Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
November 22, 1939.
"I Will Not Make War On Women And Children," Hitler Said, But-
GERMAN
FRIGHTFULNESS
REACHES
NEW HEIGHT WITH "MURDER MINES'
Hitler's War On Civilians Intensified
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH".
LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP).-Sixteen ships sunk to the bottom since last Saturday-the first fruits of the new German campaign of unrestricted, indiscriminate fright- fulness on merchant ships-mark the anniversary of the surrender of the German fleet 21 years ago to-day at
Scapa Flow.
OSONALI KATUDOR LYCOUN
DEMBO CHOTTINGHAM.
Обиток
Виземни рикется
Order Harbo
SALISO
LONDON
Diana Pinang
Вешносте
OM/WA
Hotwic
Map Shows Area where most
the Sinkings have
Britain recall the aptness of Admiral Sir David Beattle's speech that day when he ordered the German flags struck.
After giving the command, "The German ensign will be lowered at sunset to-day and will not be hoisted again without permission," Admiral Beattie, in his speech to the British sailors, said that the German Navy had forfelled their claim to be great and honoured in the Service because
un- they had resorted to illegal and restricted warfare on non-combatant men, women and children, Irrespec- tive of whether they belonged to bel- ligerent or neutral countries.
THE N.Y.K. MOTOR VESSEL TERUKUNI MARU,
HONGKONG PASSENGER INCLUDED IN 28 PERSONS RESCUED FROM STRICKEN NY.K. LIN ER: DRAMATIC EYE-WITNESS ACCOUNTS
TERUKUNI MARU SANK
NAZI
IN
"PIRATE" MINEFIELD
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP). HONGKONG LADY WAS
-Twenty-eight passengers and 181 members of the
Chivalry Of The Sea "Their methods of conducting war- fare has been a nightmare to those who have been imbued, as the British sailors have, with the chivalry of Nippon
Yusen Kaisha's PASSENGER
of the seas, and that is not a thing to be Terukuni Maru have been occurred. The "ghtly put to one side," the Admiral landed at a British port.
Terukuni Maru sank off Harwich.
SINKING S CONTINUE
Naval Minesweeper Among Victims
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter), -Two more small British ships have been sunk.
declared.
As the total of the wrecks mounted, They are expected to arrive authoritative British sources streng-in London to-night. then their contention that Germany
is now freely sowing the North Sea
The N.YK. has received no
with mines in a new effort to beat word of casualties and it is the British blockade, against which therefore assumed that no lives the U-boat's effectiveness has been were lost. steadily decreasing.
The Counsellor of the Japanese
IN LINER
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Router).—Thirteen British passen- gers were aboard the Torukuni Maru.
Some were injured.
The only Hongkong passenger aboard was Mr. Swailes, who was en route to South Wales.
All on board were rescued.
ship struck a mine released by Ger- The liner remained afloat for some mans,
after hitting the mine.
Captain's Story
Somo quarters belleve that this is Embassy In London, Mr. Okamoto, Hitler's secret weapon. Ils words together with Consul-General Sugi-ime
The same circles further pointed at Danzig two months ago are re-yama, have proceeded to the British
out that the place where the ship called, when he said, "Tie momentiport to interview the survivors and to
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" met the disater could not be adjacent]. may come when we use a weapon investigate the disaster. which is not yet known and with The Terukuni Maru was 'com-
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Domel).The to any mindheid which might pos- while we could not be attacked." manded by Captain Okuno:
Terukuni Maru Bank three hourssibly have been laid by British naval It is revealed that she remained | ofter striking the minc.
forces. afloat for a long time after hitting The ship left Casablanca in French amino, which, together with the Morocco on November 16 and rench- fact that a small fleet of rescue ed Dover on Sunday. It was then on ships arrived quickly, saved heavy its way to London. casualties.
This is true enough, because the The first is H.MS. Mastiff, a British Navy has so far observed In- naval minesweeper of 620 tons.ternational rules of warfare and no which was blown up by a Ger-German merchantmen are at sea in man mine off the cast coast on European waters.
Monday,
One of her crew was killed four seriously
missing.
and!
injured. Five
are
Her normal complement is 15 men. The Mastify was bullt last year of a cost of £48,000.
The other loss is the trawler Sea Sweeper of 320 tons. It is understood that the crew was picked up by 11 stenmer.
