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COLLISION IN A FOG Tanda'a whistle was heard about

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Ran Full Astern

half a minute later..

Still in the Fog What was the hurry?-I was stili in the fog.

But you were not in a fog at a.m.-The fog was on the whole

RUSSIAN SEAMEN ON CHINESE VESSELS

CREWS MUST BE FREE FROM COMMUNISTIC TENDENCY

WELCOME DECISION

Providing Russian seamen and others employed on Chinese owned vessels do not engage in any com- munistic activities and report to their employers that they are en- The lights on the Anking were

tirely free from all communist ten- burning brightly, and immediate-day.

dencies, the Ministry of Foreign witness saw the lights of the But are you not allowed to alter Affairs has decided not to press for other ship, he ran his engines full your log book so as to give the their dismissal from the vessels. nstern. He also gave a signal of correct facts?--I don't have to get This intimation has been received three short blasts. He was of the the fnets from that lag. 1 have it by the Shanghai representative of opinion that his engines respond on the other log-the rough log. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ed at once.

Then can you point from the has been transmitted to the Rus- rough log the time you gave to slan Sailors' Association who have the Court this morning?-It is not been awaiting a reply to a recent; here.

petition to the Government.

Witness further said that the collision occurred immediately after. It was at about 1.40 am The Tanda's atorn came into con tact with his ship.

According to that log the engines! were stopped at 1.367-Yea.

Had you heard any other signala ahead of you?-None.

The Chinese Press recalls the fact that at the outbreak of Sino- Soviet dispute over the Chinese

the Eastern Railway,

General

Then, demonstrating with two models, witness described how the Anking was swinging to starboard, I understand you to say that your Union for Chinese Pilots suggest- and the Tanda was swinging to turbine engines are very powered to the Ministry of Communica- port, and in that position the An- ful, there was then no delay of any tions that all Russians employed on vessels flying the Chinese flag king's bow came into contact with kind when you went astern?-No. the Tanda's hull. just as the for-

Then the Tanda came on to you should be dismissed in order to safeguard China's national pres mer vessel was backing astern. in about a minute?--Yes. Witness expressed the opinion I suggest to you that from the tige. The various Chinese-owned that if the Anking had had head-time you signal from the bridge steamship companies were also ap way on. her stern would have you can get sternway in half a proached and urged to dismiss all Russian employees, many of whom gone right into the Tanda and minute.-Yes. holed her, and the Anking's atem

were officers of small vessels. would have been bent from port

to starboard.

Witness had no idea at the time with what ship he had collided. the Tanda having disappeared in the fog on the starboard bow after the collision. After the collision the Tanda gave two long blasts in succession, and then changed into d long blaws to indicate that she was under way.

No Reply from Tanda Witness had hailed out to ask "What ship," but had received no

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signal of one long blast, he con- cluded that the Tanda was quite all right and needed no assistance, The first witness knew that he had collided with the Tanda was after he had sent out a wireless to the owner, which message was intercepted by the Tanda, and she

The President: That is if the engineer there was really amart?

-Yes.

In Time of Emergency Mr. Jenkin: For the purpose of emergency would you give a double ring?--Yea.

At the time you altered your

course, did you sound any blast? Only the fog signal. The other ship appeared to me to be a leng

way off.

The damage done to the Tanda was on her starboard side, was it

not? Yes.

The movement of the Tanda was not siding?-No, her hendway was swinging to sturboard.

Under the circumstances what kind of damage would you expect the Tanda to suffer?-Nothing more than bent plates.

You told us what the two ships did. Was your description from recollection or what you had re-

| relayed back to the Anking may-corded?-Only from recollection.

ing that she had collided with her.

After the collision witness found that the fore peak of the Anking

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Distance from the Tanda At the time when you rang your engines to be put full astern, what distance was the Tanda from your ship?—About 60 feet.

