1939-12-21 — Page 35

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HONGKONG TELE GRAPH

Skipper's Story of Murderous Attacks

CALLOUS RAIDS ON UNARMED TRAWLERS

LONDON, DEC. 20 (BR. WIRELESS) —THE RÈcent GERMAN CAMPAIGN OF BOMBING AND MACHINE GUNNING UNARMED TRAWLERS AND SMALL FISHING VESSELS IS GENERALLY CON- SIDERED TO RESULT FROM THE FAILURE OF THE CERMAN ENDEAVOURS, BOTH IN THE ILLEGAL MINE-LAYING CAMPAIGN AND IN ALL OTHER Forms of sEA WARFARE.

Skippor J. M. Hall, of the trawler Isabella Greig, gives an account of how his ship was bombed and machine-gunned by German aircraft last Sun- day-an example typical of many such cowardly and merciless attacks.

"Our trawl was down when two aircraft, which we recognised as twin-engined Heinkels, were sighted coming from the cast,” he said.

"Our crew of ten men immediately took cover.

our

"The Nazi aircraft came on flying low, and passed one on each side of trawler, with the rear gunners firing with their machine-guns,

"Altogether, they circled the Isabella Greig eight times, their wing tips nearly touching the water as they turned.

"Besides machine-gunning us, they also dropped between 15 and 20 bombs.

"During one short respite our crew started to lower the lifeboat, but the aeroplanes returned and opened heavy fire, wounding two men.

"I meanwhile, with great difficulty, managed to get off a wireless signal.

"Finally, our boat was lowered and put into the water. It was riddled with bullets and the water barrel was punctured.

wounded with them, aircraft went off to the

"The crew, taking our two abandoned the ship and the northeast.

500

"When the lifeboat was

The skipper, describing the attack, yards away from the Trawler Zaid: “The plane circled round us with bullets as we tried to laugh a which was still afloat. the air bout." craft returned and opened fre The skipper's son aid that the on us again, luckily, without German pline turned tail when R.A.F. result. They also dropped three planes were sighted,

Three other trawlers-one with the more bombs.

survivors of a suik trawler-renched "British acrophines then apport after the attacks of German peared and the Germans made planer. off in the direction of home.

"My trawler was entirely unarmed, and was flying the British mercantile flag and was engaged in fishing.

The skipper of the Isabella Geleg,, which was sunk by bornbs, said that] two of the crew were wounded when

they were attacked by two Helukels.

He said that even after the crew had abandoned ship. the German and dropped more bombs. bombers opened fire on the life-boot

The German nireraft gave no warning whatever before open-

"British Light Forces" ing fire and had apparently flown

LONDON, Dec. 20 (Renter]-An 350 miles from Germany for the Admiralty communique replies to the set purpose of murdering Scot-German High Command communique tish fishermen."

bombed

Issued to-day regarding the sinking To-day's evening papers give def. "British light naval forces," includ talls of further similar outrages. ing the Pearl, Serenity. New Chelce,

The trawler Tehily was

likeway, Evelyn, Sedgefly and "Trinity". and machine-gunned in the North Sea | The Admirally communique states

The survivors, while es-that the Pearl, New yesterday. eaping from the sunken ship, were Trinity were fishing, anachine-gured in the water by the Serenity was

„„Nazi.bombers. Two of the crow of

killed und nine were

one was wounded.

Las sight the German Itadlo a nounter brazenly admitted air at tacks on 24 defenceless Ashing ves- sels and tried to exeuse them by describing the vessels as worship and naval auxillaries.

Scamen Machine-Gunned SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”` BENGEN, Dec. 20

(UP)The British trawler Trinity sank rapidly to-day after German planes dropped seven bombs in the Eferfund yester- day.

crew afterwards

The trawler's

made efforts to reneh the wreckage.) The German planes are alleged tof have power-dived and machine- Cunned the men in the water, wounding one in the leg.

Attack Watchad LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter)--The latest fahing boat to be sunk by Nuzl planes was the trawler Trinity, which was bombed on Tuesday aljaj polni some 75 miles from the Scot- tish coast

The attack was watched by a Danish trawler which was a mile away at the time.

The German plane, the crew of the Danish ship report, dived on to the Britidi trawler many times, bomb- Ing and machine-gunning it.

The

crew

took refuge in the robins and it was not until the Trintly was on the verge of sinking| that they tools to their boats,

After the Trinity had sunk beneeth the waves, eight Dritish survivors were picked up by the Danish boat and they were landed ulj Denmark to-day.

Ong Breman went down with the Trinlly, while the book dlled from his wounds not long after being. reactied,

Turned Tail As R.A.F. Camo On Scene

LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter) Bombing unarmed trawlers-sprayto the helpless crews with machine-gua fire-but turning tail when faced with Royal Air Force planes.

