Englishwoman's
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 7, 1940
Grim Story
Of German Atrocities
NAZI CHARGES
PUT IN CORRECT PERSPECTIVE
London, To-day.. GERMAN STÂTEMENTS that the Poles committed atrocities are definitely refuted by an English- woman who has just arrived from Bromberg, in the Polish Corridor, where she has lived for 40 years, and from which she watched the German invasion.
Germans in the city, she says, were reinforced å few days
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PIGEONS SENTENCED
Moscow, To-day..
Three men and a woman, who In the past two years have de- nounced over 100 persons, includ- ing party officials, as eples acting
of foreign on behalf
agents, have now been convicted at Kleff of spreading calumnious and un- |true reports.
They were sentenced yester.. day to terme ranging up to 15 years-Reuter.
before the war by armed men who smuggled them-TOAST OF
selves across the frontier. Sniping took place from
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German houses in the town from September 1, several NEW YORK”
Poles being killed or wounded.^`-
AIR ATTACKS ON SHIPPING
London, To-day. Wireless listeners heard an S.O.S. from a Norfolk coast. light vessel stating she was being bombed and machinegunned by a enemy plane.
The message stated three bombs were dropped but the vessel not hit and was undamaged.
was
an
People on the seafront of a town on the north-east coast of England saw what they believed to be... enemy plane attack on ships a few miles out.
Loud reports were heard and flashes seen and shortly afterwards British planes flew out to sea.-Reuter.
TANKER BOMBED
London, To-day.
The Swansea, a tanker of 2,695 tons, was bombed and machinegunned by two German planes off the north- east coast of Scotland yesterday. One of the crew was injured. Reuter.
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On September 3, the Polish Rear Guard retired and as the last batch came through the town at a gallop
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the Germans in the town opened fire, a regular salvo coming from house. The Poles promptly shelled the building.
The Polish Civil Guard arrested many of the Germans found firing and sniping and shot them.
A:R.P.. MAN SHOT. The Englishwoman, who saw this happen, also saw a Polish Air Raid Warden who had been shot in the head and a Red Cross man suffering from a hand. grenade wound.
She fully confirme" reports that shot all the Germans who were were franca-tireur.
The German troops did not enter the town until the Tuesday. When they did, large numbers of Polish men, women and children were flùng. into a barracks, where they slept on the ground, with no sanitary facilities and little food.
From then on, the Englishwoman's story becomes the familiar one,
KILLED IN BATCHES
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BRITISH RIGHTS IN S.N.R.
LONDON, TO-DAY.
REPRESENTATIONS
MINIS- TO
FL
SIR J. S. WARDLAW-MILNE (CONS. KIDDERMINSTER) ASKED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YES-. TERDAY WHAT, HAD BEEN THE RESULT OF THE PRIME TER'S THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ON THEIR CONTINUED FAILURE TO SECURE PAYMENT TO BRITISH BONDHOLDERS OF THE SHANG- HAI-NANKING RAILWAY, IN SPITE OF THE EXCELLENT BUSI- NESS BEING DOWN BY THE RAIL- WAY WHICH HAD BEEN UNDER JAPANESE CONTROL FOR TWO YEARS.
Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replied that our Ambassador in Tokyo was pressing (SPECIAL TO “CHINA' MAIL") the Japanese Government for a reply Juan-les-Pins, To-day.to these representations but none had as "The yet been received and so far no at- Maxine. Elliot, famous Toast of New York" some years tempt had been made by the Japan- back, died in her Riviera home here ese authorities to meet the obligations on Tuesday night. Funeral arrange-of the railway to its bondholders.
Sir J. Wardlaw-Milne said that in ments are awaiting the arrival of her
pressing the --Japanese -Government sister, Lady Forbes Robertson.
to fulfil their obligations he took it that it was quite clear in the minds of that funds the British Government were available.
ago,
A famous stage star of years she has lived for many years now in Juan-les-Pins, where, for over a de- cade, her home has been the Mecca of men of title and intellectuals from all over the world, to whom the news of her sudden death comes as a great
shock-Havaş,
Mr. Butler replied that that raised a rather broad and complicated ques- tion but he thought the questioner was, on the whole, right-Reuter.
