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一拜禮 號六十月十英港香

MONDAY, OCTOBER

16, 1939.

Lifeboats Shelled As Leave Sinking Ship

U-BOATS

TORPEDO

PASSENGER LINER

POLISH PROTEST AT LITHUANIAN SEIZURE

KAUNAS, Oct. 15 (Reuter)-M. Charwat. the Polish Minister here, has protested to tho Lithuanian Government against the incorporation of Vilna in Lithuania, according to reliable reports.

Ho has omphasised that Poland considors that Russia has no right to dispose of this territory, holding that the matter is one that could be settled only between the Polish and the Lithuanian governments,

M. Charwat is leaving Kaunas to-morrow.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPĤ"

LONDON, OCT. 15 (UP),—UNRESTRICTED U-BOAT WARFARE · AGAINST PASSENGER- CARRYING STEAMERS BECAME AN INCREAS INGLY EVIDENT THREAT TO-DAY, WITH THE SINKING, WITHOUT WARNING, OF THE

GERMANY,

·日四初月九

ISLANDS

Four Soviet

10,200-TON FRENCH LINE STEAMER BRE-Demands

TAGNE.

The Brotagno, which was on route to England from the West Indies, carried 124 passengers.

The submarine attacked without warning and, when crew and passengers took to lifeboats, shelled and machine-gunned thom,

New U-Boat Menace killed in the lifeboats.

In Carribean Sea

NEW YORK, Oct. 15 (Reuter).—The Mexico City correspondent of the "New York Times" says it has been definitely ascertained that there is at least one more U-boat now ready to attack Allied shipping in the Carib-

MAN LEAPS. TO DEATH

Early Morning Drama

At Peak Mansions

¡bean.

The correspondent says it has been proved that Nazi sub- marines are being provisioned and refuelled by German ships now interned in Mexican waters.

Mexicans' Close Watch

There is only circumstantial ev.dehce, he anys, but the Mexican

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U.S. Neutrality Restrictions May Favour Pacific Nations

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UP).—It is learned that the Sonato Foreign Rolations Committee Democrats are meeting secretly this week to proparo an amendment for relaxing tho shipping rostrictions on Pacific Commorce under the Neutrality Act.

war zones from the shipping.

It is believed that a compra- muise will be adopted, unilor COPENHAGEN, Oct.

which President Roosevelt will Moscow possess discretionary power to 15 (Reuter). correspondents of exempt arens removed from the Danish newspapers re-ban. port from a "reliable source" that Russia has made four demands of Finland:

Under this plan, commerce could

NAZI-RED PARLEYS

Sequel To Rejection Of

"Peaco" Plan

continue between the United States anıl uominal belligerents such as Australia, New Zealand. South SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Africa and Hongkong.

BERLIN. Oct. 15, (UP)---- Administration officials are cons- Consultations between the Soviet that approval of such revalon and Germany on the situation

of several Paelfie Coast Senators whol

would be red with the support arising from the British deter

Five of the crew and two passengers were The fact that the casualties were not more severe was due to the fact that the smoke from British warships as they rushed up under forced draught in response to the Firstly, cession of the liner's S.O.S. forced the U-Boat to hurriedly submerge.islands of Tytnesaari,

Lavansaari, Seiskaari and are amongst the leading isolationists, mination to continue the war Depth charges were dropped.

|will begin on Monday, possibly Surrsaari, which

It is reported that ofther M. Some of the Bretagne's passengers were swimming commands the entrance to to convene the Senate on hour earlier

and adjourn an hour later unless the Molotoff or M. Potemkin will for two hours before they were picked up by British war- Kronstadt in the Gulf of isolationists agree to limit the debate proceed to Berlin to participate

Įships.

Finland. In return Finland Senater Barkley predicts that the in the talks,

voting on the amendments will begin The captain of the Bretagne would receive territory in early next weet.. told "United Picas": "The sub- East Karelia; | marine deliberately directed gun- fire against the ship, aiming at the bridge, the lifeboats and the wireless equipment.

PURGE IN GERMANY

Hitler Imprisons Army Chiefs

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH",

of

In addition to the Bretagne, at least two other French and one British Ener were sunk by submarines during | the week-end.

