Copenhagen, Oct. 31.
Newspapers here say the City of Flint reached Tromsoe (Norway) at noon on Monday, flying the Swastika. The German prize crew and her American crew were on board. The City of Flint, the newspapers say, sailed this afternoon, attended by a Norwegian warship.—Reuter. boarded the Japanese-registered but actually, Chinese-owned Hsin Kiangnan at about 9 am. yesterday and ordered her to sail for Fohsan at full speed. When they arrived at that port, they had the Japanese steamer anchor at a distance of about 1,000 yards from the Ta Liin and without word of warning, according to eyewitnesses, they opened fire, letting off a number of short bursts.
In all, it was estimated that about 35 rounds were fired but this was quite sufficient for the junkmen to desist from any further attempt at loading their cargo and they rowed back to shore.
Both ihe Ta Lien and the Hsin Kiangnan arrived in port yesterday evening and the report of the incident was substantiated by statements made to the "North-China Daily News" by members of the crews of both steamers, The Japanese soldiers, it was furthermore learned, did not bother io board the Ta Lien and merely ordered the skipper of the Hsin Kiangnan to take them back to Hsupoo, where they disembarked and permitted the steamer to leave.
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