BRUTAL NAZI

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23491, 31 October 1939, Page 7

BRUTAL NAZI

U-BOAT COMMANDEB DEATH ORDER FOR' VICTIMS RESCUERS FUME WITH RAGE LONDON. Oct. 20 An order that 100 British soldiers and airmen should be left to drown was •riven by the commander of a U-boat to the captain of an American rescue ship. This new form of Nazi sea barbarism was revealed when survivors of the torpedoed British steamer Yorkshire were landed at an English port The order was ignored by the captain of the American steamer Independence Hall, and most of the men, with their wives and families, were saved. Americans Disregard Order The soldiers and airmen were being invalided home from India "and the Far East. "The captain of the Independence. Hall saw red when tho U-boat commander ordered him not to rescue the soldiers and airmen," said one survivor. "The American seamen were still fuming at the ruthlessness of the order when we were picked up in pitch darkness after having been seven hours adrift. "Most of the invalid soldiers were being sent to hospitals in England. One of them —the worst case of the lot —was left behind, and went down with the £ihip. Intense Bitterness ol Seamen "X heard one American sailor shout with rage: 'l'll get into this war within a week if I can. We'll sweep these Nazis off the seas.' "The soldiers thought the submarine might follow the Independence Hall to see if the captain carried out the order not. to pick thein up, so when they appeared on deck they shrouded themselves in sheets and blankets to hide their uniforms. "But I do not think the American officers or crew would have cared if the. Germans had seen them. I have never seen a crowd of seamen so bitter."

GERMAN RAIDERS FIVE IN ATLANTIC PARIS PRESS REPORT BATTLESHIPS AND STEAMERS By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright PARIS, Oct. 2H The military correspondent of the newspaper L'lntransigeant states that five German raiders are apparently operating in the North and South Atlantic, namely, the battleships Deutschland and Admiral Scheer, and the steamers Westfalen, Friesenland and Ostmark.

The last three were formerly supply ships for the German South Atlantic aeroplane services. The Schwabenland, another of this group, is now reported to have sunk the steamer Clement before British cruisers sent the German vessel to the bottom.

The Westfalen (5367 tons), the Ostmark (1280 tons), the Friesenland (5434 tons), and the Schwabenland (8631 tons) comprise, the entire shipping fleet of Deutsche Lufthansa, A.G., the German Airways, and have been used as aeroplane service ships in the company's air route from Germany to South American ports. The Schwabenland was reported to have been sunk by the British on October 22. FOOD FOR BRITAIN CANADA'S PROBLEMS UNDERSOLD BY COMPETITORS FIXED PRICE POSSIBLE (Received October 30, 7.30 p.m.) OTTAWA, Oct. 29 The Canadian delegation to the Empire conference, headed by Mr. T. A. Crerar, Minister of Mines and Resources, includes the Commissioner of the Wheat Board, Mr. George McIvor, and marketing and commercial officials, indicating a co-ordinated attack on food-supply problems. The delegation has reached London. The present conditions are limiting the export of Canadian wheat to the United Kingdom and have stopped apple exports. Cheese and bacon export prices are below the cost of production. A spokesman explains that competitors are accepting lower prices. Britain cannot pay Canada relatively higher prices than Australia and New Zealand. Britain is buying Australian and Argentine wheat for 46 to 50 cents, which, in spite of transport, is cheaper than Winnipeg's 69 cents. The London discussions may result in an agreement whereby Canada's normal tonnage exported to the United Kingdom receives a fixed price. COLONISING POLAND HARD GERMAN MEASURES RUSSIANS REACH LATVIA LONDON, Oct. 20 Hcrr Himmler, who is directing the colonisation of Poland by Germans evacuated from Estonia .and Latvia, has begun his duties, assisted by three confiscation commissioners, savs the Riga correspondent of the 'Times. Onerous discriminatory restrictions will be enforced on the remnants of the Poles not yet expelled. Schools and hospitals have been closed. Poles must surrender all valuables and foreign currency, while Germans whose property is suffering will be compensated with Polish property. Destitute Poles will receive no support and no consideration. The first train-load of Russian troops has arrived at the frontier of Latvia in order to take up 'bases granted under the Soviet-Latvian Pact, says the Riga correspondent'-of the Associated Press of Great Britain. t DESTINATIONS REACHED ALL TROOPS FROM INDIA British Wireless LONDON, Oct. 20 The Government of India is now in a position to state that all troops who have proceeded out of India have arrived safely at their destinations, and that no Indian units so far have suffered any loss. Some Indian officers of the Royal Indian Navy are working with the Royal Navy for war duties, but the exact number has not been announced.