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Released thru United Artists Ships Stopped At Mouth of Pearl River Hongkong, Feb. 5.
Seven ships, most of them British, were held up at the mouth of the Pearl River this morning and boarded by Japanese marines, who went alongside in pinnaces from Japanese warships. The marines warned the captains of the ships that the four Japanese warships which were lying in the vicinity might at any moment start a bombardment of the Bocca Tigris forts. Six of the ships proceeded to Hongkong, but the seventh went up river, making r2 way without incident.—
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