GUNBOAT TO RESCUE
JAPANESE SEIZE BRITISH TUG CAPTAIN PINIONED AND FLAG TORN DOWN PROMPT DEMAND FOR REDRESS SHANGHAI. August 15. In response to an urgent summons, the British gunboat Scarab rushed to Tungchow Island today,, where she found an armed Japanese guard in possession of the British tug Victoria, which is under charter to the Japanese. It was discovered that the Union Jack had been torn down and the Japanese flag was flying in its place. The skipper declared that he had been pinioned by the. Japanese, after which the tug was grounded. ' The British commander demanded that the Union Jack be reflown immediately and the tug freed. A protest has been made to the Japanese naval authorities, who are investigating the incident.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1938, Page 6
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123GUNBOAT TO RESCUE Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1938, Page 6
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