1939-05-26 — Page 19

SURVIVORS TELL OF DRAMA IN EXCLUSIVE STATEMENTS

"I SHUT MEN

MEN IN LIVING TOMB"

By LT. CMDR. OLIVER NAQUIN "The Commander of the Submarine-Squalus-

"I WAS in the control room at the time of the

disaster.

"Any accounts as to how it happened are too technical to attempt to discuss before the ship is raised.

"The officers and men per which they had just escaped sceméd formed 100 per cent., and there about to close in again. was never a doubt in my mind that we would come up, especial ly after we had heard from our sister-ship, the Sculpin, that the Falcon was on the way."

NO TIME FOR SENTIMENT

By

FLOYD MANESS, L.T.O., U.S.N.

"Raymond O'Bara, Roland Blan- chard, Willum Isones, William Boul- ton and Robert Washburn escaped from the after battery room before I closed the bulkhead door.

joke.

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Conscription Law Passed

To Receive The Royal Assent

LONDON, May 25. THE Conscription Bill was read for the third time in the House of Lords to-day,

The Bill was approved and thus delegated to the Royal Commisalon. Bill was also read for the third time The Reserve and Auxillary Forces

and was also approved.

Thus the territärial army can now

ed by orders in council instead of the former slower process of Royal proclamation.-United PreKS,

WAR-TIME POWERS

Complete Control By New Minister

May 26,

1939.

Japan May Yet

Join Alliance

Reply To Pact With Soviet

LONDON, May 25.

BERLIN, May 25. POWERS SUCH as would bo IT IS believed that tho A military acquired by the Minister of announcement of Munitions in wartime will be alliance with Japan or Spain, assumed by Mr. Leslie Burgin probably the former, may be the for three years under the Minis-Axis reply to the Anglo-French. which was published to-night. try of Supply Bill, the text of negotiations with Russia.

The tone of Japan's congratula-

COLLAR ATTACHED

The Minister will also be empower- tions on the signing of the German: SHIRTS be very secretly and rapidly mobilised to order that Government con- Italian treaty recently, and Tokyo's tracts be given priority, to requisition references to the strengthening of output if priority, orders are not the anti-Comintern Pact, has attracted carried out, to comniandeer available attention here. storage, examine contractors' records The Japanese Ambassador is under- and to fix prices, and to require pro-stood to have seen Herr Joachim von

Ribbentrop tection for essential plants.

a number of times recently.

It is hinted that the difficulties confronting the plan in Japan are not insurmountable.

1,500,000 Enrol

There was a moment of silence when the cuble stopped projtress LONDON, May 25-Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of Labour, has on- towards the surface. Then some-nounced postponement in calling up body cracked

"We'd better lower the bell and agricultural workers, men, engaged gu down to the bottom and start all in the nahing industry, and anthracite miners to the militis until November, over again," he said.

It is announced that 1,500,000 had volunteered for national service up to May 20, of which 450,000 were women.--Reuter.

However, there was considerable concern for the diver outside, whose life depended on the cable,

McDonald said Lieutenant Com- mander Nnquin had told him he "dn't know what sent the Squalus; down."--United Press.

Burma-China Railway

"I had partially closed the door New Line Rapidly

when several men shouted from the after battery room.

"I let the door slip back and five men came through, after which I closed the door,

"There were no orders to close the door-this in considered to he the bulkhead guard's initiative.

Nears Completion

LONDON, May 25.

IN THE House of Commons to-day, Sir Arnold Wilson asked whether the Prime Minister was

the that

necessary

"I realised there must have been men trapped in the after comport-aware

ments, but in an emergency of this foundation for the railway from kind every bulkhead door in all sex-Kunming to the Burma frontier tions of the bout are fastened as a inchisure of safety,

"In such times there is no time for sentiment,

We

are trained rigidly to net and so I gave no consideration to the fate of my shipmates any more than 1 would have expreted consideration had I been in their places.

"Not until the Arst Impulsive action was over did I begin to realise the awfulness of the situation of the men the after section-particularly Sherman Shirley, my chumm-whose

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best man I was to have been oni, Sun- day."

Statements Through "United Press".

ATTEMPT TO RAISE

PORTSMOUTII, May 25. THE sixteen pontoons used in enis- ing Submarine St are en route from Brooklyn Navy Yard on barges towed by Navy tugs. They will reach theį scene of the disaster this afternoon.

Raising the Squalus with buoys may take several days, depending¦ on the weather.

