Spoiking at the Japanese press conference yesterday, the naval spokesman, declared that the details of the detention of the British ship, the s. Shensking. by the Japanese. were cexielly as recorded in the newspapers yesterday morning. 'He then went to expatiate on. the circumstances under which the ship had entered har~ hour' after ignoring the signals Sapanese warships.
uring, her trip from Woosung to claimed, the vessel Iunored repeated signals "from towers, flags, signal guns and even tures. "In one case:" stated the spokesman, "a "patrol boat. steamed round the Shengking crew waved their hands in close proximity to her. 'The captain of the Shengking, it" appears, stopped the engines occasionally so' it seems that have understood the order 40
Furthermore, nothing could be said regarding the disposal of the ship and its cargo, as these were directly connected with the protest,
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