The
Sen Sweeper was built in 1915 and owned by the Dinos Trawling Company, Ltd. She was 136 feet long, This brings the total number of ships lost in the last few days to 13- five neutral, seven British, and one believed to be French,
Mines were responisble for the loss of ten of these ships.
means.
Opinions still differ, whether the Germans are laying magnetle mines, or mines at great depth by submarines are released by the chemical action of sea water.
The suggestion-is advanced-by-the-
to
Due last week, bui held up off the coast, the liner was en route London from Japan,
Meanwhile, the London office of the NY.K. announced last night that 280 passengers and members of the erew have been safely rescued 'and] Mr. Matsukura, the captain of the arrived at London kist night in a) Terukuni Maru, told "Dome!" that special train. Only two apparently as the weather was fine, the ship had required medical aid, otherwise all made, a smooth sailing since early were safe and sound, this morning.
Watched From Coast
The Terukuni Maru_was Jaunched Watchers from the shore thruogh "As we were sitting aitable for in May, 1930. It has a total tonnage "Dally Sketch" that the neutral binoculars saw the Terukuni Maru lunch, we felt a heavy shock on the of 11,300, and was 154.7 metres long Powers should get together and or-disappear beneath the waves. starboard. It was about 12.30 o'clock and 10.5 metres wide. It could dow
"Te ganse for their own protection,
ship was partially sub-in the afternoon. The ship im-velop a maximum speed of 17 merged." one eye-witness
sald.mediately began to is: to the star-knots and had accommodation for 235 "It should be possible to form some "She remained in this position for a board.
passengers. It is a sister ship of the Yasukuni Maru. new Hague Tribunal with a capacity little while and then sunk.
"Lifeboats and craft in the harbour for instituting regulations which will immediately proceeded to the scene." bendhered to,
"The United States should take the' lead in such a move.
past
"Disappeared Completely"!
and enforcing its decisions.
"America, which so often in the
The Terukun Maru, blew up and has stood for the principles of the rights of man and the liberty of sank a few miles off the west coast people, is clearly called upon to lead of England. The disaster occurred at the world in such a problem.
"To ask her to do so is not to call
noon.
'Eight life-bonts were lowered and passengers and crew were transferred from the ship. Several British mine- sweepers which happened to operate In the neighbourhood reached the
se sengers und crewmen, scene and picked up remaining bas-
"After seeing all persons rescued, I left the ship at 1.23 o'clock in the afternoon and was picked up by a British mine-sweeper.
surface,
The ship left Yokohama on Sep-1 tember 24 and was proceeding to London to take Japanese refugees
home.
Noar Bolivar Wreck
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Another eye-witness sold that he Naxis Admit Responsibility
HARWICH, Nov. 21 (UP)--Ac- upon her to intervene in the European saw an unusually large two funneled
then
cording to eye-witnesses of the sink- dis- admitted by the Nazi radio stations humun justice on which the entire appeared completely. Numerous ships tinued to list to the starbonrd.. Soon division of opinion as to whether the "In the meanwhile, the ship toning of the Terukuni Maru, there is a Responsibility for the losses is now struggle but to assert that elementary chip "partly submerged
rushed to her old," and Zecsen, existence of mankind, depends." at Hamburg, Cologne
The Nazl mines have already boost- (This statement is rather peculiar after I took shelter, only a few inches explosion resulted from a mine or a which state that the German alm is to strike at the Releh's foes by this ed the war-risk insurance rates for in view of the fact that the Terukuni of the larboard could be seen on the torpedo. If it was a mine, it was un-
usually close to shore, neutral ships. For instance, a voyage Maru has only one funnel).
On the other hand any submarine operating at Great Britain, jeered the announ-ttom the United States to Tallinn was
Not Surface Mine
such close proximity to the English cers, was not in a position to make £5 per cent. last week and was £8 yesterday. Voyages to and from the British waters sale either for her own continent, which were previously 208.
LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuler) const would take great cliances. or for neutral ships.
Captain B. Matukurn, of the Terukuni The Terukuni Maru sankt not far The results were and, said the per cent., are now 00s.
Maru, last night told "Reuter" how from where the Simon Bolivar struck his ship met her end at 1 pm. yester- ja mine. The entire crew and passen- announcer, for neutral ships. Ger-
gers of the Terukuni Maru were en- She had arrived in the Downs on route to London five hours after the Sunday morning and had undergone ships sank whereas, in the case of the contraband control..
