WRECKED JAPANESE CRUISER
OFFICERS AND MEN SAVED ,WHY THE NEWS WAS KEPT '' SEORET. ;• , (Rec.. Februaiy 7, 3.30 p.m.) • Washington, February 6. The officers and men of the Japanese , jrmser.Asama were saved, but the news :: was kept secret in order,to preserve the '■ American warships : have been told off to prevent ' a possible German attack if . tie Dresden, is in. the neighbourhood. ~ ' CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. miUCK ROOKS OFF CALIFORNIA. , (Reo. February' 7, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, February 6. It-transpires'.that the. Asama struck 1 the rocks off the. Californian coast dur- ■ ing aheavy gale. . TOe. officers and crew landed 'on Mexican "soil; spending the arrival of other' Japanese warships. : . • lb w unlikely that: Mexico will intern I •" ■ the shipwrecked men, although entitled to <lo SO.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2379, 8 February 1915, Page 6
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122WRECKED JAPANESE CRUISER Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2379, 8 February 1915, Page 6
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