Tokyo, Nov. 23.
'A daring feat of thre Japanese bluejackets who swam across the Yangtze River and sank six. mines alter snapping off their detonator heads was revealed in a eld. dispatch received last night from a correspondent with the naval force When the mines were sighted Warrant Officer Seishichi Narusawa and two other sailors jumped overboard from a. warship, swam to the mines and xraspes them in their arms. one at atime to remove the caps, then let them sink" to the river bottom.
The exploit took place near Lukikow, more than 100 miles up-stream from Hankow on November 11. One mine was observed drifting down the Yangtze close to the Japanese warships; it was so near the vessels that to explode it with rine fre would have been dangerous, The three bluejackets thereupon volunteered to lass00 the mille and carry it ashore. They took off the cap, Aled the mine with water and sank it. A short time later they saw five more drifting mines, Instead of roping them they proceeded fo snap off the cap of each one in the water, When they swam back to their ship the three sailors modestly made light of their effort. The hardest part-of it was swimming in the iey water, they said—Domel, Cotton Exports Banned In North China ces Peiping, Nov. 21 be prohibited from ensign, second export of cotton. will
tua to the Chinese press. A ban on the export "of colton has alveagy been imposed "fu Teingtee, going into force en November Without the specie perflssion of the proper utboriles at such cots Producing centres ug Shihchiactwrasg, the sie of cottons. prohibited ata the colton. guild in" Shinchashweng has been authorized to buy all avails {able cotton at a fixed official price—Reuter.
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