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FOUNDED 1001,五拜感 號四月一十英港香 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1939.
No. 15959
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF H.M.S. ARK ROYAL
TURNED OVER, THEN RIGHTED HERSELF
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (Reuter).—The “real
story" of the escape of the Ark Royal when a 500 Will Sow More Mines
pound bomb from a German plane exploded near the ship on September 26 was told at the Overseas Press Club by the former Member of Parliament, Sir Derwent Hall-Caine.
Sir Derwent said that the Ark Royal heeled over until one side of the flying deck was awash, but miracu- lously she returned to an even keel.
OFFICER'S VERSION
Sir Derwent based this version of the bombing on informa. tion which he said he received from an unnamed officer of the Ark Royal,
He quoted this officer as say- ing that the aircraft carrier was steaming with four other ships, escorting a disabled sub- marine back to port, when six) Heinkel bombers attacked them.
The officer anld: "The planes drop- ped bombs all around us, but they were all wide and our anti-aircraft So they fire got too hot for them, turned and went back.
Then I saw one of the machines turn again towards the stern of the
ship.
NAZI SHIP IS SCUTTLED
Action Taken To Avoid Capture
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH'
CAPE TOWN. Nov. 23 (UP). The crew of the Adolph German Steamer Weermann scuttled the ship in order to avoid capture by The a British warship. passengers and crew were Baved.
It is noteworthy that this vessel escaped from Lobito Bay last Saturday armed as A raider.
"When just over the deck, the pilot dropped a 500-pound bomb on the water only a few feet from the ship. The Miracla
"The ship celed over on the port side and firing deck went awash.
"Then a miracle happened.
1:
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 23 (Reuter)We shall ans- wer Britain's Intes! sures with Intensified mine warfare," noutral corres- pondents in Berlin were 1old.
"Germany will lay mines She uff the British const, regards herself perfectly entitled to do so without a
A Plane Taking off Ark Royal.
More Victims Of Nazi
Piracy In North Sea
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”.
OUR GUIDE TO British Steamer Geraldus, 2,495 members of the crew are either killed
THE CINEMAS
breach
Inw.
of international
"It is true that the Hague Convention forbids the lay- ing of mines on irade routes and enemy harbours,, but the British Government has turned these harbours into war zones by arming cargo: ships, and as a result of the convoy system."
BRITISH REPRISALS
Holland Protests Against Blockade
Proposed Measures Called Obnoxious
THE HAGUE, Nov. 23 (Reuter).-The Government has made representations to the British Government
against the trade reprint planned in retaliation for the German mine campaign.
A Minister has told the British Foreign Office that the proposed measures are particularly harm- ful to neutrals, whether receivers or transporters of German goods.
2.9
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The reprisals are especially noxious to Holland because it is stated that they have been inspired by recent shipping disasters, of which the sinking of the Simon Bolivar was by far the most Important,
Italy Backs Britain LONDON, Nov. 23 (Henter)-- The Rome Wireless says that if I can be, proved that the minta were German mine.
latest Britain's measure is justified, -Norwegian shipping owners do not and sympathy is expressed in Sweden Expect Norway to be greatly affected. for Britain's desire to combat the Nazi measures.
LONDON, Nov, 23 (UP).-The loss of four more merchant- "The Ark Royal righted herself men, victims of the sea war, has boosted the coastal toil to 21 and. returned to an even keel."
The German airman, when he saw since last Saturday, coincident with the Dutch expression of grave the Ark Royal go over, apparently concern to Great Britain regarding the course of the war at sea. thought that he had sunk the air-
The latest victims of the but the whole crew of 26 were picked craft-carrier.
German mines are the Greek up by a British warship.
The Darino, 1,351 tons, was sunk jon November 19. It is feared that 16 Steamor Elona, 4627 tons; the
The "New York Herald Tribune" says that the United States will tons, which was sunk last Tues- or drowned.
the practical Eleven others were landed at an Probably not challenge the measures, day off the east coast, the crew of
East Coast town after they had spent and will wait unti
have appeared. "The Magnificent Frana" (Queen's 28 being rescued by a war ship: three days in a U-bont before being realies of the developing situation and Alhambra): A Raritanian drama, the French trawler Saint Clair which transferred to an Italian ship.
