Shanghai, July 2.
The cruiser Izumo, flagship of the Japanese Third Fleet in China wal ers, lett here yesterday at noon for Tsingtao to investigate on the spot the citeumstances of the alleged attack upon the Mocki Mara by a Customs preventive cruiser on, June 21, The order for the cruiser's departure for the northern port was Issued by the Navy Ministry, acting collaboration with the Foreign OMmee, after the Japanese community in Tsingtao had asked for a more thorough invests the Vice-Admiral Koshiro_ Oikawa, Commander of the Third Fleet, will, on" his arrival in Tsingtao, confer with Mr, Haruhiko Nishi, the Consul-General there, and also conduct an independent investigation of the case,
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