BOMB INCIDENT MIGHT HAVE PROVOKED MASSACRE; PROMPT ACTION SAVED DAY
(Keceived 4, 2.45 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Dec. 3. Mr. Bonald Monson, the Daily Telegraph's cotrrespondent, says that the situation was very tense after the grenade incident. Thousands of lives were imperilled and international relations in the Settlement were threatened. The promptness of a Chinese municipal policeman in shootihg the homb-thrower hefore a manhunt began saved the situation. Everyone expected that machineguns would sweep the streets, but the Japanese ptreserved commendahle discipline,
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBHETR19371204.2.34
Bibliographic details
Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 5
Word Count
80BOMB INCIDENT MIGHT HAVE PROVOKED MASSACRE; PROMPT ACTION SAVED DAY Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 61, 4 December 1937, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in