U-BOAT CAMPAIGN

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1939, Page 7

U-BOAT CAMPAIGN

BRITISH LOSSES REVIEWED A FAVOURABLE BALANCE [by cable —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. October 12, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 11. MrJWinston Churchill stated, in the Commons, that between September" 24 and. October 9, we had lost by submarine action 5809 tons of shipping, but had taken from the enemy 13,615 tons, so there was a balance in our favour of 7806 tons. He added: “There have been no further losses since October 9, and, during the period 50,000 tons of new shipping has come into commission, we are 58,000 tons better off than when ! made my last statement.” GALLANT SALVAGE WORK. LONDON, October 11. . A gallant R.N.V.R. lieutenant, at a west of*England port, saved two damaged merchantmen on successive days. On the first occasion, he sighted a large merchantman off shore, sinking slowly. • He went to the scene, found the ship deserted,- called for volunteers, managed to pass a towing-line,! and beached the vessel at the harbour* entrance.

Next day, he hastened to the rescue of another merchantman, which was sinking as a result of a mine explosion. He picked up the survivors, clambered aboard as the ship was heeling over, and cut the anchor cable, enabling her to be towed to the shqre and beached. ■ SWEDISH'VESSEL SUNK. LONDON, October 10. Another neutral ship, the Swedish Vistula, of 674 tons, with a crew of 18, has been sunk by a German submarine. The U-boat sank the vessel in the North Sea on Sunday. The

crew were taken on board the submarine and later put in two boats". One of these two has reached a northern port of Britain, but the other, with the captain and a crew of eight, has not been reported. A search is being made in heavy seas. PROTEST BY NEUTRALS. LONDON, October 11. The Scandinavian Powers have protested to Germany against the sinking of neutral ships. IROQUOIS SIGHTED. (Recd. October 12, 2.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 11. The Iroquois was sighted off Long Island, accompanied by an escort of destroyers and five, naval airplanes. The passengers were walking along the decks, unconcernedly. SUSPECTED GERMAN RAIDER. SEEN OFF PACIFIC COAST. SAN JOSE (Costa Rica), October TO. A steamer without flags, apparently the German steamer Havelland,; disguised, was sighted off Cap Velas, on the Pacific Coast. This lends, credence to the belief that she' may have turned raider or is preparing to fuel submarines. The Havelland left Punta Arenas, on Sunday with 62,000 gallons of Diesel oil on board. CHILEAN NAVAL PATROL. VALPARAISO, October .11. The Chilean navy to-day began patrolling the neutrality zone. A Chilean destroyer picked up a British liner and accompanied her to Valparaiso. The escort implied that in the event of the liner being attack ed, the destroyer would come to her defence. GERMANS IN RUSSIAN PORTS. RIGA, October 11. There are now fifty-eight German steamers anchored in the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Archangel, in the White Sea area.