Pratique Much concern is felt in British shipping circles over the attitude of the Japanese harbour authorities Tsingtao, who have, on numerous occasions subjected British vessels to undue delay for no apparent reason An outstanding example of the treatment of British shipping is the of the s, Shuntien which was held up for a considerable time outside the harbour owing to the delay of the Japanese authorities in give pratique.
It appears that the port authorities visited the ship and though there were no cases of sickness on board, left without giving pratique The Master of the vessel then r ported the matter to the Commander of H.M.S. Folkestone, who, after u successfully attempting to obtain an interview with the Imperial Japanese Naval Mission, went on board the Shuntien. By this time she had been held up some 5% hours.
Both the Master officer then saw the who informed them sengers and crew had been not seen by the Port Medi nor had the engine room staff or wireless operator been inspected by him. The latter statement according to the Master of the Shuntien, is untrue. passengers were again mustered iting for the inspection utes, while the Hai hour Master questioned the right of the Commander of the Folkestone to the Shuntien before pratique been given He then inspected the passenger but refused to give pratique unie: the Master gave apology for allowing a Brit officer to board his ship before! pratique had been given, To this the Master replied that he had acted under the orders of the British Commander and the ship was allowed to enter the harbour. It was too late, however, for the passenger to be disembarked, and they remained on board all night. Included in the passenger list were: the Netherlands Minister, a United States Vice-Consul, a number of French Army officer: and Dr. Malcolm of Chefoo, Million to Bereaved In Japan Tokyo, May 30.
Mr. Genzo Hatton, the teh king" of Japan, this afternoon presented -the Ministry of Public Welfare with Y.1,000,000 for the relief of the families of officers and men killed and wounded in action in China.—Domei, he s. Wooling Maru loading petrol and small cartridges at the wharf. The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, but a few minutes before 5 a.m. two large explosions shook the ship and were heard throughout a wide area all over Wayside. The second explosion ignited the hold into which the petrol was being loaded; it is estimated that about 4,000 cases were below at the time, and flames were soon shooting high into the air.
The Harbour Fire Brigade was not summoned until 7.25 a.m., when the fire-float Huning immediately rushed to the scene under the personal direction of Capt. W. J. German, Chief Fire Officer of the Harbour Fire Brigade; the fire-float Poochi was out of commission at the time, undergoing a routine cleaning of boilers On the arrival of the Huning, all available fire lines were put into commission in attempt to gain an speedy control of the fire. These lines were augmented by hose lines from three Japanese naval tugs and three motor fire pumps rushed to the scene by the Japanese authorities
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.