Referring again to the boarding his _vesset by officers from the Customs. cruiser, Captain Maley said, They told us that we were supposed to have ammunition on board and that they fad suspicions of the ship.
requested them to arrange Cor. 3 search party to board the vessel when, she arrived at. Woosung on her! journey to Shanghai but they did not farce to this.
Describing later events, he told the reporter thay 2 Captain 'T. Tanabe of] the Maritime Dept., Chinese Maritime iskeng, which was 30 miles up the Shayangkiang. On the following day: they commenced 10 discharge their carya. On this day, he adder, and on January 25, two Japanese aeroplanes visited the port and flew low over the ship ax she lay at anchor sand then. proceeded to eirgle round The esse Watched by "Planes the next day Fanuary 26) more aeroplanes visited the port and bomb-ted two junks at the end of the creek bout 600 yards away from the ship, Captain Maley explained. Later a vodlown was bombed with the loss bout twenty lives. Information was then received that the boom, situated five anilex. upriver, would be closed, ind not wishing to be "locked" behind the boom Captai ley decided to eum aul OF port and proceed homes Describing the vasser's selzun alley continued, "We salle outside the Fiver" for suddenly we ware stopped miser shortly" before 7 '28, We were told to pro-ea ead the ship 1 proceed to 1 ued. At 9 sit foe my. wiser and one. from a Japanese tovar which was standinye by inmther sfapanese destroyer. They told me that iff did nek go the ould ise arrayed fore and on Figreed to salt unday protest."
Continuing his narrative Captain Maley stated that vessels Wwhien had 10 ut Huoschingkeng.
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