Lieutenant Commander

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for miles beyond Kunming were already complete, and whether could state to what point it was in- tended to carry it, and when the Chinese Government expect to have trains running.

The Prime Minister, in a written reply, said that Viscount Halifax had been informed that the embankment work in the direction stated was pro- ceeding.

He hud received no communication from the Chinese Government with

regard to their intentions In. the matter referred to in the second part of the questions. Reutter.

Saskatchewan Royal Welcome

REGINA, Saskatchewan,

May 25. THE PREMIER of Saskatche

Mr. Noquin wan,

Patterson, to-day

and seven others of the crew who presented an address of welcome were the lotto Le rescued baveto Their Majesties,declaring spent the night in decompression

chambers.

They were in a worse condition than the others because they had spent four hours confined in the diving bel, which was fouled when being hauled to the surface.

26 Dead

loyalty and support.

He added: "Wo recognise that con- ditions since is Majesty's accession to the throne have demanded the constant application of the highest qualities of courage and leadership.: There is an ever-increasing apprecia- of His Majesty's inspiring example of devotion to duty and un- peoples everywhere."

Lion

Replying to the address, the King

A diver will make a final trip to selfish labour in the interests of your the sunken vessel to-day to verily that the remaining 20 crewmen are dend before the hatches are sealed said the people of Saskatchewan had for the slow process of raising the made a significant contribution to the vraft on pontoons.

commonwealth There is only a very slight chance welfare of the British

common Canadian

that even one of the 26 is alive. of nations, adding: "Achieving unity

their

of

Naval authorities are of the opin-citizenship, men of diverse races are ion that they were either all crushed proving the advantage of the way or drowned by the inrush of water life based on mutual tolerance and ur that they died from exposure in democratic institutions."-Reuter, the 30 degree temperature on the pecan flor.

To Entor Submarine

The diver's job is perilous one, In view of the fact that it will be necessary for alm to enter the sub- inating from the diving bell and fight his way through the flooder! compartments.

It is expected that several hours will be necessary to repair the bell, which was fouled on coming to the surface.

not

Oficiuls are virtually certain that trace of life has been left inalde the Squalus, but the divers have been told to remain on the scene

Iron Lung Boy At Lourdes Pilgrimage To Famous Shrine

LARGE

STOCK MARKET

REPORT Hongkong Stock Exchange-official

summary issued yesterday says:

We had a firm market with buyers for most of the popular stacks. Sales were reported in Banks from $1,385/ 1,400, Docks at $18, Lights (Old) at $8.00, Cements at $13.10 and Elec- trics at $50.

Buyers

11.K, Bank $1,305 H.K, Fires Ins. $180 Douglases $07

H.K, Wharves $107 II.K. Docks $17.90 Providents $4.70 H.K. & S. Hotels $5.85 H.K. Lands $351⁄2 ilumphreys $7.90

11,K. Realties $4,40

HK. Tramways $10.55 Star Ferries $UG

China Lights (old) $8 China Lights (new) $5.40 II.K. Electrics $55 Sandakan Lights $11.00 Telephone: (new) $7.00 Canton Ice $1

Cements $12.95

H.K. Ropes $3.05

Dairy Farms Ex. Rts $21 Dirty Farms Rts $15% Watsons $7.00

Wing On H.K. $41 Entertainments $81% Constructions $1.30

H.K. Guyt. 4% loản 47 p.m. IK. Govt. 314% loan par

Sellers

H.K. Bank $1,400 H.K, Steamboats $16 Telephone (old) $28 Watsons $8.

Sales

ILK. Bank $1,385/1,400 H.K. Docks $18 Chinn Lights (old) $8.60/.55 H.K. Electrics $50 Cements $13.10. Antamok P.28. angulo Gold P.24 Benguet Consolidated P.11.00 Coco Grove-P.30% Demonstration P. 13 1.X.L. P. 54

San Mauriclo P. 1,08

Suyoe P.18 P.55

Uniled

Itogon P.23

North Camarines, P.301⁄2

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U.S. COMMODITY

July

PRICES

LATEST CABLED

October December January

March May

QUOTATIONS

New York, 25.

New York Cotton

Opening Closing 8.00/00 $.00/00 0,00/08 8.10/16 7.80/09 7.00/00 7,83/03

7.84N 7.80/80 7.02/02 7.70/79 7.80/80

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September December to-day March

LOURDES, May 26

CROWDS

until they are ordered otherwise-watched the arrival of the iron-

United Press.

