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JAPANESE LINER SINKS OFF EAST COAST OF ENGLAND AFTER STRIKING MINE: THIRTEEN SHIPS

SHIPS NOW LOST IN LAST FEW DAYS Nazi Jeers At Britain: Sad For Neutrals, Says German Radio

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-The Japanese liner Teru- kuni Maru (11,930 tons), bound from Japan to England, She is believed to have was sunk off the East Coast. struck a mine.

She carried a crew of 180 and 26 passengers, one who Is British.

The sinking was seen from the shore as great volumes. of water rose high into the air.

Lifeboats and other craft went to her rescue and the survivors were landed.

Japanese Embassy officials immediately went from London,

All aboard were rescued. "

NAZI BLACK

CABLE

Western Front:

Artillery

Duels And Activity

GUARDS IN By Planes

CONTROL

PARIS, Nov. 22

(Reuter)-

A War Communique says that

OVER 120 EXECUTED there were notable artillery

IN PRAGUE

PRAGUE, Nov. 22 (Beuter) High officials of the Nazi Black

arrived in Guards have now Prague.

"It is reported by the Prague wireless that 20,000 Black Guards and Brown Shirts are now in control of the town.

The total executions since last Friday is now believed to. be over 120,

FRONTIER CLOSED

duels in the Saar and east of the Vosges,

The two air forces were act- ive and an enemy reconnol- tring plane was brought down within our lines.

Two fighters were brought down in flames over the enemy lines. All our aircraft rejoin- ed their bases.

PLANE SHOT DOWN LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)—A British plane is believed to have

LONDON, NOV. 22 Reuter)-Re-shot down one of the two Hein- ports from Prague state that the kel bombers that few

"The liner remained afloat for some time after hitting" Nazis have closed the Bohemia-Allied lines yesterday. the mine.

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A later message stated that there were thirteen British

board on

the passengers Terukuni Maru and that some of them were injured.

The. Terukuni Maru was a frequent caller at Hongkong and was one of the N.Y.K.'s luxury motor vessels.

CAPTAIN'S STORY'

The Daily Express yesterday reported that German pro- paganda allegations that the London correspondent of 2 neutral

newspaper reported

that the Simon Bolivar was sunk by a British mine were denied by the correspondent himself.

NAZI AIM'

The Daily Telegraph reports The Terukuni Maru's Captain B. that Field-Marshal von Goering's Matukura, told Reuter last night own paper, the National Zeitung. how his ship met. her end at of Essen. boasts of the sinkings and Jeers at the British for not p.m. yesterday.

keeping her coastal waters safe.

The Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung says that Germany's aim is to scare neutral ship- ping

from England's away

"by every possible

She had arrived in the. Downs on Sunday morning, undergone her contraband control and received her clearance papers on" Monday ufternoon when she was given a special signal to fly at the mast-waters, head and was informed by the British naval authorities: "North- bound route now clear."

The Captam waited for daylight and left the Downs at 8.30 am. following routine instructions.

means."

U-BOAT VICTIMS

Another message from London reports that the British trawler, Thomas Shankins, was sunk by a;

Ireland. The vessel struck a mine and U-Boat off northwest the ship shivered and jumped into Her crew of twelve were rescued by the air causing head injuries to another trawler and landed after several passengers and the crew, rowing for twelve hours in an open Eight boats were lowered con- boat.

Over the

morning.

correspon- Moravia-Slovakia frontier and says Reuter's special

dent with the BEF. in France. that the Czech frontier guards

*HEAVY DUELS have been replaced by Germans.

Parla. Nov. 22 (Reuter)-There was quite a heavy duel of big guns south of Saar yesterday.

RIOTS IN AUSTRIA BERNE, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-Ser- ous riots in Vienna and Graz are reported by arrivals from Austria.

The Germans opened with They state that German were drafted into the towns owing heavy barrage, but the French

troops

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Nazi Troops Concentrate

GERMAN, VERSION

BERLIN, NOV. 22 (Reuter)~~Ac- cording to a German communique, the French have been forced to evacuate certain fortifications the Upper Rhine.

German aerial activity was car ried, out over Britain and France

CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED

the

CHUNGKING, Nov. 22 (Central) A list o5143 successful candidates who have passed the preliminary higher examinations under auspices of the Examination Yuan on October 11 at seven different the announced by places was Yuan today. During September and October,

The candidates have been notf- the communique goes on, the Nained of their success and are in- searched "several hundred" ship structed to proceed to Chungking

In Slovakia "despite enemy action.""

