CHINA MAIL NOVEMBER 1, 1937-
SINKING OF BRITISH
VESSEL OFF CATALONIA Mystery Seaplane "Believed To Be Italian"
FOUR BOMBS DOOM SHIP IN FIFTEEN MINUTES
Valencia, To-day.
A graphic description of the sinking of the British steamer Jean Weems by bombs from a mys- terious seaplane off the coast of Catalonia, was given over the telephone to Reuter in Barcelona by
a member of the crew.
DECISION ON ABYSSINIAN REFUGEES
London, To-day. Abyssinians who fled into Ken- ya Colony during the Italian con- quest of Abyssinia, will not be allowed to settle in British terri-- tory, according to messages from Nairobi.
The Governor of Kenya, how- ever, has allowed them a year's stay in the colony-Trans-Ocean.
The seaplane, believed to be Italian, dropped ANTI-PIRACY
sixteen bombs, four of which fell in the hold of the ship, which sank in fifteen minutes stern first.
CONFERENCE
The ship was slightly on fire when she sank. IN "BARHAM"
Prior to dropping the bombs the plane signalled the crew to take to the boats.
The sailor, a Scotsman named Bemborough, said the seaplane had a skull and crossbones as marking.
"She signalled us with a flash lamp in Morse code giving us five minutes to take to the boats.
SANK IN 15 MINUTES
"Sixteen bombs were dropped, four of them striking the Jean Weems, which sank in fifteen min- utes.
"The seaplane then disappeared in the direction of Majorca”
Bemborough stated that the cap- tain and two mates were Welshman, while of the crew of 16 only two
were British-Reuter.
TRAINING SHIP FOR REICH NAVY
Hamburg, To-day.
JAPANESE SLOWED DOWN IN N. CHINA
Peiping, To-day.
on
The Japanese advance the Shantung front has not only come
London, To-day.
POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN BELGIUM
Brussels, To-day.
M. Hubert Pierlot, former Catholic Minister of Agriculture in the van Zeeland Cabinet, has been entrusted with the task of forming a new Government.
This follows the failure of M Henri de Man to form a Cabinet.
-Repremier-elect, M. Henri de
The
Man, was presented and refused to comply with certain demands by the Catholic Party, who he consult- ed in the negotiations for a new Cabinet to succeed the Van Zeeland Government
The Catholics demanded that Bel- gium appoint an Ambassador to Rome, which post has been vacant for some time owing to the unwil- The British, French and Italian lingness of the late Cabinet to re- Admirals commanding the respec- cognise officially the Italian conquest tive Mediterranean fleets, met
of Abyssinia. Letters of credence would have to be addressed to the the British battleship King of Italy as King of Italy and H.M.S. Barham on Saturday. says Emperor of Abyssinia.
on board
an announcement by the Admiralty. The Catholics also demanded inter
alia, that Belgium establish COM The meeting was for the purpose sular representation in Nationalis of arranging the necessary details Spain Trans-Ocean. for placing the Nyon Agreement in
LIBERALS REFUSE hine with the modifications later de-
Brussels, To The efforts of M. Henri de cided upon in Paris.
to form a new Cabinet HMS. Barham later left the Bay after the Liberals had int
itely doomed on Saturday
to a standstill but the Chinese are of Biserta, where the meeting took that the party was not willing
making repeated counter-attacks, place-Trans-Ocean. while the Japanese offensive on the Shansi front has also slowed down
About 2,000 Chinese of the Shan- tung army on Saturday attacked the Japanese rear halfway between Tehchow and Tsinanfu
According to Japanese claims, the Chinese were repulsed with the loss of 600 dead, but the Chinese claim their surprise attack created con- siderable confusion.
A third training ship for the German navy was launched at noon
SHANSI OPERATIONS: yesterday from the yards of Blohm
In Shansi, Japanese planes have and Voss in
the presence of the repeatedly bombed Taiyuanfu aero commander-in-chief of the navy,drome, where they claim
have Admiral Raeder, and many other destroyed eight machines with the prominent personalities.
loss of one of the attackers. The vessel was christened Leo While the invasion of Shamsi from Schlageter, in memory of the hero the east is proceeding, the attack of the German struggle for freedom from the north is being delayed by who was shot by the French during the occupation of the Ruhr.
The new 1750-ton three-masted barque has accommodation for 200 naval cadets Trans-Ocean.
strong Chinese resistance, with the 8th Route Army endangering the Japanese lines of communication Trans-Ocean
ADVANCE HALTED Latest Chinese reports from Tai yuanfu claim that following the
RED CROSS CONCERT capture of Pingting by the Japan-
ese, their further progress has been stayed
The General Committee and mem-
Large additional forces are mov- bers of the St. Teresa's Chinese ing into the sector from other parts Young Men's Society wish to tender of Shansi, and the recapture of Tai- rateful thanks to all sien, in a counter-attack claime
aluable help towards the the Concert at the Kow Club last Wednesday: The
amounted to
Nanking through the Central cil of Hong Kong Ch
Societies.
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