Eye-vitress nccounts of this latest form of German air activity in the North Sea were given to-day y geim- faced Scottish trawler-mens when they brought their batleted vessels and dend mud wounded into, port,

with the

wheel-linting practically blown away, the hunel and ventilul tors burst, torn and riddled with machine-gun bullets, and

goplig hole in the wide, the Aberdeen trawler, Star of Scotland, has been towed into port carrying the bedies of two of The crew killed by a bomb from, a German warplane yesterday and two “member of the crow injured,

steamer.

Choice and trawlers. The an unrmed coastal

The 1keway does not exist and the Evelyn and Sedgefly were Admirally rawlers overdue some time ago and were presumed lost,

In the last three days, the com munique mies, which were neutrals, had been at tacked by German aircraft

Only thres were naval units and the attacks, therefore. successful.

LIES AS EXCUSE

LONDON, Dec, 20 (Br. Wire- less) Germany is inventing British raids on undefender! coastal towns, presumably as an excuse for her murder attacks an marmed Scottish ishermen at sea.

Observers point out that the Nataly yesterday graphically described in great detall an uir latilo over the Sylt which never took place!

Fantasile figures of atreraft sal to have been engaged and bronglst down ever the Bight Helfgold

have becn Issued by Goebbels' propaganida department.

Yesterday, even thì feat of Imagination was surpasted by a more remarkable series of in- ventions,

The Sylt was the area again chosen.

Detalls were

the Elven of Jength of time

the taken by operations. The tactles of the British aircraft were described.

The towns of Heernum of Bantam were invented, for the purpose of being borbeil by the R.A.F. machines.

Au official denial of the entire alory, has been Issued by the Air Ministry.

Not only is the German ac- count devoid of any trall what- ever: tlie statements them- selves provide material for refulation.

December 21, 1939.

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AND HERE IS

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PARIS, Dec. 20 (Reuter).—The recent bitter wintry weather on the Western Front has been succeeded by thaw and cold. A sicety rain has been falling.

These conditions have hampered air operations on the Front itself but have favoured long distance flights.

While British planes visited in North Germany, German re- both the German seaplane bases!

connaissance machines have flown over North, North-west and Western France.

Land netivity continues with minor local operations and four unsuccessful enemy patrol raids on a wide front between the Moselle and Veages were report-

NAZI LIES ANSWERED

They Still Claim A Graf Spee Victory LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter). a special commentary issued in London to-day:

ed by authoritative militaryThe following is

circles to-day.

At Union Church

MANILA COUPLE WED IN COLONY

German propoganda alleged that the Exeter and Alae pan way and thai, fe Achilles was sunk; and that

the hour that the Graf Seee must leave:

many and Uruguay alone knew

After the settling was suggested,

events were precipitated by the action

A Manila couple who arrived on of Uruguay: Tuerday evening by Cipper Wee

At 7 pm, on December 10, the marcled at noon yesterday at the Kowloon Union Church. They were "Deutschland Sender" station on- Mr. Frederick Alexander John Bar-nounced that the Exeter was so badly Mh Simone Germaine shed that she resembled an open retto und

rowing boat:

The bridegroom was in business Singapore, before he went to Manila, where he is a ship brotter.

The honeynos will be spent in the happy Hongkong, after which couple, will return to Manila, where they plan to make their home.

Boy Collects

Match Books

- YAKIMA, (U.P.)-Richard Sohr, Yakima, hny, has collected more thon 2.000 puckets of paper matches in the last four years, Every one is

At 6 am. on December 19, the same station said that it was the humane deckian of the Fuehrer hot to allow the lives of the crew of the Graf Spee to be, inperilled in a fight with greatly superior forces:

The connection with the scuttling of the Graf Spee, mid the loss or damige to two German.cruisers in three days, the following British naval losses are recapitulated: Courageous, Royal Oak, Gypsy, Blanche, Oxley, Duchess, Rawalpind! auct A few auxiliary patrol vessels:

The Ark Royal, Repulse, Renown, Southampton, Hood and other ships, teged to be sunk or damaged, are

different. The youth has two or still ernplayed in their lawful duties,

the some of which are now revealed:

three puckets from every state Union, one from Canada, one frem at 10 England, two from Alasica from the Hawaiian Islands.

