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Big British Naval Victory at Skager Rak is Announced

NAZIS

AND

What they

Say about us

LONDON

TELEGRAPH"

SPECIAL TO THE LONDON, Apr. 9 (UP)—– *The Lion Awakeş," This is the heading given to today's Editorial in the "Evening News," in commenting on the Allied decision to mine Norwegian] waters.

"The free nations of the world will see the British Lion awaken- ed at last, and nwakened with a welcome roar," the paper states.

"They will see the Allies no longer ready to stand idly on one side while) the Nazis browbeat weaker neutrals Into aiding and abetting Hitler's defiance of all International Law and human decencies.

We

may

sympathise with the Norwegians. But they have not the power to withstand or resist the German pirates.

LOSE WARSHIP,

PLANES

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

SAYS

LONDON, APRIL 8 (UP).—ALTHOUGH NO OFFICIAL COM-

MUNIQUES HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY EITHER THE BRITISH OR NAZI

ADMIRALTIES, IT NOW APPEARS THAT REPORTS OF A BIG NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE SKAGER RAK ARE CONFIRMED. ¦

GERMAN LOSSES BEING A WARSHIP, TWO U-BOATS AND A NUM- BER OF AIRPLANES.

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EARLY REPORTS ANNOUNCE A BRITISH NAVAL VICTORY, THE

The battle appears to have been the initial clash following the depar- ture of the German Flect from its base at Kiel.

A Norwegian ship has arrived at Lillesand with fifty German and Bri- Most of the survivors are from two Nazi tish survivors of the battle. U-Boats, which appear to have been carly victims in the encounter.

SWIFT ACTION: FOUR

NAZI SHIPS SUNK

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

STOCKHOLM, April 8 (UP). Scandinavian newspapers

www.w

The pilot of the ship said they had narrowly escaped the battle, which took place in the Skager | Rak. Part of the ship's side

was blown away.

A large number of bodies are being washed ashore at Kristiansand.

Belligerents May Fight On Norway's Soil

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH''

OSLO, Apr. 9 (Domel).The situation in the Scandinavian countries is rapidly becoming strained.

It is believed here that one far-reaching outcome of the Intensified Allied blockade will be that both the Allies and Germany will send armed forces Norway, ostensibly to protect their neutrality.

Political observers believe that Norway and Sweden will con- clude military

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defensive alliance in order to meet the new situation.

Nazi Fleet Off Norway UnconOrmed reports from Stock- | ***

holm state that the German Fleet is

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U-BOATS REPORT

BRITISH PLAN TO DYNAMITE DANUBE

Amazing Sabotage Plot Is Alleged

By German News Agency

"TELEGRAPH"

Office,

THE SPECIAL TO BERLIN, April 8 (UP).-The German Foreign according to the D.N.B. Agency, is in possession of documentary evidence of "a colossal sabotage plan by the British Secret Service."

Village Near

The plan was to sabotage and divert the Danube River, one of the main German transport life-lines in the Balkans.

Under the plan, states D.N.B...!

and British motor - boats

barges, manned by British naval and milit- sry officers, made an effort to sail Up the Danube in order to dynamite the banks of the river at certain polnis, and to sluk concrete-filled barges in the shipping channel.

The Intention was to completely

Europe.

expected to arrive off the Norwegian DASTARDLY" German trade with south-eastern

are issuing Extra editions as events move to a crisis in Nor-coast at 7 p.m. It is confirmed that wegian waters.

The British Navy has moved swiftly following the mining "They even have to assist in the of Norwegian waters. :piracy."

.STOCKHOLM

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH*

Four German steamers and a

Nazi. U-Boat are the first vic marines and airplanes carried

into the Skager

tims as Allied warships, sub-

STOCKHOLM, Apr. Β (UP)- "Scandinavia in closer to-day than Europe's war ever to being drawn into the Great Rak. WHT," sald

"Nyn the

Daylit!

The German, losses are: Allehanda," organ of the Swedish

The 2,395-ton sleamer Kreata, lor- Conservative Party, in an editorial pedoed by a Belikh submarine off under the headline "War Threat Over Arendal: Scandinavia.

"This violation of neutrality must be met, A mere protest is in- sufficient. Norway must reach a decision as soon as possible," the paper slotes.

