AMETHYST MEN TELL OF DRAMATIC DASH Under Red Shell Fire For Half An Hour
OVERJOYED AT SUCCESS
Aboard H.M.S, Jamaica, August 1.
The men of HMS Amethyst took what they thought was a 100 to one chance of escaping when they made the dash for safety down the Yangtse River.
But every one wanted to take that chance. And they were ready and will- ing when they were told only two hours beforehand that the dash was to be made.
The crew-mon tonight are overjoyed at their success. Despite the long period of being virtual prisoners of the Communists they look sun-tanned ond well.
They
a}
J
mimit
the that
hartn Ieutenant T.J.D. Grant went Jourable but would
from Concord jeause of freedom. supply was getting short toward aboard Amethyst
under at the Yangtse mouth. He said he Sir Patrick the end, that conditions.
added: "For the the binging
by the present, therefore, you are in the summer su were was greatly
impressed becoming unconfortable withoul bearby: and spirit of the men forefront of what is called the fans and radiators and quarters after their exploit. They were cold war in which the cause of
at their escupies cramped through damage caused overjoyed
but freedom is bring attacked". by the origiand Communist shell-they were very tired, he added. ing.
One of the greatest troubles was the increase in rats because The ship win out of at puiSON, The ship'a vat, Simon, did excel- lent work.
Amethyst crow-men Have graphic account of the 140-mule fight to safely in a brief interview tonight,
Petty
ton,
Oficer Willum Freemani,
vish old that with
that before long they would not have enough
river meath,
**A Was after Bo'clock an
Admiral's Message
CW-2)
Amethyst hari a
"Flag Flying"
nter
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949.
Sloop Received Hit Near Waterline
London, August 1.
обеснеш - из
It was disclosed today that HMB Amethyst was hit when she ran the gauntlet of the Chinese Communist batteries. sent to the Admiralty, Lieutenant.Com. mander Kerans, Captain of Amethyst, said that she ra ceived one hit near the waterline and damage to her Aerial when
the first came under fire.
The men of the Amethyst today sent a message to the King in reply to His Ma Jesty's congratulations yas terday on their daring ex. plolt to rejoin the Fleet
thanked the King for hin gracious and inspiring mes. argo.-Router.
AWARD OF DSO TO CAPTAIN
Amethyst Escape Was A Gamble
London, August 1.
Britain gambled its commercial future in Red China against the lives of 73 British sailors-but there are no regrets. Approval for the trapped sloop Amethyst to slip its
cables and escape down the Yangtse meant the obvious possibility of reprisals against British subjects and British investments in China, Foreign Office sourcès admit.
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"But those are things you don't think about under thèse circumstances," one such source said. "What has been done had to be done. There could be no thought of consequences.“ Foreign Once sources sby there has been no hint of re- prisals form Communist Chinn us yet,
They decline to speculate whe- ther the Communist com- manders in Nanking and Shang- hal may seek revenge for
thel loss of face in Amethyst's escaper whether reprisals, it they come, will be directeci Britain's Investments in Ching.
brains!
Shell-Proof Tomb For Zionist
Jerusalem. August 1.
being
British Ambassador, Sir. A shell proof tomb is Ralph Stevenson, and his staff in prepared in a hill just West of Nanking would be the obvious Jerusalem for the remains of Dr. targets of Communist action, it Theodore Herzi, founder of ma- dern Zionism; who will be re- Is admitted here.
Most of the British officials in interred next week.
are concentrated in the
1
London, August 1. The immediate award by the King of the Distinguished Ser- the vice Order to
Commander Kerans, Captain of Amethyst, is equivalent to a decoration on the field.
Usually the award of the Dis- tinguished Service Order takes two or three months to be pro-one certain effect. That would Isynctis, including 5,000 Еговоря, mulgated.
e to drive the British Govern-will march past the tomb, each The Admirally sent an imme- ment into complete co-operation detachment dipping the Isrneli dinte signal to the Commander-with Washington on non-recogni-ing in salute and dropping a bag in-Chief, Far Eastern Station. tion of the Red regime.
