MEANNESS AT SEA
JAPANESE WANT PAYMENT BEFORE RESCUING PEOPLE FROM SINKING SHIP. TESTIMONY AT COURT OF INQUIRY. By Telegraph—Press .Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.35 a.m.) MANILA, February 9. Captain. Grispulo. of the President Quezon told a court of inquiry that the Japanese liner Ukishima Marti refused aid unless he signed a guarantee of payment. He added that he was forced to leave his sinking ship aboard the second lifeboat to sign papers assuring the rescue of the passengers and crew, many of whom were aboard when he left the ship. The Ukishims Mani’s master refused to lower his lifeboats until the papers were signed. He refused to send radio messages unless Captain Crispulo paid for them in cash.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1940, Page 6
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118MEANNESS AT SEA Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1940, Page 6
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