The Archive · 1939

Men-o'-War Fly Flags Half Mast

Shanghai. June

British, French and Amer can warships in' port were flying their flags at alt= mast yesterday, as a marie of respect for the loss of the French submarine Phenix sank on June 15, 190 miles from Saigon, French. Indo-China, when the entire crew consisting of four officers and 59 men lost their lives, tone and three years have been receiving ood care. The attention Of police authorities was attracted when on May' 30 he started a largo contribution campaign by: broadeasting the good work of his bureau and also by advertising in news papers, Atter making careful investiga us, the police arrested him en his office where account books. showing that he had received $4,000 from the public-spirited people, were seized, But there were no entries of expenditure and no infants could be found. "Where are the more than 200 infants that Wang adver: tised "that his bureau has" been feeding?" ix the question asked by the authorities There ig the danger that the children might have been preyed upon by trallickers in chil= deen,

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