The \Italian destroyer Vivaldi sank the British submarine Oswald, 1,500 tons, in the Ionian Sea, the Italian High Command said today.—United Press, Japanese Sympathy Sympathy for the widow of Mr Charles Metzler: was expressed by the Embassy spokesman at the Japanese press conference yesterday, when he made mention of the valuable services performed for the community by the murdered Russian.
"His death will be mourned by everyone," said the spokesman, He was stated to have been on excellent terms with the Japanese authorities and consular officials in his capacity as chairman of the Russian Emigrants Association, A rumour circulated to the effect that the Japanese. authorities might be behind the crime was denied, the spokesman stating that Mr. Metzler was held in high esteem by the authorities, who had neither complaint nor hatred against him.
It was stated that. Mr. Metzler was the chairman of both the newly organized Emigrant's Society, and the Russian Emigrants Association, and this proved that the two were not on bad terms, as Mr. Metzler was one of the first to take the initiative in organizing. the latter society, said the spokesman, Therefore the possibility of ill-feeling between the Society and the Association being the cause of his assassination must be discarded, stated the spokesman. The Society will] was formed for the purpose of assisting in the welfare of the local White Russian community, a function which the Association does not specialize in, and not for the purpose of displacing the previous organization.
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