Herbert Phillips, Consuls-General here for Japan and Great Britain. In announcing the issuance of the order, Mr. Hidaka revealed that because of darkness the ship may not be released until early this morning.
In releasing the vessel, the Japanese authorities requested that the British authorities conduct an inquiry into the report that a Chinese aboard the ship had fired upon Japanese troops, Foreign ships were simultaneously asked to refrain from approaching Haimen Island, in view of the mopping-up operations being carried on in that area by the Japanese Army.
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