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SEAMEN ON U-BOAT
MURDER CAMPAIGN
London, To-day.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1940
BRITISH SECRET SERVICE SUCCESS IN THE ALTMARK
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA_MAIL")
Berne, To-day.
IN CONNECTION WITH the Altmark case the "Frankfurter Zeitung" on January 22 uncon- spicuously paid a high tribute to the British In- telligence Service by publishing a story credited to the newspaper's Amsterdam correspondent. The story said: "The British press is full of reports of a mysterious tanker which, with several hun- dred British prisoners on board, is cruising some- where on the ocean and is being actively sought by the Royal Navy.
"The prisoners, according to these reports, are members of the crews of eight British ships sunk by the Graf Spee, and the ship in which they are said to be detained is attempting to reach Germany or scuttle herself.
"The conditions in which the pri- soners are being 'kept are painted in not have dreary colours. They do sumelent space, their mattresses are full of bugs, they are not allowed to smoke, they are unable to get suff-. cient fresh air or water and they are said to be bitterly tyrannised by the
HOW DID THEY KNOW? "This is a beautifully touching one thing which is not mentioned in these
RUSSIA'S
WAR UPSETS NAZI IDEAS
London, To-day. Informed London circles
A commentary on the tendencious outbursts by the captain, who, the British press main-express the opinion that
Nazis against Britain's alleged violation of in-tains, is a fervent Nazi. ternational law and the rights of neutral coun- tries in regard to the Altmark case, is contain-story but there is only ed in a resolution of Norwegian Unions present- ed to the Norwegian Foreign Secretary on Feb-said to be cruising somewhere on the ruary 16.
"Acting on information in our pos-, thing that can be imagined. session we are resolved with the greatest indignation against the form of sea warfare which is now being waged and which seems to have as its prime object the terrorisation of neutral ships.
to protest This ship was proceeding on a neu- tral voyage when it was attacked by German aeroplanes which, not con- tent with sinking the ship, went so far as to shoot at the crew they had got into boats. So much has been proved by official enquiry.
The
our dis- "We are also to express appointment at the prevailing power- lessness in the face of demands that international law should be respected. Neutral shipping nations seem to know of no means of demanding the cessa- tion of the massacre of shipping. number of sinkings .which have re- cently taken place must be condemn- ed as demonstrably conflicting with international law and human feeling. "In this connexion we will men- tion the
Songa, proceeding, from America to a neutral port in Europe which was sunk far out in the Atlantic and the crew driven out into open boats in midwinter.
MONSTROUS THING
"We will also mention the sinking of the Tempo as the most monstrous
· (Molosand by The Bol Bendistin, 206.) Theory has it that it's the chil. dren who make the holiday spiritė. but Dad's sure it's the size of his pooket that's responsible for the festivities:
the
"From official enquiries into sinking of the Enid, it is also appar ent that the crew were exposed gunfire after they got into their boats
“It may perhaps be possible to destroy Norwegian shipping but it is impossible to frighten them In- We can urge to staying on land. upon our members not to go in
that ships which carry cargo to belligerent Power which has de- clared itself proud of war and of aimlessly murdering seamen.
defenceless
ACTION DEMANDED
"The Seamen's Organisations
to demand that resolved rather authorities give due attention to war on our merchant ships trade agreements are concluded
to
stories how do the British know
these things about a ship which is ocean without anyone, including Bri- tish warships who are seeking the ship, being able to set eyes on her?"
Havas.
BROADCAST
the Nazi Government can- not view the Finnish Army's - heroic resistance to the Rus- sian invasion with any plea- sure considering the effects of the Russo-Finnish War on Germany's wartime economy.
are
Russian output of oil, metal, tex- tiles, all of which might have been available for export to Germany likely be absorbed in supplying the while there is evi- Russian armies
is dence that railway rolling stock
FOR EXETER being diverted northwards in order to WOUNDED
LONDON, TO-DAY.
dif-
carry on the campaign, thus making all transport to Germany more ficult.
A secondary adverse result is to be found in the difficulty Germany has Russian phosphates in obtaining which she badly needs for agricultur- THE BBC ON SATURDAY, A TALK at purposes and in which Germany is
IN CERTAIN TRANSMISSIONS OF
BY AN OFFICER OF H.M.S. EXETER WAS BROADCAST.
a
Early on Sunday morning, a cable was received from the Governor of the Falkland Islands asking for repeat of the broadcast for the benefit who of British sailors from Exeter were in hospital there.
will Ger- quite deficient. Neither many's metal shortage be relieved by Finland in spite of the announcement of the Intended resumption of trade.
Fin- The recent development of land's mineral deposits will probably time unable to be resumed for some and 14,000 tons of copper which Fin- land yearly exported to Germany who The sequel, another cable from the is cut off by the war from 97 per cent. Falkland Islands, of the world supply, will be sadly are Governor of the
missed. the reading:- the "Exeter's wounded thank you." when Reuter.
and
to insure that in future seamen shall not be exposed to the illegal warfare which is now in progress."
Norway has so far lost, it is believ-
This was gladly done early yester- day morning.
FIRMLY AGROUND
Oslo, To-day.
It is thought that it will take some ed in London, 47 ships and 270 lives time to get the Altmark afloat again,
as the result of German action.-Bri- as she is firmly aground. tish Wireless.
JAPANESE FINED
The manager.
of the Hong Kong Drug Store, Shigemitu Muramato, of No. 88, Hennessy Road, was fined $500 by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning, when charg- ed with unlawful possession of drugs and with importing poisons into the Colony without a permit....
Mr. W., A. Grimmitt told the :Court that 100 tubes of medinal `were found in'defendant's shop in Wanchai when The it was raided on information. ... drugs were valued at about 400-yen. The drugs were ordered to be con- fiscalad.
FOR
Reuter:
MODERN
Any Nazis who listened to the Mos- cow broadcast on Dec, 27 must have done so with mixed feelings, realising how easily a peaceful trade could Finland have been developed with which according to the Russian broad- caster the German paper, "Deutsche al storehouse.-British Wireless. Wehr" describes as a veritable miner-
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