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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 1, 1940

NAZIS TAKE PRIDE IN MURDER RAIDS ON MERCHANTMEN

London, To-day.

IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT Nazi claims to have runk seven armed British merchantmen in Tuesday's raids are entirely false.

No armed merchantmen or patrol vessels were sunk or destroyed. One or two defenceless ships and fishing smacks were the victims of the raiders, who dropped 20 bombs. The R.A.F. shot one raider down off the Northumberland coast and put the rear gun of another out of action off the Firth of Forth.

RANCOON PEACE PROCESSION

Rangoon, To-day.

Thè, fêndion "between · Mindus ... and "Moslema in Rangoon ended' yesterday when; leaders of the two communities took partʼin a "Peace Procession."

From the beginning, 'the trou- ble has had nothing to do with the Burmese, and started during a Hindu procession on the occa- alon of the Indian National Con. gress' celebration of "Indepan- dence Day."--Router.

The most vivid account of the day comes from the ADMIRALTY

Nazis themselves. Several Berlin newspapers TAKES OVER

yesterday gave; with a great air of pride the story

of how German aircraft bombed and machine- ALL SHIP

gunned merchant vessels.

The story is told by one of the Germans taking part in the ralds. As his 'plane banked to the left, he said, "machine-gun bullets whistled over the Englishman's bow."

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The men on deck ran to the bridge. RESERVOIR

seemingly asking permission to aban- don ship, but the skipper "remained obdurate."

The first bomb whistled into the sea almost at the ship's stern. As the 'plane came over the second time, doom overtook the ship. A 500-lb. bomb hit the ship, covering the deck with wreckage.

The bridge was torn away and a number of men were flung into the sea. The airmen saw about 10 floundering in the sea, seemingly afraid of being sucked down by the ship as she sank.

BOILERS BURST

Fire from the burst bollers swept the decks, driving before them four men who were trying, to launch two of the lifeboats. The ship was help- less, wallowed for a few moments, and then sank.

The Nazi newspapers do not say what became of the defenceless sea- men. Reuter.

FOUR VESSELS SUNK

London, Later. With reference to the German claim to have successfully....bombed one French and four British steamers off the East Coast on Tuesday, Reu- ter learns that confirmation has been received of the sinkling of four vos- sels but there is no confirmation of the sinking of the steamer, "Rum- geni," mentioned In the German communique,

This ship had one mast missing but otherwise appeared little the worse when she arrived in an Eng- lish port. Reuter.

CANADA'S

WAR EFFORT

Ottawa, To-day.

As evidence of Canada's increasing pace in the war effort, It is announced that the Canadian War Supply. Board last week placed orders totalling $15,- 500,000-the largest orders placed in any week since the beginning of the

war.

The purchases marked the start of Canada's shipbuilding programme with $13,000,000 for anti-submarine vessels.

It is learned that a large proportion of the shipbuilding contracts will be awarded to the British Government.

A million dollars will be paid to the British Air Ministry for aircraft sup- plies and $250,000 to the Admiralty for munitions.-Reuter.

FINLAND TO TAKE PART IN N.Y. WORLD FAIR

A young Chinese married wo- man, driving a car in the Taipo Road last evening, for some rea- son not yet explained, charged the embankment, the car leaping into the Kowloon Reservoir near the six-mile stone.

The woman, Siu Pui-fong, 23, residing in Argyle Street, was res- cued and taken to hospital suffer- ing from shock. The car is still in the reservoir,

The incident occurred at about 0 p.m.

POLISH DISTRESS

London, To-day.

BUILDING

LONDON, TO-DAY.

IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON MR. CHAMBERLAIN ANNOUNCED THAT| THE GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED THAT FROM TO-DAY ALL MER- CHANTSHIP BUILDING AND RE- PAIRS WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY THE ADMIRALTY.

He explained that this arrangementĮ was similar to that in the latter part of the last war.

Sir James Lithgow, the shipping the magnate, has been appointed to Admiralty as Controller, of Merchant- ship Building.

Sir Amos Ayre (adds Reuter) is appointed Director of Merchant Ship- ping and Repairs.

The Prime Minister stated that the question of finance would be the re- The Supplementary Civil Estimate sponsibility of the Admiralty, and the for £298,000 issued yesterday in-ships, when built, would be the pro- cludes £100,000 for the relief of dis-perty of, the Government.

tress among Polish refugees in neu- He understood that Sir James Lith- tral countries and £133,000 for earth- | gow was not accepting à salary. quake relief in Turkey.-Reuter,

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TIRADE OF WHINES

AND THREATS

London, To-day.

tirade

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· Hitler's speech on Tuesday night has aroused little in. terest in the world press.

usual The speech was the against the Treaty of Versailles, mocracy and Mr. Chamberlain, semi-official circles in London note that in the middle of Hitler's bluster- Ing he enumerated the many steps taken since his coming into power re- garding the rape of Austria and the Sudetenland but that he made no reference to the seizure of Czechoslovakia or the attack on Po-

land.

Hle reference to "that athelst Stalin" is also conaldered somewhat odd, In view of the circumstances.

Both Hitler and Goebbels, who in- troduced him, måde several references to broadcasts from Britain and France, claiming that no one in Germany His- tened to them-but nevertheless, it is pointed out in England, Hitler and Goebbels then proceeded to try and discredit these reports which no one listened to.

HITLER FOLLY

The fact that Hitler attacked both Britain and France shows that at last he seems to have learned the folly of trying to separate the Allies.

Typical of the comment of the Bri- tish press is that of "The Times." tirade of which says that Hitler's whines and threats is interesting only as an example of the systematic ́men- dacity on which German morale 18 apparently built-Reuter.

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