Hongkong, Sept, 29.
An eye-witness story of the rescue of two survivors of the fishing fleet alleged to have been attacked by a Japanese submarine off Cheelongkau Point on September 22, was told to pressmen by a British and a German passenger on the arrival here to-day of the Butterfield & Swire s. Kaying.
"The men were in a very pitiful condition," the passengers declared, "They had been adrift for six days on a raft composed of four meagre bamboos. Their only equipment was a long-emptied water bottle.
"We picked them up and proceeded on our way, but shortly afterwards we were stopped by a Japanese destroyer, which, after an examination, pulled away from the Kaying, steamed towards two large fishing junks, and opened fire at point-blank range. We were completely helpless, and had to proceed te Hongkong without interfering."
The two survivors were unaware that ten of their comrades had been landed here by the s, Scharnhorst two days ago, and hoped to find relatives and friends among them.—Reuter, CAPTAIN A. M. Kotenev, the autHor of the book "The Chínese Soldier" which was recently reviewed in the columns of this journal as an informative study of the modern fighting man in has now become a Chinese citizen, for he applied for naturalizaion.
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