PIRACY RAMPANT
JAPANESE STEAMER ATTACKED SHANGHAI, February 13. The Japanese steamer Hirao Manx answered signals and awaited the approach of a vessel which subsequently proved to be a pirate ship. The latter was identified as the Kaitsu Manx, which was recently seized from the Japanese Shipping Company. The crew of the .Kaitsu poured a fusillade of rifle shots on the Hirao Maru, killing two sailors. The Hirao then went full steam for Tsingtao and outdistanced the pirate ship. A Japanese destroyer later discovered the pirate, which took refuge in a bay, where the depth of the water prevented the destroyer from approaching. The ships exchanged shots. The pirates refuse to surrender, but threaten to kill six Japanese sailors held as hostages in the event of an attempt to send a boarding party from the destroyer.
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Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 4
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135PIRACY RAMPANT Evening Star, Issue 19791, 15 February 1928, Page 4
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