THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939,
SUBMARINE ATTACKS
ON BRITISH SHIPPING
London, To-day.
TWO BRITISH TRAWLERS, the Lord Minto (295 tons) and the Arlita (326 tons) have been sunk by German submarines. The crews were res- cued by another trawler.
Three British merchant ships were attacked by Ger- man submarines but eluded their attackers.
ITALY'S ENVOY FOR LONDON
ROME, TO-DAY.
The Ellerman City liner "City of Paris" (10,000 tons) was damaged by a Nazi submarine on Saturday and has been taken in tow for salvage. Of the crew of 138, all but one escaped in lifeboats and wero picked up.
BRANDON SUNK
The British steamer "Brandon" (1,500 tons) was sunk by a sub- THE ITALIAN · ·GOVERNMENT marine and the survivors landed in a YESTERDAY APPOINTED SIGNOR | home port yesterday. The master GIUSEPPE BASTIANINI, UNDER- and two of the crew were killed in SECRETARY IN THE FOREIGN the explosion. MINISTRY, AS ITALIAN AMBAS- SADOR TO BRITAIN. HE SUC- "CFEDS COUNT DINO GRANDI.
Signor Bastianini is one of Italy's most promising diplomats.
He was Vice-Secretary of the Fas- cist Party from 1921-24; Under-Se- cretary in the Ministry of Agriculture in 1927; Minister in Tangier, Lisbon and Greece, and, from 1932 to 1936, was Ambassador to Poland.-Reuter.
GIRL GOES OFF TO WAR
The British tug Neptunia has been sunk, and the Nazi version of the sinking says that the seven crew were picked up by a British merchantman.
--Reuter.
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CHINESE RAID ON KONGMOON
Shiuhing, To-day,
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Bucharest, To-day.
The Japanese barracks and ammu- Polish civil servants are to be in- nition depot at Kongmoon were des-terned in Rumania. troyed by bombs dropped by Chinese Further Rumanian troops have been planes on Monday.-Central News. sent to the Polish frontier.-Reuter.
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