SUBMARINES IN DISGUISE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 9

SUBMARINES IN DISGUISE

GERMAN CRAFT IN REBEL PORT STORY TOLD BY ENGLIS OFFICER IDENTIFYING MARKS PAINTE OUT BEFORE SAILING (edited press Associ.vrroN —copyright.) (Received September 12, 11.30 p.m. LONDON, September 11. The “Daily Herald” says an extra ordinary story is told by Mr T. J Morgan, third engineer of th steamer Campden Hill. He said In saw disguised German submarine in the Spanish rebel port of Huelva in South-West Spain. Mr Morgan said; “We entcrcc Huelva on July 19. A few day; later four submarines, U23, .U24 U35, and U36, arrived. I saw them the day they left. “They had their identification marks concealed with grey paint while the large letters painted on the conning-towers had been replaced by black canvas numbers which could be easily removed.” exists at the present time in the Mediterranean and involves a risk of further and more grave incidents. “We also hope for quick success through collaboration by all for the creation of a better atmosphere which, in the last few weeks, has become far too heavy. We hope to create more favourable conditions in which to discuss wider European problems in the spirit of collaboration.” Soviet Ready to Participate M. Litvinoff (Russia) said that the only States which could avoid participating in the discussions were those which could assure themselves against piracy, either because they themselves were responsible or because extreme intimacy with the pirates made an understanding possible. “Everyone knows the object of this piracy and the identity of the State pursuing it,” he declared. “That State’s name is on every lip, although it cannot be pronounced here.” M. Litvinoff said that the Soviet could not remain inactive in the hope that its legitimate rights would perhaps be defended by international organisation, but the Soviet was ready to participate in collective measures for the defence of Sta/tes which were not guaranteed against piracy. Technical Committee Suggested hater Mr Eden proposed that the conference be organised as a technical committee. This ended the public session. It is generally believed that the propoas upon which the British and French delegates are said to have reached a complete agreement provide for the v/idcst measure of international naval co-operation, by which the warships of contracting parties will be available for the defence of all shipping subjected to attacks in the Mediterranean. In London there is no disposition to read into the absence of Italy and Germany from to-day’s meeting an unwillingness to co-operate in measures upon which the conference may eventually decide, and it is regarded as probable that the conference, before breaking up, will devise a suitable procedure by which the absent Powers will be able to associate themselves with its conclusions and co-operate in action to which they may give rise.