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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939.

HL.M.S. ¿COURAGEOUS

NAZI U-BOAT WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER

London, To-day.

SURVIVORS OF THE Courageous torpedoing said the attack took place in ideal submarine wea- ther.

A gunnery officer stated that many of the crew were killed in trying to jump clear as the aircraft- carrier sank.

One of the ratings told the press that they saw the U-boat blown straight out of the water by the destroyers' depth-charges.

NEUTRALITY ADDRESS BY ROOSEVELT

Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt has tenta - tively arranged to address a Joint session In the Senate House on neutrality to-morrow.

Ho Is expected to speak at about 8 p.m. B.8.T.

Mr. Early, the President's pri vate secretary, told the press that the address would be very brief.Reuter.

HE DISAGREED WITH HITLER!

The Admiralty yesterday after- noon issued full details of the sink- ing of the aircraft-carrier Courageous, together with a list of the survivors ns known at 1 p.m.

The full complement of Coura- geous wad 1,280, of whom the approximate number known to have been rescued in 681, of whom 70 are officers and 611 ratings. The 1st previously published gave 426 names, of whom 45 were officers and 381 ratings, and there therefore remain to be published as soon as possible the names of 255 more, of whom 25 are officers and 230 rat- ings. Reuter.

FRENCH MESSAGE

London, To-day.

The Chief of the French Naval Staff has sent the following message. to Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty:

"The French Navy has learned of the glorious end of H.M.S. Courage- ous, and feels at such a time how alive and vital are the links which bind it to the Royal Navy.”—Reuter.

NAZI SHIPS WILL NOT

Amsterdam, To-day. BE ALLOWED

Arrivals in Amsterdam

from Germany record the as- TO ARM

tonishment of Germans at the silence of Dr. Joseph

London, To-day.

Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda The "Hochi Shimbun" of Minister, since the outbreak Tokyo was cited yesterday as of war.

stating that the German

and opinion in Berlin is that he may

Dr. Goebbels' name has not appear-liner, Scharnhorst, now at ed in the Nazi press for some weeks, Kobe, was being converted have been sacrificed to the new pro- into an armed raider. Soviet policy, of which he was a fervid opponent.

It is also pointed out that no mea- sures have been taken in Germany to stop the rumours concerning Dr.

Goebbels.-Reuter,

(First news of Dr. Goebbels' dis- grace or death was published exclu- sively in the "China Mail" yesterday).

The Ministry of Information A- nounces that the British Naval At- tache at Tokyo has been informed by the Japanese naval authorities that the arming of German ships in Ja panese ports would not be permitted, as this would constitute an infringe- ment of Japanese neutrality.—British Wireless.

·SMILES—DEspite the MUD:<Women of the Auxillary Terri- torial Service are now under canvas at Tidworth, Wiltshire, where they are undergoing training. It is the largest A.T.S. camp ever held. The heavy rains of the past few weeks has caused ‘heavy going' underfoot. Here is a member of the camp off to clean the Wellingtons belonging to her tent companions. (Copyright, Fox).

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NAZIS PUBLISHING RED COMMUNIQUES

London, To-day.

The Nazi news agency has started publishing the Soviet communiques.

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The first of these merely towns occupied by the Red Army.- Reuter.

F.M.S. SECRETARY

London, To-day.

LIMITED RATIONING

London, To-day. The limited rationing which the Government have decided on, to en- sure the fair sharing of certain foods, will not be introduced for another month or five weeks at least.

Meanwhile, there are ample sup- plies of foodstuffs of all kinds and、it. is authoritative stated that nothing

It is announced by the Colonial can justify either hoarding or pro- Office that Mr. H. Fraser has been ❘ fiteering.

appointed Federal Secretary in the Apart from the foods which will be Federated Malay States on the retire- | ratloned when ́the orders take effect, ment of Mr. C. D. Ahearne. Bri- the prices of most other foods will be tish Wireless.

strictly controlled.—British:¦ Wireless.

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