FREEDOM STATION'S

ASSERTION LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter) The Freedom Station last night broadcast the assertion

tions in Slovakia, the au-

Of

in the Baltle and North Sea.

to undergo further training by the these, 127, totalling 245,000 tons | Central Political Academy. were taken to German ports and some were subsequently released”

of strong Germah concentra- TWO NAZI PLANES thority being a German rail-"BROUGHT DOWN taining all passengers and crew A later message adds that the way official, who has just re- PARIS, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-Two and several British mine-sweepers Fleetwood trawler Delphine was turned from the Eastern Pro-German planes were brought down rushed to the rescue and towed the reported to have been sunk yestervinces and said that four on the Western Front this morn- boats ashore!

day. Her crew of thirteen were Austrian, Saxon and Silesian ing while another. Nazi plane was rescued.

Divisions were concentrated reported to have been brought in Slovakia.

The Captain added that he was certain it was not a surface mine, as he had five special look-outs on duty.

Captain Matukura's home is in North China.

TWO INJURED LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-One

NAZI SHIP SEIZED

The captured German" steamer Rheingold. 5,055 tons, arrived at a Scottish port in charge of a naval prize crew.

The Rheingold's crew were. pre- or two were injured when theviously landed at another port and

interned. Terukuni Maru sank. The ship had on beard twenty-eight passen- gers and 177 crew and it is be- lieved that both injured are mein- bers of the ship's company.

The Japanese Consul-General in London has gone to the east coast port where the survivors landed to interview the Captain and inves- tigate the disaster.

TWO MORE: LOST LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-- Two more small British ships have been sunk.

The first is H.MS. Mastiff, a naval milne-sweeper of 520 tons, which, was blown up by a German mine off the East Coast on Mon- day. One of her crew was killed, four were seriously injured and five are missing. Her normal com- plement is fifteen men. The Mas- tiff was built last year at a cost of £46,000.

The other less is a trawler sea- sweeper of 329 tons. It is under- stood that her crew of 12 have been picked up by a steamer.

.This sea-sweeper was built in

The ship carried a cargo of wheat.

SPECIAL NAZI

1

COURTS FOR

POLAND

KRAKOW, Nov. 22 (Reuter) -Special Courts are to bo set up in German occupied Poland, says D. N. B., the off-

cial Nazi "News". Azency.

Them courts will enforge the German Criminal Code and the usual legal safeguards for prisoners, a feature of courts all over the world, "will"; be dispensed with in these courts.

INCIDENT AT SEA AND AN APOLOGY STOCKHOLM, Nov. 22 (Reuter)

1915 and owned by the Dinas-A Swedish steamer was halled

was 136 feet long.

down over the North Sea

Of the 143 candidates, 41 partook examinations in general adminis- tration, six in finance, six in econo- mics, 42 in education, three in co-

operative administration, 28 in Jurisdiction, twq in diplomatic and consular services. 12 in accounts and audit, and three in statistics.

There will be a flannel dance at Girls' School on the Diocesan Saturday commenting at 9 pm.

BRITAIN TO RETALIATE AGAINST

NAZI MINE WARFARE: OF GERMAN ORIGIN TO BE SUBJECT TO SEIZURE

Prime Minister Announces Decision To Meet Ruthless

And Brutal

Brutal Methods

LONDON, Nov. 22, (Reuter)-In retaliation for German mine warfare, Britain will make exports of German origin subject to seizure on the high seas." The announcement of this decision was made by Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons yesterday in replying to a question by Major C. R. Attlee.

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The Premier said that the House was aware that in the last three days upwards of ten ships, six of which were neutrals, were sunk with a very serious loss life by German

mines.

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The Hague Convention, to which Germany was a party

Trawling Company, Limited. She in Swedish territorial waters by and which on Sept. 17 she German plane, which alighted in the sea beside the ship and put a

THIRTEEN SUNK

This brings the total number of prize crew on board. ships lost in the last few days to

thirteen-five neutral, seven Bri-

Half-an-hour later Swedish

announced her intention of observing, provided that when anchored miries were used; every possible precaution

tish and one which is believed to planes arrived and flew over the must be taken for the security

be French. Mines were responsible.steamer.

for the loss of ten of these ships. The German captain then apolo-

of peaceful navigation:

This was the very essence of the

Responsibility for these losses is gised, declaring that he was un-convention, strice a mine cannot nów admitted by the Nazi Radio,|aware. the steamer was in terri-discriminate between warships which as late as Monday was try=|torial waters.

and merchantmen and between ing to put the blame on Britain.

