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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1940

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Twenty-Eight Hours In An Open Boat U-BOAT FRIGHTFULNESS

CONVERSION LOAN RESULT

London, To-day.

In the House of Commons, an- nouncing the results of the Con- version Loan, Sir John Bimon said that the applications for con. version amounted to £236,000,- 000 and for repayment to £99.- 000,000. Thus the total propor- tion to be converted exceeded two-thirds of the whole.

The Chancellor added that he regarded the results as satisfac- tory. Reuter.

BRAZEN NAZI TRICK FRUSTRATED

London, To-day. The Turkish Government is reported to have thwarted a brazen German attempt to steal a Turkish submarine, states "The Times" Balkan correspondent.

Last week-end, Turkish Marines occupied part of the shipyards in the Golden Horn, where Krupps were as- sembling two submarines for the Tur- kish Government. Both submarines have already been launched and would have been completed some time ago, but for the outbreak of war.

NAZI PLAN

When one was nearly ready, some twenty more German specialists ar- rived from Germany, ostensibly for the trials. No ulterior motive seems to have occurred to the Turks, until the Germans suggested, as recent frst

TRAWLER SHELLED AND SUNK FROM 500 YARDS

London, To-day.

AFTER 28 HOURS IN AN open boat eleven of the crew of the British trawler Togimo, all suffering from exposure and three of them seriously wounded, were landed on the south-east coast of Eire yesterday.

The trawler was sunk by a U-boat which shelled

them, killing one of the crew.

ALLIES

TRADE PACT WITH BELGIUM

Brussels, To-day. Negotiations which have been proceeding for several weeks in London and Paris for a new trade agreement between Belgium and Britain and France have now

been successfully concluded.-

Reuter,

CLASH ON

Before the Spanish steamer Monte Navajo rescued FRONTIER

them they had to exist upon a ration of one bis- cuit and a few spoonfulls of water.

Capt. James Gale, who won the D.S.O. in the last war, stated he was on watch on Sunday morning when a shot from the U-boat, 500 yards away, startled him.

The trawler extinguished all lights

and attempted to dash to safety but

the next shot hit the charthouse, close

to where the captain was standing, and set it on fire.

Twenty more shots were fred, put- ting the engines and dynamo out of action and damaging the steering.

As the trawler began to sink orders were given to man the boat.

IRISHMAN KILLED

An Irishman named Price was com- ing up the ladder to the deck when a shell burst killed him and wounded his companion. Another of the crew was badly wounded and was carried to the lifeboat by his comrades. An- other shot then carried away the wheelhouse.

There was hardly room to move in the lifeboat and they had to bail con- stantly. All were exhausted from

SWEDISH

SHIP SUNK

LONDON, TO-DAY.

New Delhi, To-day.

A British officer and an In- dian sepoy were killed and five sepoys wounded in a clash between troops and armed tribesmen seven miles north-west of Bannu yester- day.

THE UNESCORTED SWEDISH Fighting took place when the troops SHIP ORANIA HAS BEEN SUNK

were on reconnaissance duty. WITHOUT WARNING BY A U- All the casualties belonging to the BOAT TORPEDO IN THE NORTH | 16th Regiment. The gang is believed SEA. THE VESSEL DISAPPEARED

to have suffered heavily. BELOW THE WAVES IN THREE MINUTES.

Her crew of 24 just had time to launch the lifeboats. Ten of them have been picked up by a British war- ship and landed in Scotland but the Navy is still looking for the captain, his wife and 12 others, who are still missing. Reuter.

The Orania, of 1,874 tons, was built at Gothenburg in 1919. Registered at Kramfors, she was 262 feet long and owned by the Rederi A/B Frederika (J. Mannerheim, manager),

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Reuter.

CUT IN U.S. BUDGET

THE

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.

APPROPRIATIONS COM- MITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF RE- PRESENTATIVES HAS SLASHED $111,000,000 FROM THE ROOSEVELT BUDGET FOR THE NAVY, AND HAS RECOMMENDED APPROPRIATIONS TOTALLING $995,000,000.

trials had been known to end in dis exposure and hunger when picked up GERMAN ARRESTED IN ed States build battleships and crui-

aster, that it would be better if the by the Monte Navajo. vessel was manned by a purely Ger-

man

crew.

Reuter.

This aroused suspicions, THANKS TO

which rapidly increased when stores, far in excess of those needed for trials, were demanded.

REPORT TO ANKARA

A report was hurried to Ankara and

the occupation of the shipyards re-

MR. EDEN

LONDON, TO-DAY.

sulted. It is believed in Istanbul that MR. ANTHONY EDEN HAS RE- the German plan was to steal theCEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM THE submarine and make off either to a PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA Bulgarian or Soviet

port and there | EXPRESSING GREAT APPRECIA-

await Berlin's instructions.-Reuter.

DEATH OF MR. P. M. HODGSON

It is with deep regret that we have to record the death, which took place at the War Memorial Nursing Home this morning, of Mr. P. M. Hodgson, partner in the law firm of Ts'o and Hodgson.

TION OF HIS ACTION IN PRO- CEEDING TO EGYPT TO WELCOME THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

In a telegram to the same purport, the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand assured Mr. Eden that his action would be "most warmly appre- clated by the New Zealand troops and by the public of New Zealand generally."

Mr. Eden, replying to the expres- The late Mr. Hodgson, who

wassion of gratitude, sald he was "de- among the Colony's oldest foreign re-lighted to see the New Zealand troops sidents, was 60 years of age. He was looking splendidly fit and well

and

a familiar figure to scores of friends in the best spirits. New Zealand may and was a prominent member of the indeed be proud of this fine force.”— Hong Kong Cricket Club.

British Wireless.

The funeral will pass the Monument at 5 p.m. to-day.

CANADA'S OUTPUT OF

ANTIMONY

London, To-day.

U-BOAT PRISONERS

IN ENGLAND

London, To-day.

The War Office announces '‚a - fur-

Since the outbreak of war producther list of eight U-boat personnel tion of antimony in Canada has been who are now prisoners of war in Bri- speeded up and it is estimated that tain-British. Wireless.

between 50 and 75 tons are now are

riving in the United Kingdom every | MINISTER TO FINLAND

month...

According to market circles : the

London, To-day.

andmony is of good quality, averaging | The King. yesterday received Mr. up to 99,8 per cent., for which the | GM.. Vereker on: his appointment as current quotation is £95 c.lf. United | British Minister to Finland-British Kingdom-Router:

·Wireless.

MEXICO

largest to

The committee urges that the Unit-

sers "superior" to those abroad.

The reduction was the Mexico City, To-day. hitherto made by the committee A prominent German resident in

recommendation. any single budget Mexico has been arrested for alleg-The committee, however, contended ed espionage. He was detained when ¦ that the needs of the Fleet could ad- found photographing a Swedish tan-equately be met by the smaller sum. ker.-Reuter..

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