"No Information" As To What Will Be Done With Them Observers along the Bund on Nov. 48 saw several of the City Govern: ment ferries and other light craft 10 sailing down the river, past the for= eign warships, in the' Hands. oft Japanese Navy, The "Rising. Sun" Nay was hoisted on these craft, which have eon anchored Just. below. the boom since the hostilities opened, when the Japanese captured the ware: house andi pillbox. onthe "Nantao Bund and captured the Native City.
Only a few hours afterwards, Japanese seamen were seen examining, tthe craft, while others wore. busily painting out the initials on the tunnels launches owned by the Whangpoo Conservancy Board. The ferries have been taken down-river to an unknown destination, 'The Japanese naval authorities, when asked by the "North-China Dally News" in the afternoon. to. what use it was intended to put these crat, replied that they had "no information the subject." It is thought prob: able that they' will be used for. the {transport of supplies across the river
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