at Woosung Because they were not in possession of passports, two pilots, one. Dutch and one "Japanese, were detained at Woosung on May. 15 by two Chinese passport officers, and kept under an armed guard for four hours, Capt. Hf, Huyser and four' best of all—only one woman in the Japanese Yangtze pilots went whole east, and she spends her days off in a launch" belonging to! vice. Two of the Japanese went on board the str. Svenor, but as the other ships had not arrived, the remainder of the party went to Woosung.
Capt. Huyser and. one of the! Japanese went ashore. Here they were stopped by two. passport officers, and told to go back on board their. launch, which they did. Neither was carrying with him his Customs pilots' licence, and their arguments were jour avail. After.a little time, however, the two were allowed to go ashore to Mr. Wright's office. Asoldier was put on guard over them, but he proved reasonable and allowed Capt.
ti Huyser to go to the Forts Hotel for At 2 pin, the two pilots were told that they might go. But they woke not allowed to take the Woosung launch, which was detained. Capt, Huyser then took a sampan and went out to the ship to which he had been assigned, the Borgestad, and brought it up to Shanghai, Mr, Chi Hung, head of the local' passport inspection bureau announc-ill Jed on May 14 that, because the ferry Jerew had allowed a passenger to be transferred from an incom Seamer before the ship had paste Passport inspection and quarantine, the Woosung ferry boat of the Gen eral Service Ca. would be detained at, Woosung unt the Mayor took action on the-alleged atteropt to aid tone entering before passport and quarantine inspection, The passport official said that the passenger lacked the visa necessary for disembarkation released after being, advised to. obtain a visa. Both passport officials quarantine offers have reported the General Service Go, for the alleged employees' attempt to. convey man ashore, Mr. Chi Hung said.
Mr, Chi Hung said that foreign consulate offices are giving the new Passport office perfect cooperate No difficulties have arisen in. the enforcement of passport regulations since their inauguration on May the official declared.
regard to the incident Mr. R. Maguire hat sisted in obtaining some informa: tion on the subject from Mr. Wright of the Woosing Ferry' and general Service Company. In a statement to the North-China Daily News," Mr. Wright said The-two pilots arrived at Woosu Ferry Office at about 10.45 [got down to the office at 1.10 p.m. find saw these men and Mr. Chang-Ling and advised them to go by sampan to their ships as the Ferry was officially held up. Three police (Twas informed) stood beside the launch to prevent its'working until matter settled, The Japanese had pass which he showed without being asked and the Dutchman was not asked to show his.
"They were not kept under armed. guard. The three armed. police only ffuarded the laodah of the launch from working until the matte was settled, "An armed guard watched the office for the earlier part of the day to see that no attempt was again made to send pilots or papers to the ships outside the bar until the asport people had been on board such ships."
In addition, Mr. Chi: Hung, of the Bureau of Public Safety, has catejgorically asserted that no foreign Pilots were detained by the passport officials on the day in question. One foreigner a Norwegian, was ordered to zo to the. Bureau for the examina tion of his-passport. who had been on the point of reunion with Paulette, is struck with the enchanting. peacefulness of a cataleptic companion, has a good Took at Kiki, and decides that she is quite attractive and worth keeping. One feels that he will be sorry—but we need not look into the future. All the cast is star-Tike—Str. Joseph Cawthorne being reprehensible and delightful as an elderly roue, while Mr. Phi Toad is A -newtype of obnoxious-valet. There lots of wwit-and humour of what)
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