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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1989

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GRAPHIC STORY OF LOSS

OF BRITISH SHIPS:

BUTTER

SEN. BORAH ATTACKS

LORD

HEROISM OF THE OFFICERS LOTHIAN

Bordeaux, To-day.

A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF the rescue of survivors of the torpedoed British steamers Yorkshire and City of Mandalay is given by two American pas- sengers on board the rescuing American steam- er Independence Hall.

The two passengers

Mr. R. Phillips, a New York lawyer, and Mr. Jack Thomas, a Hollywood ac- tor-described the terrible scenes they witness- ed when the Independence Hall, in response to the "S.O.S.", arrived on the scene, reaching the City of Mandalay first.

"It was a terrible spectacle,” they said. "We saw

her sink."

BERLIN'S PRECARIOUS FINANCES

Four small lifeboats were crowded with passengers. Men were swimming about and they heard the cries of children from the sea. Two of the lifeboats, half full of water, were in

a precarious condition.

A weeping mother called for her child, who was missing. An expectant mother wapt for her lost husband. One man came on board carrying a bundle; It was his 6-months old child, whose mother had perished.

SEVERE NAZI AIR LOSSES

London, To-day. With yesterday's two attempt- ed German air raids over, Bri- tain's coastal defences have ac- counted for 13 Nazi 'planes within a week.

This figure, of course, daas not include those machines which were crippled and obviously could not make the return trip safely.

The Coastal Command, R.A.F. has lost no planes in the air bat- tles.-Router.

PLEBISCITE DENOUNCED

The Polish

Paris, To-day. Government, which is now in France, has sent a note to Bri- tain, France and the neutral countries declaring that the plebiscite held yes- terday in Soviet-occupied Poland was The British officers, said the Am-contrary to international law. erican passengers, were sublime. Most

WENT DOWN WITH SHIPS

Zurich, To-day. Discussing German finan- cial problems, the Swiss newspaper "Basler Nachrich- ten" says that the financial state of the Reich is giving of them went down with their ships. rise to serious forbodings in Berlin.

Money and notes in circulation have doubled, as they did in the inflatory period, and credits have Increased tremendously.

When Germany entered the last war, her financial position was strong, She ended it without gold and foreign exchange. She is now trying to wage war when she is in a position little better off than she was when armistice was declared.-Reuter.

CONVOY NEVER BROKE FORMATION

London, To-day.-

The Chief Officer of one of the ships

in the British convoy that was attacke.

With blood pouring down hla face, the Second Officer of the Yorkshire calmly gave the order to abandon ship and continued at his post, unt}} she sank beneath the waves.

According to the survivors, in ad- dition to members of the two crews those who lost their lives included 61 passengers from the Yorkshire and 7 from the City of Mandalay.--Reuter.

RED ARMY MARCHES IN

KAUNAS, TO-DAY. EIGHTEEN MEMBERS. OF A SO- VIET MILITARY MISSION HAVE ARRIVED HERE TO ARRANGE FOR THE ENTRY OF RED ARMY TROOPS INTO LITHUANIA,

It is believed that some 20,000 So- viet troops will be stationed at Lit- huanian naval and air bases,

The entry of Elthuanian troops iá- for October

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Washington, To-day. A sharp attack upon Lord Lothian, Britain's new Am. bassador in Washington, was delivered by Senator Borah, leader of the isolationists' in a radio address last night.

Borah alleged, among other things, that "powerful British influences" were trying to draw the United States into the war on the side of the Allies.

The repeal of the arms embargo, he alleged, was the first step towards this.

If reports are true, he added, Lord Lothlan has "been most ao- tive in advancing reasons" why the embarga should be repealed. Asserting that Lord Lothian had been conferring daily with the Ad- ministration; he said:

some "With degree of pride, he must look down from the gallery of the Senate-if he deigns to visit that place-arid note the progress towards the repeal of the law he so early and boldly denounced."--Reuter.

ANGLO-FRENCH AIR CO-OPERATION

Marseilles, To-day. One of the local papers pays a warm tribute to the splendid co-opera- tion of the British and French Air Forces.

The plebiscite, the note says, was held in order to confirm the Soviet oc- Royal Air Force strikes, it strikes It warns Germany that "when the cupation-Reuter.

hard."-Reuter.

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