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BOARDING OF VESSEL CHARGES AGAINST BRITAIN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 13 An example of misrepresentation by German wireless occurred on Saturday, when a Nazi sender broadcast the following in German: “The Rumanian coastal ship Transylvania, en route from Athens, was stopped by an English destroyer on entering the Dardanelles, inside Turkish territorial waters, and examined for two hours for German goods and passengers. The examination was without result. “ This procedure is further proof that England controls ships entering the Dardanelles, without regard to Turkey.” The actual facts are that the Transylvania, a vessel of 6772 tons, and in no sense a coastal vessel, was boarded for examination on Friday by a party from a British warship, 100 miles south of the Dardanelles. It was found that she had a general cargo covered by a clearance certificate and the ship was quickly released and allowed to proceed on her voyage, which was from Egypt to Constanza. BITTER PRESS CAMPAIGN HUNGARY AND RUMANIA (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright’> BUDAPEST. Feb. 13 The bitter press campaign between Hungary and Rumania is intensifying. It is hoped that the visit of the Rumanian Minister, M. Sirorovici, to Rome may result in Italian mediation.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21039, 15 February 1940, Page 7
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