Evening star., 1925-06-25
NEW BOMB PLOT
IN SHANGHAI FAILS;
DRAGON DAY CALM
Police Nip Plan of Students
to Attack Foreigners From
Speeding Autos.
VOLUNTEERS CALLED OUT
TO PREVENT DISORDERS
Chinese Troops Break Up Radical
Meeting Before Trouble
Can Develop.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, June 25.-The police
have obtained information of a wide
spread student plot to hire motor cars
and dash around the international set
tlement here throwing bombs and
shooting. The police therefore order
ed that no cars be let for hire except
to well known customers.
Volunteers and special consta bles
have been mobiliZed in the foreign
settlement and posted at strategic
points. Chinese are being searched
for arms and other precautions are
being taken.
The shipping situation is growing
worse. British and japanese liners
are avoiding Shanghai.
Dragon day. observed by Chinese
in less troublesome times to mark the
season Of sprouting seeds, today was
commemorated with armed forces
patroling the sweltering streets OF
Shanghai, which took on holiday
aspect despite the expected fiare-up OF
strike sympathiZers.
Break Up Meeting.
The Manchurian troops of Gen.
Chang Tso-lin, who recently extended
his armed forces to Shanghai, invaded
a recreation ground on Chinese terri
tory and broke up meeting of stu
dents and radicals.
The dragon boat festival, at which
an outbreak was expected, passed
without a hare-up from the Chinese
agitators. All volunteer foreign de-
fense units We're mustered, ready TO
put down any disturbance, but their
services were not needed.
A 10 trvI, Tod
that the general strike. which has
paralyzed Shanghai business for the
past month, would be terminated to-
morrow. The strike will continue to
apply to British and Japanese mills,
however. The status OF the shipping
strike, which has tied up many ships
in the harbor, remained unchanged to-
night.
The American Association Of China
today cabled to the State Department
urging cooperation of the United
States with other powers in adopting
a strong attitude of insistence toward
China in the observance Of treaty
regulations.
Blame China For Riot.
The message said that the Chinese
government should be charged with
responsibility for the loss of lives and
property.
Defense forces were unrelaxed to-
night.
The resolution urges that China be
held strictly responsible for all losses
of life, property and business incident
to the present situation in China.
1t says an absolute observance of
China's existing treaties is essential
until those treaties are modified
through the orderly processes pro-
vided by the Washington conference.
The resolution recommends that
representations be made to the Chi
nese government to suppress the pres
ent state of lawleSsness directed
against foreigners in China. which in
our opinion is due primarily to exist
ing unsettled political conditions ag-
gravated by Soviet propaganda"
Copies of the resolution were sent
to the State Department at Wash
ington and to the American -Asiatic
Association of New York.
Situation Still Serious.
kilograms from various storm CEN
ters in the anti-foreign movement
depict the situation as follows:
At Wuhu, near Nanking, the food
boycott of foreign warships continues
but the Chinese authorities are
maintaining order.
The American destroyer McCor-
mick has arrived at Ningpo, in
Chekiang Province, south of Shanghai
and order has been restored there
Chinese soldiers are guarding the
foreign quarter.
The Chinese authorities at Swatow
on the coast between Annoy and Can
ton. have given assurances that
foreigners will be protected, but
these are not considered convincing
because of the absence of control
over the agitators.
At Annoy the Chinese and foreign
authorities are cooperating and the
situation is described as satisfactory
At Hollow, OH the Island of Hainan
southwest of Canton, the situation
continues disturbed and there is
much uneasiness.
No change is reported from other
centers but a generally tense atmos
phere prevails.
BRITISH DENY BLAME.