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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 21, 1941.
No Solution Yet Of
Zamzam Mystery
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”) THE FATE OF THE steamer "Zamzam,"
a neutral vessel flying the Egyptian flag and bound from the United States for Africa with 203 passengers and 120 crew, appears to be developing into one of the war's major mysteries.
DOCTRINE
OF FUTURE
EUROPE
First news of the ship, which left Pernam- buco on April 9 for Capetown, came from Cairo, where the vessel was stated to be over-
"The doctrine of the due and "must be considered lost."
future Europe consisting of five or six federated Yesterday, official American It is pointed out, however, that blocs working together, circles announced that the "Zam-if she went down in the deep and working in such
а
zam" was safe, but German an- waters of the South Atlantic, it is nouncements, possibly propaganda extremely unlikely that mines way that no one bloc designed to impress world opinion would have been encountered with Nazi naval control of the there, in any
would ever be in a posi- case, if she did
tion to achieve hegemony in Europe, was very well
South Atlantic, continue to claim strike a floating mine or one that had broken adrift, how did the
that the vessel has been sunk,
Yesterday, Berlin announced Germans know about it? that the "Zamzam" was sunk by
and I
On the other hand, this part of received in America and a Nazi surface raider, "for carry-the Atlantic is known to be fre- ing contraband," and added that quented by German pirates
was ound to be highly all aboard are safe in a French her sinking by torpedo is much reassuring." port."
more likely. International News Service and Reuter.
Carrying the story a bit fur ther, Berlin added that 24 Am- erican Red Cross personnel on board the ship "will be released Boon. Berlin did not say any thing of the other 114 Ameri cans, including 35 children, on the ship.
War Purposes
The German statement WAS coupled with a warning that Am- erican ships must not sail to the Red Sea other than in prescribed
areas.
Germany's
contraband list
TRIBUTE TO FORTITUDE
OF LONDON
Admiration of the spirit
covers almost everything which of the British people
General Sikorsky, the Polish Premier, who has recently return- ed to Britain from the United States, made this statement yes- terday.
General Sikorsky discussed with President Roosevelt this plan to ensure
and a peaceful prosperous Europe, and Generat Sikorsky says America is deep- ly interested in after the war reconstruction of Europe.
He also told a reporter "All of- flcial matters which I went over to raise have been satisfactorily settled.
"In Canada we have signed several agreements of a military as well as a financial character, as
conceivably could be used for war under suffering was ex-a result of which, within a month purposes, including ambulances
or two, military camps will be in and trucks, which the "Zamzam" [pressed by Mr. John J. being in Canada."-Reuter. carried in considerable number. Winant, U.S. Ambassador
A Mine?!
Reports reaching London from
Berlin say the Germans are now circulating reports that the Zam- zam was sunk by a mine.
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Mr. Winant said: "I have seen for myself the fortitude with which the people of London bear
Patience
Urged
the worst that German air raids "Within the next week
can do.
have talked to them in the the success or failure of early hours of the morning and the negotiations in Bata-
marvelled at the cheerfulness
"Asahi morning.
Shimbun" this
of those who have suffered and via will probably become lost much that is dear to them. clear," declares the Tokyo "I am learning more and more that behind this indomitable spirit of London and Britain there is a sure system of civil defence.
"You who work untiringly for
The newspaper counsels Japan the protection of others and
to hold on to patience and pru- helping London to take it,
dence, since the question of estab- doing much for victory,"
lishing a co-prosperity sphere all The hospital, which is for work-jover East Asia is essentially of ing men whose wives have been a peaceful nature." evacuated, has been completely equipped with money collected in the United States.-Reuter.
RELEASE OF WAR PRISONERS
TSPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"
war
are
are
It urges, meanwhile, that the Netherlands East Indies recon- sider its policy "to cope with the swiftly changing situation in the world." Reuter.
RESCUE UNDER FIRE
During operations in Iraq, a naval aircraft which had been damaged while taking part in an
The release of 100,000 attack on barracks at Samawa French
had to make a forced landing prisoners, three miles south of the town first tangible sign of the and was quickly surrounded by new Franco-German "col-who opened fire.
members of Raschid Ali's forces |laboration," involves offi- Other naval aircraft which had cers and men who served landed and
observed this incident promptly rescued the crew
in the last war as well as the current conflict.
This is expected to be followed by the gradual release of further batches of 1,800,000 prisoners taken by the Germans when they swept through Flanders and north France last summer.
This measure is also believed to be the first of a series relaxing the restrictions imposed France by the armistice terms. International News Service.
on
LEASE OF SCHOOL ··
TO POLICE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
without casualty in the face of armed opposition and once more took to the air.-British Wireless.
BRUTAL ATTACK FOR $5
Five dollars, in cash, was the only loot
which three robbers, armed with a single chopper, ob- tained after attacking men in a hut in Tsun Wan New Territories, at 2.30 a.m. to-day,
The men entered the hut which was occupied by two persons, brother and sister, but was chal- lenged by the brother, who was brutally attacked, following which the men searched the sister and relieved her of the money
With a lone staff member left in charge of the deserted build- ings, arrangements are being mado to lease the grounds. of "the Shanghal American School to the Twenty-five cases of "tubercu- French police. There are no losis, eight of dysentery, four of signs that the. school will reopen cholera, and one each of diphth- In the autumn, as American chil-eria, enteric fever and measles, dren have evacuated-Interna were notived to the Health tional News Ser
Authorities yesterday.
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