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July 11, 1940.

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PARTHIAN'S Internment SUCCESS Of Aliens

Hongkong Station Ship & Refugees

Sinks Italian U-Boat

H. M. submarine Parthilan (1,470 tons) which until re- cently was attached to China Station in Hongkong has sunk nn Italian submarine in the Mediterranean, according to a "Reqter" message received this morning.

Lieut, Cmdr. M. G, Rimington, who is still in command of Parthian, is very well known in Hongkong.

An Admiralty communique on the encounter between submarines states that the Italion vessel was sighted on the surface at close range.

Licut Cmdr. Rimington monoeuvr el into position and fired torpedoes at the enemy submarine,

The subsequent explosion threw quantities of debris high into the alr. The Italian vessel's bows rose to an angle of 70 degrees and sho slid to the bottom of the Mediter rancan xtern first:

According to the pre-war Hongkong naval fist Parthian had aboard, in addition to Lieut. Cmdr. Rimington, Lleuts. J. B. de B. Kershaw, H. D. Verschoyle, A. C. Halliday und Lieut.

H. D. T. Dumn. (E)

Licut. Cmdr. Rimington, who was unmarried, joined the ship In May, 1938. He is a well-known member of the Hongkong Club where, earlier this year, he won the Kemp Cup in the club's. English bowling tourna ment.

Death Of Capt. E. Nielsen

Far East Cableship Commander

The death occurred yesterday at the War Memorial Nursing Home of Captain E. Nielsen, commander of the cableship "Store Nordiske."

Questions Raised In Parliament

Was

MORE R.A.F. RAIDS

Damage Caused To Many Nazi Cities LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). -An Air Ministry communique states:

Some Criticism of Govern-tacked naval dockyards at Wilhelm- LONDON, July 10 (Router).

"Last night RAF bombers at- nent's policy regarding the shaven and Bremen, goods yards in internment of refugees

the Ruhr, oil refineries at Monheim, raised in the House of Commons

and aerodromes at Borkum, Texel, to-day on the adjournment.

Svhipel and Warlhaven. "Damage was done

lo all these| objectives.

The Speaker, replying for the break of war we interned every man Government and that on the out- and woman on the security list, ex- cept those who had gone back to Germany. Our polley then was to submit every enemy allen ndividual examination

to

on

The Home Office realises the risk! we are running in leaving refugees and enemy aliens at large. It serious act of espionage or

sabotage proved against any of them. should be blown sky high.

Was We

No Serious Act Paying a tribute to the behaviour of the refugees, Capt. O. Peake, Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, said that apart from one or two petty instances, there has been no serious act hostile to the State. Throughout the winter the Govern ment were able to resist the public clamour to intern the lot, but the over-running of Holland und Belgium, which attributed largely in the public mind to Fifth Columa Activities, made radical changes in the situation,

coasts.

"All our aircraft returned safely. "Extensive reconnaissances, escorts aircraft of the Coastal Command and and patrols were flown yesterday by the Bomber Command from which three of our alrcraft failed to return, Attacks On Shipping "During to-day, enemy bombers. tacks on our shipping and consts. In- escorled by fighters, carried out at formation so far received shows that In today's engagements our fighters shot down 11 enemy aircraft, three of which were bombers.

There is reason to believe that many more were seriously damaged.

"In to-day's operations two of our ghters were lost in action with the enemy.

"Yesterday three

fighters were lost."

of our

Evacuation Of Children

New Safety Measures In England

When Holland and Belgium fell, the military authorities impressed upon the Hume Office that enemy and neutral allens. should be removed from the East and South Large numbers of aliens consequently had to move into areas where theyThe Ministry of Health an- were unknown and were received with suspicion and distrust, and the only practical method in dealing with the problem was to intern the males.

Refugees Alarmod

polley was the fact that many re- A further reason for a change in fugees were in such a state of alarm, on account of the suspicions shown) towards them, that they asked for Internment for their own themselves safety.

The last and

sideration was that that policy was most urgent cou- strongly advocated by the military authorities.

Captain Nielsen who was born in Aarhus, Denmark 12 years ago com- menced his scatering career in 1912 and served his apprenticeship in sailing ships on voyages from Europe to the West coast of South America and in the Atlantic trade. The hard life of a reamen on board wind- Jammers gave him a thorough train- Regarding the question of sending ing in coping with life at sea under

refugees to most dimeuit circumstances;-ship--Peake said he realised the natural the Dominions, Capt, wrecked on the coast of Iceland and anxiety, particularly in view of the Blso experiencing the wredding of And his ship through a mine explosion of Shipping had said yesterday that Andora Star disaster. The Minister

sympathisers, the Germans nboard were Nazi not refugees. Capt. Peako announced that Canada had agreed to take 6,700 prisoners of war and internees, and these had all gone to Canada,

during the last world war were among some of his many varied ad- ventures,

and

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter).

nounces that school-children evacuated from London at the beginning of the war to Brigh- ton, Hove, Portslade, Southwick

further inland on Sunday. and Shoreham are being moved

They number 8,000.