The German, prize crew then belligerents and neutrals., retired and re-embarked on the plane.

Nazi Radio stations in Ham- burg, Cologne and Zeesen state that the German aim is to strike at the Reich's. foes hy this means.

Great Britain, Jeered the announcers, is not in a post- tion to make the British waters safe either for her own or for neutral ships.

destruction of British, Allled and neutral vessels by mine, torpedo and gunfire, These attacks were made often with- out any warning and to an in- creasing extent with a com- plete disregard of the, rules laid down in the Submarine Protocol to which Germany subscribed or to the most ele- mentary dictates of humanity.

'JUSTIFIED REPRISAL "The Government are not pre-

EXPORTS

HITLER RECEIVES

WAR CHIEFS

LONDON, Nov, 22′′ (Reuter) -Herr Hitler received the Chiefs of Germany's armed forces yesterday.

PRESS COMMENT: ONLY POSSIBLE

REPLY. LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-The British Government's decision to drastic take immediately more

sea- measures against German borne trade is the only possible reply to the ruthless violation of sea law which the Germans have chosen to perpetrate, says 'The Times.

Reprisal is the only language the Nazis understand,

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The Daily Telegraph says: Our complete blockade of German ex« ports may not be welcome to some of Germany's neighbours, but in retaliating for mine outrages, we are defending the interests of every country with a Merchant Navy.

The News Chronicle states: Herr Hitler's new weapon may continue to take toll, but in the end, it will be, countered 'successfully and our pared to allow these methods of blockade will end as it did last last time with the collapse of the conducting warfare without" re-

German Government. tallation, I must remind the House

The The Daily Herald says: that, in the last war, as a measure Government's decision is a just The Prime Minister outlined the of justified reprisal for submarine and proper retort to Herr Hitler. other provisions of the Convention attack on merchantships, exports as far as mines were concerned and of German origin or ownership Those who treat neutral ships as objects of attack cannot hope to declared that none of these pro- were made subject to seizure on use the neatral dag as shield for DISTRICTS POLISH

visions had been observed by Ger- the high seas. FOR SLOVAKIA many in the laying of mines which

BERLIN, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-An agreement was signed by Herr SAD FOR NEUTRALS The results are sad, said the von Ribbentrop and the Blovak Nazi announcer, for neutral ships. Minister in Berlin, according to Germany regrets this develop the German News Agency, under ment, so far as neutral ships are which, the districts of Slovakia concerned, "but there is nothing occupied by Poland in 1920, 1924 that Germany can do about it. and 1938. The harvest must be reaped.”

Slovakia.

become

re-united too

FRESH OUTRAGE

had occasioned the losses he had mentioned.

This fresh outrage is the culmination of 2. series of violations of agreements to which, Germany set her hand. I need only recall the sinking of the Athenia with a loan-ot. 112 lives and the subsequent

"The many violations of in- ternational law and the ruth- less and brutal German me- thods have decided us to follow a similar course now and an Order-In-Connell. will shortly be issued giving effect to this decision

The Premier's announcement was greeted with load, cheers,

their own trade.

FRENCH APPROVAL PARIS, Nov 22 (Reuter)-There, is nothing but complete agreement with Mr. Chamberlain's annourice- ment of reprisals, ***

Oficial circles déclared that it practically went without saying that France was fully associated with all such measures.

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LITHUANIA RECOGNISES SLOVAKIA

BERLIN, Nov. 22 (Reuter)----The Lithuanian Minister at Berlin has informed the Slovakian Minister at Berlin that the Lithuanian Government has accorded de jure recognition to Slovakia,

BETTER PLANES FOR BRITAIN OTTAWA, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-A prediction that even better British aeroplanes than those now com- batting German aircraft will soon be in action against the enemy WW.3 made in a speech by Mr. Balfour, British Under-Secretary för Air.

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NEW APPOINTMENT, PARIS, Nov. 2 (Reuter)The

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SYDNEY, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-Sir journal. The full text was pubiish- Ernest Fike, Australian scientist and authority on radio. has been

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