SABOTAGE PLOT
TRANS-ATLANTIC VESSELS
PLANS TO USE BOMBS
OVERHEARD IN HOTEL
FATE OF LINER PARIS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. April 21, 9 a.m.) LONDON", April 20. Messages from Le Havre state thai nine cases of art treasures, which were being forwarded to the New York Fair, have been removed from the French liner Paris, which caught fire yesterday and subsequently sank at the side of the dock. It is hoped to save a remaining case containing five small sculptures.
Though the police slated yesterday that it was premature to attribute the disaster to arson, it was officially admitted to-day that the Surete received a warning on Saturday last of attempts being made to .sabotage trans-Atlantic liners. It was feared that the first, blow would be against the Ndrmandie, in which the watch was trebled.
A warning came from Nice, where a woman overheard a hotel conversation detailing plans to bomb liners.
The French Minister of Merchant Marine, M. Louis de Chappedelaine, arrived at Le Havre to-day for an inquiry into the fire in the Paris.
Despite official reticence, the press is unanimous in the opinion that the outbreak was attributable to a foreign Power. French newspapers pillory the authorities in connection with the watch kept in ships in port, recalling that this was not an isolated case.
The third largest ship of the French Line, the Paris was built at Le -Havre in 1921, her gross tonnage being 34,569. She was capable of a service speed of 21£ knots.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19918, 21 April 1939, Page 5
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