| Show I r VICTIMS OF BOMB PLOT I 11 44 r i 4 Four of the five Japanese officials injured In the Shanghai bombing bombing- are shoun n in the accompanying pictures Those in the two upper photos are General Yoshinori left and Admiral right Those In the two lower photos photos photos pho pho- tos are Minister Mamoru l zu left and General Kenkichi right Five Japan Leaders W Wounded by Bomb Attack at Shanghai Will ViII Not Result in Break of Peace Parley Belief By Dy United Press SHANGHAI April 29 Peace 29 Peace negotiations between the Japanese and Chinese at Shanghai probably will not be broken off because of today's bomb bombing ng in which five highest Japanese officials here were injured it was The bomb was thrown at the re reviewing reviewing re- re viewing stand in m park during during dur dur- ing ng a Japanese celebration of or the emperors emperor's emperors emperor's emperors emperor's em em- birthday Fifteen thousand Japanese celebrating ing Emperor Hirohito's birthday saw sawa a bomb explode at the feet of officials off oUi- dais on the reviewing stand where they were an easy target for the bombers The crowd was sin singing ing the Japanese national anthem Ki migao The wounded respective heads of the he Japanese military naval diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic and consular services here herc were Minister tamoru Mamoru right leg eg broken will vill be incapacitated for lor four or five live months Admiral commanding naval forces wounded in face and eyes may lose eyesight General commanding Japanese troops wounded wound wound- ed in the face ace Consul General Kuramatsu left eft leg ir injured expected to recover In n three or four weeks General Kenkichi Ueda who commanded commanded com corn the Ninth division in the Shanghai fighting left arm injured insured In addition H H. Tomono general secretary of the Japanese Residents Residents' association was wounded slightly lightly in both arms Several spectators were sli urt TO SUCCEED Reliable sources said Kazuo Moriya counselor of or the Japanese legation would be appointed shortly to be actIng act act- ing ng minister succeeding Peace negotiations probably will be resumed next week The investigation o of the bombing was vas surrounded by the greatest se se- se crecy No statements were issued and nobody was admitted to police headquarters headquarters head- head quarters except Japanese officers The Japanese newspapers in in Shanghai were prohibited from publishing news of oC the thc arrest of oC a Korean Fino Ki I co Continued on s.-e- s. n Page ai Eleven tn I m c Ak f 0 Q f f t W 1 r. r jL r. r it i t. t t X Z x v u to M ci FIVE YE JAPANESE CHIEFS ChEFS BOMBED Continued From Page Pare One 5 suspected of ot throwing the bomb All but two or three o of seven suspects sus sus- arrested were released this evening W W. S S. S Hibbard the American Ameri Amen can em In charge o of the park was re reI released re- re I leased after questioning He was dei de de- i temporarily because he intervened inter inter- to protect the Korean from the crowd I F Lieutenant Colonel Walter Waller Drysdale Drys- Drys dale dae American military and md the French British and Italian military mill mili tar tary attaches left the platform only a a few seconds before the bomb ex cx- Another bomb fell ell on the platform but did not explode Japanese military constructed a barricade around the second bomb It was found on the ground near the reviewing stand The e bomb consisted consisted con con- of a metal box one foot long four lour inches wide and two inches deep and aad Is believed to contain nitro nitro- glycerine park is technically under the jurisdiction of the police of the international settlement but there were ere only a few police there this morning and all had left the park before before before be be- fore the Japanese celebration began The pan park pal is in the midst of Chinese territory but is considered an extra extra- settlement area such as certain roads outside the settlement The entire area is occupied by the Japanese military at present however RUSSO-JAPAN RUSSO VET VETI I General Japanese su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme war councilor was placed in I command of troops here when re- re arrived to aid the Ninth division under General Shi- Shi is 62 years ears old and a veteran I of or the Russo Japanese war war and previous pre pre- engagements with China Minister has been the chief thief Japanese delegate at peace conferences con con- with the Chinese here He previously took an active part in the exchange of oi communications between Japanese and Chinese officials which lw led to fighting lighting in the Shanghai area General commanded the first big Wg unit of troops brought into Shan Shang Shang- hai hal A As chief of the Ninth division he was on the firing iring line in the most vigoroUSly contested battles against the ue Nineteenth Chinese route army He was succeeded in the supreme command by General Consul General Mural has been in the we midst of the dispute here since 1 pan Japan an first began protests aca against the Chinese boycott bocott on her goods He HeMS MS has been engaged in various Admiral took command of Japans Japan's naval forces here when the eX expeditionary force was increased He fie replaced Admiral who Issued the first ultimatum to the Chinese Chi Chi- nes nese Surgeons removed three pieces of shrapnel from right leg The me left leg was less seriously hurt hurl Japanese believed Consul General ural would resign In keeping with the we Japanese tradition that inferior arc are responsible for the safety of thell he superiors Lampson British minister e at the Japanese embassy to rr v Press his regrets over the incident |
