Navy Minister Presents Gift to Captain of s. Soochow Tokyo, Oct. 9.
Capt. D. Williams, the master of the Butterfield & Swire steamer Soochow, which picked up six Japanese aviators thirty miles off Amoy on September 27, has been presented with an artistic bronze and silver ornament by the Japanese Navy in recognition of the rescue.
The gift was handed to the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, yesterday by a representative of the Navy Minister, Admiral M. Yonai, for transmission to the captain.
The inscription on the ornament is as follows.
To the Captain of the s. Soochow in commemoration of his rescue of Japanral airmen off Amoy on Septem-Admiral Yonai, Navy Minister.
The airmen, four of whom were wounded, were wearing life-belts and swimming when picked up. The wreckage of a plane was nearby.
The machine was one of those which attacked Canton the previous day. Presumably it was damaged by anti-aircraft fire, forcing it to come down into the sea while returning to its bose in Formosa—Reuter. cee,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.