A DRAMATIC STRUGGLE, in the Government in erping a close watch

Lifeboats from the French steamer PARIS, Oct. 15 (Reuter)-Field Lousane were also shelled by, the course of which an Internationally on at least two 'Geiman ships. Both Marshal Von Blomberg, former Com U-Boat which tirpedoed the sh.p. famous author-journalist and he wife have taken on o and provisions, and mander-in-Chief the German were wounded, and which culminated the enptains have something which Army, and five other high officers are The first inate was killed and xix members of the crew were injured in the death of an unknown Chinese, they wish to hide.

detained at Landsberg Fortress, i -occurred_at Peak Mansions in the

early hours of this morning.

Bavaria, according to a Berlin-report: When a shell struck one of the life- "binte as it was pulling away from the Madame Tabouls In 'io- quoted by

sinking ship. day's Issue of the "L'Oeuvre,"

Landsberg is where Miller was impressed and wrote "Mein Kampf." The report states that litter ordered thele incarcerallon on September 6.

Up to now efforts to catch them to The men, who was attempting to sagrant violation of Mex.con nue sixth Boor tat in Peak trility have proved fruitless. burgle a Mansions, crashed to his death from

Mexican officials stated that they at open window.

The flat was occupied by Mr. and are ready to interven if there k Mrs. Guenther Stein. Mr. Stein, in positive evidence of guitt, when they addition to being representative in the wild take action of the utmost Far East of the Invas News Agency severity, and the London "News Chronicle" is the author of several books, and publishes a monthly Far Eastern news-letter which enjoys a world- wide circulation.

Hit With A Bottle

The incident occured shortly after 3.30 o'clock this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Stein were awakened by the

Gas Mines

Lie Persists

sound of someone creeping through War Office Issues

their bedroom,

When Mr. Steln leapt out of bed he was attacked by the Intruder, who seized an empty bottle and struck Mr. Stein over the head. Mrs, Stein went to her husband's assistance and

was also struck.

Strong Denial

Arresed August 31

A third French ship, the Mingust, was also sunk. No details are ab- inle, although its announced that the crew were picked up.

British Victim

Secondly, Finland is not to

Anland Islands, fortify the eding Russia the right of 1:spection;

Thirdly, Finland to conclude a military pact with Russia;

Fourth Demand Mystory The fourth demand is unknown am is believed to be the reason for

Senator Alben Barkley » plunplug

It is the isolationisty plan to have Senator Hiram Johnson speak on Tuesday and Senator Rush Holt on Wednesday.

The latter will charge that the United States promised Great Brls fain to repeal the embargo clauses If Great Britain and France under took the task of slopping kler,

the return of the Finnish delegation RELUCTANT

10 Helsinki.

The Finnish Nazi Party recently seat-a-delegation-to-Berlin, but-ro- Lurned crestfallen, only seeing a miner officlul, who said the Finnish

-IMMIGRANTS

interests were outside the German First German Ship

where.

Soviet Troops In Estonia TALLINN, Oct. 15 (Reuter).—The first Soviet troops, numbering about 360, landed at the Eathonian port of Paldiskle from a transport and one freighter warship. en route to

Hitler Is said to have given orders | to confine the generals on August 31, Mait the day before the attack on Poland. Lochavon, which

The step was taken under Nazi Britain from the North Pacific. law for the protection of the state against seditious influence.

The British victim was the Royal

Line's 9,200-ton

RO

Itter has ordered that fliese officers should, day and night, hear political and military reporta that "hey may realise Usat their

of the Fuehrer suspicions unjust and criminal." Field Marshal von Blomberg tired during the purge of the Army early last year.

are

Six passengers and 62 members of the crew were picked up by a British warship after being eight hours in the lifeboata The Lochi- Avon was sull afloat when fast

Ясса

The Lochavon sucecasfully come through the Great War of 1014-18 without mishap. She was built at the

theland & Wal yards in 1914.

The Bretagne was formerly Flandrin, of the Royal Holland Lloyd, from whom she was purchased by the She was built French Line in 1930.

LONDON, Oct. 15 (Reuter).

