NAVAL MUTINEERS.
FEARS OF ATTACK. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN. Received February 10, 11.20 a.m. BATAVIA, Feb. 9. Six bomb laden hydroplanes went to Padang, to prevent a possible attack by the mutineers who are on the Seven Provinces. The cruiser, however, passed Padang without molesting it and the hydroplanes returned. The fact that they did not bomb the cruiser shows that the Admiralty considered this too dangerous for the imprisoned officers.
Padang is 576 miles from Batavia.
DECISIVE ACTION EXPECTED.
BATAVIA, Feb. 9. Hie Navy Department, in an official statement covering the seizure of the cruiser Seven Provinces, intimates that the Government is determined that the ship will be treated exclusively as a mutinous man-of-war. There has since been a concentration of naval units, which was only completed to-day, so decisive action may be expected to take place to-morrow. The position of the Seven Provinces at 4 a.m., Java time, was latitude 3 degrees 56 minutes south, longitude 100 degrees 44 minutes east. The vessel was proceeding, on a southeasterly course at a speed of 7 i knots
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 10 February 1933, Page 7
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176NAVAL MUTINEERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 63, 10 February 1933, Page 7
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