Patrol Boat Fired On And Three Men Killed The "Independent—Navy' moored off the Chinese Bund have been giving trouble again. On Friday night the captain, and three members of the crew of the Kiangsu Salt Smuggling Prevention Force patrol boat An Dau were killed, wien the cruiser Haichow fired ow the craft.
It appears that the An Dau had been ordered to Sungkiang. She loft Shanghai at iowa 10 p.m. on Friday night. As she approached the Haichow the Tatter warned her to stop, which order was complied with Just as she had: signalled her intention to heave to, the firing began, In addition to the three fatal casua'- ties mentioned, some half-d-zen members of the crew were wounded. Two of these are inmates of the Red Cross Hospital, Avenue Haig. Their condition is stated to be serious.
After the incident, according to a Chinese press story, the commander of the man-of-war despatched a subordinate offer to the little vessel ''to- apologize." The firing, he said, had been accidental.
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