The Russian Sailors' Association immediately submitted a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the local office requesting that such drastic action be not taken. They pointed out that all Russians employed on vessels in Chinese waters were "White" and were just as much the enemies of Soviet Russia as the Chinese them-

selves.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has since been considering the mat-

ter and bas decided not to accede to the wishes of the Chinese pilots. The Ministry announces | that Russians will be permitted to remain in China providing they do not engage in propagating com- munism and are not suspected of being communists.

The question as to whether the services of "White" Russians shall be retained by the respective ship- ping companies is left entirely to the discretion of the managements. This announcement has been ro- ceived with considerable satisfae- tion among the Russian community many of whom are dependent en- tirely on their employment on

compartments were affected. After If you had run your ship half Chinese vessels. waiting for about four or five min-astern, and if the Tanda was head- utes, the Anking proceeded on her ing 3.S.W., I put it to you that the two ships could not be in the position described by you?-She was crossing..

way.

Witness Cross-Examined

In cross-examination. Mr. Jenkin asked witness to give the relative bearings of the two ships when first sighted with the aid of two models, Mr. Jenkin: From the moment you heard the first signals till the time you sighted the Tanda it was a matter of minutes, wasn't it?

Capt. Richie. Only three or four minutes

When did you write up your log! then? About two or three hours after the collision.

A CORRECTION.

Through wrong Information sup-

I know she was crossing, but I plied the Chino Mail reported a that your case yesterday supposed to be a re- am suggesting to you engines did not work?--They did hearing of the charges against Capt. work.

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Cornand and Mr. Sum Pak-rming,

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The following notice has been re- Royal Naval If it were time that the Tandai master and awner of the Yuet On celved from the was heading toward you, and thus respectively. It was stated that Benevolent Society: chiefly due to making the collision inevitable, the previous decision was reversed, a letter sent in August, 1929, to would it not be an important item and that Capt. Cornand, who was officers on the active list eligible to. to put in your log book?-Yes. originally fined $250, was adjudged join this Society, 194 became mem- But you could not find it in "Not Guilty" and that Mr. Sum bers, including T.R.H. the Prince either log book? No, but I give Pak-ming who was discharged with of Wales and the Duke of York and

a caution, was fined $250. my evidence in open Court.

The China Mail sincerely regrets Grants amounting to £4,343 were Then what is a log book for? Later witness retracted the state-

this Inaccuracy, and apologises to made to 118 applicants, but the ex- ment, saying that he could not re--I have not to rely on my log.

the parties concerned for any in-penditure rather exceeded the in- member when he wrote up the log. give my evidence in open Court, He was sure that it was done on the If any message received by convenience caused them through come for the year.

A further increase in member- same day,

your ship after a collision with an inadvertent error. The case de-

that collision you fore, the Marine Court yesterday ship is much desired. Mr. Jenkin:-You told the Board reference to

would attend to it at once?-overloading, preferred against Capt. seen on page 34 of the Navy List concerned a similar charge, one of Particulars of the Society can be What was the time of the mess-Sinclair and Mr. Lau Wa-ping, Advertiser. age you received?-At 10.27 a.m.

that you had put the engines slow at 1.32 when you struck a dense fog?-Yes.

Then at 1.34 a.m. you heard the signal?—Yes.

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was fined $250. -Our reply was 10.50 am,

Five Messages from Tando At 1.44 to 2.15 a.m. the Tanda You know that it is very import sent out five messages in order to ant in a case where minutes count. get the name of the ship in colli- How do you account for it?-Ision. At 2.16 am. the Sungahan wrote up the official log in a hurry, Maru answered, thinking that she and the second officer said to me had collided with the Tanda, and that the engines were slowed during all this time not a word down at 1.32 am. and that the from the Anking. At 8.43 a.m. the Tanda intercepted your mess- age to your agent. At 8.53 the Tanda asked If you were collision la Pedro Blanco, and you replied, "Sorry, I know no- thing about it." Then the Tanda asked your operator to ask you. We tried five times. Do you know | anything about it?---No.

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Then the Tanda sent an express message to the "Commander of the Anking That was the only

one we received.

Re-examined by Mr. Davidson, | Capt. Ritchie said that the time! was taken from the different logs concerned.

The enquiry is proceeding.

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