BREMEN GIVEN CLEARANCE

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22804, 1 September 1939, Page 11

BREMEN GIVEN CLEARANCE

OTHER VESSELS ALSO RELEASED "V ~ ■ u PRECAUTIONS TAKEN BY POLICE NEW YORK, August 30. The announcement by the De - partment of State that : the Bremen arid other large' liners would be allowed to sail late this afternoon resolved, temporarily at least, aivim- - portant American aspect. ofTthe international : tension. --The - Bremen sailed at 6.35_ p.TO. t .after( being delayed . for 40 ' hours by the • United States r Government. ■ - ; ; On orders from Paris,, .the Nor-, mandie postponed her departure indefinitely, The 200 passengers transferred tq the Aquitaine,- which sailed at 7.35 p.m. . ; - Coastguard police boats escorted . the passengerless Bremento"” the three-mile limit in' order tor prevent. anyone boarding her: Before the vessel cast off. 90S of- , fleers and members of the crew ' massed on the foredeck and, accompanied by the’ ship’s ; band,- sang “Deutschland Über Alles.” ' The New York pressis publishing unconfirmed reports that two British destroyers are standing off .Sandy Hook to the Aquitania. which is carrying 'the, former . British Ambassador (Sir Ronald. Lindsay), or seize the Bremen in the event of war. NO COMMENT BY ." HERB HITLER ' CANADIAN . APPEAL FOR • PEACE (Received August 31, 10.30 p.m.) LONDON, August , 31. Herr- Hitler has merely acknowledged through the German CorisulGeneral the receipt of the appeal for peace sent by the Prime Minister of Canada (Mr W. L. Mackenzie King)., • The Ottawa correspondent of- the “New York Times’’ comments:'“ Why Mr Mackenzie King alone among the heads of the British Ernpire dispatched three peace exhortations has puzzled Canadians. Many now think he followed Mr Roosevelt’s example to indicate North-American solidarity.” PURCHASE OF WAR MATERIALS •; PREPARATIONS BY U.S. INCREASED APPROPRIATION , LIKELY \ ',■ i ; (Received August 31, 10.20 p.m.) > LONDON, August 31. ' It is announced that the United States ' Government is speeding up the purchase of war materials such • as manganese, chromium,- tungsten, and tin, for which an appropriation of 100,000,000 dollars was approved by Congress last session. Ten million dollars was appropriated as the first step for a fouryear plan, bpt the amount is likely to be greatly increased.