CHILDREN’S PERIL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 7

CHILDREN’S PERIL.

AMERICANS AROUSED

NEW YORK, Sept. 3. The torpedoing last week of the ship carrying British child refugees has given impetus to the move to send United States ships to evacuate children as soon as possible. The newspapers have been deluged: with letters from the public asking why the Government is taking so long to get action. The New' York Times continues its campaign to hurry up the transfer of little refugees. It expresses thanks that the children in the torpedoed ship were saved, and argues that there is no reason why one such torpedoing should interrupt the effort to bring as many children as possible to the United States. “In this instance the German submarine commander may not have known that his target was crowded with children,” says the newspaper. “He would know only that ho was attacking a British liner. If the Bill to sanction the use of American ships to evacuate children is made effective, there will he no room for any mistake. The fate of one British liner makes doublv urgent the necessity of the United States’ Government demanding proper guarantees and starting to send ships without further delay.”