OCR Text |
Show H WARNING GIVEN TIE JAPANESE LB I Skill of Officers and Dis ciphne of Sailors Effective in Saving Lives TOKIO Dec. 21. The Japanese steamer Tacaxa Mini, which was sunk In the Mediterranean Tuesday by a submarine Is said to have carried 2o,000 000 yen In Japanese gold The insurance on the vessel amounted to 5,600 000 yen. The Nippon Tusen Kalsha own ers of the vessel, are discussing the feaslb&ty of abandoning the Scei canal route for future sailings of their vessels" In favor of a route around the Cape of Good Hope. TOKIO Dec 8i ewa of the sink ing of the Yasaka Mam reached Tokio today and caused gTeat excitement. The advices received bere say that the steamship was sunk by a submarine near Port feaid Adwees received by the Nippon Tusen Kaisha state that the 1 asaka Maru was torpedoed without warning and that she sank in forty nine minutes This occurred on the afternoon of Tues day and it was midnight when the pas sengers and erew were rescued by the French gunboat. LONDOV Dec 21, 10 o" a m The new Japanese 1 ner Yasaka Maru wh ch was sunk in tbe eastern Mediterranean by a SHbmsnne while the steamer was on her wa from I ondon to Japan w th 120 passengers and a crw 160 aboard was sent to the bottoir. without warning accord ng to a report rece cd from Port Sa d from the agents of the own ers All of those on board the hp includ ng one American passenger W I Le gh were saved The nut onal ty of the s bmaruie is not ment oned by the agents and prev ous reports referred to the sink ng of the sh p as done by e ther an Austrian or a German sub me s ble The Yasaka Maru was sunk Tuesday ' afternoon A French gunboat picked up the pasaengprs and crew at m dn ght I and landed then at Port Sa d Wednes lay inorn ng The company provided hotel accommodat ons for them and s arranging to forward them to the r des I I nat ons On the passenger 1 st were f fty one men f fty four women and I f f een h ldren most of whom were Br t sh subjects The agents in the r report say i rther , The passenge express great ad m rat on for the sk 11 of the captain and off ers and for the sc pi ne of the rew Perfect or er was ma Dta ned luring the d sembarkat on which was carr e 1 out with the greatest prompt tu le W T I e gh s an American c t zen on nCbna Hs father was a Ca o nian M I e gh has ipent most of h s I fc n 1i na b it be recently has 1 ve 1 n Fng an 1 lie was return ng to ( h na on the Yasaka Mar to take a po t on w th a bus ness bouse H s fam ly s n Lon ion Mrs Le gh has rece el a cable message saj ng her husband s safe |