Tokyo, Oct. 17.
The motorship Tsuruga Maru, missing since September 13 when she sailed from Tsuruga om her maiden voyage to Northern Korea, has been detained by Soviet authorities at Vladivostok, according to a message received by the Foreign Office on Saturday night.
The Tsuruga, carrying a 400-ton cargo, was bound from her home port on the Sea of Japan for the Korean port of Seishin. According to the report, she was washed ashore and held by Soviet authorities. Her crew of thirteen is said to be safe—Domei.
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