A sensation was caused here today {following the revelation that Japanese merchant ships were often by British destroyers in Chi "The latest ease was reported by the skipper of the Ryuun Mara, 0490 fons, a freighter owned by the Hisatomi Company, which made port at Wakamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, fon Monday afternoon from Malaya with a cargo of iron ore, The vessel wax challenged by a Britich destroyer about 60 miles south of Formosa at about 7 o'clock last Wednesday morning, With guns trained on the Japanese vessel, the British destroyer approached so close that the skipper of the Ryuun Maru feared a collision When identifeation was established, the British destroyer sailed away toward Hongkong, Mr. Kotaro Koga, captain of the Ryuun Maru, urged the Government to take adequate Reasurcs to protect Japanese vessels He said he had often been told. by other skippers that Japanese vessels were challenged by British men-of-war of the China squadron but this was the first time he hud actually seen an instance of Japanese shipping elrclos were Ins Aignant over the "mysterious attitude" of the British warships toward Jap-
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