THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 3, 1939
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GERMAN TANKER TRIES VAINLY TO ELUDE CRUISER
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New York, To-day.
BEFORE SCUTTLING his ship, the master of the German tanker “Emmy Friedrich" resorted to several dodges in an effort to throw the British cruiser off the scent.
As previously reported, the tanker scuttled herself
after being challenged by the cruiser. Finding himself challenged by the cruiser on Octo- ber 24 somewhere in the Caribbean, the German captain, who was running without lights, des- cribed himself as a neutral.
Asked why he had no lights he replied that he had
had trouble with them.
Called on to stop he claimed that he had engine trouble.
When given a last warning he stop- ped his ship, and when a boarding party from the British cruiser went on board they were surprised to find the Geman crew 'standing by the lifeboats.
They were told that the cocks had been opened, the valves smashed and that the ship was sinking.
AN APPOINTMENT
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It is assumed that the "Emmy Friedrich" had an appointment with a German warship somewhere in the
Caribbean to refuel her.
The 4,300-ton tanker had on board 40,000 barrels of Mexican oil. Reuter.
WANG FLIES TO TOKYO
Shanghai, To-day. Wang Ching-wei, expelled Kuómin- tang leader, left by air for Tokyo yesterday morning, following a ference with Japanese military leaders
board the Japanese
flagship
on
"Idzumo."
con-
AH "Puppet" leaders under Wang the are hastening preparations for inauguration of the Japanese-sup- ported new Central Government China. Our Own Correspondent.
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OFFICERS ONLY FOR DURATION
London, To-day.
With certain exceptions, commissions granted in the present war would only be for the duration, announced the Secretary for War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, in the House of Commons yester- day afternoon.
Certain selected officers who wish- ed to make the Army their career would be allowed to retain their commissions after the war.
Those most suitable would be re- tained in the Service.
They included cadets before the war, officers of the Supplementary the Territorial Army, Reserve and qualified cadets and selected warrant
Reuter. officers.
Mr. P. T. Chen, director of the Eco- the nomics Research Department of Ministry of Finance, left Hong Kong for America by the Honolulu Clipper yesterday to attend the conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations.
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