ADVICE TO U-BOATS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 28, 13 November 1939, Page 5

ADVICE TO U-BOATS.

MOVEMENTS OF SHIPPING. REPORTS FROM MEXICO. NEW YORK, November 11. The Mexico City correspondent of the Associated Press of America states that Allied and neutral foreign intelligence agents are investigating reports that secret German radio stations, deep Jn the interior of Mexico, are sending information to sea l'aiders on movements of ships. The rugged interior and difficult communications hamper Government control of the situation.

The Mexico City correspondent of the “New York Times” states that the first positive evidence of German submarines in the Caribbean sea, communicating with agents in Mexico, came when a carrier pigeon fell exhausted near Mexico City. An Indian retrieved it and it eventually reached representatives of the Allied Powers, who found a tube attached to the bird’s leg, containing three pieces of paper. The first was a cutting from a German newspaper in the margin of which uas written the date October 17, the time 4 a.m.fi and a position by latitude and longitude roughly lb miles off the mouth of the Panuco river. The cutting did not relate to the war, but it is thought it may have a code meaning. The writing is believed to indicate the rendezvous of a submarine with the Mexican refuelling agents. The second, paper was yellow tissue-paper on which was written “TJZ 09, apparently representing a submarine, and a German phrase which is

translated, “Salute to distant pretty Mexico.” The third paper was a white sheet at the top of which the letters “JU” were repeated three times. The remainder of the sheet was blank. This is believed to contain writing in invisible ink. The investigators are attempting to use the pigeon to discover where it was flying to when it fell.