U-BOAT CAMPAIGN

Grey River Argus, 20 March 1942, Page 6

U-BOAT CAMPAIGN

SOUTH AFRICAN RESENTMENT. MONTEVIDEO, March 18. Heavy police guards were placed at the German Legation blowing student riots occasioned by the Uruguayan merchantman off tne Sot Haiti. Several youths were injured during the dispersal by po lice who were wielding sticks. SANTIAGO, March 18. Students smashed the windows of Axis-owned shops, . as a protest against the torpedoing of a Chilean freighter off the United States. Youths shouted for an immediate diplomatic break. Fifteen demonstrators were arrested. The Government spokesman indicated that the sinking at present does not afford relations with Germany.

U.S. ANTI-SUBMARINE FORCES.

TO BE INCREASED

(Rec. 9.30.) NEW YORK, Mar. 18. Colonel Knox, Navy Secretary, said: A considerable increase in the submarine surface and air patrol fleet along the eastern coast of the United States will be made within sixty days. Colonel Knox urged that all sea captains should co-operate following certain shipping lanes. Ihe effectiveness of this policy had been demonstrated. Out of one thousand ships which cleared New York, only five had been sunk in the lanes outlined by the Navy.