Divers Descend

lung boy, Fred Snite, who is on

a pilgrimage from the United

LATER. Two divers have des States. cended on a final trip in the faint hope that there might be some more survivors.

They have been ordered to enter the Squalus and stay aboard pending further orders.

The sun broke through the sky as the diving bell descended in a worm, colm sen.

True to the traditions of the Ser- vice, the rescue workers are deter- mined to continue the search for survivora until forced to admit that 20 hands are lost"-United Prest. Submarine Flooded

Aboard The Cruiser Brooklyn,

May 25.

A Naval diver who surveyed the sunken submarine to-day reported that the after torpedo room is

fooded,

"apparently dooming" the remaining

16.25N 10.38b/440 16.30/34

10.45 748 10,50/60

10.30/30

16.40/41 10.55 757 10.44N

Total Sales for the day:-1,720 tons,

July

Chicago Wheat

Wednesday's

.... 7734/78 The party accompanying him in- September .. 77/78 cluded his parents, two doctors, December... nurses, assistants, aid two spare lungs, which were brought with Snito when he crossed the Atlantic in the Normandle.

Interviewed to-day, his father sald July.

he did not hope for a miracle at September Lourdes, but he did hope for great December spiritual comfort.

At the end of three years, the powers may be extended from year to year with the authority of Pariinment. These special powers will be lu reserve, as it is held that preparation for the defence of the country hitherto have been carried' through with the willing co-operation of industry, and the hope is expressed that this co- -operation will continue.

The powers given under the bill do not in any way involve the conscrip tion of labour.

The bill also applies to Northern Ireland.--Reuter,"

Rubber Rubber Trade

Opposition

Barter Plan With United States

LONDON, May 26. THE Rubber Trade Associn- tion of London at a special meeting to-day emphatically protcated against the American proposals for the barter of cotton and rubber, according to the "Financial Times."

The speakers contended that such a plan would sound the death knell of the international regulation scheme, The meeting resolved to make contact with other similar associo- tions with a view to a joint protest to the Government.--Reuter

Ambassador To Visit Amoy

Sir Archibald Kerr Clark-Kerr, the Dritish Ambassador to China, left Hongkong for Amoy and Shang- hal aboard the cruiser II.M.S. Corn- wall at 5 pm yesterday. He expects to arrive in Shanghot on Monday.

Sir Archibald's party, who have been staying at Government House the Ambassador since their ar- rival from Chungking-

-earlier-in-the

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Some Japanese circles here main- tain that Japan could not, in any case, remain neutral in the event of European conflagration. Reuter,

H. K. Stock Market

The following quotations were Issued on the Hongkong Stock Mar- ket this moming.

- BANKS

H.K. Banks, $.......1,305/1.100 is. 1.K. Banks, Lon. £. Chartered £....

Mercantile, A. & B. £.

East Asia $.

Mercantlie C, £1.

INSURANCES

Cantons $

Unions $ China. Underwriter $. H.K. Fire $....

SUITTING Douglas (s. d.) Steamboats $... Indo-Chinas, P.$. Indo-Chinns. DS. Shell Bearers 9/- Waterboals $..

DOCKS ETC. Wharves $. Docks $.. Providents $. New Eng. Sh. Sh. Docks, Sh.

MINING

Kallan's/- Raubs S.. Venz. Gold S.

Hongkong Mines ets. Atamoks Ps. Aloks Ps. Baguio Gold Ps. Benguet Cons. Ps.

Coco Grove Ps. Demonstrations Ps. 1.X.L. Ps. Itogons Ps. Camarines Ps. San Mauricio Ps. Suyoc Consol Ps. Paracales Ps.

Hotels $.

Lands $..

LANDS

.8414 n.

734 n.

.27 n.

13 n.

.80 n.

.230 s.

435 b.

1.30.n.

.180 b

670

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H.K. Realties

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Chinese Estates $.

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UTILITIES

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Peak Trams (old) $. Penk Trams (new) Star Ferries $.

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week, will sail at 7 am to-day the Empress of Asia for Shanghai,

The

Ambassador's private secretary stated last

last night that Sir Archibald would probably not take part in any conferences

or conversations Kulangsu, but was merely taking the opportunity of visiting Amoy during north as he had taken the

hils ing the

the journey south on his way to Chungking. The remainder of the party had not sailed on the cruiser because of lack of space.

which

of visiting Swatow dur-

There was no

newens

crisis had called the Ambassador to Ku- langsu, stated the secretary.