The third boat a Fleetwood trawler, the story dealing with an actor's mas-was sunk last Monday off the cast querade as President of small state coast with one rescued and 11 miss-Sulby, 287 tons, was sunk off the in order to negotiate an important loaning--the second French loss since the Scottish coast. the real President being dead. Colour-mino campaign began; and the British ful loading portrayal by Akim Tamiroff
torpedoed and sunk of the Scottish with competent support by Lloyd Nolan, trawler, Sulby, 207 tons, which was (Cathay): const with five of the crew of twelve l'atricia forrison and Mary Boland.
"Foar Girls in White" Story deals with group of young women missing. who enter training to become nurses] for four
In the House of Commons, Mr.
reasons. The train smash Chamberlain rejected the suggestion
ellmax provides director plenty of that German prisoners he put aboard
scope for exercise of his fair of detail British ships as a deterrent to illegal!
奥门
"Rose Marie (Blajestic) Return of
"018 Favourite." Jeanette Mac mine luying.
Donald and Nelson Eddy co-star and
effectively present popular Friml musie
Tuneful production,
"Hotel Imperial" (Oriental) 1
Survivors, Landed
Eleven survivors of the Ellerman
Pela Line's Steamer Daring, 1,351 tons,
Negri appearol in the first film of this which was torpedoed off the Frenchi
twelve years ago. Ten Miranda, newcomer to the screen and coast on November 19, were landed type, takes an east coast port. Sixteen mem-
name avur
of the Darlene Dietrich
Malian ship.
of 13 wero
The remainder are missing but may have been picked up by a steamer,
Seven of the crew rescued.
RUMANIAN CRISIS
Brought To Head By
↑ German Domands
SPECIAL TO, THE "TELEGRAPH" BUCHAREST, Nov. 28 (UP).
leading role supported by Ray Milland bers of the crew were lost. The sur-The Immediate cause of the vivors spent three daya aboard a Rumanian Cabinet crisis is. at- and Reginald Owen.
U-boat prior to their transfer to antributed to the German demands It is understood that the Dutch for more raw materials, parti-j Minister visited the Foreign Office te-eularly petroleum and cereals.
It is revealed that the Ministers of day and, by memorandum and orally, expressed concern over the extension Armaments and Finance resigned majority of the Cabinet rejected the
BORAH'S NEW CRITICISM
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEDĦATH"
Then the United States will take vital interests demand. such steps, if any, that American
Legal Position Explained LONDON, Nov. 23 (Reuter). Speaking on the British reprisni measurca. Dr. Ivar Jennings, the B.B.C, legal expert, sold that al- though there was a large body. In International. Law, there were no courts and no Police to enforce it,
Particularly a time of war. Zaw. re- therefore, international. cognises the right of reprisal.
When one country at war adopts illegal. miçasures the other side may which, also adopt sudi measures though illegal, dre necessary to stop the original illegal acts.
Allics Within Right
If Germans uso mines in the way they have been doing, the Allies are entitled to take action which would otherwylso be legal. It is incidentally just as illegal to neutral sink Allied shipping shipping in the way the Nazis have Jof British contraband control of Nazi simultaneously last night when been doing a war conditions, a
Under
exports.
It is understood that Sir Alexander German demands. The Prime Minis-country is entitied to seize enemy Cadogan, on behalf of the Foreign
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UP) Senator Borah' hus' taken up the Office, nasured the Minister that Great/r presented the King with the ships, and enemy goods on enemy. Issue of the State Department's Britain would show the utmost con-resignations of the entire Cabinet.
apparent decision to defer trade talks sideration for neutral shipping. with Japan until there is an improve- ment in the Japanese treatment of U-Boats Taka Toll
Americans and United States business And in China.
a
and its own ships, and also to naize a new contraband of war.
