NAZIS BLAMED FOR TRAGEDY

Southland Times, Issue 23978, 20 November 1939, Page 7

NAZIS BLAMED FOR TRAGEDY

British Admiralty Statement UTTER DISREGARD FOR HUMANITY (British Official Wireless) I' (Received November 19, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 18. ’ Following the news of the sinking of ‘ the liner Simon Bolivar in the North t Sea and of the landing of the survivors at the British east coast port, the Ad- 1 miralty issued the following state- j ment: — j The mining of the Netherlands pas- , senger ship Simon Bolivar off the cast coast of England is a further example 1 of the utter disregard for interna- ’ tional law and the dictates of humanity shown by the present German Government. The mines were laid Without any notification in a channel followed by merchant shipping, both < British and neutral, and there was no J doubt that they were laid for the 1 specific purpose of destroying such j shipping. I < GERMAN RAIDER IDENTIFIED 1 —— 1 SINKING OF AFRICA 1 SHELL LONDON, November 18. The Capo Town correspondent of The Times states that the identity of the German raider which sank.the Africa Shell has been definitely established as the Admiral Scheer. A special representative of a Lourenco Marques newspaper flew to Inhambane and showed the members of the crew of the Africa Shell a selection of warship pictures, from which everyone selected the Admiral Scheer as the attacker. DECORATIONS FOR POLISHJAILORS GENERAL SIKORSKI VISITS SCOTLAND (Received November 19, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 18. The Polish Prime Minister (General Whadislaw Sikorski) visited Scotland today and conferred decorations on the personnel of the Polish warships. He called on the Lord Provost and visited Rosyth and lunched at Admiralty House with the Commander-in-Chief at Rosyth. The Duke of Kent was present. General Sikorski later visited a British ship at Rosyth and subsequently went to Edinburgh, where he met the Lord Provost and the general officer commanding the Scottish Command. After dining with the rear-admiral commanding the Rosyth dockyard, General Sikorski returned to London. GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR ESCAPE i THREE SUBMARINE SEAMEN , RECAPTURED i ■ (Received November 19, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 18. 1 Three khaki-clad German submarine ■ seamen, aged from 15 to 17 years, 5 escaped through a barbed-wire fence 1 from an internment camp in the east of Scotland. They were unable to speak English and were without money and food and were recaptured. DEATH OF GERMAN WAR PRISONERS ’ BRITAIN INFORMS NAZIS BY WIRELESS LONDON, November 18. The War Office announced the names 31 of nine German war prisoners who - have died. Germany has been informed s in wireless broadcasts. r Six died at sea, two were shot down » from the air at Dalkeith on October t 28 and one was killed in a raid on the Firth of Forth on October 16.