Alerte Damaged by Ninghsi While at Anchor 4
While swinging in the river early July 23" the San Pek str. Ninghsin came into collision with the French gunboat Alert, which was lying at anchor at the man-o'-war's buoy, doing considers able damage to the warship's bows, and escaping with very little more.
an the loss of some paint from her own stern.
The Alerte is one of the small iver gunboats belonging to the French squadron and her stem was \diy twisted by the impact. The ing hsin, from all accounts, was yung by the tide further out than usual when turning and her stero crashed against the bows and an" char chains of the gunboat, buckling them up. The Alette's crew were rushed to their stations, but the ship was never in danger of sinking. An inquiry into the ace cident, is proceeding, 'Tue China National Sugar Refining Ca., which suspended business some time ago on account of finan. cial difficulties, will be' re-opened: ow Avgust 1, reports the Chinese press, when it is hoped to produce 400 toms sugar daily. repentant of his crimes and having agreed to pay a large sum of money to the Kuomintang, the warrant for. his arrest is hereby text of an order District Kuomintang.
Chen's arrest was ordered. because he waa alleged to have purchased @ large quantity of Japanese cotton yarm it to Chinese marchants under company's Chinese trods niark whilst the boycott was being enforced. The reason given for tha, rescinding of the, warrant is Int ing, if correct,
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