Chinese Vessel Seized By Japanese at Kiangnan The few people on the Bund yesterday at 445 pin. witnessed what seldom has been seen before, if ever—three tugs towing downstream a gray-painted man-of-war at the rear mast of which flew the Japanese emblem. The vessel and tugs apparently came from the neighbourhood of Kiangnan.
Questioned at the press conference shortly afterward, the Japanese naval spokesman intimated that the ship may have been a Chinese gunboat—it resembled a destroyer—one of four which the Japanese had seized. Two others hac been brought downstream several days ago and one more remains for disposition at the hands of the Japanese naval command
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