This international law, however, will extent does not permit the seizure of other enemy goods on neutral. ships, and does not includă exports from an enemy country.
that It is not unlikely Cabinet will be formed which accept the demands to an LONDON, Nov. 23 (Router)-sufficient to satisfy Berlin.
aw Cabinet Formed Now Three more Delish steamors, totalling!
BUCHAREST, Nov, 23 (Router) The former Premier of Rummania, M, Our trade with Japan is decidedly 4,132 tons, have been sunk by sub- Increasing, and it should not be marines
The largest, the Hull boat Geraldus, Tatorescu, has forrned a new Govern- thrown side without a very cound
12,404 fans, was hunk on the East Coast ment, resson" he said," m
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Planes
Sow Magnetic
Type Mines
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Nov. 23 (UP).-German seaplanes are experimenting in the dropping, by means of parachutes, of exceptionally light mines containing
an extreme-
ly high explosive, according to reports received here.
Naval authorities have con-1 firmed that a German seaplane
dropped these parachute mines HITLER'S
in the Thames Estuary, and this action is now believed to have been responsible for the recont series of disasters,
An eye-wilness of the manoeuvre said that two scoplanes, supposedly carrying a large number of mininture mines, sowed a wide area over the Thames last night.
The theory is that the parachutes ure soluble, permitting the mines to sink.
Experts Accopt Theory
SECRET WAR PLAN
Discusses It With
His Leaders IPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH BERLIN, Nov. 23 (UP), ---- "Pross Association" report Hiller to-day held an important. states: "As the secret of
Chancellory
A
the 50-
called magnetic mines is out, experts meeting in the are not backward in anticipating that at which, it is reported, he laid such a weapon as a parachute mine down the principles for Ger has been devised, and they are many's future conduct In the devising means to combat this new war, based on experience gained
method of warfare,"
In the meantime an official com-in the campaign in Eastern AN EFFICIENT body of A.R.P. munique has been issued refuting the Europe.
Approximately 120 military workers to now on duty day and German statement that German air- night on the Thames, ready to cape craft cruised unmolested over London. authorities, headed by Field- "Only one German aircraft has with any emergency such as
Admiral Raeder, provided by the new magnetic mines. Down over the neighbourhood of Marshal Goering, General Brau-
Our fighting plones shot the chitsch. Photograph shows a ranger on board London. a Thames ship receiving instructions plane down and the crew have been Generals Keitel and Deitrich and Taken prisoners," the communique others, gathered in the great from shore to take certain action.
reception hall of the Chancellory'
FIGHT FOR NANNING
I
said.
New Technique
at noon on the oceaalon of LONDON, Nov. 23 (Reuter)It is Hitler's annual autumn recep- understood that the German scation. planes which have flown over the
Scheme is Great Secret: Enst Coast In recent days have been sowing the magnetic type of mines.
The heads
of the armed forces, This new technique muy explain some of the recent comparatively Goering. Reeder and Brauchitsch, i
together with their staff officers re- Observers report seeing objects ported to Hitler and outlined the drop from planes and flutter down current military situation, into the sea.
Kwangsi's Pre-War some of the recent co
Capital Suffers
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
In one case they saw-Hitler's reply-has-been-kept-very- an enemy seaplane alight on the sea, secret, but it is assumed that it car- possibly either sowing mines or trying rics great significance with regard to to work in conjunction with a U-boat, the future course of the way.
Future Strategy Orders
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov, 23 (Reuter)-Hit- ter to-day had an extension discus- sion with General Walther von Brau chitsch, Admiral Erich Baeder and Field Marshal Hermann Goering, the. of the three armed commanders
the German
CHUNGKING, Nov. 23 (UP). Two flights of 18 Japanese It is known that Germany possesses planes again intensively hombed lying boats equipped for carrying a Nanning, Wuming, Pingyang and light type of mines, contabiing a very
high type of explosive. neighbouring towns at 10 a.m.