The suggestion that the Ambas- sador had left by warship to avoid travelling on a ship which the Ja- panese might hold up and search was scouted.

The call at Amoy, besides giving Sir Archibald an opportunity of see- ing Amoy and Kulangsu and pos sibly speaking to Sir Percy Noble, will also probably enable Rear-Ad- miral A... Murray, newly appoint- ed Rear-Admiral of the Fifth Cruiser Squadron, who is flying his tag on the Cornwall, to converse with the C.-in-C.

Italians Leaving Spain In June

Rome, May 25. 7738/7774 When the Italian legionaries leave 77/774 Spain, they will hand their urtillery 781%/70% to Franco.

Sales:-

The transports have left Naples to 33,147,000 bushels. bring the legionaries home. The first batch will embark at Cadiz on SundayReuter· Special,

Chicago Corn

Winnipeg Whica't

06 /80

51/51% 51%/51% 524/52% 52/529% 62%/62%

64%/04 65/65%

October

07 · 707

Fred Snite has lived in an iron lung since he was stricken with infantile May paralysis in 1030 while flying from July Shanghai to Peiping. Reuter.

Poland Obtains

French Credits

PARIS, May 23. Poland is to re-i

tail, powerful diver colve a credit of. 00,000,000 zlolys

0736/8776

Spaniard Troops

ITALIANS SAILING

Rome, May 25.

sail from Cadiz for Italy, in the first days of June, according to an oficial state- tent Issued here to-day.

Italian volunteers will

It is added that 3,100 Spanish soldiers who fought with the Italians

China Lights (new) $. H.K. Electrics Macao Electrics Sandakan Lights $. Telephones (old) $. Telephones (now) $. Tractions s/- Traction (Pret.) /-

INDUSTRIAL Cald: Macg. (ord.), Sh. Cald: Mucy. (Pre.), Sh. Canton Ices S. Cements $.. H.K. Ropes S.

STONES, 4. Dairy Farms (ex. rts.) §..

Dairy Farms (rta.) 5... Watson $

Lane Crawfords $.. Sinceres $..... Wing On (H.K.) $. Powell, Ltd. cls. (x.d.)

COTTON MILLS Ewa Sh. $....*** S'hai Cotton Sh. $. Zoong Sings, Sh.

.50 sa.

..10 .11.90 b.

.23.50 b. .7.85 b.

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.22/- n.

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13 n.

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Wing On Textiles, Sh. $.

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H.K. Entertainment $.

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Vibro Piling $.

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Constructions, $.

Ch. Govt. 5% 1923

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I.K. Govt. 4% Loan 4% prm. b. II.K. Govt. Lonn 34% par Marsmans (Lon.) s/- Marumans (H.K.) $/-

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Foreign Loan To Spain

BRUSSELS, May 25.

in the bo-co'fed Arrow divisions will M. Paul van Zeeland, former Bel- accompany the Italian legionaries to glan Prime Minister, has again left Naples, fere they will take part for Paris to continue negotiations re- in a big rade before the King ofgarding a possible foreign loan to

the Spanish Government,

Arrive In Rome Italy and goor Mussolini.

occupants.....

Meanwhile

ROME, May 25 Three thousand J. H. McDonald, with angry red from French banks, it was announced | Spanish troops will leave Spain for scratches on his neck and face from here today in connection with the Italy on Sunday with the 10,400 the job he has been doing, told of visit of M. Rose, Poland Under- Italian legionaries. the laughter and high-spirits of the Secretary of Commerce.

The Spaniards will head a military. It is stated that this credit will be review in Naples before the King of men who looked death in the face when the cable lifting the diving applied for the electrification of the Italy

so-called bell jammed last night.Ma

Polish "Triangle of Ninety. Russian officers who fought The occupants of the bell told Security" on the German frontier in Spain are now in Italy on their Jokes when tho watery grave from Trans-Öcean.

way home to Russia, Reuter.

The parade will be attended by upwards of 100 leading Spanish personaliiles-Trans-Ocean,

Reports state these negotiations have met with considerable difficulty owing to French and British political obstruction.

GERMANS LEAVING

It is stated that M., van Zeeland Vigo,-May 25,

not go to Burgos to continue the The first transport of 000 German negotiations. legionaries left the port of Vigo for It is also emphasised that the Hamburg yesterday. Embrionent of malfian Government has nothing to members of the Conder Legion will do with van Zeeland's mission, and be completed by to-night-Trans- that no Belgians will participate in a Ocean.

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