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Show U.-S. PROTESTS IIIPPOII BOATS' RAIDONPANAY Apology Demanded in Machine Gunning of Vessel TOKIO,' Dec. 18 (UP) American Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew has delivered strong written representations to the foreign office against the mi-chine-gunning of the sinking American gunboat by launches flying the Japanese flag, it was learned today. It was understood that the ren-reeentaUona ren-reeentaUona held tha machine gunning to have been tha moat aeriona phaaa af tha Japanese attack at-tack la which the Pansy waa sank by airplane bomb. The aaaumption her was that tha United States tmpbasistd the machine-gunning of tha Panay by aurfac boats aa tht most serious tingle aspect of th Incident, became, be-came, while aviator might plead that they could not aa the American Ameri-can flags flying on tha ship and painted for guidance sf aircraft on her deck and sides, there could b no question a to men on land or water aeeing them. Demanda Identity It waa understood that the navy department was intent on Identifying Identify-ing tha men who participated in the airplane attack. About 20 navy airplanes are detailed de-tailed to that particular part of the Yangtse river. It was asserted In reliable quarters quar-ters today that Rear Admiral Telso Mitsunami. chief of aerial operations opera-tions in China, had already arrived In Japan and It waa aald that disciplinary dis-ciplinary action woald be taken against him. In token of th government's concern con-cern over the attack! it was said authoritatively that Admiral Kiyo-shl Kiyo-shl Haaegawa. Japanese navy commander com-mander in chief, had offered to resign re-sign from the navy and thus take responsibility. Reaignatiea Refused It waa added, however, that he would not be permitted to do so because the government thought that responsibility rested largely on Mitsunami. SHANGHAI, Dec IS (UP) Japanese Jap-anese troops stopped the United States gunboat Panay under threat of artillery fire four hours before Japanese airplanes sank her, it was disclosed today. Armed Japanese troops bosrded the Panay . under protection of a field gun, which waa trained on ber, and questioned Lieutenant Com-mandore Com-mandore James J. Hughes, her commending com-mending officer. The details of this missing factor in tha sinking of the Panay were disclosed today by Weldon James, (CoaUniMd ea Psse Two ) Column One I II. S. DEMANDS NEW-APOLOGY (CoattaneS from Pas On.) chief of the United Press bureau at Nanking, who was aboard the Pansy. Stopped Before Attack It was at 1:40 a. m. Sunday, James disclosed, that the Pansy was stopped 23 miles above Nanking. A field gun was trained on her from shore. A boarding party of about 30 Japanese troops wsnt out into the river and went alongsids. As a lieutenant and a guard of two men went aboard, the soldiers fixed bayonets to their rifles. The Jspaness lieutenant questioned ques-tioned Lieutenant Commodore NEWS REEL TESTIFIES TO ATTACK ON PANAY NEW YORK, Dee. It (." diaries E. Ford, managing director direc-tor ef Universal news reel, an-iMtraeed an-iMtraeed today prints of films made by Cameraman Normaa Alley Al-ley during the bombing of the United States gunboat Panay would be made available te the White Hons and the state department. de-partment. Alley waa ea the Panay and remained aboard until bar decka were awash. Hughes, James reported, as to his nationality and destination. Then the Panay waa permitted to proceed pro-ceed to ber death. WASHINGTON. Dee. II (UP) -A White House announcement said today that there was no naval demonstration dem-onstration contemplated In connection con-nection with the bombing of thi U. 8. gunboat Panay. BooeeveM Gratified Stephen T. Early, presidential secretary, represented President Roosevelt as "extremely gratified and tremendously pleased" with ths attitude that the nation and ths press have taken In connection with the ship sinking. Ths calmness which has prevailed, he explained, has shown no disposition disposi-tion anywhere to give way to wild-Bess. wild-Bess. TOKIO, Dec. 1( UP) Emperor Hlrohito tonight received a detailed de-tailed report en the sinking of ths United States gunboat Panay from Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoys. News of the premier's action, an unusual step In the Japanese system, sys-tem, lent weight to reports that seme expression concerning ths Panay affair might come from the emperor. SHANGHAI, Dee. II (INS) Examination Ex-amination of civilian wltnssssa of the bombing and sinking by Japanese Japa-nese airmen of the gunboat Panay waa completed today aboard the United States cruiser Augusta. The Augusta la to sail tomorrow for Manila far routine repairs, and 'examination of naval witnesses of the Panay attack will be continued ea route. |