WAR ON NEUTRALS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21034, 9 February 1940, Page 5

WAR ON NEUTRALS

NAZI COMPLAINT DANISH REJOINDER (Official Wireless) (Received Feb. 9, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 8 The press gives attention to a spirited press re joiner from Denmark to German attempts simultaneously to alarm neutral shipping by indiscriminate attacks at sea and to browbeat the neutral press, which, according to German protests, have given more prominence to the British report of the recent Nazi air raid on shipping off the English coast than to the German version. The following comment is made on the subject of attacks on neutral shipping by the Copenhagen newspaper Berlingske Tidende. “What in Germany is regarded as a triumph to German arms is for Denmark only too often a sad message of death to Danish seamen, pain and suffering to Danish homes, and loss of valuable cargo ships. The German press must thus not be surprised if events in the sea war received treatment in the Danish Press different to what has been expected, and if the Danish public opinion reacts in a way not expressive of sympathy or admiration.”

MORE NEUTRAL VICTIMS

19 PERSONS MISSING (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 7 Nineteen are believed to be missing from the Estonian cargo vessel Anu. 1421 tons, which was mined in the North Sea. Five of the crew and two women were rescued. A message from Las Palmas states ii was the Armac Star (cabled earlier as the Armania Star) which was torpedoed without warning off Lisbon on February 3. The crew was rescued.