DENIAL OF VIOLATION
ROYAL SCEPTRE’S FATE
U-BOAT CAPTAIN’S STORY
(Reed, Sept. 30, 2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 29.
The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press states that Captain Schultze, commander of the submarine which sank the Royal Sceptre, denied violating the laws of submarine warfare.
He declared that lie gave the customary halt .signal. The Royal Sceptre' ignored it, increased speed, and sent out an SOS. “This not only gave me the right, but the duty to sink her in self-de-fence,” he said. “The crew took to the lifeboats, but the wireless operator remained aboard transmitting calls for -help. I took him off the ship and then torpedoed tier. “The master' assured me that the lifeboats were adequately provisioned and that nobody was wounded. I communicated with the steamer Browning, which was 13 miles away, and then quitted the scene after assuring myself that the crew would be rescued.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20056, 30 September 1939, Page 6
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