The Government has decided to hye and the, urban districts of New- declare Eastbourne, Hastings, Bexhill, haven and Seaford to be evacuation areas.

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Transfor Overseas LONDON, July 10 (Reuter).-The the transferring of children oversens extent to which, if all schemes about

urgent consideration and an should be proceeded-with-is-under nouncement is expected next weekt. silated by the large number of op- The pause in the scheme is neces- plications and is responsible for the general review of the arrangements.

that

Well Known in Shanghai

pressure is being put upon the Gov-

There is reason to believe After obtaining certificates ns male

ernment to reconsider the dangers to and master from the school at Svendborg in Denmark he navigation

which the children might be exposed joined the service of The Great

House Of Lords Questions

in transit, as well as the bearing of Northern Telegraph. Company

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). In the very extensive scheme 1022, and having served for 10 years Marchwood

in the House of Lorda to-day, Lord number of escort vessels required."

upon the as an officer with that company's Government would follow the action

asked whether the Canada Wants Them cable steamers, engaged upon the of the Government of the Straits Emphasising the keen disappointment

OTTAWA, July 10 (Reuter) work of repairing submarine tele- Settlements, who had decided to in which will be felt in Canada if the graph cables in east Asiatic waters, tern all enemy aliens. he obtained the position as comman-

scheme of evacuating children over- der of one of the ships in 1032.

Lord Marchwood also asked sens falls through, an Immigration His fine and upright chameter sidered it undesirable to intern them is ready here now,

whether, if the Government con- ometal stated: "All the machinery gained him a wide circle of friends in Britain, they would as soon as

We just have to in Shanghai, where he had made his possible ship them to where they start to receive and care for these turn a switch and organisation will home, and in other ports of the Far would constitute the least danger to children for the duration, East.

the State.

Deep sympathy will be extended to the widow and two young sons in their loss.

INVASION OF EIRE DANGER

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)The danger of invasion in Ireland and consequential bazards in the western seas involved are clearly very muchị in the official mind now that all hope of reaching an accommodation with Mr. Eamon De Valera appears to have passed.

There is clearly an accentuated | need for watching the seas about Ireland a process which Eire's in- sistence upon neutrality makes the more pressing.

GAOLER.GETS 1:5.M.

view of the greatly-increased danger Lord Croft, replying, said that la of invasion, the Government, on the grounds of military necessity, accept- ed the principle of internment of large categories of enemy allens.

Every effort was being made to send to the Dominions as many civil- lan Internees as they were willing to accept and for whom shipping accommodation could be provided.

Australia'.

Munitions

Wide Expansion Of Industry

"Meanwhile in New York are plans of the utmost vigour."

Democrats Want Roosevelt

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

CHICAGO, July 10 (UP)—A

cording to the best information avail- able. President Roosevelt will be af third term eandidate while the speaker of the Senate, Senator Wil liam Bonichead will be the favourite to win the Vice Presidential nomina- tion after

the Dee

Democratic Conven- tion opens five days hence,

Other Vice Presidential aspirants factutte Senator James Byrnes and Senator Alben Barkley.

STOCK EXCHANGE HESITANT

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter) The R. G. Menzies, the Australian Prime LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)---Mr, Imperial Service Medal is awarded to Ramalingam Rossatala, Senior Tamil Minister, to-day announced an ex- interpreter of the FM.S., and to

tension of the Commonwealth's munt-

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter),On Samuel Wright, a gaoler in the

tion industry at an outlay of several the Stock Exchange to-day, Sir Straits Prison Service.

millions of pounds.

Kingsley Wood's overight reference Sites have been chosen. In South to the probability of increased taxa- Australla, factories will All ex- tion was responsible for the hesitant plosives; in Victoria, cases and fuses lone of the market, but selling was will be made; in Western Australia, very small. shells and primers will be made; in

Gill-edged holdings finished either Queensland, fuses and shells will be unchanged or slightly lower made; and in Tasmania primers and balance. shells will be made.

Other groups mostly were casier but there was evidence of greater Ormness In the late session.

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of Hongkong. statement on the political, financial and economic situation

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Polish Skippers present some difficulties in finding LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). cargo space for shipment of the-Determined action by two Colony's exports.

The Government has also improved Polish merchantship captains has the position of its liquid reserves by saved their ships for future ser- a recent flotation of the balance of a vice in the war against Germany, loan authorised in 1034.

It is revealed in London to-day.

"The cost of living still shows an upward trend due to circumstances beyond.oor control," Mr. Hall con- cluded,

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LONDON, July. 10 (Reuter)-in

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One of the ships, of 3,000 tons, was In harbour at Dakar when she ordered by the French authorities not to sall. The Polish captain Ignored the order, brought his siup out by

dodging beams of searchlights and of defences.

manoeuvred his way through the net

connection with the arrest of General.. Escaped Under Fire

Antonescu, the Rumanian Iron Guard Leader, a statement issued by the was in the inner harbour of a French The other vessel, a 5,000 tonner, Rumanian Ministry of Propaganda West African port. She escaped at states that he was arrested because night under fire from shore batterics. of his unfriendly attitude towards the present regime.

Both ships are now in British ports.

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