"YA German-owned steamer, the s. ~UKiang Ting, was detained by the japanese on Wednesday morning Awhile the vessel was anchored at the Jinkee Road Wharf and later ordered to proceed to the Nantao Bund near Kaochangmiao, just before if was about to leave for Tsinglungkong, on the northern bank of the Yangtze in Kiangsu, it was reported yesterday. No one knew exactly the reason for the detention but request was sent to the German Consulate-General for representations to be made. The 198- ton steamer was carrying more than 150 tong of sugar, cotton cloth, and grocery goods when it was detained.
Inquiries made with a shipping firm to which the steamer was reported to have been chartered revealed that the steamer actually sailed to Kaochangmiao from the Jinkee Road Bund on Wednesday, but the informant refused to disclose whether not it was due to Japanese pressure, Asked when the steamer would sail to Tsinglungkong, he said that there was no definite time, suggesting that something unexpected had happened.
The steamer way reported to be owned by Carlowitz Ca. It was said that at the time of its detention it was navigated by the Tung Shing Navigation Company. It had been rented to the latter firm, it was explained. It has been on regular runs "between Shanghai and lower Yangtze having once participated in the Shanghai-Ningpo run.
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