ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE IN ATLANTIC

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 September 1941, Page 5

ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE IN ATLANTIC

Two Torpedoes Miss Their Mark AMERICAN WARSHIP DROPS DEPTH CHARGES LONDON, September 5. Two torpedoes, both of which missed, were fired by a submarine at the United States destroyer, Greer, when she was on her way to Iceland with mails for the American forces there. The Greer then turned and counter-attacked with depth charges, with what result is not known. The United States Navy Department’s report of the incident does not say whether the identity of the submarine was established. Informed circles in Washington, however, say that it was German. The Greer is a destroyer of the same class as those exchanged with Britain last year for bases in British islands in the Carribean. American newspapers today devote great space to the attack on the Greer. The “New York Times’’ says it brings up the question whether the whole force of the United States Navy shall be used to support United States shipments. “We must decide whether to act now with Britain or to fight alone later,” it says. A Washington correspondent says that Congress, inside three months, will be asked to amend the Neutrality Act to permit United States ships to enter belligerent ports.