"TRUANT"
German Prize Ship Crew of British Steamer
Rescued
LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER`H. A. V. HAG- GARD, WHO WAS IN SUBMARINES IN HONG KONG TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO, AND IS NOW IN COMMAND OF H.M. SUBMARINE, TRUANT, BUTTED INTO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE GERMAN RAIDER AT LARGE IN THE ATLANTIC YESTERDAY.
The submarine rescued the crew of a Bri- tish merchant ship being taken under guard to Germany in a captured vessel, the story 'being told in an Admiralty communique
issued last night.
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7; 1040
INTERVENES
Stopped Off Stopped Off Finisterre
PRESIDENT REPLIES
TO CRITICS
WITHOUT
INCIDENT
It was officially stated in Bucharest yesterday that the se- cond stage of the Hungarian occupa- tion of Transylvania was completed with- incident.-Reu-
out
ter.
NO MORE NAVAL
BASE DISCUSSIONS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, at his press confer- ence yesterday, took the occasion to reply to those who he said claimed he had not told the truth about the destroyer deal with Britain at press conferences before the exchange was actually announced.
The President said that when all official documents were pub- lished-they would show criticisms). were a little prematurè,
He believed the State Depait- ment had ruled that the docu-
nents would be published in]. ✪ about 10 years time and declared no other equipment was In- volved in the deal except guns ind other equipment on the de- troyers themselves.
President Roosevelt at his press conference in Washington yester- day stated that the Republics of Costa Rica and Ecuador are co-
He added that no negotiations
"Truant (Lt. Commdr. H. A. V.sh seamen and the Norwegian operating completely with the Haggard) was on patrol off Cape captain of the 'Tropic Sen' and United States in the plans for Tiinisterre when a strange ship his wife, being unable to accom- defence of the Americas, was sighted. The submarine camejmodate any more survivors. to the surface and ordered the. "The submarine left the Nor- for the acquisition of additional] ship to stop.
wegian crew and the German naval or air bases were now un-, "The ship proved to be the prize crew in their boats and re- der way with any country-Reu- Norwegian ship 'Tropic Sea' ported the fact by 'wireless.
of 5,781 tons, which had been captured by an enemy raider some time previously,
the enemy raider.
Flyingboats Sent
ter.
NO LANDINGS IN INDO-CHINA YET
"The ship had a German prize "Flyingboats of the Royal Air erew in charge and had on board] Force Coastal Command were ac-) the captain and crew of 23 of the cordingly sent to the rescue of British ship 'Haxby'. of 5,207 those left in the boats and they tons, which had been
of sunk by have brought one boatload
(Continued From Page 1) Norwegians to England.
"Having regard to the wea for carrying out the agreement ther conditions, it is probable with the Indo-China authorities that the other boats reached not agreeing with such wide in- terpretations of the agreement as the Japanese were desiring.
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Ship Scuttled
land."
"The ship was scuttled by the German prize crew by means of The Tropic Sea" was stopped -explosive charges kept in, post-just in time, apparently.... Had]
tion.
she rounded the Cape and reach- "The German prize crew andjed the Bay of Biscay, she would their British and Norwegian probably have reached a port in prisoners, took to the boats. German-occupied France. Reu- "Truant took on board 24 Bri-ter.
ANNOUNCING
THE
ARRIVAL
OF
NEW SUPPLIES
OF
DAKS
THE PRINCE-
The Chinese-military authori ties claim the Japanese are:pre- paring to march across the Kwangsi, border into. Yunnar Vla Langson and Dongang: points in the vicinity of Chang Nan Kwan: Pass, on the high- way and rallway connecting the Kwangel border with Hanoi.. Meanwhile the Chinese are watching closely the attitude of the United States and Britain.. and particularly the United:
OF SLACKS States, in the event of a Japan-
FOR MEN
THERE IS NOTHING SO
PRACTICAL AND COM-
FORTABLE IN THE
ese invasion of Indo-China...
