CAPTURED BY PIRATES
BRSTISH OFFICERS' FATE. SEARCH FOR, CHINESE JUNK. (United Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, April 3. The report that the steamer Nanchang, of the China Navigation. Company, was attacked at noon on March 29 hy a large force of pirates, while at anchor off the mouth of the Liao River, lias been confirmed hy the British Minister in Pekin, said the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon), in a statement in the House of Commons. The pirates had carried off four subordinate British officers—Mr A. Blue (second engineer), Mr F. Pears (third engineer), Mr C. Johnson and Mr W. Hargreaves (junior officers), and made their way up the river. The British sloop Cornflower had proceeded to Newchang and an officer attached to the British Legation at Pekin had also been sent there. Urgent representations had been made to the local authorities and to the Japanese Government, and all possible steps were being taken by land and river police, in concert with Manchurian coastguards. Seaplanes and a number of junks had been employed to carry on the search. The Japanese Government had instructed their subordinate authorities- to afford all possible assistance.—British Official Wireless.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 149, 5 April 1933, Page 6
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