1939-11-27 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 27, 1939

GERMAN MINE WARFARE WILL HAVE REPERCUSSIONS NOT EXPECTED BY NAZIS

London, To-day. SOLDIERS REVIEWING THE WAR at sea, the BBC Naval

Observer said yesterday that all the German HEAR THE

mines had been 'rid along the shipping routes

Two soldiers from Doncaster

de-

scribed their experiences on a visit

to the House of Commons.

around the Britis, Ceast. The sinking of British PREMIER and neutral shipping by this illegal method is going to have a great effect on the war as a whole and not quite in the way the Germans intended. War at sea is a complicated business. It is not con- fined to straight naval battles, but is a contest to strangle sea-borne trade.

to

The meth of laying mines was And so the Nazis have turned against inrnational law, not to magnetic mines, which are not new mention all considerations of hu-and in fact were used in the last war. manity, but we are pretty used to the The term "magnetic mines" does Nazis breaking international law and not mean mines which move towards

when you will take reprisals-the stopping of ships like chickens German exports.

out with a handful of corn. They are the same as any other mines, except that they are magnetically set off. Steel ships form magnets which will set these mines off.

No German ship dare set sail except to ports in the Baltic and this means that her export trade is carried in neutral. ships.

The reprisals will affect neutral shipping, but we adopted the same. make reprisals in 1915 and will every effort to respect genuine neutral trade.

WEAKNESS

The laying of the mines is a confes- sion of weakness. The U-boat cam-.: paign has not been us effective as was hoped and the U-boats have frightened far out into the Atlantic, where they can only attack a few lone, unconvoyed ships-mostly: (neutral,

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.

come

A new departure has been the lay- ing of mines from aircraft, which can swoop down, drop their mines and be off almost before one has realised what is happening. This is an initial success for the Nazis, but an effective antidote will soon be working.

SPIRIT HIGH

British ships are plying the seas of that been the world, and it is inevitable

there should be some losses. The Ger- mans can break international law, but they cannot break the spirit of the Bri- tish merchant seamen.

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SOLID

So long as that spirit remains, the merchant seamen and the Royal Navy between them will see that this coun- try comes out on top at the end.

This spirit is best examplified by a survivor from the destroyer Gipsy who was picked up wearing only a football jersey. He explained that he had come

ashore to play Newcastle United!

"You can change the methods of warfare and you can change the type of ships," the Naval Observer con- cluded, "but the sea and the spirit of our men who sail it will never change."-Reuter.

GERMANY'S PUBLICITY: UNSKILFUL

New York, To-day. Mr. Edwin James, manag-

ing director of the "New York Times" in a long arti-

Pte. George Moore and his friend,

to

CHIEF OF NAVAL AIR SERVICES

London, To-day." Vice-Admiral G. C. C. Doyle has been appointed Lord Com- missionen to, the Admiralty and Chief of the Naval Air Services from November 21 in 'succession to Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Ramsay-Reuter.

KWANGSI

Cpl. Morte, having a few hours RALLYING spare in London, went to Prime Minister arrive at the House

of Commons.

see the

CALL

Kweilin, To-day,

"After seeing Mr. Chamberlain,' Moore said, "we had no idea of get- ting into the House, but as we hung about Morte recognised Mr. George

The Kwangi Provisional Hicks, M.P., who was with another

People's Political Council des- member.

To our surprise and delight the patched a circular telegram two came

up to us, and the other

yesterday to all branch · as- M.P., Sir Charles Edwards, said: would like you to hear Mr. Cham-semblies throughout the pro- berlain's speech.'

vince, announcing the alien the gallery an attendant ran after us forces are now on Kwangsi and said he must disarm us of our land. bayonets and side arms.

"As I was walking up the steps to

"We surrendered our arms and left them on the table. Then we went in to hear Mr. Chamberlain's speech.”

CHANGING

THE GAUGE

IN POLAND

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THE

MOSCÓW, TO-DAY.

Now is the time, says the message, for all Kwangsi people to take up arms against the enemy and to mobilise all their resources against the aggression.

The people of Kwangsi must make it a sacred duty to see that Kwangsi grain shall not be made Japanese food, or Kwangsi waters Japanese drink, or Kwangsi houses Japanese shelter, or Kwangsi roads Japanese thoroughfares, the telegram. declares.

Amidst the rivers and mountains of WITH A VIEW TO CONNECTING Kwangsi, victories greater than that POLISH RAILWAYS WITH on the plains of north Hunan- shall THE SOVIET RAILWAY SYSTEM, be scored. Central News. THE SOVIET AUTHORITIES ARE SPEEDING UP THE CHANG- ING OF THE GAUGE OF POLISH RAILWAY LINES BETWEEN LWOW AND THE FORMER SOVIET FRON- TIER:

ROBBERY AT WING

ON COMPANY. The lines west of Lwow are, how-

Jewellery to the value of $243.70 ever, being left untouched, probably because the latter will be called on to was stolen from the jewellery depart- transport merchandise between Germent of the Wing On Company during many and Rumania.-Havas.

the week-end.

FORMAL PROTEST AGAINST VENLOO

INCIDENT

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Amsterdam, To-day.

cle declares that German THE NETHERLANDS Government has lodged

publicity on the subject of

mine

warfare was not

handled with the usual skill

of Goebbels.

For four days responsibility

was

fence that they were new mines, thus, presumably, accepting responsibility,

categorical protest in Berlin against the Venloo incident on November 9, when Gestapo agents invaded Dutch territory and abducted two Netherlanders and two Britons.

denied, then he put forward the de- The Dutch protest is based on the very version of the incident' issued by D.N.B., the official Ger- man news agency.

The German defence is below

par and is not much better than

the feeble attempt to justify the poisonous gas of 1915.

There is little doubt that the lay-

DENTIFRICE ing of loose mines is a violation of

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the letter of the Hague treatles. Reuter:

PATROLS ACTIVE IN VOSGES

Paris, Today. A communique states that patrols were active during Saturday night in The Vosges region.-Reuter

Paris," "To-day! Last night's communique states: "Reduced activity of units in c tact and artillery "Reuter.

One of the Dutch citizens, Lieutenant Klop, was

killed and his chauffeur was injured.

now

The newspaper "Telegraaf” gives complete account of the Venloo incident, accusing the Gestapo of having engineered the whole affair:—

A few minutes before the incident, a German motor lorry arrived at the German custom house opposite Venloo, men dressed in bringing several labourer's clothes.

Apparently, they were members of the Gestapo.

LIEUT.. KLOP KILLER When the car containing Leutenant Klop and his two British commanfons and the Dutch chaumour apoached the frontier, they attacked the men in the carz

During the clash, Lieutenant Klop was killed and his chauffeur wound-

For a while, these, men laitered ed. around with picks in their hands. The They then disappeared bakind: the duston house, to emerge again in ordinary bivilian clotheW;

Idrry then-sped over the ring the two Britons, the tenant Klos, and the chau.6.