"It must be assumed that Germany will not wali to adopt counter measures,"

The 9,600-ion German transport Rio de Janeira, also torpedoed off Arendal.

Hot Reception Hot For Goering's Sky Raiders

Another Fight Ends In Allies' Favour

LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter).—

the Nazi warships have passed through the Danish Straits.

An

PLOT!

Extra Edition of the "Allehanda" quotes reports from Copenhagen stating that the German Goebbels Discovers Newed the ships at Guigin.

flect intends to

mine the Skagerak from the Norwegian coast. to Den- mark, thus blocking all trade be- tween Gotheuburg and other ports on

or North Sea.

two

moved

still at their berths but smoke

This is only one of the many signs)

In

the

H.K. Bombed Japanese Air Raid On Mirs Bay

with

Alleged Plot Discovered

A SMALL Chinese village The plot was revealed when Ru- manian authorities halted and search- which lies on the shore of Mirs Bay facing British waters was "It became known on April & that, unexpectedly bombed in a Japan- Machinations

company with speedy British motor-boats, tug-boats Britannin ese air raid yesterday,

Only brief particulars are to hand BERLIN, Apr. 8 (Router), King George, together with the Bri- and it is not known why the Japanese

Elizabeth, Danubla Shell I and the Swedish coast with the Atlantic In the papers here yesterday tish steamer Dyonisin, and 94 barges, chose the village, Sha-U-chang. for instead of the news of Allied were under way up the Danube," the their attentions, unless it is because A report from Narvik states that mine-fields found in Norwegian D.N.B. report states,

there is л ferry connection Norwegian submarines out towards Westfjord this morning. waters being published they

"As the result of an indiscretion Hongkong.

Wounded Brought To H.K. Two Norweglan battleships are splashed on their front pages Dr. among the British sallars, it became is Goebbels' story about a dastard-known that there were large quanti-

As a result of the rald, two Chinese ties of revolvers, machine-guns, hand pouring out of their funnels indicat-ly British plot to blockade the grenades, ship's cannon, water bombs now in Queen Mary Hospital with ing that they are raising steam pre-Danube,

and mines aboard the British ships. ccrlous shrapnel wounds. paratory to moving.

Incy, are Chiu Hoi, 30, a resident of Specialists Disguised As Crew Tho 1.200-ton German lanker

Armada Proceeding Up Coast

"Additionally, 100 English specia-503 Nathan Road, who was visiting l'osedonia;

Eighteen or 20 Messerschmitt LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter). It is showing that the Nazi Government lists, disguised as members of the Sha-U-Chung, and Ip Shing, 37, a

resident of

of Salehuen, Chinese Terri- A fourth Nazi steamer of about fighters were involved in yester-now confrmed that between 80 and realises what a blow this new mea- crews of the British 5.000 tons, at present unidentified;

tory. personnel, were day's furious battle with a much 100 Garman warships have been sure will be. It will stop the iron among the

crift The two men were brought to Talpo figures now available show how several R.A.F, officers, and dynamit- Kattegat and the Great Beit,

ig_personnel. The armada includes several large valuable that trame was.

The Other Losses Reported The Nazi planes were of the

For over six months of the year it

expedition was fed by the to auxillary warships, in addition The

is the only route for Scandinavian ex- Chief of the English Secret Service armed trawlers. German single-engined 109 type. above-mentioned It expresses the opinion that Ger-losses can be accepted as authentic. wreckage of one of them, which

Vice-Consul. nationality not stated, were are frozen.

"When the Rumanian authorities mant coast of Sweden in an attempt that there have been additional Nazi Moselle within a mile or two of west coast of Norway, and south of Germany's imports came from coun- discovered more than 400 crates of

sighted his morning of Bud, on the

Before the war over one-third of searched the ships at Guigin, they! with losses, including a German warship, the Maginot Line, has been

Tronbicím. two U-Bouts and several airplanes, in

iries from which she is now clearly high explosives, Big warships were also seen from cut off. a big battle in the Skager Rak.

Four bodies of unknown nationally Another was seen to fall, apparent- Hustadvika, just north of Bud.

