THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 27, 1940
IT'S THE SAME
WAR
BUT
or, the darkness has swallowed ́us.” P.S. Germany is probably the only
Contrast in stories-1, by a British seaman; and 2, by a German air pilot ---of the murder raids on British ship-country in the world in which a pilot ping in the North Sea:
1.-"Wa could see the German gunner jeering at a boy as he shot at him in the lifeboat."
2.-"We see two small boats. It would be a waste of bombe to at- tack them. We leave England's ship cometary behind us."
STORY No. 1 was told by Scamon Robert Dunn, aged twenty-seven, who has returned to his mother's home in Park-street, Cambuslang, near Glas- gow.
He was making his first trip with the Glasgow steamer Yewdale when It was attacked.
LIKE SPARKS
He was the only man in the crew to escape the German bullets, which struck off the deck and steel fittings like sparks from' a blacksmith's anvil. He told a reporter: "It was not enough for the Germans to attack the ship, but they came after us in the boats and riddled the ballast tanks.
"We could see the Germans quite distinctly, and we could see, the gunner jeering at a boy aged seven-. teen as he shot at him in the boat." Soon afterwards the crew saw one of the attacking planes brought down in the sea.
ENTHUSIASTIC STORY No. 2 was told by Air Pilot Gunther, Kleingertner in the Vienna newspaper "Neues Wiener Tagblatt:
"We are flying late in the after- noon against England. We reach the Thames.
"The crews aro
enthusiastic, for the vital nerve of Great Britain is ahead of us. Britain is no more an island.
"We see a big ship, 5,000 tons at least. No lights. Must be English. Sud- denly the ship puts on lights. Damn-a neutral.
"Really none of us believes it, but an order is an order. We have to re- spect neutral vessels.
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THEY FLED TWICE Attention, enemy fighters,' shouts the gunner. Diving, a British fighter flies towards us. He is not alone.
"Only one Nazi plane and so many democratic wrecks. We resign.
"We are responsible for the plane and the crew so we fly with the greatest possible speed;, Hurray! The enemy has lost us in the mist.
"Damn. Fighters again. Twelve of them. But, thank heaven, they are far away. Before they can get near.
COLONIAL POLICY
London, To-day,
"The Times" remarks that the re- commendations of the Royal Com- mission on the West Indies, the chief of which the Government has stated it will carry out, refute the old axiom that the. Colonies are only retained as a source of profit for the governing powers.
The proposals were well received both in the islands themselves and at Home, where the British tax- payer will have to provide
a sub- stantial sum, the main portion which will go to health, education and housing schemes.-Reuter.
K.C.C. TEAMS
of
Following have been selected to represent Kowloon Cricket Club in friendly cricket matches against Hong Kong Cricket Club on Saturday:
First XI-D, J. N. Anderson, E. F. Fin- cher, N. AE. Mackay, A. Zimmern, D. Hing, W. L. Rapley, T. A. Mudar, N. D.. Lloyd, R. E. Lee, G. C, Burneit and F. J. Lay. Reserve:-B. D. Lay.p
Second XI (Away):-W. Mulcahy, E. Curtis, 8. A. Gray, G: A. Goodban, K. M. Baxter, R. T. Broadbridge, R. A. J. Simp
1
could boast, publicly that he ran away twice in a day from the enemy.
THE WAR IN FIELD OF DIPLOMACY
London, To-day.
diplomatic activity in Europe.
Several Home papers comment on
The
German plan to dominate Europe and annihilate England, just restated by Dr. Ley, is commented which asks: How is this formidable on by the "Manchester Guardian;' German plan to must be shown that
met? Europe Britain's in- terest is neither selfish nor insincere and she cannot distinguish between her freedom and Europe's.
be
The "Yorkshire Post" says the first tivity in Bucharest is in the announce- visible result of our diplomatic ac-
ment that a Rumanian economic mis- sion will visit London early next will be negotiated and, probably, month. A new clearing agreement vigorous attempts will be made to-ex- pand the whole of British Rumanian trade.
"Daily Telegraph" comments that the
On the question of "nerves,"
:. the
Easter holiday-makers showed that both Britain and France are ready with quiet confidence for whatever trouble may come-Reuter.
20 KILLED.
IN
AMBUSH
Twenty French soldiers were killed in a German ambush-the biggest loss the French have sustained in a single engagement since the war began. The clash was an indication of a quicken- ing pace on the Western Front.
The French soldiers, operating in the central sector of the stumbled into the ambush just before Front,
dawn and fell under a machine-gun fire before they could hail of
attempt to extricate themselves or fight back.
cial French radio commentator as "an The lose was reported by the off- unfortunate accident."
He said that for some days the Gør- mana had shown greater activity than before trying to rush the French ad- vance posts.
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