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TWELVE STILL MISSING
Sixteen Japanese Dead Identified To-day
PACIFIC PACT PROSPECTS
DEPEND ENTIRELY
ONU.S.A.
WILLINGNESS HELD DOUBTFUL
LAUNCH DISASTER Divine Wind
Leaves
INVESTIGATION
Late this afternoon, the number of persons Calcutta
still missing in the O.S.K. launch disaster was offi- cially stated to be at least twelve, though this Originally due in Hong Kong late figure may prove to be greater when it has been this afternoon, Masaaki linuma and Kenji Tsukogoshi, the two Japan- possible to make a thorough check between iden-ese record-breaking aviators, tified victims and the Rio de Janeiro's passenger Tak until to-morrow morning.
now not expected to arrive at Kai list.
are
The airmen arrived at Calcutta
One or two of the more gravely injured of at 2.20 (local time) yesterday and those in hospital, one of whom succumbed this stayed there the night. morning, have yet to be identified.
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London, To-day. "Here, not less than in Australia, it will be heartily welcomed, and might be the means to a larger appeasement," states the "Daily Tele- graph" to-day in a lead- Mr. John Murphy, who is investi- In hospital are: Messrs. K. Taka- gating the tragedy, told the "China hashi, T. Morikawa, E. Ishiwara, Y. ing article on the propos-Mail" that the police were virtually Nakakane, C. Yonamine, H. Tamas- ed conference of Pacific satisfied that the disaster was caus-hiro, T. Suzuki, K. Ito, S. Iida, T. Powers.
ed by a boiler explosion, although Akamine, K. Okuma. there can be no real certainty until "But
a Pacific Pact in the
it has been examined. Marine ex- Another casualty appeared at the near future is very far from perts have pointed out that boiler G. C. H. this afternoon when Li assured," the journal continues. explosions can take many forms and Kan, of No. 28 Lee Yuen Street,
Of the missing victims, few are expected to be seen again as many of them were literally blown to pieces by the explosion.
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ANOTHER CASUALTY.
"The United States would be an that the nature of the disaster was was oft og from an in-
indispensable partner in such an agreement, and friendly American opinion considers it beyond reach at present.
"Whether the United States would soon be prepared to un- dertake obligations. to act against an aggressor and be- come involved in the Australian scheme, other countries hardly speculate.
can
entirely consistent with a boiler ex-jured plosion.
when he was hit by a missile during the ex- It is understood that what is be- plosion. He refused to believe he was seriously hurt and went home lieved to be the safety valve of the launch's boiler was picked up among hospital this afternoon.
after the incident, but had to go to the debris found on shore by the police and this seems to be con- firmatory of the boiler explosion theory.
DISTRESSING SCENES
"There has been gratifying proof of American sympathy with the Distressing scenes were witness- 'spirit of the opening speeches ated at the O.S.K. offices when rela- the Imperial Conference, the insis-tives of possible victims, including tance on unity of "Empire and the those of the missing Chinese crew, determination of the nations there-assembled and went to the Victoria in to use its strength for the peace Mortuary to attempt to identify the of the world.
remains.
PRINCIPLE OF CO-OPERATION
The following were definitely "The principle of co-operation of identified as among the dead, this free peoples, on which the Empire afternoon:
has been built up, will assuredly Kenroku Ikeda, first class passen-
not be limited by them..
"Their main object in foreign policy must be peace, and that de- mands strenuous and consistent ef- fort to co-operate economically and politically with the goodwill of all nations," the article concludes. Reuter.
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Earlier News On 0.8.K. Launch
Explosion
By Military
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Teruichi Sumida, Fumio Kanishima, Keiichi Matsuo, Hiroshi Nakatani, Tadashi Abe, Hideyoshi Oura, Yokichi Kikochi, Keitano Sugimoto, Kehei Nakano, Mitsugu Kato,
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Hideo Ishiguro,
Tatsutaro Nagano,
Yutaka Saeki,
K. Takaku,-
Noboru Teramatsu, all third-
class passengers.
un-
A Chinese · victim remains identified. He was not a member
of the crew,
Earlier Stories of the Disaster Will Be Found In Page Nine.
This morning, says a Reuter mes- sage, they hopped off from Calcutta a.m. (local time).
They should be in Hanoi to-night and in Hong Kong to-morrow morn- ing.
for Rangoon at 7.49
No information is available as to how long the airmen will remain in the Colony, but it is thought they will take off for Shanghai and Japan after only a short rest here
Weather Expected To Improve
now
The Royal Observatory reports that the anti-cyclone has moved eastward and pressure is
Pacific to the highest over the
Depressions East of the Bonins. are situated over the Sea of Japan and the Upper Yangtse.
Forecasts. winds, moderate; cloudy with rain, improving later.
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