Japanese River Gunboat to Replace USS. Panay Japanese Ships to Ply Yangtze Trade Soon Osaka, Dec. 28.
The United States Navy may soon possess a Japanese-built gunboat, if the plan proposed to-day by a group local businessmen and industrialists is realized.
Calling on Rear-Admiral tort Matsuzaki, in charge of the Navy's fordnanco and ship-building projects here, Mr, Hajime Ohnishi, President of the Osaka Wire-Netting Manufacturing Company, offered on behalf of various local civic and busines groups to pay for the eénstruction of a river gunboat to replace the USS. Panay, sunk - by Japanese bombs near Nanking on Dee. 12.
'The project, Mr. Ohnishi revealed, jig backed by 'a number of organiza: tions, including the Shipbuilders 'Association and. the' Japan-America Societies. A" meeting will soon be called, he added, to discuss the Getails of the plan, which is intended {0 indicate the popular sympathy for the United States. Later this week, the project will be submitted for consideration to the Gaimusho.— sak, Dee. 17, Now that the plan for' the econo mie reconstruction of the Shanghai trea ig well under way, the transportation of cargoes from Japan [Bhanghai" which, with the exception fof munitions, hed been. anned, as teen" made completely tree, accord. Ing toa report reaching, the. head fice of the Nippon Yusen "Kalsho, faye the "Osaka Mainich, To carry the enormous amount of builting materials and other goood waiting for shipment to. Shanghai, the NAA will continue the prevent temporary Shanghai service of the Akita Maru and the Tatsuo Maru, hich were mobilized some time yo, in addition to. the" Shanghai Batu andthe Nognenid "Mary, the regular steamers on the 7Un, The cargoes to be dispatched to [shanghai are classed into the fol-Towing three categories for the pr0- cedure for shipment: import. duty will be Jevled on
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