THE ROYAL SCEPTRE
SUBMARINE CAPTAIN'S STORY NO VIOLATION OF LAWS OF WAR. WARNING GIVEN AND CREW . SAFEGUARDED. Ay Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 29. The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press states' that Captain Schultze, commander of the submarine which sank the British steamer Royal Sceptre, denied violating the laws of submarine warfare. He declared: “I gave the customary halt signal. The Royal Sceptre ignored it, increased her speed and sent out an SOS. This not only gave me the right but made it my' duty to sink her in self-defence. 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 her. The master assured me that the lifeboats were adequately provisioned and that nobody was wounded. I-com-municated with the steamer Browning, thirteen miles away and then quitted the scene, after assuring myself that the crew would be rescued.’’
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1939, Page 8
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159THE ROYAL SCEPTRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 September 1939, Page 8
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