ADMIRALTY'S STATEMENT ON GERMAN SUBMARINE AFFAIR Sensational Incident Reported Off Portland Bill
BROUGHT TO SURFACE BY
BRITISH DESTROYER DROPPING DEPTH CHARGE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA · MAIL”)
London, To-day..
A sensational story of the dropping of a depth charge by a British destroyer in the vicinity of a German submarine off Portland Bill yesterday ow- ing to the latter's close watching of British naval manoeuvres off the Dorset coast, had its sequel in the House of Commons yesterday evening.
The news of the incident, which has caused a tremendous stir throughout England, appeared in most of yesterday morning's newspapers.
The newspapers stated that the destroyer H.M.S.Wolfhound detected by means of listening apparatus the presence of a submarine underwater while the destroyer was participating with other warships in manoeuvres.
The destroyer communicated with the submarine and ordered. the latter to come to the surface, but the submariné commander declined, in spite of the fact that altogether twenty signals order- ing her to rise were sent.
TANKS BLOWN. Wolfhound then dropped a 'num- ber of depth charges in the vicinity imme- of the submarine, which diately blew her tanks and came to the surface, where the commander was interrogated from the deck of the destroyer.
A "flight of imagination” was the description applied to the in- cident by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. Duff Cooper, when urgent questions were put to him in the House yesterday evening.
The submarine, he added, was actually proceeding up the English Channel on the surface.
SWORDFISH
She was opposite Portland Bill, but outside British territorial waters, when naval manoeuvres were being carried out by part of the Home Fleet:
The depth charge was "in con- nection with the British sub- marine Swordfish and had nothing whatever to do with the German vessel.
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POLISH DRIVE AGAINST COMMUNISTS
Warsaw, To-day.
The nation-wide Government drive against the Communist Party is continuing and yesterday a num- ber of arrests were made by the police.
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Two leading members Party in West Ukraine were rested yesterday, when they engaged in collecting subscriptions for the Valencia Government.
A Warsaw paper says that 300 arrests have been made in connex with the attempt on the life Colonel Koc-Trans-Ocean.
NEW DEMOCRAT LEADER IN THE SENATE
Washington, To-day. Senator Alben Barkley, of Ken tucky, yesterday defeated Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, by 38 An official statement issued by votes to 37 for the Democratic the Admiralty late last night leadership in the Senate as a con merely amplified Mr. Duff Cooper's sequence of the death of Senator
remarks by saying that & Sub Joseph T
merged submarine had been sight- Senator Bar ed by British warships
The Bri- staunch Roos tish submarine Swordfish was also led almost entir submerged in the vicinity
“As is - customary cases, runs the sta depth charge was drop
Mrs. Dulcie Wild Rice, the well-known breeder of
champion Borzoi
dogs, was a judge at the Taunton Dog Show. She also showed some of her own Borzois at the Windsor Championship Show. Above she is shown being "kissed" by one of her champions
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF COLONEL KOC
Warsaw, To-day:
The unsuccessful attempt on the life of Colonel Koc, leader of the Camp. of National Unity," furnishes the pro-Government or- gan "Karjer Pozany" with an oc- casion to demand dissolution of all secret societies in Poland.
The paper recalls in this con- nection that it has already stress- ed the necessity of dissolving not only the Communist Party but all. secret ́ ́ organisations.
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MARCONI LIES IN STATE
NEW CZECH CABINET MEETS
Prague, To-day.
The first meeting of the new Cabinet under Dr. Milan Hodza was held yesterday after the Ministers, all of whom with the ception of the Finance Minis- held posts in the last Govern-.
had taken the oath.
the
que newspaper that
grarian Party successfully pressed their demand for increases
prices and fin grain
that the re- signation of the former Finance Minister followed acceptance of the Party's demands.
The Minister, it will be re- called, was responsible for the "crisis'' by- objecting strongly to any raising of grain prices. The price of flour has also been increased, though this does not entail any increase in the price of bread. The grain society has undertaken. cover the deficit out of its own funds.
Rome, To-day. The mortal remains of the gre Italian inventor, Marchese Marconi were conveyed with due ceremonial The Government grant towards
erday morning from Farneiron
grain, supplies, says the the seat of the Royal Academy, paper, will be much smaller than to the Church of Santa Maria, that panded by the Agrarians.- who is B. very | Here in the ancient-hall the body Trans-Ocean.
as-support- of the father of modern wireless ends of the will lie in state.
Roosevelt Court Reform Bill, while The ceremonial of bestowing the in such the opponents of the Bill mustered last benediction on the body of the alagainst it although Senator Harri-dead genius was attended by Signor
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week, leaving Kowloon
Mussolini and the entire Diplomatic Corps, as well as a large number of istinguished personalities. Trans-
Basque Refugees
Moscow, To-day.
The Basque children who now being given Hospitality in the Crimea held a meeting yesterday and adopted a resolution thanking 3pm and Blake Pier at 2.80 the Soviet for its action in receiv
ing them-Trans-Ocean.
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