The Archive · 1938

British Ship Searched By Japanese

Hongkong, Dec, 16.

The British steamer Cambay Prince was stopped by a Japanese warship off the Ladrones last month and de-{tained for eighteen hours while the ship's papers were examined and photographed, it was learned here to: day, The incident was not reported to the British naval authorities here for some time because the Cambay Prince carries no witeless equipment, The vessel was bound for Pakhot from Hongkong with a cargo of com mercial trucks when it was halted by the Japsnese warship. Japanese officers boarded the steamer and held it for eighteen hours while they ity spected the cargo and took pholographs of the trucks and other can carried by the Cambay Prince, ports said—United Press.

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