Von Fritsch Mystery Referring to the report circu- Jated from Berlin on October 1

There is also simultaneous news of Despite his injuries, Mr. Stein that Polish troops had employed the fate of General Von Fritsch, the continued to struggle with the as "vellow cross gas mines" obtain-1 exact circumstances of whose death In England. The 'rench Lino

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ed from Great Britain, the War have been a mystery. Office anys: After some minutes, in which Mr.

sallunt.

owners of the Normandie,

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are

To-day, A Flemish newspaper

Bears Brunt Of Campaign claimed to have learned from secret

LONDON, Oct. 15. (British Wire- Stein unsuccessfully attempted to pin "Desplie a categorical denial issued sources Inside Germany that General

back Jess). The brunt of the German bis opponent to the floor, the mon by the British Government, which von Fritsch was shot in the

front. U-boat campaign on merchant ship- suddenly broke away and made alhas not supplied any form of gas at while on duty on the Polish

Herbert plng so far han been borne by dash for an open window, which he any time to Poland, German radlo The general was shot by

Storm-trooper, the Scandinavian countries. In all, 23 apparently thought was a door.

stations continue impudently to broad- Grau, a Berlin

report states.

neutral merchant ships have been nino Swedish The newspaper report says that the sunk to date while

orders ships have been held up at Goteborg murder was carried out on from superior officers, and the paper on aerount of the danger of German also gives the names of other ac-nines. complices.

He rushed through the window and cast this baseless charge. fell to his death to the pavement, aix floors below. He was instanty kill-

ed.

was without shoes or socks.

Obvious Conclusions

"It is pertinent to recall the The body has been removed to the sequence of events in the last war. Victoria Public Mortuary, The man, who has not yet been identifiel, By March, 1915, preparations had was about 25 years of age and was been completed by Germany to use!

On April 17, dressed in black coolies clothes, He Kas on the East Front.

1915, the German News Agency gave Although both Mr. and Mrs. Steln out that 'yesterday on the East Front The British employed shells and are naturally suffering from shock as bombs Alled with asphyxiating gas,' a result of their experiences, neither This was a lie, sustained serious injuries as a result "No Ras for war purposes was

manufactured in Great Britain until Restrict Movamants of their destinations up to October 10,

of the attack.

RED AVIATORS IN CHINA

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HANKOWOTL 10. (D)

May, 1910.

"On April 22, 1910, the first Ger- man gas allock was launched.

"The world will draw obvious con- |clusions."

Sweden's New Precautions

Foreigners

Germany may soon begin to quer- tion the wisdom of ainking neutral shipping, in view of the fact that tha Scandinavian' countries are practically the only ones with which Germany can continue to trade by sea,

Since introducing the convoy system 1,276 British and 47 Allied slps had been safely convoyed to

Refugees Swarming To Lithuania KAUNAS, Oct. 15 (Reuter) → Refugees from the Russian-occupied areas of Paland to-day swarmed over the new Lithuanian frontier,

Many thousands are now in th strip of territory round Vilna ceded

Lithuania.. to

According to Polish refugees who entered north Rumanla to-day, the Russians have concentrated large forces on the Soviet-Slovak frontier. They also report the fortification of the new Rusßlan-German frontier.

Numerous tanks, moterised columns and large convoys of infantry were seen moving westward in south-east

Poland.

Published Demands Denied

HELSINKI, Oct. 15. (Reuter) Government and offcial Finnish cir- cles, while declining to reveal parti- culars of the Russian demands, maln tain that information published

Half Empty

Authoritative quarters slate that the Russian Ambassador is returning to the German capital early in the werk. He will probably, be becom panted "by a higher official."

A committee of Industrialists, re- presenting Krupps and the State Railroads, are proceeding to Mascow by airplane at 5 pm, on Monday.

This Committee will suppliment the industrialists already in Moscow and will negotiate for the develop. ment of Ruisin's transport facilitica PLEASE Turn To Pago Z.

LATEST

15 ROYAL OAK

SURVIVORS

LONDON, Oct. (Reuter).-Paris radio says the first ship has left Riga with German immigrants.

There were only 480 on board though there was accommoda- tion for many more,

The immigrants had to sign a de- claration that they would return.

To Go To Poland Cermans from Esthonia will be settled in Polamel, says the Germa Jegation at Tallinn.

Housing is no problem, it is stated, since there are many empty Polish houses which

only slightly damaged.

were

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" of names of officers missing in H.M.S. LONDON, Oel. 10, (UP)-No list

Royal Oak is yet available.

The following survivors are nounced by the Admiralty:

Capt. W G. Benny

W Commanders Rt. F. Nichols, J Renshaw;

Paym. Coinmander Joha IL Cun- dall;

Surgeon Cmdr. G. R. Ritchie. Paym. Lt. Cmdrs. Queardler, G. S. Maclean. Arthur F. BlowETS.