NAZIS HAVE SCUTTLED

23 OF THEIR SHIPS

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Superior Aircraft

Air attacks on naval vessels are completely tallte. Na naval vessels are sunk by this method:

British aircraft have proved vastly.

superior. Even bembers are more than a match for German fighters. Witness Sunday's fight when 12 Messerschmills and fighters were töstund only: sever"bombers; where- as normally bornbers, unassisted by fighters, are at a great disadvantage more against wave after wave of

LONDON, Dec. 20 (Domei).—Informed quirters point out thuit with the sinking of, the 32,000-ton liner Columbus, the number of rapid fighting aircraft: vessels, two of

German merchant ships which have been scuttled since the outbreak of the war has reached 23 ships tolalling about 139,000 tons.

German ships which have been seized by the Allied Narles number 19 craft, totalling 88,218 tons.

were Un-

One consting steamer and several shing trawlers were sunk.

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Hongkong, Stock Exchange,octal summary issued yesterday says

Market ruled very quiet but leady with business done in Danks at $1,340 and Wharves at $102. Впусти H.K. Banka $1,335 Union Ina, $400 Wharves $1013 Star Ferries 500

Yaumati Ferries $231 China Lights (Old) $0.16 China Lights (New) $5 .Electrics $33.

Contents $10% Dairy Farms (Old) $201 Dairy Farms (New) $20 Entertainments $8.00 Constructions (Old) $1

Sellers

H. & S..Hotels $5.16 Lands $34 Telephones (Old) $25 Cements $10% Watsons $8,05

Sales H.K. Banks $1,340 Wharves $102 Docks $107.00

Teamwhys $17

Entertainments $6%

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TROOPSHIP ESCAPES

Near Disaster In Collision

Total Loss 224,000 Toni SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH''

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The principal German Ruccesses have been against unarmed merchant ships, including neutrals. They now dare to operate only.

1- Against neutrals inside terri- torial waters!

2.In the Baltics 3-Machine-gunning, trawlers; 4-Mine-kying the trading lanes normally used by neutral shipping.

The Canadians

LONDON, Dec. 20 (UP)-R calculated that the loss of the Cer- man liner Columbus brings the total German merchant marine losses dur- ing the war up to 41 vessels addre- Rating 224.000 tons. The Columbus The Canadian troops onlying in was the 18th vessel to be scuttled. England were entirely recruited by Four merchantimen were sunk in voluɔtary calistment. French- other ways, while 16 have been rap-speaking Candians rallied as eagerly tured by the Allies and three were as English-speaking Canadians, seized in Allied ports when war was emphasising the overwhelning - ver-

diet of the Quebec' general election. The Columbus is easily, the largest Ties constitute a citizen torce from province, all classes lind

the Indian the liberties and values at stake in Ocean after she had slipped out on the present struggle. what was believed to have been a trip to supply the Admiral Graf Spee,

LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter).dectured). A British troopship's recent

escape from a disastrous collision victim of the sea warfare, the next, every

heing the Walushi, of 9,521 Ions, sections "coming to fight in defence of

by a few feet was disclosed which was sculled in to-night.

The second ship, also British, which was outward-bound, has returned to

British port for repair.

The Incident happened in a dense fog. The ships passed so close to each other that the re-bonts which the davits of swung out on the

and πίωνε ότι smaller vessel were some actually carried away.

The troopship arrived with slight damage to her superstructure.

Because of the denseness of the foil, the smaller ship had her life-boats swung out in readiness.

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It is reported that only vo stokers are missing, otherwise all) persons aboard the German th/p|· have been rescued,

Naxis Kept. In Ignorance BERLIN, Dec, 20 (Reuter)—Up to The fog immediately swallowed up! both ships and it was only when the a late hour to-day, Germans were that the allowed to know outward-bound vessel returned, to not port that its identity was established. Columbus had been scuttled by her crew, nor did they know that the 11 is understood that the vessel French and sunk two more U-boats: with which the troopship nearly Narls

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Franco-Japanese Dispute Ends

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PARIS, Dee. 20 (Reuter)A Franco-Japanese agreement is stined selling the terms of execution of the agreement between the Municipality of Tokyo and French bondholders.

y, Ger

A Foreign Ofllco.....repiméntátive: 20 (leuter)-Up to a late hour

declared: The agreement happily Germans were noti allowed to know that the Columbus ends a long dispute and cannot fall had been sculled by her crew, nor relations."

to. favour closer Franco-Japanese

BERLIN,

did they know that the French had sunk two more U-boats.

No Naval Action

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (Reuter). Mr. Stephen Early, the White Hound

LONDON, Dec. 20 (Reuter) Secretary, declared: that the shore About 600 men of the 1.A.F. the complete reports now received have first to come home on Christmas convinced the United States Govern

ment that the Columbus had scutited lenye, arrived in London by special herself in urder to avoid the risk of train to-night.

encounter or

Brizure

outside the They were nl1 smiling and happy. Neitralliy Zone.

and many worê sprigs of mistletoe. No naval action or encounter wra

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