UNARMED SEAMEN
MURDERED BY NAZIS INSTINCTS OF HUMANITY MR CHURCHILL’S VIEWS (Official wireless) (Received Feb. 15, 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 14 Mr Winston Churchill was asked in the House of Commons whether, in view of the murder of unarmed seamen by German airmen, he would consider ceasing to send ships to pick up these German airmen when their planes are brought down at sea. He replied: “The ordinary instincts of humanity require the rescue from the sea of drowning of castaways should they be observed by His Majesty’s ships in the course of their duties.” Mr Churchill said that adequate steps are being taken to protect trawlers and fishing-boats. He hoped that every vessel trading in the North Sea would be armed within six weeks. He added that he would not have expected attacks on small and unarmed vessels in normal circumstances, but now it appeared that every vessel must be effectively armed to resist the Germans’ murderour attacks.
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Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21039, 15 February 1940, Page 8
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