SEA ROUTES

Evening Star, Issue 23381, 26 September 1939, Page 5

SEA ROUTES

KEPT OPEN BY FRENCH SUCCESS OF CONVOY SYSTEM LONDON, September 25. The Paris correspondent of the ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ says that the French navy is using the convoy system so successfully that several big French liners, carrying thousands of passengers, including many Americans, had crossed the Atlantic without the slightest danger. The North African and other trade routes are also functioning without interruption.

ATTACK SEEN FROM COAST SUBMARINE FIRES WITHOUT WARNING LONDON, September 25. (Received September 26, at 8 a.m.) People on the coast saw the attack on the Hazelside. The wireless operator, Birket, stated that the submarine fired without warning, and the two lifeboats were wrecked. Fifteen men had put off in a small jolly boat, and seven clambered on a raft.

KAFIRISTAN'S SURVIVORS ARRIVAL AT NEW YORK NEW YORK, September 24. The American Farmer brought 29 survivors from the Kafiristan, which was torpedoed on September 17. The master, John Busby, reported that the submarine was sunk by bombs from a piano which was believed to have been attached to H.M.S. Courageous. The piano arrived unseen and machinegunned and bombed the submarine, achieving a direct hit. SUNK WITHOUT WARNING LONDON, September 25. The Hazelside (Short Bros. Ltd., Sunderland; 4,646 tons) was sunk without warning and 12 of the crew of 24 are reported to have been lost, including the captain. PRIZE COURT ESTABLISHED IN GERMANY BERLIN, September 25. The German official wireless station announced that the Reich Ministry of Justice has established a Prize Court, which it hails as proof of the “ continued success ” of Germany’s counterblockade. It added that the court would pronounce sentences in strict accordance .with international law.

CONCERN IN SWEDEN SINKINGS BY GERMAN SUBMARINES STOCKHOLM, September 25. Sweden is concerned over the sinking by German submarines of two Finnish pulp ships. Large quantities of pulp are awaiting shipment to Britain and America pending an indication whether Germany considers them contraband. TERRITORIAL WATERS PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SUGGESTION PANAMA CITY, September 24. Several delegations to the PanAmerican Conference suggested an extension of the territorial waters, only differing on the width of the proposed “ primary defence band.” It is reliably stated that opinion is crystallising in favour of 300 miles. The proposal was not registered formally, pending a plenary session tomorrow. It may then be advanced jointly by majority. Mr Sumner Welles will outline the position of the United States at to-morrow’s session.