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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 23, 1940

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BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS NAZI STEAMER Ample Guarantees For Safety Of Crew FIRST ENGINEER TAKEN AS A PRISONER

London, To-day.

THE GERMAN SHIP HEDDERNHEIM now lies at the bottom of the sea, having been sunk by a British submarine which, unlike Nazi U-boats, made sure the ship's crew were safe before sink- ing the vessel.

An Admiralty statement says that the ship, a vessel of nearly 5,000 tons, was intercepted 8 miles off the Danish coast. It is learned that the crew have safely landed in Denmark.

They took to their lifeboats after the submarine warned them to abandon ship. The First Engineer is reported

Loading a "Hurricane”—a cold job for the ground staff at a fight- er station n France. (Copyright, Fox).

to have been taken prisoner by the Lritish submarine, AMERICA

Earlier messages from Copenhagen | the east coast of Jutland. The exact give further details. The ship was position is given as 8 miles from the torpedoed in the Kattegat itself, off | Danish port of Frederikshaven

LONDON WELCOME TO M. REYNAUD

London, To-day.

(which should not be confused with

WELCOMES

the German port of Friederickshaven). REYNAUD

It is situated on the northernmost tip of Denmark.

This is the first British naval action reported in these waters. It is also the first recorded instance of a

British submarine sinking a German

merchantman.

THE "RECORD". There have been two reasons for the latter "record." In the first place, most German merchantmen have been driven from the seas; in the second, the Royal Navy adheres

to the rules of sea warfare,

British submarines have not

been

and a cruiser in the closely-guarded waters of the Heligoland Bight, and

New York, To-day. The American Press, gen- erally, welcomes the new Rey- naud Government.

The "New York Times"

says:- "There is nothing half-hearted about Paul Reynaud. It should encourage. the Allies and their friends where to see such a man at the helm in France to-day."

every-

Reuter's diplomatic corres-

The "New York Herald-Tribune” makes a striking comparison between pondent learns that authori-inactive, however, for it will be re-

called that last September the sub-the democracies and the dictatorships. tative quarters in London marine Salmon torpedoed a destroyer

Long before the war broke out, it give whole-hearted support to the new French Cabinet, which it is considered, has emerged with increased strength from the crisis which led M. Daladier to re- sign.

It is pointed out that M. Daladier will have more time to devote to the Ministry of National Defence, where his popularity with the Army and his inflexible resolution best qualify him to serve, while M. Reynaud brings to the Premiership a reputation for the drive which he exercised with as-

tonishing success in the thankless and arduous task at the Ministry of Fin-

ance.

GERMAN WRATH

The measure of his qualifications, it is stated in London, is the wrathful reception given in Germany to his appointment..

Since M. Reynaud is notoriously pro-British it is not expected that Germany will revive previous of- forts to drive a wedge between the Allies.

The rest of the Cabinet, which is even more widely based that that of M. Daladier, inspires confidence and the conviction that France, like Bri- tain, is concentrating on the 'single' alm of winning the war-Reuter,

FINNISH NOTE TO THE, LEAGUE

Geneva, To-day. M. Holati, Finnish delegate to the League of Nations, has handed a note to the Lengue Secretariat thanking them for the help given to Finland.

The note expresses the hope that the League would continue its help during the difficult period of recon- struction in Finland, -Reuter.

then sank a U-boat on the way out.

It will be recalled that this was shortly after the submarine sighted the Bremen, which she let

go free because she observed the rules and refused to sink the merchantman without warning.

To return to the Heddernheim. Her crow had only 8 miles to row and' were given fair warning' to, abandon ship. -Reuter.

*** A motor-vessel of 4,997 tons, the Heddernheim (ex Fredericus Rex, ex StadDelft) was built in 1921 at Danzig. Registered at Bremen, she was owned by the Unterweser Reed A. G.

Given 15 Minutes To Leave Ship

Copenhagen, To-day. The crew of the German steamer Heddernheim have left for Germany, except for the engineer, who was taken on board the British submarine which sank the vessel.

It is stated that the British sub- marine met the Heddernheim Tat 1.1.15 p.m. on., Thursday and gave the crew 15 minutes to leave the ship.

com-

The crew state the British mander asked for the captain. but the crew said he was dead.

The First Engineer was then taken onboard the submarine." Shortly afterwards the captain, dressed 08 an ordinary s sailor, "left the vessel

with the remainder of the crew.

They took to two lifebo and were later plóked up by a pilot, boat from Skage. In London, it is stated at the Admiralty that no fur

details of the sinking of the wess likely to be available

bmarine returns to her base.

They're well

but the

worn well

thanks to

BLACK – POLISH:

has, Protect

says, the Nazi machine was worked up to an absolute maximum of belli- cosity and this has left them with no room for change "except retreat.

The democratic administrations, on the other hand, having done all they could for appeasement, have been left. no room save in the direction of a sterner resolve to hold their ground and see things through.'

"It was true then. It is true now," concludes the paper. Reuter.

TONIC TO, ALLIED CAUSE

New York, To-day. The press approves the-way im which the change in the French Gov- ernment was accomplished.

The "New York Times" says France has changed her leader- ship in a manner that reaffirms French Democracy and givos a tonic to the Allied cause,, The "Herald-Tribune" says is nothing in all this. of either. featism or disunion-Reuter,

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