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JAPANESE INTRIGUE

Terrorist Bullets Traced To S.S.S. Pistols

HONG KONG

TO HAVE FLEET OF HIGHSPEED TORPEDO MOTORBOATS

("China Mail" Special)

The "China Mail" is able to reveal to-day that the Admiralty is intend- ing to reinforce the Bri- tish naval forces in Hong Kong waters by the ad- dition to the squadron of a fleet of motor torpedo- boats.

Astounding Scorn NEW JAPANESE

Article In

Japanese Journal

Shanghai, To-day.

LOAN FOR CHINA CAMPAIGN

Tokyo, To-day.

A new loan of 397 million yen for financing operations in China áre

In to-day's issue of the Japanese newspaper "Mai-

nichi" in Shanghai, there is published a long to offered for public subscription eulogy on the activities of Zang Yoh-tsing, un-on August 22 by the Japanese der the sub-heading of "Zang Yoh-tsing, Ministry of Finance it was revealed here yesterday. The interest will Father of the Reformed Government, goes be 3.5 per cent, and the term of 17 ahead to establish peace in the Orient and over-years. throw Chiang Kai-shek.”

After scoffing at the Shanghai Municipal Police and their desire to interview Zang, the "Maini- chi" gleefully declares "Zang has not been seen to the south of Soochow Creek since Spring and is not likely to appear there again..

The first of these new craft,

Shanghai police are now follow- which are capable of a speed of 50 knots, and are fitted with ma-the discovery of bullets found ing up a new clue occasioned by chine-guns and two torpedo- after recent "terrorist" assassina- tubes, is already on its way to tions and found they were fired Hong Kong and is expected here from one of the 27 pistols sold shortly.

last March to the Japanese for

It is anticipated that she will the alleged use of the Special Ser- be the first of several to be sent vice Section of the Japanese out. While the exact number Army. has not yet been authoritatively revealed, eight has been men- tioned as the probable strength are alleged to have been found, of the Hong Kong "fleet."

FRESH ORDERS ISSUED

Yesterday, it may be recalled, it was officially reported that the Admiralty, which had seven of such craft under construction, had placed orders for twelve ad- ditional boats, at an approximate cost of £50,000 each.

Six were recently added to the

י

Some of the actual weapons

with their numbers filed off, on the scene of other assassinations and

the police are anxious to learn how the pistols found their way into the hands of various as-

Reuter. sassins.

ORGANIZED MURDER

GANGS

Shanghai, To-day,

Further startling revelations with

defences of Malta and made the regard to the recent "terrorist”

journey from Portsmouth to the activities in Shangha

Mediterranean under their own vided to the

worthiness, and later provi their worth during manoeuvres.

power, revealing excellent sea-

Police following

night

another.

rorist."

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The arrested man confessed to the police that he had joined a The Royal Observatory reports secret society known as the that a weak anti-cyclone covers the "Huangtao," with headquarters Pacific to the East of Japan. A in the New Asia Hotel, in the depression covere South China and Japanese-occupied, portion of the Tongking. The typhoon is over Settlement, which was also the North Korea, moving N.N.E. headquarters of the Reformed Forecast: SW. winde, moderate; Government officials living in cloudy; showery,

Shanghai.

At first he was paid $30. per month as a "Third Class member" and later, after he had committed murder un- der. the orders of the Society, he was promoted to a Second

The Postal Savings Banks and the Bank of Japan are expected to

take over the loan and a portion of it will then be opened to public aub- scription through the post offices.

Trans-Ocean.

Class member at $50 per month.

He also revealed the Society's head was the notorious convict Zang Yoh-tsing, an enormous 22- stone Chinese, who personally gave all the orders for assassina- Itions and acts of terrorism.

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