nykong, Feb. 23 'A claim for demurrage ayainst the Japanese Navy. is being put in by a British. firm, Messrs. "Williamson" Ca, owners of the s. Asia "me vessel, which was seized by the Japanese naval authorities and taken to the Pescadores, was released on Kebruy 21 following protests Great Britain, and returned to Hong-Kean yesterday.
"The claim, which is being made thvough the Hongkong Government, will be for compensation for the egal detention of the steamer."—
Reuter,
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