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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week Lieutenant Araki reached Shanghai and reported to his Rear Admiral. Then he went to his cabin on the Japanese flagship, took pen and paper, wrote: "In order to insure the safety of Japanese residents at Nanking, I endured, from the Chinese, insults which no Japanese can tolerate. The lives of the Japanese refugees could be saved, but I am ashamed that the honor of the Japanese navy has been disgraced in my person...
Navy: Fifty-five ships of the Asiatic fleet, none larger than a cruiser, are commanded by Admiral C. S. Williams from his flagship, the armored cruiser Pittsburgh, at Shanghai. The destroyers Peary, Edsall and McCormick with the gunboats Sacramento and Asheville were also at Shanghai last week. At Hankow were the Isabel, Palos, Pigeon, Villalobos, Pope and Truxtun, under the immediate command of Rear Admiral Henri Hughes Hough. One warship each was standing by at Ichang, Chungking, Kiukiang, Nanking, Foochow, Canton, Wuhu, Bias Bay and Chinkiang. Ten destroyers and twelve submarines were ready at Manila, whence the destroyer Stewart sailed...
...Edged Threat. Aboard his flagship, the Rochester, anchored off Puerto Cabezas, Rear Admiral Latimer calmly directed the marines, landed recently (TIME, Jan. 3) as they maintained "a neutral zone to protect American lives" in such a way as to cut off the Liberal adherents of President? Juan Sacasa from their chief base. Meanwhile President* Adolfo Diaz welcomed another detachment of U. S. marines which arrived "to protect the U. S. Legation" at Managua, Capital of Nicaragua...
...Nicaraguan squabbles are no great cataclysms, since the peacetime strength of their army is 2,500 men. Mexico complicated matters by selling arms to President Sacasa's Liberals, who were doing well in a military way until Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer landed U. S. Marines from his flagship, the U. S. S. Rochester, on the Mosquito (eastern) Coast of Nicaragua a fortnight ago. Acting on instructions from the Department of State, Rear Admiral Latimer set about to maintain the Bluefields neutral zone, ordered armed forces of both factions not to enter therein, reported that he had the situation...
...armed feud between President Adolfo Diaz of Nicaragua (recognized by the U. S.) and President Juan Sacasa of Nicaragua (recognized by Mexico) was crucially affected last week when Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer landed U. S. Marines from his flagship the U. S. S. Rochester, near Puerto Cabezas on the (Eastern) Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua...