DIRECT EVIDENCE
SHANGHAI, December 18,
The gunboat Oahu brought a small lifeboat from the Panay riddled with the holes caused by the machine-gun bullets. It will be shown at the inquiry aboard the Augusta as evidence that the Japanese turned machineguns on the survivors. S
Rear-Admiral Yarnell sent the following message to the British admiral, Sir Charles Little: "The British warships, in unselfish disregard of their own safety in the face of the threatened force of armed opposition, rendered all possible aid to*the Panay occupants, exemplifying the proud traditions of the Royal Navy."
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Evening Post, Volume cxxiv, Issue 148, 20 December 1937, Page 11
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