFF KWANGTUNG

Canton, To-day.

15 Japanese warships are how off the Kwangtung coast. Four are anchored off. Toklum, east of Swatow, and two off Yeungkong, In West Kwangtung Central News.

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QUARTERS BOMBED

None of the bomb throwers were arrested:

At six a.m. three bombs were thrown simultaneously on

the Bund.

on

The objectives were the Japanese sentry_post Garden Bridge, the former Chinese Government ferry,

Another. Japanese riding a bicy- Another Japanese riding a bley- cle in the American marine sector

was shot dead. -

RECRUITING

AUSTRALIA AND OTTAWA PACT

London, To-day. Discussions with the Common- wealth Minister in London regard- jing revisions. of the Ottawa Trade | Agreement with Australia have been proceeding for some weeks, but the Secretary of the Depart- ment of Overseas. Trade when questioned in t the Commons,” said Recruiting in the Regular Army he was not in a position to make last week was the best for any a statement. › He denied, that nego- week during past 5 months as 965 tiations had been hampered e- recruits enlisted, an increase of 339 cause of British commitments with over corresponding week last the United States of America.

'British Wireless. year.-British Wireless.

London, To-day.

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