Interviewed in Shanghai, the' writer of the letter reiterated, and. another foreign member of the crew corroborated, what has been given, with some additional det which are no less interesting than those in the letter.
Whether the plans for the pro-Jected world cruise were somewhat Vague, or whether something went nts, is After clearing from January, the Hwah Joh went to Dairen and other ports and eventually to Japan, where, it would seem, all of the original plans were changed, as the ship was chartered for six months to the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha as a coal carrier. This change of plan appears, perhaps not unnaturally, to have annoyed most of the cadets, whg were thus deprived of th cruise around the world. Some of them went so far as to send to the headquarters of the Syndicate, in Shanghai, u telegram, ix plain English, ' protesting against their vessel, flying the Chinese flag, being chartered to Japanese owners. An appeal which was made by the captain and his officers, to the effect that the telegram be not sent, was unavailing. Relations between the cadets and the foreign officers on board appear to "have
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