Evening star., 1941-08-05
Last Japanese Ships
Quit j. ). Ports After
Unloading Silk
Reports From Toxic Hint
No More Will Dock in
American Horbors
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-All
japanese ships had gotten out Of
Pacific Coast ports today and reports
from Toxic indicated no more ships
flying the Rising Sun flag would be
seen in American ports for some
time.
The last ship to leave for home
was the Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner
Heian Maru, which sailed from
Seattle late yesterday Nearly II
hours earlier, the s15,0OO,000 liner
Tatuta Maru sailed from San Fran
cisco.
Both ships unloaded their raw silk
cargoes. the Tatuta leaving S2.500.-
900 worth at San Francisco and the
Heian sl,000000 worth in Seattle.
The cargoes were discharged only
after numerous maritime libel ac-
tions had been filed. N. Y. K. line
officials originally had planned to
take the silk back to Japan.
Evacuation Of Americans.
Reports of severance of direct
Japanese steamship service between
Japan and the United States came
after scheduled departure OF several
vessels from Japan was postponed
indefinitely. No immediate appre-
hension was expressed, however, TO:
about 600 United States citizens still
In Japan. Should they wish to leave
it seemed likely they could board
Japanese ships for Shanghai and
there connect with American vessels.
(Secretary of State Hull indi-
Gated at a press conference in
Washington yesterday that i'm
mediate consideration would be
given to the problem of evacuat-
ing Americans from the Far
East)
What effect the japanese decision
would have on the Asama Maru,
which left Honolulu last Friday for
San Francisco, was not known here.
Shipping circles assumed, however,
the big ship, which was bringing
number of Americans and valu-
able raw silk cargo, had been ordered
to turn back. The Asama'S radio
has been silent since she left Homo
lulu.
Vessel at Vancouver.
| One ,IananeSe boat the freiehter
Kazui Maru, was in harbor at Van
couver, British Columbia Fuel and
supplies were loaded for the return
trip and 1000 tons of wheat were
in elevators, consigned for North
China. K. Kawasaki, Japanese Con-
sui, said the Dominion government
had issued an export permit for the
wheat but that the money to pay
for it was in Seattle.
Kawasaki said it was up to the
United States Government to say
whether the funds would be released.
He said 1--WE will wait for a day or so
for word from Seattle or Washington
before ordering the Kazui Maru to
return empty to Japan"
Five of the 19 carloads of silk
unloaded from the Tatuta Maru at
San Francisco were shipped East
last night. The remainder was ex-
pected to follow today.
Financial firms Watched.
Major Japanese financial and
business houses at San Francisco
are being examined closely by Fed
eral men to determine whether
President Roosevelt's order freezing
Japanese credits is being observed
strictly.
When the investigators stopped
work late last night, Irwin D..
Wright, chief national bank exami-
ner, said no irregularities had been
uncovered.
Firms under examination included
the. Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd;
the Sumitomo Bank, Ltd; the
Mitsu Co., the Mitsubishi Shoji
Jaisha and the N. Y. K. Line. All
are virtually the property of the
Japanese government.
Mr.. Wright said examiners also
had been stationed in N. Y. K.
Offices in Portland, Seattle and Los
Angeles, and in Los Angeles and
Seattle offices of Mitsui Co.