Bullet Explodes Mine to-day, causing very heavy!
It is stated thai one mine was seen destruction.
floating in the Thames estuary and The damage was especially was exploded by rifle fire.
It is stated in London that British heavy at Pinyang, which was bombed three times in two experts are not backward in anti-forces, according to
elpating such weapons, and have wireless. hours.
devised, or are in the act of devising, The report states that the Fuchter Meanwhile the Japanese forces means to combat the new method of gave Instructions regarding future stationed at Canton and Samshul are frightfulness. attempting to prevent the Chinese
forces in Kwangtung from reinforc- Mines Dropped In Thames ing the Kwangsl forces.
LONDON, Nov. 23 (Iteuter)-It is Chinese reports reaching here revealed that Germani planes, flying state that, in an attempt to prevent low over the Thames cituary during the Chinese forces on the Kwanglung last night's raly. dropped mines hy front from rushing to reinforce the parachute.
Is now the Kwangsl border which principal war area, Japanese troops from the bases at Canton and Sam- shu! and on the West River staged al two-way push to the north yesterday. The principal Chinese objective is a Japanese column advancing fromf Somshul, to Huangtang, about 20 kilo- metres to the north
This column, numbering about 1,600 Japanese, has already been
HEIGHT OF STUPIDITY
Nazi Propaganda
challenged a dozen times by Chinese Easily Wins Prize
south of Huangtang, and is therefore unable to make any headway. “
Another Japanese column of 1,000
LONDON, Nov. 28 (Router).
men struck north along the Canton-The inconsistency of German Hankow railway and on Tuesday propaganda has surpassed itself morning had reached the vicinity of in recent broadcasts with refer- Chuntlen, 50 kilometres north of ence to mine-laying in the North
the Chinese reports claim.
Canton,
Sea, states a special commentary to-day.
Japaneso Planes Downed
The following four contentions KWEILIN, Nov. 24 (Central) While raiding Nanning, the ancient were simultaneously put forward;
1-The mines are British; capital of Kwangal, two Japanese
2-Events in the past few days are naval' aircraft were shot down by Chincto anti-aircraft gunfire yester-claimed as German naval successes; were 3.Even if the mines aro German, day, The Japanese airmen
International law permits the laying killed.
Wuming and Pingyang, respective of mines against warships without ly about 47 miles northwest and 32 announcement when milliary conal- miles northeast of Nanning, were derations necessitate; bombed by the Japanese raiders. Pingyang suffered three attacks,
WAR BRINGS NEW
BUSINESS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH LONDON, Nov. 23 (Router)~The Ministry of Supply announces that in the week ended: November 14 orders valued at £8,618,000 wervi
placed
4It is Germany's alm- in -mati-
all time warfare to strike where oversen lines moet.
It is not clear how mines can dis-
criminate between warships and neu tral merchant ships at spots where all
Overacas lines meet,
KING AND QUEEN
strategy.
Annual Reception
BERLIN, Nov. 23 (Reuter).—Hiller gave an annual reception to the nem ed forces which was attended by 120 sentor officers in the Army, Navy and Air Forec.
It is believed that Hitler outlined the principles and methods by which Germany is to conduct the war,
LATEST
Sea Back Page For Further Late News
Bedtime Story
By Gestapo
LONDON, Nov. 23 (Reuter).-The latest Nazi "tall story" is that the Gestapo has been communicating with the British Secret Service for the past three weeks through socrat radio
transmitters suppiled to the Gestapo
BACK IN LONDON The Gestapo, says the stoly, had
LONDON, Nov. 23 (Router)The
with Arme supplying clothing, equip- King and Queen returned to London
ment, stores, ele.
Įby Delfish agents, ple de
British code without the Britis knowing. it ASA
But here is the rub of the story... the Gestapo.got, tired of allie-com-
wednesday, wh
Over 400 new firms have become to-day after spending three days at munications and braiçe them off."
Sandringham, new contractors.