Tokyo, Oct. 22.
Evidence by Chinese fishermen at the Hongkong inquiry was ridiculed y a Gaimusho spokesman. nesses' asserted that the submarine which attacked the junks bore the numeral "7," but the submarine thus numbered was only recently built at the Yokosuka naval dockyards where it is still lying. Further, the colour of Japanese submarines is not light grey, as Alleged. The spokesman also recalled that the captain and the chief officer of the German liner Scharnhorst. which picked up ten of the witnesses, categorically denied having seen the alleged attack by a submarine on Chinese junks. The report now in circulation, he pointed out is nevertheless based by the Chinese on a statement allegedly made by th two German officers—Domei Japanese bombs did more damage in Shanghai yesterday. Upper picture JRDWs the smoke From a tow of shops in Boundary Road well behind the Embankment Bulldi in foreground. Below is the result of bombs drop) on Hwa Chang mate! factory in Pootung, beyond the boom, shortly before noon yesterday, with H.M.S. Cumberland in the foreground.
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