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SIX MONTHS OF VALUABLE RESPITE ENABLES ALLIES TO MARSHALL RESOURCES
100 MISSING FROM BOMBED DOMALA: WAR REVIEW:
GRAPHIC STORIES OF RESCUE OF VICTIMS Ship's Officers Describe Scenes Of Burning Liner
LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-It was officially stated yesterday that of the 295 people on board the B.I. steamer Domala, 100 are missing, made up of 19 European officers, 36 native crew and 45 native passengers. There were 143 "native passengers altogether.
"
Among the missing are the only two women on aboard, both stewardesses, who are believed to have been killed in- stantly by the explosion.
Chief Officer Brawn of the Domala described scenes after the liner had been bombed and se on fire. He said that the terrible fire and fumes added to the heavy seas made rescue work so difficult.
ORDER TO ABANDON The last he saw. of Captain W. Litt was as he stood on the bridge. He went to report to the Captain that the vessel was on fire amid ships and the Captain then gave orders to abandon the ship.
Third Officer J. A. Taylor said that after being blown out of his bunk. he dashed to his action station at the anti- aircraft gun, but they fired only one round before the Heinkel had finished her bombing and flown away after s final burst of machine-gun fire
EVADE CENSORS BOMBAY, Mar, 5 (Reuter) Two German women, Dutch woman and four Ita-` Han women were sentenced to one day's imprisonment rach for evading postal censorship. One of the Ger- mab women wrote letters .... mentioning troopship move- ments.
AGGRESSIVE DEMANDS
BY NAZIS
NEW YORK, Mar. 5 (Reuter) Reports of extreme demands by Herr Von Ribbentrop in his talk with Mr. Sumner Welles are gen- erally accepted as authentic by all papers reaching here from parts of the country.
They deplore what they describe the extreme and aggressive nature of the German claims. The German argument Britain Is strangling the world is. rejected and rebounds in the form of another argument that America
Britain's domination for prefers search
the seas to German domination.
GRAPHIC STORIES
Graphic stories of the rescue of the victims of the bombed liner were related when the survivors landed in England.
The seroplane which helped the
the
They managed get all the boats off. but one was damaged by a 1 warship bomb explosion.
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that
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LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter)-Most of Sunday's British press gave. editoria? space for a review of the past six months of the war.
The Times stresses Germany's need for peace and how her Nazi leaders had hoped to hold off the Western Powers while they con- solidated their eastern conquests. Such a peace is unthinkable.
Delay had favoured the less well-prepared party in the con- flict and the Allies have made more ground, just as they had more ground to make.
The Daily Telegraph too stresses the value of the long respite. enabling the Allies to marshall their resources.
Mr.
EVIL THINGS. Taking 8.5 its theme Chamberlain's remark ог the opening day of the war, that we are fighting against evil things, the Daily Mail says that we knew
APOLOGY AND INDEMNITY
then how evil those things were, GERMAN EXCUSE FOR
but we have learnt also since.
This has strengthened cur convic- SHOOTING DOWN OF
BELGIAN PLANES
tion that they must be opposed by War.
on
Mr.
MR. WELLES IN BERLIN The Yorkshire. Post, Sumner Welles' visit to Berlin, says that he has undergone ar experience, which will earn him the sympathy of many European statesmen and diplomats. He has
closeted with Herr Hitler
sat survivors spotted a raft on which
As the bomber finally departed. i was Cadet Duval, axed 17, who
the tall-gunner fired at the ship's had been in the sea for two hours. Otto Von Bismark
anti-aircraft gun crew, but did Duval was badly frozen and the not hit them.
sallors made a living chain over the warship to rescue him.
"The Indian passengers, who were all seamen who had beep- employed in German ships, were their naturally frightened, but behaviour, throughout was good and there was no panic.
LAST TO LEAVE
Six other Europeans bad been overcome and washed off the raft.
