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BRITISH ARMY MISSION TO PORTUGAL
THE CHINA MATE, OCTOBER 26,
H.K SHIP SEIZED
BY JAPANESE
(Continued from. Page 11
announcement a day or two ago that the Panaman Government had decided not to register any further
her papers carefully examined, an the master told that his ship would be taken to Formosa for further in-Chinese ships under the Panaman vestigation.
COMPELLED TO FOLLOW
flag.
London, To-day. British goodwill mission, composed of representatives of
The Tchekan, which is still ly- the Army and Navy, will visit
ing in Takow Harbour, is owned by Portugal in the near future in
the Ping On Navigation Company, order to renew the traditional The cruiser compelled her to go and has been on the Hong Kong
-an island just off Indo-China run for the last seven friendship between the two counto Pong-hu-tan, a
the west coast of Formosa, where years. She should have arrived in tries.
was kept for several Hong Kong on October 2. The Portuguese Government, it she
afterwards being 01- Her owners made persistent ef is declared, recently informed the days,
to Takow on the forts to get into wireless touch British Government that it regards dered its alliance with Britain as Formosan mainland, where the with the steamer, but the Japanese basis of its foreign policy, its in- master was informed that the ship naval boarding party would not dependence and inviolability of its would be kept as a prize "at least permit communication with Hong until after the war is over. All Kong, and opinion was divided be colonial empire.
The "Evening News" remarks in her cargo was landed in Formosa. tween the possibility of her serzure The two European officers and and loss in the typhoon of October this connection that Britain is now interested in knowing to what ex- the Chinese crew were not ill-treat 4. tent she can count upon Porta-led at any time, but they were given guese co-operation in view of pos- just enough food to keep going and sible developments in Spain and Do more. A few days ago they were told they could leave and passage was provided in the Hong Kong Maru.
the Mediterranean.
PORTUGAL'S CHOICE
It is pointed out by the paper that in case a conflict should break out in the Mediterranean, Portugal would be of the utmost value to Britain because of her position.
PANAMA ACTION
MESSAGE FROM BLUE
Naval ships watched for her for several days but no trace of her was seen and hopes had almost been abandoned when the owners. a few days ago, received a short message from Captain Hamman: now "Everything is all right. We are
Seizure of the Tchekan is thought to have given rise to the in Formosa
British also wishes to ascertain. according to the paper, whether intions which would tend to en- the event of a Franco victory in courage anti-British feeling in the Spanish civil war, Portugal the Spanish Peninsula.” Trans- would remain aloof from combina-Ocean.
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The following day, Captain Ham- man's wife received a ssage: "Everything is all right. Will be back soon?
It is understood that the Consul- General for Panama is sending a report of the seizure to the Pana- man Government. The ship was re- gistered in Panama sume consider- able time ago. The Tchekanis about 1,300 tons gross.
UNPLEASANT SCENE
One unpleasant scene occurred during the interrogation of Cap- tain Hamman in Formosa. He was closely questioned regarding his na tionality and antecedents etc. and he was greatly angered when the interrogators poured abuse upon his wife, on his making a reference to
her.
NEW SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
London, To-day.
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