1939-11-02 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 2, 1939,

CAPTURE OF CITY OF FLINT BY DEUTSCHLAND:

RADIO OPERATOR'S STORY

London, To-day. FINLAND

IN A BROADCAST from Daventry yesterday, the

American wireless operator of the City of Flint AND SOVIET told the story of the ship's capture by the Ger- man warship · Deutschland. The operator es-

DEMANDS caped at Tromsoe, and was the only member of the City of Flint's crew to do so.

The City of Flint, he said, left New York on October 3, bound for various British ports. She was due in Manchester on October 16.

Helsinki, To-day.

land 'to consent to any ar-

ONE NOT FOUR

Paris, To-day.

The German jclaim to have brought down four Allied aero- planes is officially denied.

All French planes returned though one British machine was missing on the day in question. -Reuter.

EDUCATING

"It is impossible for Fin- CHILDREN rangement which would re- IN WARTIME. move her independence and chances of self-defence," de-

London, To-day. clared M. Erkko, the Foreign Lord de la Warr, President Minister, in a speech last of the Board of Education, in night.

the Lords, referred to the any danger of Russia's security be- fact that more than half the threatened from the Finnish school children who, if par-: ents had taken advantage of the Government's voluntary scheme for evacuating them to a reception area, could be

At about 4 p.m. on October 9, the ship was sailing north-eastwards on a steady course at about 10 knots. When the Deutschland was first sight- ed, those on board took her for either an Allieding or an American warship.

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She came up very quickly, with They reached the Norwegian coast all guns trained on the City of Flint, safely, but at first did not know where and signalled her by flags to stop. they were, taking soundings until The City of Flint was ordered not morning. They then picked up to use her wireless and when the Norwegian pilot and went down the Deutschland was about a quarter of coast a little way to Tromsoe. a mile away she broke the German ensign.

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A boarding party came alongside in an open boat and examined ship's papers.

Those on board the City of Flint thought that they would be sent back to America, but the Germans said they were sorry but they would have to take them all to Germany.

PRIZE CREW

An armed guard, consisting of 18 men-including a reserve officer, a warrant officer, two radio operators, a signal rating, a petty, officer, and other ratings --was put on board. Their "armament" consisted of a machine-gun, hand grenades, revol- vers and bayonets.

They said that if the City of Flint's crew gave any trouble, a hand-grenade would be thrown among them. One hand grenade was dropped in the sea to give the men an idea of the explosion!

SHOCK FOR PILOT

The Norwegian pilot did not realise that a German prize-crew was board the City of Flint until he came

on

on board. He then nearly fell back into the water with astonishment!

They reached Tromsoe safely, and there the American and German

Consuls came on board.· ́`·

He added that Finland' cannot see

State or territory.

"Should a third power attempt" to: use Finland as a base for attack on the Soviet, we should resist such an attempt with our full force."

Finland had declared her willing-

ness to assist Russia to strengthen the at school in comparative: safety, were in fact still in Leningrad and Finnish defences.

vulnerable areas and receiv- ing little or no education.

The Treaty of Dorpat (establishing Finland's independence) and the Russo-Finnish non-aggression pact, possible provided the basis for all negotiations.-Reuter.

He said there were two solutions, namely the compulsory removal of all remaining children out of vulnerable

CLOSING FORTH BRIDGE areas,

DURING RAIDS

a measure the Government would be unwilling to take in any but the most desperate circumstances, and London,. To-day.secondly, some measure of re-opening Special instructions to prevent trains: schools in vulnerable areas, which was

on which the Government- This concluded the radio operator's from going on the Forth Bridge when a course talk from Daventry; he did not re-fair-raid warnings were sounded near had decided. veal the details of his escape from that area have now been issued, the City of Flint and her Nazi prize Minister of Transport announced yes- an all clear signal for return to the

evacuation areas. crew.--Reuter.

terday-Reuter.

MR. CHURCHILL AND

THE POCKET BATTLESHIPS

London, To-day.

the

This decision must not be taken as

The Government had been influen- ced solely by the fact that as a nation' they could not afford to 'let 750,000' children grow up without education, school discipline or medical care.

DOUBLE SHIFT

The numbers would, however, have to be limited and many schools would be operating on a double shift basis.

The Government had nevertheless:

sible in the evacuation area should be

All this took about an hour. and Mr. WINSTON CHURCHILL, First Lord of the Ad-decided that as many schools as pos--

a half. Most of the German sailors

wore

spoke a little English, while the officer spoke it fluently. They were

and mostly very young men hobnailed boots, while their hat rib- bons were from all sorts of ships, in- cluding the Emden.

SPANISH WATERS!

They said that the Deutschland was

-British Wireless.

miralty, said in the House of Commons yester-opened for the education of children' day that it was reported that two Nazi warships of parents who desired them to attend. of the "Deutschland” type were now operating in the Atlantic, one in the north and the other in the south.

overcrowded because they had se-So far, the evidence was conflicting, but it might be

veral prize crews on board. They came from Spanish waters, where they had been before the war start-

ed. They also spoke of having seen the U.S. coast-guard cutters hurrying

assumed as certain that one warship of the "Deutschland”” type had been active.

to escort the American ship Iroquois W. UKRAINE

They wondered why the British steamer Stonegate, sunk recent-

ly, faft the convoy, where she would have been quite safe. They seemed to know all about the

convoy.

Armed guards were placed on the engine-room, bridge and radio-room. Not a single message was sent on the radio all the way to Norway.

ZIG-ZAG COURSE

TAKEN INTO THE SOVIET

Moscow, To-day. Polish territory in the Western Ukraine was for They also brought 39 men from the Stonegate, including one passenger, mally incorporated into the with them. The Stonegate man said Soviet Union yesterday, the that they had been very well treated. The food was plain, except on Sun- ceremony taking place before day, which was a big day, because the Supreme Soviet in the they had strawberries.

had old throne room of the

The Deutschland, they said,

"salling u-zigazag-course-before

Nort

They had reports from prisoners who had been on the Deutschland

were sunk.

Asked when he would be able to

"ARMED" ROBBERY

Pretending

to be workmen, two gained entrance

to

the

enough to have an opportunity of robbers making sure of her identity. They ground floor of No. 1, Fuk Wing:

sailors whose ship had been Street, Shamshuipo at 2.20 p.m. yes- terday and robbed the inmates of some $506 in money and jewellery.

The inmates, two amahs and the tenant - Stu Mul-kwal, 33-year-old woman, were bound and

the men who menaced.

later

announce

that the' Gärman war.

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ships had been sunk, Mr. Churchill said that he did not think he ought to make any forecast of that king. gagged by He hoped to make a further them with pistols which were mont

discovered to be toys. operations on naval

next week. Asked what was being done to prè»

vent Nazi submarines from refuelling and sheltering in the bays along the coast of Fire, Mr. Churchill said that the Government of Eire was respon sible for that.

On the high seas, the Royal Navy was taking such measures as were open to it. It was doing its best.

FISHING INDUSTRY

The formal request was, made by

the Western Ukraine Concerning the fishing industry, he in his native said that a Standing Committee had, dan on the been for to advise the Ministry Stalin

A number of

over when war |

TROUBLE AT STATION

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A European woman; Mrs. Veru Roach, of 8 Granville Road, failed to appear before Mr. El Himsworth this morning on a charge of dis orderly conduct and had her bail of $25 estreated

Mr Ronch: WE disorderly conduct in the

feturned and the.........Police charg

more trawlers pursued. Reu-

terday afternadni. By. using insulting langu pean police