ADVOCACY OF PEACE.
OLD FOES CO-OPERATE. SEQUEL TO U-BOAT EPISODE. (Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Nov. I’3. A former German naval captain and a former officer of the British Navy, who met on board a U-boat in 1917 and agreed that “ war is rotten,” will appear together at a meeting in support of the League of Nations Union next Monday at Reading. They are Commander Normal Lewlss and Captain Ernst Hashagen. Commander Lewiss' decoy ship was torpedoed by the U-boat, which was commanded by Captain Hashagen. He was picked up by the crew of the submarine, kept on board for 19 days, and treated with courtesy and kindness. When the submarine reached Heligoland the two officers shook hands, before Commander Lewlss was handed over as a prisoner. They will meet again for the first time since then when Captain Hashagen reaches London on Friday. Commander Lewlss will entertain him and will introduce him to the naval officers at Pangbourne Naval College-
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17869, 15 November 1929, Page 7
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159ADVOCACY OF PEACE. Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17869, 15 November 1929, Page 7
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