ot earth into the grave. passed
the signal
Lieutenant-Ny compound, within rifle in 1904, had asked to be buried
Dr. Herzl, who died in Vienna shot of the Yangtse
in Palestine when his dream of Direct reprisala against either a Jewish State there came true. the British Government (* its
who
on
to
The greatest interest which the Sir Patrlek added that no one 5|0*| When they could say how the matter would were joined by Jamalea was in but one thing I am quite news of home. They eagerly re- sure is that neither the British Amethyst,
Jeffers ceived bags of
Lieutenant-Commander Kerans brought Government, Amethyst ship's North by Jumaten their second company
ever will receive the decoration from myself will mad since the original attack in subreit to treats, msults or per- the King at Duckingham Palace. the Yangtse,
It I understood i London version of truth nor shall we do
Fleet Lord weather-ben- anything to hart our custry's that Admiral of the
Fraser, First Sea Lord, has asked ten took les Janden drie along- honour"
Sir Patrick assured the com- Adatral Sir Patrick Brad for рапу that
their
stand was further recommendations for dr- widely
recognised and greatly corations to the men of Amethyst. admired and that their plight
35-year-old Irish born: Lieutenant Commander was very much in the mind of officer
been in the Government and people at Kerans as
the Royal Navy since 1028. His wife, wh
the Women's Royal served-in- Naval Service, and their tiva- and-half-year-old daughter live at Littlehampton, Sussex.
home.
of 28 Balmoral Road, New Brigh-ale tonight. The hull and super- fuel supply they kniture were poslemirked with. at least 30 holes from Communist fuel to reach the shells. Some of these bad tem- ponty patches, others were stuf. fed with hammockts.
__The___ship______maising a little Saturday-night-that-the-Captain-water bus there is (Lieutenant-Commander John Sless Amethyst runs into
is no danger un-
unex-[replied that he could not speak Kerons) told us we were going pretedly bad weather on the final the highly of the conduct, bearing, stape el ber journey to Hong and for littute of 12/16 remaining said Kosg. Freemum
The Commander-in-Chief, Far pale Eastern Station,
that night."
Petty Oficer
they slipped in astern of a Yang- ise `steamer,
was
There
moon, just enough to se
outline of the River.
Raced Through
"Suddenly flares
went
Sir
A message sent to
1st
on July 14.
up
In the message
the
nationals in China would have On the burial day, 7,000
Prediction Of Reprisals
A milliary Guard of Honour will remain at the tomb (423) the completion of a permanent American
officials have 01 times been disturbed by the un-nonument to Dr. Herzl on Jeru- xiety of the British to maintata salem's highest point, 2.730 feet cominerelat
above sea level. Chinese Reds, They have urged a
contact
with the
This edifice, which will include "go slow" policy in dealing with a forest of 100,000 cedar trees, Mno Tse-tung's forces.
will cost about £500,000,-Keu-
At
times differences ofter. American and British opinion have led to conferences on the subject of
of China's future. Some Informants who are
familiar with the Oriental mind- Larutenant-Commander Kernis
Mrs. Kerans, when told of the award today, Bald: "I am
JA wonderful very proud. It news." Lieutenant-Commander Kerans mother said: "My son is carrying on the family tradition-his father
ship's company.
He said that they had endured Patrick a long period of hardships under the Brint, tonight released the text must teable conditions with Amethyst cheerfulness and courage which could have few equals in time of Sir Patrickpeace. Brind told the ship's company it Lieutenant-Commander Kerans is a D.S.Ó. and so is his uncle. was cleny that the Communists added: "Please tell the Fleat that It is a great honour."-Reuter. had been holding them as hostage we shall keep the old flag flying Batteries to bring an admission from the riddled though it may be-by gun- Know British Government which would fire what may, Good luck to alt". scen us. For half an not only be untrue and distom-]~Reuter.
from the river bank and steamer answered", P/O Free man added.
We raced through
fres star shells
they had hour we were
and we
under shell-Are from both sities of the River. But by good luck they turned the
Are on one of their own gim- boats,"
P/O Freeman said that the Communist gunboat caught fire and he thought it sank.
∙ATC
He said that they came under from another fort further down the River but their luck held and they were not hit.
The crew said that during
the three months the
ship they
was held in the Yongter were at first engaged in damage repair. After that they had a
great deal of time on their hands. They spent a lot of time sleeping
other games.
Communist Offers Jobs To Nazis
Berlin, August 1.
A Communist leader of Eastern Germany today of- fored big public jobs to former Nazis who are anti-American .He is Walter Ulbricht, initiator of the two-year industrialisation plan for the Soviet zone.
force
RUMANIAN BLOW
AT CHURCH
Bucharest, August 1.
with such
and more specifically Communist military leaders 03 are now governing Nanking and Shanghai predict reprisals In sume form.
Serious interference with Brl-
NEW LOOK FOR LONDON POLICE
London. August 1. London police blossomed out
in open neck tunics today for
tish nationals still In Ching the first time since the creation could, according to experts
on of the Metropolitan Police in the China situation here,
1020. mean some form of military protection
sold that
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