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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 6, 1939

NORWAY REJECTS GERMAN PROTEST

Oslo, To-day.

NORWAY HAS REJECTED the German protest in connection with the release of the City of Flint and the internment of the Nazi prize crew.

It is now known that Norway also refused a request to keep the City of Flint in the port of Hauge- sund.

Norway states she had no alterna- tive but to intern the vessel as the prize crew was violating Norway's neutral rights.

An official Norwegian statement says that an examination by Nor- wegian doctors of the allegedly sick American sailor disproves the Nazi claim that the ship was forced into port because of his illness.

Neutral correspondents in Berlin report that the Wilhelmstrasse is bit- terly angry because of Norway's firmness.-Reuter,

NORWAY'S NOTE

Oslo, To-day.

BRITAIN

FOOD FOR A GERMAN CREW

Hearing that a German tanker in Boston Harbour was short of rations the crew of a British In- or, also in the harbour, present- ed the 26 members of her crew with a side of beef.

"Germans or not, they have got to eat," the British mate ex- plained to the American Customs official, who expressed surprise at the gesture.

FOR END OF HITLERISM

AND A JUST PEACE

London, To-day.

SETBACKS

TO GERMANY WELL UNDERSTOOD

Amsterdam, To-day.

Britain and France have obtained advantages of in- valuable significance, says the Berlin correspondent of the "Telegraaf” commenting on the latest developments.

Following the Anglo-Franco-Tur- kish Pact and the repeal of the arms embargo, a new tendency is per- ceptible in the Balkans where de- velopments are no longer entirely dependent upon Germany and Rus- sia.

The lifting of the arms embargo does not seem an isolated fact. The United States is interesting herself more than Germany desires in Euro- pean affairs and the belief is increas-

IN A SPEECH YESTERDAY, Mr. Arthur Greenwood saiding in the Wilhelmstrasse that Amer- Britain had declared war with the firm purpose of end-ican neutrality is positive neutrality ing forever the torture of other nations by dictatorship. ed a statement last night concerning Although the decision involved great sacrifices, refusal

would have meant the sacrifice of human freedom.

The Norwegian Foreign Office issu-

Norway's rejection of the German protest at the release of the City of Flint and the internment of the Nazi prize crew.

The statement says that Germany, in its protest, demanded that the vessel should be held back while the matter was being discussed by the two governments.

Norway saw no should be done, accordance with international law.

reason why this as it had acted in

GERMAN'S ADMISSION

The statement reveals that the German officer in charge of the vessel said that the City of Flint had anchored in Haugesund "on the Instructions of my government." Fermission had been requested on the ground that a member of the crew was ill, but this was refused when the doctor from a Norwegian warship found the man to be suffer- ing merely from an insignificant leg wound. Reuter.

GERMAN SHIPS TAKEN AS PRIZE

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THE BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY REGISTERED A NET GAIN OF NINE SHIPS, TOTALLING 45,000 TONS, DURING THE PAST WEEK,

ALL AFTER

ALLOWANCE FOR SHIPS LOST BY ENEMY ACTION.

It is considered a triumph for the service is subjected to widespread sub- marine and occasional air attack.

The increase in tonnage was effect- ed partly at the expense of Germany, ad- the British prize court recently judging the Pomona and Hannah Boge requisitioned as lawful prizes by the Crown.

The remainder was due to ships reverting to Merchant Marine status and to new construction.

This is in contrast to 1917 when the submarine campaign inflicted enor- mous net losses. This is unlikely to be repeated in view of the reduction in effectiveness of the present sub- marine campaign and the enormous tonnage under construction.-Reuter.

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Wastage of life and treasure was the price which had to be paid to rid the world of the scourge of an in- human dictatorship which was eating Into the vitals of Christian civilisa-

tion.

Britain could not ignore the chal-

whether lenge

freedom or brute force should prevail.

PEACE WITH RANCOUR There was no doubt about the re- sult, Mr. Greenwood said, and con- cluded: "But when, the war is over we shall see, that there is freedom not only for ourselves but for the German people and all other peoples. It shall be a peace without rancour against other peoples and without territorial or political ämbitions, a peace worthy of the sacrifices which British. Wireless. have been made."

MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL AT FIELD H.Q.

London, To-day.

Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, who is in France consulting French naval chiefs, yes- the terday visited British H.Q. on Western Front and lunched with Viscount Gort, the British C. in C., states Reuter's B.E.F. correspondent.

Reuter.

OLD WOMAN

MURDERED

After ransacking a village hut in Sai Kung District, New Terri- tories, robbers murdered the oc- cupant, an elderly woman, yes- terday.

The police were informed last night at 10 p.m. and on arrival found the body of the woman on the floor.

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COFFINS AS BOOTY

Thirty-four coffins, valued at $250, were among the cargo stolen by junk pirates off Lantau Island 11.30 p.m. on Saturday.

Folice that

and this is greatly dissatisfying the

Reuter.

Germans,

SYNDICATE TROUBLE

The syndicate of amahs which has often gained

big first prizes in trouble. sweepstakes is not without internal

This was disclosed at the owloon Magistracy this morning when Yue Ah-kiu, 46, widow, employed by Mrs. | Richardson at No. 4, Mody Road, was charged with fraudulent conversion of $1,500, received by her on behalf of Li Ah-yue, 42, widow, on October

The master of junk No. T2499H, yes- terday morning reported to the Tal-O on his way from Mong Kok, shortly before midnight, he was stopped by a large fishing junk off 25. Lantau Island.

Five pirates armed with rifles and revolvers boarded and ordered the crew to transfer the cargo to the pirate junk.

The case

was adjourne“ p.m. on November 27 by M. Mafadzen.

Mr. C. S. Russ appeared plainant and Mr. J. T. PHO Rice, and personal property, besides fendant. Sergeant J. the coffins, were taken off.

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