Lt. Cmdrs, Frederick M. Cook. Thomas F. Wisden, Michael R. F. Ward, Richard A. B. Gregory, James Though they are settling in a dep. Ingen. vastated land, the immigrants are

Surg. Lleut, Dick Caldwell, being told that they will live in the Lleuts. (E). Ichard S. Wallace. same circumstances as before. They Peter S. Richmond. will obtain partial compensation for, Jasses suffered.

Paya Licuts. Anthony P. Wikia- son, Waliam E. Sandifer, Harold J. C. Woods.

Lieutenants A. M. Seymour, G. D.

Gerald Duncan,

Afteck-Graves, Claude E. L. Sclater, Bernard B.

abroad contorning the demands, in 787 Dead In Royal Roberts, Anthony H. Terry, Hemy

no way accords with the actual facts. Soviat Troops To Dominato LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter)—Ac- Home report, 70,000 cording to a

usalan troops are to be stationed in Eathonia, Lithuania and Latvia,

Ad army of 20,000 will enter Eathonlan naval and air benen on Wednesday, and n furtier 6,000 will follow Jater.

Laivin will receive 25,000 Soviel troops and Lithuania 20,000,

Finland's Anxloty HELSINKI, Oct. 10 (euter).--- The Finnish delegation which left Moscow yesterday morning is export- Another demand by the Soviol, In addition to the three reported earlier, is slated to have iron mode, and it

No convoyed ship has been sunk by enemy submarings,

It is pointed out In London that STOCKHOLM, Oct. 15 (Reuter) German financial diffleultles mby A royal decree has been sued compel German merchant ships to restricting the movements of for-leave neutral poria where they have eigners in Sweden and empowering been taking ratuga owing to theired back to-day. GIFTS FOR FLEEThe authorities to prohibit them from inability longer to pay Harbour dues. entering rallway, port, factory and Already a German four-thousand tons other areas to take photographs or to vessel has been arrested at Curacao make notes

owing to her inability to pay harbour dues. The decree also restricts their means of transport under penalties of

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Oak Sinking

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

(UP),Tho LONDON, Oct. 15 Admiralty has published a list of 414 survivors of the Royal Oak,

The number known to bo doad is upproximately 787.

Sea Back Page For Purther Late. News

NAZIS SHOT DOWN OWN PLANE IN B’LIN "RAID”.

LONDON, Oct. 18 (Ileuter).—The mystery of the Martin "air raid" has now been cleared up-German anti-aircraft guna, shot down one of their own planes,

Both London and Parls dony

Mara dalıdle bave been revalvad

is beiloved this demand is the reunot that ulanor flow over Berlin lonkhout falurday mid" raid".

for the delegation's return,

There is now

much

that

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Soviet Russians manned a Chines bomber which was shot down near

un Bartlit, says a later moRAHMO, Kiukow, on the cast bank of the Han

nxiety, night, River, on Saturday afternoon by a SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

For two hours the population in the Japanese naval pursuit plane after

flowever, there is no explanation Clermon capital experienced all the Chinese bombers raided Hankow. LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuter) The Baes, imprisonment, and expulsion! Heavy Losses During Last Week though it is pointed aut

Vinnish delegates only had permis for reports from neutral sources of feelings of an air rold alaren without The bodies of two of the three Admiralty announce that gifts of from the country.

PARIS, Oct. 15. (Router)alen to discuss limited points,

heavy explosions in the Tierlin area this plan actually, suunding. Men members of the brew of the downed money for men of the Ficel and their

The Finni Voreign Minister while anilcairents-guns were fring. At $10 pm heavy fire was hard, Dewearchligfile <wonky are and gina that Finalch- Chinese bomber · were

istated yesterday found in dependents are welcomed from the the country are restricted to a deunite Three French ships, whose

names are given as Minguet, Russian relations were based on

Explosion. Near Munitions

Washes ill the sky west of Merlins. mountales near Klukow, A search public.

No alarm was sounded but soon An American rapori saYA OTO, ES# is still being carried en for the nur vivor.

plosion sccurred ness the enunitioruintierwards the Derlin redio EURING ing knitted articles, tobacco, books, alleges that Germons are emplot Bretagne and Louielane, have three treaties that in 1920 (which

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