RAPID RISE IN WAR RISKS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21154, 29 September 1938, Page 10

RAPID RISE IN WAR RISKS

EFFECT OF DANGER OF WAR Staggering Increases Announced Metals for Germany Held-up United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 28. 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, September 27. Insurance underwriters have suspended war risk protection on cargoes going to Germany, directly or indirectly, All war risk rates are all redoubled. Some quotations are 200 times greater than before the Czech crisis. CAPTAINS FEAR CAPTURE GERMAN STEAMERS IN COLON United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 28, 11.30 p.m.) COLON (Panama), September 28. Agents and captains of German ships here, to-day conferred whether to remain in the Canal zone or in the event of war to run for other neutral ports, risking the British naval units patrolling the Caribbean Sea. REFUS/1L TO LOAD SHIPS HOLD-UP OF GERMAN SUPPLIES United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 28, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, September 28. Thirty-six men at King’s Lynn refused to load on a German steamer, 100 tons of pig iron, for Hamburg, saying: “We should not load cargo that may be used against us in a few days.” GERMAN SHIPS RECALLED IMMEDIATE RETURN URGED (Jnlted Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 28, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, September 28. It is reported from Berlin that German shipping lines have recalled all ships at present on the high-seas. EXODUS OF AMERICANS BIG DEMAND FOR SHIPS United Press Association—By Electric Tel egraph—Copyright (Received September 29, 1 a.m.) WASHINGTON, September 28. The State Department to-day cabled all American consuls to amend certificates for westbound liners to enable them to carry increased passengers. The Maritime Commission has prepared marine mobilisation plans to evacuate 115,000 Americans in Europe if war breaks out. The Commission’s chairman, Rear-Admiral Land said: “Virtually every ship flying the American flag could be requisitioned,” and added “the first and second classes of 115 laid up ships, could be returned to service at a reasonably low cost with considerable rapidity.” AUSTRALIAN PORTS AFFECTED GERMAN AND ITALIAN VESSELS DEPART United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received September 29, 1.43 a.m.) SYDNEY, September 28. Two German and Italian freight vessels in port in Sydney, yesterday suddenly departed for an unknown destination.