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WAKAMA INCIDENT

PROTEST

Rio de Janeiro, To-day.

IT IS LEARNED that Brazil has sent a Note to the Governments of the other American nations pro- testing against the pursuit of the German steamer Wakama inside the 300-mile neutrality zone. The Wakama scuttled herself on sighting a British war-

ship.

SPEARHEAD OF NEXT BLITZKRIEG

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London, To-day. Major-General Bir Ernest. Win-- ton, well-known military writer, In a broadcast yesterday stated that huge and heavily armoured. tanke, carrying flame throwers as walf as guns, ara 'atigresent be. ing prodused by the Germane and will form the spearhead of; thair.biltzkrieg.

He also stated that special tank divisions are at present be- Ing formed; almilar to those which participated “In the advances. In Austra and Czechdaloväkiä, Haven..

The fact that the Wakama was not sunk by the pursuing British warship will not, in the opinion of Foreign Office officials here, make any differ

ence,

They declare the Wakama was within the area specified by the Pan-American Conference as the "safety zone" when aircraft from the warship flew over her and de- manded her surrender, in viola tion of the precepts laid down. The Wakama was stopped when 70 miles from Rio and,`about 12 hours after she had left the port.~

The apparent foolhardiness of the Nazi captain In leaving only four hours before H.M.8. Haw kina wès scheduled to arrive la commasta on freely hero. Maritimavahelais point out that the

British": "cruiser | hadi announced in the 'press, ships might have

errival already'

met at -harbour' entrance itself if Hawkins had only been two or three "hours" ahead: of sched

THE FROZEN BEA—This picture was taken during the great freeze up and heavy weather experienced and which began last month-the coldest snap Britain has had since 1894.

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scene at Margate where during the freeze up a good distance of the asa was frozen. Here are soldiers viewing the remarkable spectacle. (Alr Mall).

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