THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 10, 1940
SHIPS SUNK AIRCRAFT
THREE
BY.. NAZI
ACTIVITY ALONG MR. OLIVER SCOTTISH COAST
London, To-day.
GERMAN AEROPLANES yesterday attacked British shipping off the English Coast. Five ships were attacked, two off the East Coast of Scotland and two further south.
The 'planes came up under cover of mist and drop- ped bombs after machine-gunning the vessels. Reports so far indicate no serious damage and only one man was slightly injured.
BIG/SHIPS
FOR U.S.
Washington, To-day.
The fifth ship was attacked by two Heinkels off the East Coast, and was damaged. R.A.F. fighters went up, but made no contact, owing to the bad visibility.
Firth of Forth.-Reuter.
the
STANLEY DOWN WITH 'FLU
London, To-day.
Mr. Oliver Stanley, the new Secretary for War, is if with in- fluenza and has a slight tempera. ture.
He is unlikely to take up his duties for two or three days.
The Minister of Supply has ap- pointed Colonel Bir Charles Wright to be Controller of Iron and Steel in place of Bir Andrew Duncan, the new Prealdent of the Board of Trade.-Router.
FRANCE
APPROVES SPEECH
Unidentifled planes flew high over the Firth of Tay area. They then made out to sea and four large explo- sions
machines were heard. R.A.F. Admiral Stark, Chief of went up and returned later. High-fly- Naval Operations, addressing ing 'planes also appeared over
Paris, To-day. the House of Representatives
London, To-day.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain's announcement An Admiralty naval committée yesterday, stated that according to pre-by enemy aircraft on small unescort-warmly welcomed and ap- sued at midnight says that attacks Mansion House speech is sent naval studies the United ed merchant vessels were reported in States may build 50,000 or the North Sea. 52,000-ton battleships, but not larger vessels.
The two battleships for which Pre- sident Roosevelt last week asked for "practically" initial funds will be
two sister-ships of the
45,000-ton 1939 ships, for which Congress in voted funds with which to begin construction, Admiral Stark revealed. Admiral Stark declared: "Four such ships.. will be a perfectly splendid high-speed unit."
He added: "The quartet are de- signed for a speed of 33 knots." Remarking that there was much talk in regard to the advantages of €2,000-ton battleships, Admiral Stark
the
that expressed
opinion
they would be "either too big or not big enough," but failed to explain this remark.
NUMBERS OR SIZE?
advantages and Comparing the disadvantages of super-battleships, Admiral Stark remarked that while bigger craft were obviously superior smaller ship It to the individual
that be
remembered should also there were some advantages in num- bers.
He declared: "A ship can only be in one place at a time,” adding that there had been an example of this in the South Atlantic re- cently-apparently a reference to the defeat of the Admiral Graf Spee.
18-INCH GUNS?
Admiral Stark also reported that the Navy was experimenting on 18- inch guns for battleships, the largest guns at present being 16-inch:
He also revealed that the Navy is seeking an appropriation of $14,000,- 000 for improving Guam Island, which Congress rejected last year-Reuter
FRENCH PATROL BOAT
WRECKED
To-day- which Tran
is-
Reports received Indicate that three ships were sunk. They were:
The British ship Gowrie (689 tons), the crew of which were all saved by a Danish ship;
Ivan
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The Danish ship
Kon- drup (2,369 tons), from which II survivors were landed by a Brl. tish vessel and from which there are still 10 men missing, and The Danish ship Feddy (955 tons). is yet No news of the latter's crew
́available.-Reuter.--
TEN SHIPS ATTACKED At least ten British ships were at- tacked, but only one was sunk. There were causalties among the crews from machine-gun fire.
One of the vessels attacked wall a Trinity House boat relleving lightship crews. Four of her crew One officer was
were wounded.
killed.
proved in official French circles.
given of the Again proof was complete identity of views between the two Governments as shown by
on all the parallelism
important Mr. points between
Chamberlain's speech and that of Premier Daladier's most recent public statements.
It is stressed that both statesmen proclaimed that no spirit of revenge animates their peoples against Ger- many, but since the German nation has associated itself with its present Allies rulers, it is natural that the should obtain material guarantees of peace.
The same importance is attached to the hope expressed that the Anglo- French economic and financial agree- ment would outlast the
UNION
CASTLE SHIP SUNK
a
· London, To-day. The Union Castle liner, Dunbar Castle, struck mine off the south-east coast last evening and sank within an hour.
A number of women and children passengers are reported to be missing, but others were picked up from two ship's lifeboats.
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Extent of the casualties among the crew is not yet known.
She was * steamer of 10,000 tone and one of the most modern of the Union Castle ships. She was carrying 150 crew and about the 48 passengers when she hit mine.
MEMBERS OF CREW KILLED
The captain and secɔnd officer of the Dunbar Castle aro among the injured and some members of the crew are believed to have bean killed.
The liner left London in the morning and struck the mine in the late afternoon.
Her passengers, numbering 48, took to the lifeboats two of which were picked up by a coastal mo- tor-barge. Some of the pass075 - gers are still unaccounted for.
So far, seventy-eight survivora out of the 200 on board, have ́been brought ashore. They in-
clude nine children.'
Her commander, Captain Chua- ton, is believed to have been kill- ed. Reuter.
U.S. AID FOR FINLAND
London, To-day.
M. Ryti, the Finnish Pre- and mier, has appealed for foreign become the nucleus of wider inter-credits since the country's in-
wor
Attacks were made, in addition, national agreements.-Reuter. upon fishing smacks.
R. A. F. attempts to tackle the Nazi machines were hampered by the mist which covered the whole of the North Sea.--Reuter.
TEN MEN WOUNDED
London, To-day.
Ten men were hit when German 'planes attacked one British coastal
OFFICER REPORTED
ship off the East Coast, it is reported. MISSING
The attack was driven off by the R.A.F.
Two German 'planes bombed and machine-gunned a freighter north- ward bound off the English Coast,
London, To-day.
A young officer in an Eng
but fled when the ship's anti-aircraft lish County regiment in
opened fire. No damage was sector of the Maginot Line
gun
caused.-Reuter.
"BRITISH LIBERTY" LOST
London, To-day. During the week-end, the British tanker British Liberty, 8,500 tons,
sank in the explosion.
North
Sea after
an
Twenty of the crew of 38 are feared to have lost their lives. Eighteen survivors landed in France and have how returned home. Reuter.
A Chinese was yesterday taken to the Queen Mary Hospital with
caused when he jump-
floor of
come has rapidly sunk.
While he was appealing, the Unit- ed States Senate authorized the Trea- sury to grant loans up to $80,000,000. The Canadian Red Cross was put- ting aside $50,000 for relief work;
The Argentine Republic was plac- ing 50,000 tons of wheat at Finland's disposal, to be paid for when con- venient; and
'wo French ambulance units ar- rived in Støtkholm, on their way through to Finland.-Reuter.
TRADE WITH
front is now reported missing, FREE CHINA
says Reuter's special corres- pondent with the British Ex- peditionary Force.
This is the first officer casualty suf- the fered by the British force. in Maginot Line.
Details are not available but it is believed the officer was wounded and taken prisoner by the Germans.
In Berlin yesterday, the official Nazi nawa agshoy~ claimed that the Germans captured the first British" officer to - fall into their Händd on the
died Inter in hospital
Shanghai, To-day.
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The Chamber has been asked notify local Chinese business firms to this effect.
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