SEVERE BURNS
Junior Engineer Dunn, of Kelty, Fire, who was in the engine room
Brawn said the last to leave the when the first bomb exploded, re- ship were Butcher and himself.ceived a broken leg and severe. He lashed Butcher to the same burns, but crawled along the Ler- rope as himself and tocether they race, then along the length of the jumped for it. They were in ship end clambered up forty feet the water five or ten minutes before of Indder to the poop. being pulled across to a warship
He was lowered overboard
For Post In Nazi Embassy In Rome
ROME, Mar, 5 (Havas)Prince Otto von Bismarck has arrived in Rome to take an important post in the German Embassy in Rome. He
has been Vice-Director of Political
Affairs at the Wilhelmstrasse since 193.
on the chance of being picked up. but. died after being rescued.
listening to one of Der Fuehrer's Interminable harnes
Only Nazi accounts of what happened are available, but it is clear that he must have listened very patiently, for he is consider- ed to have made an excellent im- pression on Der Fuehrer.
· NAZI ANXIETY " ... The Daily Express also em- phasizes that the only reports about the Sumner Welles-Hltier talk have come from Nazi circles and says that these, show that the German leaders are more anxious than anyone els
BRUSSELS, Mar. 5 (Reuter)- The German Ambassador in Brus- els called on the Belgian Foreign Minister M. Spaak yesterday, and incident on "pologised for the
bom- Saturday in which a Nazi ber shot down two Belgian planes over Belgian territory, killing the pilot of one machine.
NAZI EXCUSE The German 'excuse is that the had been in German machine combat with seven British fighters over France and the pilot was not aware he was over Belgian terri- tory. He mistook the British type of Belgian planes for British fighters.
The Ambassador told M. Spaak that German airmen had been instructed nut to fly over neutral consider countries and offered to any indemnity which the Belgian Government might demand,
NOT SATISFACTORY This Nazi excuse is not likely
HORDE OF NAZI to saisty Belgian public opinion,
NEUTRAL VICTIMS OF GERMANY'S PLANES OVER
R.A.F. Plane Attacks Nazi Submarine
TWO DIRECT HITS
WITH BOMBS LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-The Alr Ministry announces that an enemy submarine was attacked" in Schillig Roads, at the mouth of the Elbe, by an aircraft of the Air Force and is believed to have been destroyed,
FOUR BOMBS DROPPED The aircraft was on reconnals- sance duty when the sub- marine was sighted in shal-
RUTHLESS SEA-WAR
Four Dutch Vessels Sunk: British Tanker Cut In Two
NEW YORK, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-The Dutch liner Maas- dam arrived with 27 sailors picked up after the Finnish steamer Wilja (3,396 tons) was torpedbed in the North Sea.
A message from Amsterdam states that the Dutch steamer Rijnstroom (695 tons), which left the Downs on Sunday for Amsterdam, failed to arrive and it is regarded as certain that she was sunk.
A lifeboat, lifebelts and a quantity of merchandise be- lieved belong to her were found floating. It is hoped that her crew of twelve escaped in the ship's other boat.
the
LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter) plosion and a mountain of water Three survivors of the crew covered the ship from stem to of five of the small Dutch stern. Part of the bridge disap- low water on the surface. Four bombs were dropped, one of coastal vessel. Elztena, which peared beneath his feet as which registered a direct hit be was the victim of an attack ship broke in two. tween the conning tower and by a German bomber,, were. stern,
landed at a north east coast After the attack, the submarine port yesterday after 36 hours was seen to be enveloped in a cloud at sea on a raft. of greyish-black smoke, with only the upper part of its conning- tower visible above water.
UNABLE TO DIVE LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter)--The
DOMALA RESCUER
ATTACKED."
LONDON, Mar. 6 (Rewer)- crew of the R. A. F. machine It is now learned that the Dutch which successfully bombed a ther
ship, Jonger Wilhelm, which pick- man submarine at the entrance of ed up the survivors of the B.I. 8.4 the River Elbe stated that, after Domala, was herself attacked by the smoke had cleared away, aniya Nazi plane half an hour earlier, a small section of conning tower was showing above the water. The submarine was in shallow water
and unable to dive.
NAZI CLAIMS T PARIS, Mnr. 5 (Reuter)-A 30 cial French Communique ridiculed the German statements claiming that only 11 U-Boats had been lost since the beginning of the
war.
