The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-26
British Ambassador
 Shot By Japanese
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The big car had roared through Wusih. A Japanese airplane swept along, high over the road. Its pilot dived the plane toward the British car and its whipping flag, There was 8 burst of machine gun bullets and the ambassador slumped in his seat.
 Great Bomb Burst
 Just ahead of the car in the mid- dle of the road, @ great bomb burst. Lieut.. Col. Lovat-Fraser, affected himself by concussion as were Hall Patch and Graham and the chauf- feur, brought the car to safe halt. Pausing only to recover from the shock, he took the wheel again and raced for the country hospital here. Word was telephoned ahead that the ambassador had been wounded and surgeons and nurses were wait- ing. The operating room was made ready and the ambassador was talk en to 1t at once.
 It was @ run of 50 miles, and when he arrived he had lost much blood.
 Weak from Blood Loss
 It was 2:30 p. m. when the am- bassador was wounded. At 6:30 sur- geons at the country hospital said that he was weak from loss of blood but that they retained hope of sav- ing him.
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 As soon as the news was received the British navy radio flashed out a general alarm message seeking Lady Knatchbull- -Hugessen. She and her two daughters are at Peitaiho, 14t miles northwest of Shanghai, neal Nanking.
 A Chinese army spokesman assert. ed that the bombing plane whicf attacked the ambassador had beer identified as @ seaplane, so that pre- sunably 1t had @ navy crew.
 Excitement Spreads
 Excitement spread quickly. It wa realized what o serious situation had been precipitated as between Japan and Britain-the highes British official in China attacked by a Japanese plane which did no even enjoy belligerent rights be- cause there has been no declaration of war by Japan on China. The Jap anese ambassador remains here 1T nominally friendly" relations witt the Chinese government.
 There had been no such inciden in China since the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, then the gravity of tha situation reached the world wher German Ambassador Won Kettlel was shot and killed while on { peaceful mission in the legation quarter of Peiping - then Picking the national capital.
 Today, the ambassador hat awaiting him, for an emergenc! conference, Admiral Sir Charle Little, commander in chief of tn, British fleet; Brig. Gen. A. P. D Teller -Smollett, garrison comman der in chief; consular authoritie and leading Britons of the commun ity here.
 | Gravest of Incidents
 They took charge at once of thu gravest incident that has occurred in Shanghai yet as regards inter national relations.
 Then, the news came that tn, Japanese, after two days of savage fighting, had won smashing sue. cesses all along the 20 mile iron north of the city.
 International settlement authori. ties feared that 500 demoralizet Chinese soldiers, abandoning tn, main army, would be retreating or the settlement, rushing the long sand bag and barbed wire barri' cades thrown up on the borders o the settlement and the French con. cession.
 United States marines and civilian volunteers held 1000 yards of thu barriers.