Mr. Cordell Hull's statement on the status quo in Indo-China wa prominently displayed in th Chinese newspapers in Chung- king-Reuter
WORLD'S LARGEST FOR NEW YORK
Legislation authorising the U.S Navy to build the world's largest graving dock in New York har- bour is recommended by the House of Representatives nava affairs sub-committee. Estimated cost is $10,000,000.
The sub-committee has also re- commended the building of an- other. large dry dock at the Atlan- tic entrance of the Panama Canal} Zone suitable for docking battle- ships.-Reuter.
ARMY EQUIPMENT VOTE THROUGH⠀⠀
WEARING AS DAKS
The U.S. Senate yesterday com- THEY GIVE THE MAXI pleted congressional action on the MUM OF EASE AS ALSO $5,251,000,000 appropriation for OF PRIDE IN THEIR equipping an army of two millior POSSESSION. CUT AND men and building a two-ocean FASHIONED FROM vy. The measure has gone tr the White House for Presiden' -SUPERS MATERIALS. Roosevelt's signature.-Reuter.
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE} ARE NOW ABLE TOJ BUPPLY THESE IN ALL BIZES AND IN A VAR
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N.Z. DRAFTS IN ENGLAND
Further New Zealand naval and air force drafts arrived in Grea'
IETY OF FABRICS. IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, Britain yesterday. Offlcers, and FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY AND TROPICAL men were welcomed at the port WORSTEDS. ALSO, "DAKS" SHORTS IN NAVY, WHITE, GREEN of arrival by the High Commis AND BROWN.
WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT
sioner, Mr. Jordan, who stressed the importance of the work be- fore them-Reuter.
The profix "Special"!-to' telegrams (9) the "Gunday Herald and Mall”!
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quarters in close touch with the White House that Cocos Is–
land le not looked upon with favour as a' United States base and is also considered unfit for a flying field, while the same position is taken in re- gard to Clipperton Island, be- longing to France, because of 'plane difficulties, e
President Roosevelt stated the discussions with the Cañudian While President Roosevelt Defence Board were proceeding was talking it was learned In:favourably.-Reuter.
STOP PRESS
Regulations supplementary to 4A of the Emergency. Re- gulations; which empowers the Commissioner of Police to order any woman or any child under 18 to leave the Colony forthwith, or proceed to some other part of the Colony, were gazetted to-day.
The new. regulations designed to prevent return, of those ordered to leave and to impose penalties on those who may disobey an order.
--The new regulations. fol- low:
are
4B. Subject to any general or special directions; of the Governor the Commissioner of Police and any police off- cer. authorised by him, either generally or specially, shall have power, by order to set a time limit for compliance with any order made under regulation 4A...
4C. Every person who dis- obeys or tails to comply with nny order made under regula- tion. 4A or 48 shall be 'azem- ed to have contravened the regulation under which the order was made and shall be liable to the penalties pro- vided by section 3 of the Emergency Regulations. Or- dinance, 1922.
4D. No woman or child un- der the age of eighteen years, whether or not in possession of a passport or travel docu- ment valid under section 9' of the Immigration and Pass- ports Ordinance, 1934, shall enter or land in the Colony,: without a special entry for landing permit, issued by or under the authority of the Commissioner of Police.
War Revenue receipts ap- pear in the Government's financial statement for June, for the first time. The total from this source during
the month was. $20,477.05.- : Expenditure during June was some $260,000 in excess of revenue, but receipts were greater than in the corres- ponding period of last year, and in the first six months: tö- talled $23,098,880, more than $2,500,000 greater than in the first six months of 1939:
Expenditure in six months. totalled $21,951,000 more than $4,000,000 higher tham: in 1939, but including $2,248,- 826 on account of war expen diture, to be met later from· War Revenué.
Defence costs in the six months were $700,000 higher than in 1939,
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