The Captain did not give up, half, but jumped to the stern hoping that the tanker's engines were intact.
WEST FRONT
PARIS, Mar. 3 (Reuter)--- "Germany is unleashing a horde i of pursuit plant over the West Wall in an attempt to cut off Allied reconnaissance flights. Messer-Schmidt fight- ers and Heinkels, in patrols of from seven to. twenty-one, roar dally back and forth over the front.
A special communique was issued yesterday by the French false Army condemning the news given in Nazi communi- ques and by the Official (DNB) German News Agency.
The Germans claimed that three French planes had been shot down over the week-end. « On the contrary, however, three Dornier planes - were brought down and their crews taken prisoner.
MR. WELLES DUE IN LONDON AT END
OF THE WEEK LONDON, MAX. 5 (Reuter).-Pre-1 sident Roosevelt's personal obser- ver in Europe, Mr. Sumner Welles, is expected in London about the end of the week, though his plans are still indefinite.
MANY ADVENTURES After a number of adventures. not the least of which was the picking up of 13 men, who got away from the bow, were rescued in a gale, Captain Smalles Arrangements for the various managed to navigate his ship with meetings Mr. Welles will have with the aid of a school atlas with members of the Government are no wireless for 100 miles.
now being made. Time will be al- Three days later a warship lowed for some informal entertain- presumably by the same machine. came alongade, but the Captainment of Mr. Welles, who, It is also As in the case of the Domala, would not give up and tried understood, wants to all a few the plane was seen in half dark steering his stern first. She did private engagements. ness flying low overhead, with not respond and went round in
U.S.-GERMAN TRADE navigation lights full on. The circles
BERNE, Mar; 5 (Havas)Press Dutch ship similarly took the The next morning another reports from Germany state that Henkel bomber for A British warship and a tug frrived and Mr. Welles mvited Dr. Schacht to plane, but discovered its mistake with" little help the Captain the United States to discuss in- when a bomb was dropped only managed to bring his ship into creasing German-American trade. 20 feet away.
DECKS MACHINE-GUNNED It is pointed out that the The plane then dived repeated- Frankfort Radio Station annourly, sweeping the decks with Its
port.
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R.A.F. ASSISTANCE · LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)—An
R. A. F. plane guided a crew of 53
ced in January that 35 U-Boats machine-guns. Fortunately there to safety when the liner Facile had been lost. In actual fact, the Allies have sunk over 50 U-Boats,
S.O.S. FROM. NAZI STEAMERS
were no casualties.
Ilance (7) of 6,700 bons, was sunk
Four other Dutch ships have by enemy action off the West been attacked in the North Sea. Coast of Britain.
In addition to the 2249-ton Although badly holed, the ship Schieland and two smaller boats, remained aflost & considerable they included a Dutch coastal time and her crew got clear in vessel which was bombed. The four lifeboats. REYKJAVIK, Mar 5. (Reuter)— | Captain and engineer were killed The plane flew close overhead It is revealed that 8.0.8. messager and three survivors have landed and conducted them to land. were picked up.here over the week at British ports after being afloat end from the Gemman steamers on a raft for 38 hours. Wolfsburg (not Wolfburg)
Arucas
and
CUT IN TWO
CHASED BY SUBSTARINE- NEW YORK, Mar, 5 (Reuter)-
as the German 'plane was close to the Belgian machines which sur- rounded 1, when it opened fire.
It is also noted that German machines frequently fly over Bel- .glum on their way to France and that the day following the tn- cident more Nazi machines roar- ed over Belgium, including Brus- sels, where anti-aircraft went into action and Belgium fighters went up.
grams
APOLOGY ACCEPTED BRUSSELS, Mar. 5 (Havas)--- The Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Spaak, has decided that Belgium should accept the German ex- planation for the recent air violation of Belgian Territory, which resulted in the shooting down of a Belgian plane,
HITLER'S HOPE OF BRINGING ALLIES TO CONFERENCE
LONDON, Mar. 5 (Beater) Lord Riverdale, in a speech in London yesterday, warned that Herr Hitler would postpone as.. long as possible any attempt to defeat the Allies on the bat- tlefield. Herr Hitler's main hope, he declared, was that he could wear out the Allied re- solution and bring Britain and France to the conference table before a
of military test strength.
