NAZI BRUTALITY.
BRITISH DIPLOMATS. Herded In Brewers' Drays Rushed To Prison. OUTRAGES IN COPENHAGEN. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Received 9.30 a.m.) LOXDOX, April 15. Diplomatic representatives on their arrival at Brussels from Denmark disclosed that the Germans in their invasion of Denmark flagrantly ignored diplomatic usage.
They broke into the British Legation at Copenhagen, seized the British Minister, Mr. C. Howard Smith, and his entire staff, who were herded in two open brewers' drays, in which they were rushed to Kastell to prison.
The Legation secretary, Mr. P. Everington Smith, who protested, claiming diplomatic immunity, was seized and handcuffed.
interviewed by the Daily Mail correspondent at The Hague said: "We looked for all the world like aristocrats carted in tumbrils to the guillotine."
Members of the Legation staff from Copenhagen say that many Britons remain in Denmark, including Father Martindale. The Legation asked- permission to bring him, but the Nazir refused.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 90, 16 April 1940, Page 7
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