Shanghai, Feb. 18.
A laodah of 1 Chinese junk was killed and another man working board was injured, when a Japanese taal motor boat opened fire on the junk just as it, had left Hsupukow, a. small port on the south bank of the Yengtze, with a load of rice destined. for a coastal steamer flying the French flag, which was to have taken. it to Swatow for the Shing Fens, ice hong in Shanghai, The incident occurred on February 10, but news was only received here yesterday and from usually reliable sources it appears that the rice hong had paid certain fees to the Japanese military in control of Hsupukow, but that no fees had been paid t0 the naval Tu view of the fact that the matter had nothing to do with the foreign steamer itself, the incident was not reported to any consular authorities, it was understood.
At the time of the shooting, the! funk was nearly two miles out of Hsupukow, sailing at a high speed due to a strong wind. "The Japanese crew of the motor-boat, presumably under the impression that the Chinese croft was attempting to evade a search, opened fire without warning.
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