THE CHINA MAIL OCTOBER 2, 1939.
SWEDEN TO ROUT OUT NAZI SPIES ON SHIPPING
Stockholm, To-day.,
THE POPULATION OF SWEDEN has now been warned not to mention details of the sailings of Swedish ships, and military detachments are to be on duty at all harbours, as is already the case in Norway.
This was announced yesterday by both the Swedish naval commander-in-chief and by the Ministry of Commerce.
DANISH PROTEST IN BERLIN
Copenhagen, To-day.
The Danish Minister in Ber- lin yesterday protested against the detention of three Danish ships by Germany, and asked for their release as soon as possible.
It is reported that the German reply was that the matter would be examined.-Reuter.
DOMEI MAN REPORTED SHOT
Shanghai, To-day.
The announcement follows com- plaints by Swedish ship-owners that a widespread system of espionage existed in Swedish ports, and that Nnzi U-boat-commanders are inform- ed in advance of full details of sail- Ings and so on.
Swedes are urged, as they value the lives of Swedish citizens, to keep absolutely secret the time of sailings, destination of ships and cargoes carried,
TROOPS ON BARRIERS Barriers are to be set up on all quays and will be guarded by troops.
Only authorised persons will be admitted to the quays, and they will be searched and their actions watched.
Meanwhile the Swedish Parliament: has voted about £60,000 to lights and other markings the limits of Swedish territorial waters. These will extend to the coast of Norway.-Reuter.
place defining
GALLANT DEFENDERS
Martial law was suddenly SURRENDER
London, To-day.
enforced in Hangchow yes- terday causing a panic among the Chinese resi- The German claim that the dents.
Polish garrison in the Hela
It was learned later that the Jap- Peninsula, north-west of anese authorities had discovered that Danzig, have followed the ex- a large number of Chinese plain- clothes soldiers had filtered into the ample of Warsaw and have city..!
surrendered.
House to house searches were 'car- ried out yesterday afternoon but no arrests were made.
Not so much has been heard of the Polish resistance in this narrow pen- insula, but theirs has been a battle as
It is also reported that the manag-heroic as that of their comrades
ing editor of the Hangchow branch of Warsaw. the Domei News Agency was assas-
pondent.
in
This last body of Poles suffered
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“NYLAND"
Stockholm, To-day.
A Swedish newspaper yes-
B.Sc., Engineering Degree of the Uni-terday referred to the sink-
versity of London.
An optimist la a sun bather who thinks because it's late in the son son Old Man Bol-has given up his soorching touch.
ing by a Nazi submarine of
the steamer Nyland.
The paper says the sinking shows that the Nazi submarine warfare is being carried to a greater against neutral interests.
extent
The ship's cargo consisted of Iron org for Belgium. and thera was no legitimate reason for the sinking.
has
The paper asks if Germany completely abandoned her announced policy to respect normal commerelal. relations with neutrals.-Reuter.
HELA FORCE
TO SURRENDER
Berlin, To-day,
The Polish garrison in the Hela Peninsula has holsted the white fag and offered to negotiate torma" of peace, according to the German Nows
Agonoy, B.N.D. — Reuter.
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