Shanghai, Sept. 18 srwelve Americen' allo' eft Shanghai yesterday morning in a Japanese navy transport plane, which Rew them to Kiukiang, where they will believe & similar number of sailors rom the USS, Monocacy. This unusual means of transportation was offered by the Japanese authorit= les to the US, Navy after they had Action of Japanese Held "Aggressive"
Shanghai, Sept. 14.
A vigorous protest was addressed yesterday by Major-General A. P. D. Telfer~ Smollett, commanding the British Forces in the Shanghai area, to the Rear-Admiral in command of the Japanese Naval Landing Party over the arrest, on the afternoon of Sept. 12, of a British soldier for alleged trespass over the boundary at Blockhouse "B" near Shanghai's celebrated "Windy Corner' The soldier, Private Mac~ Kenzie, of the the Seaforth Hi seized by Japanese sentries while he was engaged in wiring work near the blockhouse.
It is understood that the protest filed by Major-General Smollett yesterday emphasize that the action of the Japanese was considered both "unfriendly" and "aggressive." refused to allow the USS, Oahu to convey the reliefs and supplies to the Monocacy, which is now stranded together with the HIMS. Cockchafer Kiukiang The Might is to be repeated today when more sailors and officers are to leave for Kiukiang by the same means, while" supplies are to. be similarly taken to INS, Cockchafer, by the same Japanese naval trans: port planes. This is not the first Instance of cooperation between the Japanese navy and those of the US.A. and Britain, stationed in China waters: as mail was transported on previous occasions by Japanese planes to foreign war vessels in the Yangtze. where they were completely fent off from the outside world by the hostilities in their vicinity. at Szechuen Road Bridge Friday afternoon's (Sept, 16) bombing at the south end of shown above, "in one view some of the the bridge rampart waiting for an (the youth in the centre was eye). The other picture shows Landing Party inspecting the scene Pirate Leader is Arrested Shanghai, Sept. 15, plot to pirate a coaster was believed to have been unearthed with the arrest of an alleged pirate leader Jon board a Ningpo-bound ship. according to Chinese reports last night.
'The ship, operated by the Hwa Mei [Steamship' Company, "an American-registered firm with its office in [Shanghai, left Haimen on September 11, carrying both cargo and passengers [for Ningpo and Shanghai.
Before its departure the vessel, as usual, was thoroughly searched by the military authorities of that port.
one of the cabins the military Joficers' suspicions were aroused by a lvassenger who acted strangely.
'A search of this man resulted in the discovery of a number of cards bearing the name of a notorious pirate leader wanted by the auth-louties. The man was removed from the ship and after questioning was said to have admitted that he was the pirate leader. The purpose his journey on the ship was alleged to be to map out plans for its seizure The military authorities having completed their investigations, the ship was allowed to proceed to Ningpo from where she came to Shanghai, arriving here on Sept. 13, day the ship left here again, 1 for Hsing Hwa, Fukien province, on route newly' opened by the firm, the reports stated.
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