Simon Bolivar, over nine hourn
muny regrets this development so far
DS
neutral ships Brc
concerned
"but there is nothing Germany can do about it. The harvent must be renped."
Joors At Britain
The "Daily Express" to-day report-
CONCILIATION
BY PUPPETS
SHANGHAL, Nov. 21 (Reuter).—A
ed that German propaganda allega- conciliatory gesture was made to-day tions that the London correspondent the puppel Mayor Fu Sino-en, of of a neutral newspaper had reported the "Municipality of Greater Shang- buin in a manifesto issued to his
Embassy Confirms
The Japanese Embassy told the "United Press" that they had rc- ceived telephonte advices from Harwich that the Terukunt Maru.had sunk. but they had no details.
The Terukuni Maru was n vessel of 11,930 tons, bulit for the Nippon Yusen Kalsha passenger trade in 1930
in-
day.
?
at the
at the Mitsubish! Shipyardı.
She received her clearunce papera elapsed before the majority of the The location of the vessel dicated that she sank in die same on Monday afternoon when she was passengers entrained for London. mine-infested area which has taken Elven a special signal to fly such toll on shipping over the week-masthead and was informed by the British Noval authorities that "the end.
north-bound route was now clear." The Capizin waited for daylight and left the Downs at 8.30 a.m., following routine instructions.
A Inter report says that it is not known whether the vessel was mined
shivered
that the Simon Bolivar was sunk by a British mine, is denied by the Police Bureau, in which were orders or torpedoca,
to respect the personal rights of One eye-witness said: HY Was The ship struck a mine, correspondent himself.
foreign mationals enjoying Treaty watching her for some time from the privileges.
shore when she suddenly seemed to and jumped into the air, causing hend Injuries to several passengers und The manifesto says that any for-explode. I did not hear the explosion crew. eigners detained for minor offences but great clouds of water shot high should be released immediately, but into the air.".
The "Daily Telegraph" reports that Field-Marshal Gocring's own paper, the "National Zeltung" boasts of the sintings and jeers at the British for not keeping her coastal waters safe.
In the case of the more serious In the House of Commons to-day,'
Eight boats were lowered, contain- ing all the passengers and crew.
Several mine-sweepers rushed
to
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zel-offences, they should be handed over Mr. Chamberlain announced that the reseve and towed the boats ashore. tung" shys that Germany's aim is to lo their Consular offelnis,
Great Britain would seize German scare neutral shipping away from
The Mayor's action follows recent exports on the high seas in retalla-certain that it was not a surface mine England's waters "by every possible
Incidents in which the "puppet" tlon against the mines, means."
police violated the rights of for- eigners enjoying extraterritorial pri-
Another Trawler Lost LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter). —Avileges. Fleetwood trawler, Delphine, was reported to be sunk to-day.
The crow of 19 were rescued.
Third Trawler Sunk LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter), British trawler, Thomas Shankings, was sunk by a U-boat off North-West Ireland to-day.
the British trawler Thomas Shankins (276 tons) off the northwest coast of Ireland. The crew of 12 men were not injured, and were landed at a northern port.
All Aboard Rescued LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter).-The Japanese liner, Terukuni Maru, 11,030 Hona, bound from Japan to England, was sunk to-day off the East Coast. It is believed that she struck a mine,
She carried a crew of 180 and 20 passengers, one of whom was British, They said the trawler left Fleet- The sinking was seen from the wood Inst Thursday and hod her shore.
The Captain added that he wau
Ins he had Ave speelal look-outs on jduty.
Captain Matukurn's home is la North China.
Official Confirmation EPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
TOKYO, Nov. 22 (Domel)-The Japanese Embassy in London has forwarded a telegram to the Foreign Office saying that the NY.K. liner Terukuni Maru sank off the eastern coast of England.
German Ming Blamed SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
The crew of 12 were rescued by nets set when they saw the conning Great volumes of water rose high another trawler and landed after tower of the U-boat which opened in the air. rowing 12 hours in on open, boat.
gunfire wihout warning. g
A life-boat and other craft went The trawler onnk 15 minutes later to the rescue and the survivors were after the crow had taken to the life-landed. bonts. The crew rowed for about Japanese Embassy officials Imme- LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP)—It has ten hours when another trawler dintely went to the scene from British Admiralty circles point, out been disclosed that a U-book sank plcked them up."-
London.
No Warning
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LONDON, Nov. 22 (Domel).
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