Five steamers were stopped in this inve OSLO, Apr. 8.

within the Allied Hines to (UP). The Lillesan washed up on the beach atly crippled, but no wreckage

It is reported from Bodoc, in north-from Norway. "Sjoefaris Tidende" says: "Protests The British naval action in the confirm a definite "bag," are no longer useful. We must act Skager Rak appears to be the first In recent actions, the twin-engined west Norway, that ordinary coostal concrete move, apart from the min-cannon-Bring Messerschmitt 110 has trame has been sighted proceeding ing of Norwegian waters, in the been tried out. The change back to northwards hrough the Katigat, Allied, plan to completely sever the less powerful Messerschmitt 100 German supply lines in the north. is evidently a sequel to the hot re-

ception the 110 was given. Transport Torpedoed

A German U-Boat, sunk by depth

the "Aften Bladet," organ of the charges off Lillesand, in the Skager smaller force of Hawker Hur-sighted sleaming northwards in the ore shipments through Norway ond carried five British naval officers, by ferry.

Peoples Party, says: "This is n serlous violation of Norwegian neutrality.

nak.

The

ricanes,

Pratt

and

many may retallate by mining the Wildest rumours in Scandinavia state was brought down at Boulay-ports from Oslo state that big ports to Germany for the Baltle poris In Rumania. He was disguised as a

to half a Swedish trade

Britain.

OSLO

on the basic situation."

COPENHAGEN

COPENHAGEN, Apr. 8 (Reuter).~~. "You can hardly belleve that such a blow to the independence of small nations could come from a country that has always waved the right of Independence on writes the "Ekstra-bindet.".

*ROME

her standard,"

ROME, Apr. 3. (Reuter).The

The transport Rio de Janeiro was torpedoed at 1 pm.

to

found.

located

WOS

Making Them Think Hard Marshal Goering at this stage of It is reported that she disregarded the war can better, afford to lose the

the signals of the British submarie mass-produced 109, of which he has halt. Flying fragments killed picnty, than its more exclusive big three members of the crew, but the brother. The switchover may be rest were picked up.

only temporary, but while it lasts The Posedonin was torpedoed at 3 the crack squadron to which

110's are believed to have been nt-

ነነ.

the

area.

Fear British Propaganda

American Newspapers Chary Of Articles LONDON, Apr. & (Reuter).- Mr. Alfred Duff-Cooper, former First Lord of the Admiralty and

"This cargo has been described in Of the rest

the ships manifests as "goods in three-quarters came transit" through Rumania. from Sweden and a small portion

Of these Scandinavian supplies over 7,500,000 tons came from Narvik in Norway in 1938, the other Baltle ports only handled 6,000,000 tons.

Germany is already short of iron ore and the stoppage of important) shipments through Narvik means a very serious deficiency in supplies.

Passage For Warships

Officially Donied

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BUCHAREST, Apr. 0 (UP).The D.N.B. story of the so-called British plot to sabotage the Danube has been circulating in Bucharest for several lays.

However. every denies its authenticity.

official source

When asked to-day whether uantity of high explosive has been seized on the Danube, a Rumanian Ships with other goods have been silleni sald: "A number of crater able to evade the Allled contraband containing food,

which had no control by coming through Norwegian Customs declaration, have been seized

pro-by the Rumanian authorities." videu a safe passage out for German territorial waters, which also warships and commerce riders,

Now minefields mean that at least

evening papers declare that the Fishermen report having seen tached, will be thinking hard. Allied action of mine-laying in Nor-hullitary uniforms among the This squadron was probably moved wegian waters is a breach of Nor-survivers of the Rio de Janeiro. It specially to the Western Front to War Minister, speaking in Lon- at three points the ships will have to weglan neutrality.

has been established in Oslo that the create a big impression and whip upton to-day after his return from come out of Norwegian waters with- Thus the "Tribuna." commenting vessel was a military transport with the briefly, suys!

PLEASE Turn To Page 7.

"The British, who pro- ja enpaelty for 200 troops. 'Norwegian Aghtering enthusiasm of the other la lecture tour of the United in the reach of the Royal Navy.

tested against Germany's mine wac

fare, describing it as 'barbarous have

to-day adopted the same arm against

a neutral country."

NEW YORK

LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter),--An editorial on neutrality appeared in the New York "Herald Tribune" to- day.

The editorial says that if the Allied pressure should over become severe

to a point of forcing the Sean- dinavians out of their neutral post-

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MINISTERS CONFER

Important Mecting

In London

squadrons.

