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THE CHINA MAIE, MAY 7, 1941)

THE ELUSIVE COUNT VON LUCKNER

AFTER RABBITS OR PACIFIC SHIPS?

A BROADCAST to the United States, by Edwin Hartrich, NBC representative, from the KZRH studio in Mania, said that the British and Dutch navies had been ordered to catch Count Felix von Luckner, famed German sea raider during the world war, who, it was claimed, is commanding a fleet of 12 German raiders in the Pacific.

Hartrich said he obtained the story from a.skip- per of a commercial vessel plying between the Dutch East Indies and Manila who was actually operating under instructions from a European admiralty. The story has been known to him for four or five months, Hartrich added.

Hartrich arrived In Manilat April 17 from Saigon after a tour of the Far East, He is American correspondent for the London "News-Chronicle," "Newsweek” and North American Newspaper Alliance. He plans to spend about a month

in the Philippines. anticipation of "big news" which The expects will break here in u

few weeks.

in

The Arst report linking the name of von Luckner with the ship sinkings in the Pacific brokel

BOY FINED

FOR SELLING

SISTER

The case, in which a 16-year-old

out of Hong Kong on January 3 boy was accused of selling his and was carried by the Associated younger sister for $13. was Press. It said that survivors

concluded before Mr. D. J. of

N

two Norwegian merchantmen, one Anderson, at Kowloon this of which was said to have been morning, when all four defendants sunk and the other seized were

were convicted. responsible for the story about von Luckner.

The boy and Chau Chau-chol, 44, barber were each fined The story was that the crew of a Nazi sea raider boarded a Nor-Chau Yee, 47, married

or three weeks' hard

wegian ship in Sumatran waters

to

after an exchange of fire in which nine Norwegians were killed. The raider, first mistaken for a peace- ful merchantman, turned out be the Glen Line ship Glengarry a new ship with a speed of 22 knots, which was seized by the Germans at Copenhagen and sent to the south Pacific by devious routes. Von Luckner himself, so

the story goes, addressed the sur- vivors. saying he regretted he had to fre. Altogether he treated the survivors with every considera- tion.

Headed For Kobe

$20, labour, woman

labour, and Yau Klu, 41, widow, was fined $10, or 10 days' hard

was cautioned.

the

the

GREEK SUBMARINES AT ALEXANDRIA

Greece's submarines have sailed to Alexandria where they have joined the British Fleet, declares an

official statement on the fate of the Greek Fleet issued in Canea (Crete) yesterday.

Of 10 destroyers, three were sunk. Two of 13 torpedo boots succeeded in reaching Alexandria.--Reuter.

NEAR MISS

IN HARBOUR

PROMPT ACTION BY THE COLLISION BETWEEN A STAR COXSWAINS PREVENTED A

FERRY AND A STEAM LAUNCH TO-DAY.

Inspector Moreton, of that the barber was a professional S.C.A., who prosecuted, alleged

There were over 100 passengers trafficker, who was used to visit on the ferry on which great ex- villages for buying children. The widow, who

purpose of citement prevailed for some time. bought the girl, was a respectable woman against whom the police did not with to press the case.

COXSWAIN FINED

The "Golden Star" was pro- ceeding to the Island at about 12.20 p.m. when traffic in mid- stream was held up by an out- going steamer,

A steam launch "Aeolus," tow- ing a lighter and running parallel with the steamer almost crashed Chan Shu-kan, coxswain of the into the ferry boat, the coxswain

The raider then went to the In-charged at the Marine Court this reverse the boat.

steam launch "Yauley" was of the ferry just

dian oceun, She approached an- other Norwegian ship with her rails lowered and used shells to sink the vessel. The survivors were taken aboard the raider as captives, and the ship headed for Kobe, Japan, where the prisoners; were placed aboard the Nazi linér Scharnhorst. Subsequently a num- ber of the Norwegians were It- leased and repatriation to Nor- way was arranged by British and Norwegian consular agents.

About the same time British naval officials in London said! the commander of the German ralder operating in the south Pacific area probably was von Luckner.

Then on February

14, in a radiocast from New York, Lowell Thomas, noted news commentaor, read excerpts of

a Jet'er from von Luck- ner purporting to show that the day the famed sea raider was re-

ported tracking down helpless

British merchantmen in the south Pacific, he was hunting rabbits in Germany. The letter was mailed at Halle, Germany, on January 1, the day before London dispatches reported him commanding a sea raider.

managing to

morning with towing seven junks each of which exceeding 500 piculs.

carried a cargo The crew of the steam launch were ready with "bumpers" to Defendant pleaded guilty and "cushion" the crash but the ves- was fined $5 or seven days' Inpri- sels stopped about two yards sonment.

apart.

R-A-F. ACTIVITY

IN MIDDLE EAST

VERY HEAVY R.A.F. bombing attacks on enemy aerodromes and landing fields in Cyrenaica are recorded in an R.A.F. Middle East communique, which states: “Iraq throughout Monday aircraft of the R.A.F. maintained constant patrols over Iraq positions outside Habbaniyah R.A.F. station.

Motor transport and personnel were bombed and several direct hits registered on gun positions. Results of the shelling of the R.A.F. station and of a little machine-gun fire were negligible.

Iraqi military positions

The letter said in part: "I spend most of the time hunting on the

were Derna while fires and explosions Great Harz forest and at Inge- bombed at 'Diwaniya and many occurred at Benghazi and Barce. borg. I am living in a log cabin, direct hils were obtained on The snow is so high I am almost, barracks and administrative cut off from the outside world." buildings.

Heavy Damage

Motof transport at Falluja was Our fighters and bombers were |Anglo-Dutch Operations also hit.

active.attacking enemy mechanis- Cyrenaica-a very heavy ed units in the Bardia, El Adem, Authoritative Batavia quarters bombing attack was made during Capuzzo and Sollum areas, said that the Dutch East Indies the night of May 4/5 on Benghazi Considerable damage was done up-to-date service fleet was constantly cooperating harbour, Bening aerodrome and to vehicles: and personnel.

with British fleet units against landing fields at Barce, Derna and Crete-enemy aircraft, raided German sea raiders operating on the south Pacific.

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The Informants said there was no definite evidence that : Count] Felix von Luckner, famour. Ger- man raider commander: during the first world war, was again operating in the Pacific area as the commanding officer of a fleet of Nazi raiders. They added the German raider attack at sea some by them Dutch fleet had no special orders time ago, said he thought the Ger-From all these ope itions two to hunt for von Luckner.

man commander was called of our: aircraft are Luckner Associated Press.

ish Wireless

Crete on May 4 but our fighters. At least five enemy aircraft intercepted and shot down one were destroyed: by fire at JU 88 and damaged several others Benina, including one or more while A.A. fire damaged several farge Focke-Wult Condor troop more SATA carrying aircraft.

Abyssinia-aircraft of the Enemy aircraft were also RAF and SAA.E. continued machine-gunned at Benina and harassing operations against the enemy in the few areas still held.

An Australian who

nissing.