1939-10-24 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTÓBER 24, 1939

HITLER

TO STRIKE AT BRITAIN WITH AIR FORCE

London, To-day.

The conferences which Herr Hitler has been holding with the Nazi District Lead- ers throughout Germany, with the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Navy and with prominent Cabinet bers, are the theme of wide- spread speculation in neutral capitals.

mem-

Great secrecy is apparently being observed in Berlin regarding the na- ture and purpose of the discussion, which probably had to do with the prosecution of the war and internal conditions in Germany.

Reports reaching Copenhagen suggest that the conference im. plies that Hitler has now given up all hope of an early peace. Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent says that Berlin information supports the belief that the Nazis will suspend

THE NAVY GOES U-BOAT HUNTING. The Navy at its work of keeping the seas open for trade. Photo shows the eyes of the Fleet- on deck of a destroyer on patrol-the look out. ture. Copyright.

(British Official plc- By Air Mail).

LONDON VESSELS SUNK OFF

COAST

SCOTTISH

London, To-day.

action on the Western Front while TWO LONDON SHIPS, both coasters of small ton-

they "blockade" of Britain with flerce air

concentrate on a strenuous

attacks.

Reuter. OTHER OPINIONS

Paris, To-day. Reports from neutral sources in- dicate that Hitler's next plan of cam-

paign may be either a mass offensive in the West or an intensification of aerial and submarine warfare, pri- marlly against British shipping, or a new "peace offensive."

more

Hitler himself is reported to lean

Admiral Raeder's on

naval policy than on General Keitel's army plans, while it is felt here that the possibility of a

success of a new "peace offensive" was answered in advance by Mr. Hore-Belisha's broad- cast on Saturday. Reuter.

AIR FORCE SAVES A CONVOY

London, To-day.

The saving of a British con- voy in the North Sea from possible destruction by mines is revealed in London.

Heroes of the affair were pilots of the Auxillary Air Force. Patrolling ahead of the convoy, they saw drifting mines in two places at an hour's interval and close to and in the path of the convoy.

The planes warned the convoy by smoke flares and lamp signals.

:

The first batch of mines was avoid- ed by a change of course and the se-

cond batch were destroyed by machine-gun fre from escorting

destroyers. Reuter.

nage, were lost yesterday.

The Sea Venture (1,375 tons) was sunk by a sub-

marine off the north coast of Scotland. Her crew of 25 landed safely in the ship's boats. The second casualty was the Whitemantle (1,692

owned by Stephenson, Clarke and Associated panies, Ltd., of London.

The Whitemantle an explosion, and five of her were rescued by a trawler.

foundered after

crew

The survivors, all of whom were injured, stated they could not say if they had been sunk by a mine or by submarine action. Fourteen other members of the Whitemantle's crew are missing, but it is possible that they have been pick- ed up by another ship.-Reuter.

15-MILES ROW

The Sea Venture's crew of 26 was- landed-in-one-of-the steam- er's boats after rowing for 15 miles.

The Sea Venture took nearly three hours to sink.

of

Fourteen members of the crew the Whitemantle are missing but they may have been picked up by another

vessel.

LANDED ON EAST COAST Five were rescued by a trawler and landed at an East Coast port. All the injured were taken to hospital,

They are unable to say whether the explosion was caused by a mine submarine.-Reuter.

ANOTHER AIR RAID

ESCORT SHIP ALARM

HITS JUNK

H.M.S. Thanet was involved in a collision with a junk last night at 9.45 p.m. in the harbour.

The junk, No. 1065, was leaving harbour when the incident occur- red. The junk was damaged, but the crew who were thrown into the water, were rescued by the warship.

No damage was suffered by the Thanet.

NEUTRALITY BILL

The revised Neutrality Biil bably be passed on Friday

London, To-day.

or

in

The Air Ministrý announces that the air raid alarm was sounded the Firth of Forth area yesterday.

The all clear, went about 15 minutes later..

The east coast of England heard an air raid alarm every day last week except Thursday.

Not one of the raids was success-

MARKED ACTIVITY ON SAAR FRONT

Paris, To-day, munique, states: there was ity on the part of ele-

tact, more particularly in est of the Saar.Reuter.

FATE OF "EMILE MIGUET”

Boston To-day.

A screaming shell from a U-boat was the first warning of danger, according to the story of the captain of the French tanker Emile Miguet, sunk in the Atlantic 10 days ago, told when he reached here.

Dusk had fallen when the first shell was fired. It was followed by others one of which struck the crews' quar- ters, cutting an apprentice almost in half.

The captain halled the sub- marine' and received

to disembark the

·

the crow.

permission remainder of,

"The shelling had left one lifeboat seaworthy and we packed like aar- dines into it.

"It was 31 hours before the United States steamer, Black Hawk, rescued

us.

"The submarine torpedoed and sank the Emile Miguet, after the 39 sur- vivors had disembarked." Reuter.

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BROWDER ARRESTED

New York, To-day.

· A Federal Grand Jury yesterday indicted Earl Browder, Secretary of the Communist Party of the United States, on a charge of a false ap- plication for a passport.

- Browder was

tons) Com-into custody.

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He pleaded not guilty and given ball of $10,000.-Reuter.

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