Tungwo Stopped by Japanese Near Tsungming Island, One of Crew Bayoneted BRITISH merchant vessel, the Indo-China Steam Navigation Co.'s s. Tungwo, was in the hands of the Japanese yesterday, having been stopped by an armed launch off Tsungming Island, and forced to proceed to the town of Tsungming, on the southern part of the island. News of the capture of the British ship first came through to Shanghai in the form of a brief telegram sent off by the skipper of the Tungwo, Captain S. Schofield, who reported that one of the crew had been bayoneted by a party of Japanese who boarded the vessel prior to forcing her to proceed to Tsungming Town.
It was not stated whether the man who was bayoneted was a foreigner or Chinese, but it was thought probable that he was a Chinese.
The incident occurred at 4 pr. on Tuesday, when the Tungwo wes coming up river, and was passing the island close to the north bank of the Yangtze Estuary, near a town called. Haimen. At the time when she came between the island and the shore, the Japanese on the island were engaged in operations against Chinese irregulars on shore. There were two versions yesterday of the reason for the seizure of the Tung-mo. The first was that the vessel was stated by the Japanese to have fired a shot at the Japanese forces on the Island. The second was that she was in a prohibited zone, and was seized for breaking a regulation applying to ships passing up and down the river. In any case, it is believed that the ship was Getained more on the instigation of the Japanese army than of the navy.
News of the capture of the British ship first came through to Shanghai in the form of a brief telegram sent off by the skipper of the Tungwo, Czptain Schofield.
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