Honolulu, Jan, 24.
SECOND Japanese vessel was halted on the high seas by a British warship, it was learned today when a radio message from the Tatsuta Maru revealed that the ship had been stopped for one-half hour but was not searched, Mr. B, W, Fleisher, owner of the "Japan Advertiser" who is a passenger aboard the Japanese vessel, stated in a wireless message, that the British vessel merely queried the Tatsuta Maru by flash signals, asking the ship's name and its destination.
Of the five Germans aboard the Tatsuta Maru, some will leave the boat at Honolulu, paying the fine of U.S.$200 for travelling between American ports on a foreign vessel 'Local immigration officials said the status of the Germans would depend on whether they possess unexpired visitors' visas, Meanwhile, the N.Y.K. Line, owners of the Tatsuta Maru, confirmed that the vessel had been halted one half hour on Thursday 170 miles from San Francisco.
Captain Ito, master of the Tatsuta Maru, which was halted last Thursday night 170 miles from San Francisco while en route here, today confirmed that his vessel had stopped on orders a warship. ton of the Tatsuta Maru Is an action Jacking a political sense and is very unpleasant. indeed, "It Is necessary to take effective and appropriate action Immediately."
Domei, 'The captain on his arrival here told newspapermen that he halted his ship promptly. "He immediately iden tiled himself, but the warship which halted him refused to identity itself, he said, He asked for identification but the' warship neither divulged its name nor its nationally, he asserted, There was no reference made to German or other passengers aboard the Tatsuta Maru in the exchange of signals, the Japanese captain said. After he had given. the warship the necessary information he was allowed to proceed along his course,
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