The Un-noticed Bravery of a British Bluejacket One of the most notable actions performed on the day when Mrs, W. J. Snyder was so pathetically shot in the attempt of the two. Koreans to assassinate General Baron Tamaka has not received any prominence in the report of the affair. So many rushed from the Bund foreshore in pursuit of the Koreans that, later during the afternoon, when everyone was relating his experiences, the fact that. Able Seaman Lo Marineau, of H. M. S. Carlisle, performed the heroic deed of throwing the bomb into the water probably escaped general notice.
The bomb used in the attempt on the life of Japan's ex-War_ Minister might easily have killed half a dozen people. The bluejacket, although many asked him curiously after the affair why he caused it to be dropped into the Huangpu, did exactly the right thing at the right time—at a time when even an old bomber from the Western front might have forgotten that one exploding in water is far less dangerous. The death-roll on that afternoon of tragedy might have been trebled were it not for the plucky deed of Lo Marineau. He saw the terrible instrument lying on the -ground, reached for a coolie's bamboo pole, poked the bomb towards the water's edge, and actually while it was hot to the tonch—proving that it may not after all have been a '"dud''—picked it up and threw it over the side.
Publicity is much sought in Shanghai, and easily obtained. Tt is an amazing thing that Lo Marin-caw's action should have escaped some of the praise which is his due. Decorations for valour on the field have been bestowed for less merit-orions deeds. That it was only with difficulty that he could be made to divulge his name is characteristic of the traditions of the great Silent Service.
Mercantile Marine Master's
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