The extraordinary predicament o. Americans. attempting to proceed toi i from Japan but who were detained at the last minute by American Consular officials in Kobe was described to a "North-China Daily News" reporter by Mrs, B. Krenov, passenger on board tha Messageries Maritimes liner Chen-Onceaux, which arrived in Shanghai on Sunday.
About 40 Americans had booked passage for Shanghai and the ship was due to sail between 9 and 11 pin, Soon after 41 o'clock, two American consular officials de. manded to see passports of American passengers, and compelled 20 of them to leave the ship and remain behind by cancelling their visas for China. The remaining 20 arrived in Shanghai on Sunday, together with 400 or só members of other nationalities.
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