The experience of being circled for more than un hour in the middle of the Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Deutschland was recounted Admiral Mineo Osumi today upon his arrival here.
Admiral Osumi said he was going from Europe to the United States on the N.Y.K. liner Hakone Maru, and was five days out of Liverpool when the Deutschland appeared atthe side lot his ship. After circling the [Hakone Maru for more than an the Deutschland went away, api Jeatly satisfied that the ship was a [Japanese vessel. Except for that me Jeldent, Admiral Osumi said his trip fseross' the Atlantic was. uneventful.
He learned later, he said, that the Deutschland was commanded by 2 rear admiral who was a German Naval Attache in Tokyo when held the portfolio of a Minister of Navy.
Admiral Osumi went to Europe with his staff to attend a Nazi Con-ress at Nuremberg at the invitation fof Fuehrer Adolf "Hitler. The congress was cancelled when war broke out. in Burope, In New York, he said, he inter viewed Admiral Harold R. Stark, IChiet of Naval Operations, and other high officers of the American Navy. [Captain Hideo Kojima accompanied [Admiral Osu The Hakone Maru also brought 166 [Japanese refugees from the European
Jof Japanese refugees to arrive here war zone, This was the third group from Europe. The ship made the voyage from New York by way of jhe Panama Canal—Domel.
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