MURDERS BY GUNMEN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 February 1939, Page 7

MURDERS BY GUNMEN

TERRORISM IM SHANGHAI. LI HUNG CHANG’S GRANDSON AMONG VICTIMS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, February 22. A Shanghai message states that gunmen today entered the western district of the International Settlement, killing one Chinese policeman and wounding four. Afterward they escaped into the Japanese-controlled area. A report yesterday stated that Li Kuo-chieh, a grandson of the famous Li Hung Chang, who was connected with the puppet in Nanking. was assassinated by gunmen in the International Settlement. Li Hung Chang, who was born about 1823 in the province of Anhwei and died at Peking in 1901, was a noted Chinese statesman who was known as “the Bismarck of Asia.” TERRIFIC AIR RAID. MANY KILLED & WOUNDED IN ICHANG. (Independent Cable Service.) HONG KONG, February 22. At. least 180 persons were killed and 250 wounded in a terrific Japanese air raid on Ichang today. Ichang is a treaty port situated on the Yangtse River in the province of Hupeh, 270 miles above Hankow and 965 miles from the mouth. HAINAN OCCUPATION. FRENCH WARSHIP ORDERED TO STAND BY. PARIS, February 22. The warship Rigault de Genouilly has been ordered to stand by in the vicinity of Hainan Island. JAPANESE DEMANDS. THREAT OF INDEPENDENT ACTION. (Received This Day, 10.5 a.m.) SHANGHAI, February 22. Commanders of the local Japanese military and naval forces called on the Chairman of ■ the Municipal Council and requested assent to measures to cope with terrorism. They later called on the commander of the AngloItalian forces and reported their action to Tokio. It is stated that Japan demands the prompt arrest of terrorists, increased representation on the Municipal Council and also a fundamental reorganisation of the .International Settlement, in order to facilitate the maintenance of law and order. It is added that Japan will take independent action if her demands are rejected.