INSULT TO U.S.A.
FLAG SET ON FIRE
PASSENGER ON MARIPOSA APOLOGISES
LONDON LANDOWNER
(Independent Cable Service.) (Received February 17, 9 a.m.)
HONOLULU, February 16,
A formal protest was lodged today with the United States Government by officers and members of the crew of the Mariposa. ■It is revealed that a round-trip passenger Mr. G. Annesley, at a function on board the ship last night, deliberately set fire to an American flag. The crew protested to the captain, and thereupon Mr. Annesley was confined to his stateroom.
Australian and New-Zealand passen gers apologised to the captain, and Mr. Annesley today. himself apologised to the captain.
Mr. Annesley is of Irish extraction and resides in London. His occupation is given as land owner.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 40, 17 February 1939, Page 9
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