"Drowned; Ten Picked Up By Passing Steamers Mr. Morgenthau said that he was keeping in constant touch with the financial authorities in Great Britain, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, ie, the signatories of the tripartite monetary accord in 1936, and those who joined it later.
He stressed, however, that the United States would protect no other currency but the dollar, and would not exclude any of the measures taken to halt the movement of foreign currencies to the United States.
Twenty-one persons are believed to have been drowned on Wednesday night when the Dairen Kiser Kaisha freighter Matsura Maru struck the Amherst Rocks and sank within an incredibly short space of time, according to reports received in Shanghai yesterday.
The vessel ran on the rocks, which have claimed many victims in past years, about 9.30 pin., and a number of other vessels went to her assistance. A Hongkong-bound ship rescued nine members of the crew while the Blue Funnel steamer —Havas.
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