2
-TABLE-THUMPING He would seek to achieve round-table conference with his army intact, 40 that he could thump the table and threaten an-- other war if his demands were not accepted.
"I hope sincerely that the Allies will not permit any sp«' proach, however well-intended, to lead them into such a false position. Until we have shown Germany that right is better: than might, there can be no peace talked of between Ger- many and the Allies."
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CHUNGKING, Mar. 5 (Central). "Finland's heroic fight has alter-While keen interest has been ed the whole atmosphere in the aroused in North China by the re- Balkans and has made it hopeful cent intimation of Wang Het again," declared the former Co-min. chief of the Provisional Gov lonial Secretary Mr. L. 8. Amery, ernment. to retire, all despatches ́addressing a meeting of the Near from Pelping agree that there will and Middle East Association. at be no chance for Wang Ching- the audience included wet or his satellites, to extend many members of the Diplomatie their influence to North China.
At present Chi Hsieh-yuan, GOOD HOPE
minister of peace preservation of The Balkan Nations have seen the bogus government, seems to that, if a small people like the Finns can make such a magnin-be a favourite of Maj. Gen. Eita, cent fight, there is good hope head of the Japanese Special Ser-
vice in North China. that the Balkans can save them- selves if they stand together.
Gen Chin Yun-peng, a veteran Dealing with German alms, Mr, member of the Pelzang Military Amery said she might consider Clique, is favoured by Ma).-Gen. economic overlordship, was en Bansal, one of the influential men in North ough, but, on the other hand, special service LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter)-Rumours of German troops in South might need, for example, all Hu- China, although several reports Russia, reached London last night.
manis's oll and not merely that say that Gen. Chin had refused These reports from Eastern Europe state two German Divisions | part for which she could afford to be a Japanese puppet... now in Southern Russian on their way to the Caucasus..
to pay.
Informed quarters regard the BRITAIN'S WISH
reasons behind the Japanese" KU¬ "As for Britain went on the thorities unwillingness to entrust speaker, "our wish is that the Wang Ching-wel with North China. Balkans may be spared the hor politics sa threefold: rors of war. The war must end
First, the Japanese Special with a situation in which it la Service's false belief that the Pel- possible for the Germans to make yang Military Chique still hold another attempt to dominate special Europe. For the sake of per- manent, peace it is essential that Second, the Balkans should be united in one or more commonwealth, that Can work amicably together"
GERMAN TROOPS ON WAY TO CAUCASUS?
The reports are unconfirmed, but, If it transpires that they are true, it will be interesting to see what explanation the Russians will find for, needing German help in that region. PARIS, I PARIS, Mar. 6 (Reuter)Ger, France's next contingent will be many is reported to be sending called to the colours on Apr. 10. It new divisions to the Western will include those born between
fuse to get excited about this, but as a number of exempted persons regard it as "normal"
belonging to the 1920 to 1932 and A War Communique issued yes 1938 classes, who are now con- terday reports that there was re-sidered liable to mobilisation in duced activity on the Western the Army or Auxillary Services. Front
The Mackay Radio and the Coast The Wolfsburg gave her position LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)--Half guard headquarters at Washing as north-west of Cape Horn, which of the Britisa tariker Imperial ton picked up a wireless message in on the north-west coast of Ice-Transport is now safe in Scotland, from the British steamer Front. French military circles re- July 1 and Sept. 30, 1919, as well land, and the Arucas gave hers as after having been cut in two Clervo (5.841 tons) stating that south-west of Hornafjord. She by a U-Boat
she is being chased by a sub- said that she was sinking rapidly. Captain Smailesa Yorkshire marine.
Boon after, another message on man, was on the bridge when the The position given was in the the same wave length, said that U-Boat Ared ita torpedo. He said Atlantic some hundreds of miles
that there was a terrific ex-east of the Virgin Islands she no longer needed assistance."
with the people: wish have North China, "specialized and
Third, Wang Keh-min's "sversion) to Wang Ching-wel