Doubtless it was expected to take States, said that since the out- the heart out of the pilota Hying the break of war he had found it| single-engined Hurricanes and the Impossible to place an article in French gliters, but I so, it failed to

|American newspapers. do so.

NEW RAID ON SCAPA FLOW

LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter).—An Admiralt and Air Ministry. com- munique says that enemy aircraft tion it will be worth bearing the British Ministers from the Bal- this

LONDON, Apr. 8 (Reuter),~ carried out in attack on Scapa Flow evening without doing Any following two points in mind:

1-The whole law of neutrality kan States and the Ambassadors damage. presupposes a limited and restricted from Rome, Moscow and Ankara,

It is certain that at least one enemy

fighters.

war but in n' very real sense this is met at the Foreign Office this aircraft was brought down by our not a limited war. Not only is it be ing fought, on an economic front afternoon under the chairman- throughout the world but every ship of Lord Halifax..

nation in Europe knows that it is

The envoys immediately got to

counter-neting Germany's économie

SWEDES RUSH TO

going to be intimately affected by the grips with the co-ordinated polley of MAN DEFENCES

qulcome.

Americans were interested in Mr. Leslie Ilore-Belisha's resignation, but Mr. Hore-Bellsha was also unable to place an article in US Press, strong was the American fear of doing English propaganda.

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Britain was doing too little in acquainting Americans with the true facts while the Germans were very successful with their propa ganda,

Kenya's War Effort

"Rape Of Neutrality" SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGÍAPH"

BERLIN, Apr.0 (UP)-Authorised Nazi quarters describe the mining of Norweginn waters as "the rape of neutrality."

The Nazis charge that Britain is

prepared for "all tcutrul noli.

rict of

MAUNALOA ERUPTING

Hawaiian Volcano Spouts Lava

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Sha-U-Chung is about nine miles from Shintaukok.

LATEST

Sco Back Page For Further Late Nows

ALLIES BUY FROM U.S.

But Exports To Reich Fall Rapidly

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HONOLULU, Apr. 8 (UP).— The volcano Maunaloa began war" on erupting about 11.80 a.m, to-day, A long crack running north and The Reich is described as watching south of the summit of the crater is

NEW YORK, Apr. 8 (Reuter),— with "ice-cold composure" the latest spouting lava which is spilling in During the first six months of the developinents in Scandinavia and the three streams to the west, while a war there was a big increase in larger flow is flowing to the south, United States exports to Britain and Balkans..

FRENCH "REDS" ARRESTED

(Reuter). The PANIS, Apr. 8 i NAIROBI,

(Reuter) Police have arrested five alleged Apr. 0

of organising Kenya is preparing to produce more "Ingieaders accused wheat, fax and bends for Britain is Communilat propaganda in the indus 2-Only the defeat of Germany pressures In South-Eastern Europe SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH", the advice given by the East African rial area of northern Paris, holds out any hope of ever re- and development of British trade. STOCKHOLM, Apr 9 (UP)—Trade Delegation which is now visit- establishing any affective rule of It is understood that the meeting The Swedish Defence Guards are being London.. International Law at all.. If In en-will last at least a week. No official!ing rapidly reinforced, especially in Kenya is also planning a war-time compassing that detrat the Allies statement will be published until the the southem districts of Sienne and supply of hay in the near Middle

termination. PLEASE Turn To Pago 7.

Smooland.

East.

glowing brilliantly in the darkness,

None of the natives have left the vicinity and the Inva is not headed

towards formlands or habitations.

France and a big falling off in those

Germany.

to

Up to the end of February the total value of exports from the United States robo by one-third

GREEK STEAMER (407,000,000). Of these the value

IS SUNK

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON,

0 Apr.

(UP) The The Police assert that the accused 4,832 ton Greek steamer Okeanin was are taking orders from the Third sunk to-day, apparently by a mine.

The Chief Engineer is missing, and International,

Twelve others were arrested elsa-the rest of the crew were rescued and vhere In France,

have been landed at an English port. ᅡ

of the total exports to Germany was £170,000 or £18,000,000 less than corresponding figure for 1038.

The exporta to Britain totalled Franco over £70,000,000 and to £37,000,000,

The British figure represents on The pur- increase of 15 per cent. chases of aeroplanes by the Allies amounted almost to £23,000,000.