Berlin, Nov. 30. The German Focke-Wulf Condor aeroplane which left the Tempelhof airport here on Monday afternoon reached Hanoi, French Indo-China, at 210 am. MET. today. Refueling ws completed in just over 1% pours. The plane was in the air again at 342 am. om the fourth "ud 700-kilometre long stage of to Japan.
Computing on the basis of the aver- p. age speed maintained hitherto, the Condor was expected to arrive in Tokyo at 2 pin. M.ET. or 10 pin. Japanese time today.
The plane left Karachi yesterday afternoon on the third stage of its fight, the stretch from Karachi to being 4200 kilometres long—
While the details of what followed are not quite clear, it is definitely known that Mr. Dalton and his Chi-hose companion were taken first to a small station of the Japanese Land ing Party near the Chapoo Road Bridge and then transferred to larger post in Haining Road. Mk. Dalton was consistently denied use of a: telephone, and it is said at the Chinese with him was so badly beaten. that one of his was broken.
At the Haining Road station Dalton was at: first allowed to outside a cell where his helper was placed with two prisoners, it is reported. Subsequently, however, he was forced to inside the same cell, and there remained for two hours. As it was tiffin time, he had a desire for food! and was allowed to buy packets ofi biscuits through a Japanese sentry. He divided these with his Chinese assistant and the two Russians, who seemed to be inordinately hungry, Fortunately, Mr. (Dalton, while his way to the Haining Road depot, was spotted by a foreign detective from the Hongkew Police Station. 3 This chance meeting resulted in an investigation being made by the Settlement Police, and the British. Consulate-General being notified. A official of H.M. Consulate went, ing Road, and Mr. Dalton then transferred to the Japanese. Landing Party Headquarters in Kiangwan Road. There he was treated courteously, but was induced to sign a statement which was, how= ever, later somewhat amended. He was released, finally, at about 5.30
7 "The Chinese also was released, but Lis condition at the time was such that he had fo be sent to hospital immediately.
The case is being investigated furiller by H. M. Consular authorities and the SIN. Police.
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