JAIL FOR THEFT OF MILITARY
WATER TAPS
Cheung Kam, 18, plumber,
was
MURDERS IN
sentenced to six weeks' hard labour WARSAW
by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K,C., this morning, for the theft of four metal. water taps from the Ships Officers Hostel, Taikoo Docks, on Sunday."
Inspector-Rüssell said that defen-
Paris, To-day.
shot
At least 10 to 14 people are
the Polish Many of the Poles were herded into [dant was employed by C. E. Warren every day in Warsaw, according to a
and Company, the owners, as an odd communique Issued by goods cars and' sent away without
job coolle and was told to work in Government in France, and based on food or warmth.
Others were killed in batches, the bathroom of the hostel. On Sun-Information stated to have been ob- starting with a group of 20 Boy day, defendant removed the water tained from absolutely reliable sources. *Executions'take place at 3 a.m. and Scouts and going on to trades peo-taps and sold them to another plum-
3.30 p.m. In the Park of the Diet (Parliament). ple'and professional men. All theber: leading Poles were shot qr sent
away.
Those who were left in Bromberg were not allowed to speak their own language, and the Englishwoman saw a Polish lady having her ears slapped. because she whispered in Polish while in a tramcar, Reuter.
H.K. SHIP SAFE IN PORT
London, To-day.
The Hong Kong-registered tan- ker, "Charles F. Meyer," has been brought safely into port.
was told that the A reporter tanker was damaged by an ex- plosion, but there is no informa- tion as to how the explosion oc- curred.
The ship belongs to Tankers, Ltd.
Oriental
It was earlier reported that the tanker, which is a ship of 10,000 tons, was attacked in the English Channel on Monday night, The crew, abandoned ship. Two, lité... boats searched for the men with out success.
Naval vessels, and other ships answered the S.O.S. sent out by the tankerReuter
NOTHING TO REPORT
arls, To-day
TRAIN IMPERILLED
··BY THIEVES
No fewer than 138. Innocent people are stated, to have been shot at one time at Warsaw-Router.
Three months' hard labour was im AIR SERVICE
posed on Cheung Tal, 27, by Mr. E. Himsworth this morning for stealing an iron chock from the railway at Yaumati Station, -
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Accused, with another not in cus- chock tody, was seen removing the from the track.
Dét.-Sgt. Baldwin said there might have been a serious accident. If a train had been coming it might have gone off the track.
AMSTERDAM, TO-DAY. THE BERLIN-AMSTERDAM AIR MAIL SERVICE, WHICH WAS SUS- PENDED AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, WILL, IT IS UNDERSTOOD, BE RESUMED ON MONDAY.
It will be operated by the German Lufthansa, whose planes will also carry freight, but the approval of the Dutch Minister of Waterways has yet to be obtained.
con-
Meanwhile negotiations are
GIBRALTAR AIR RAID tinuing between the KL.M. (Royal
ALARM
Gibraltar, To-day. Air-raid warnings were sounded yesterday when five unidentified aero- planes approached Gibraltar from the north-west.
They turned southwards and disap- peared just before they reached the outer section of the defence zone.
This is Gibraltar's fifth air raid alarm of the war-Reuter,
ALDERSHOT WIN
London, To- Aldershot, playing at home
Dutch Air Lines) and Lufthansa for resumption of the passenger service Between the two capitals Reuter.
TANKER'S S.O.S.
Berlin, To-day. According to an Amsterdam tele- gram, to the oficial German news agency the London tanker San Floren- tino (12,842 tons) sent out an S.0.8. yesterday stating she was torpedoed off Land's End, ass
In London, a message from Amster dam has been received saying that the - San Florenting has arrived safely
port. Reuter
Last night's French war communi- South League match yesterday, de- que said there was nothing report, feated Chelsea by 5 goals
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