A WARNING

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20911, 16 September 1939, Page 8

A WARNING

HUNGARIAN MINORITY NOTICE TO HUNGARY SERIOUS SITUATION (United Press Assn. —-Sec. TeL Copyright; LONDON, Sept. 15 Count Csaky, Foreign Minister of Hungary, has Issued a warning concerning the situation of the Hungarian minority in Rumania, which, he said, he considered to be “serious,” states the Budapest correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain. The Minister said that Rumania’s answer regarding Hungary’s proposals for a minority pact was still delayed, and added: “Behind the unshakeable and determined will of our leading statesmen is the Hungarian Army, which is daily increasing, both In weapons and determination, to protect the soil of its working people.” A despatch from Paris says the Rumanian Legation in that city has called upon all Rumanians of military age to return home from France immediately. DRAMATIC STORY FLIERS THROWN INTO WATER RESCUED by german flane BROADCAST FROM HOSPITAL (By Telegraph.—Press Association) HAWERA, Friday According to & message from a German broadcasting station heard to-day Flying Officer L. H. Edwards, of Patea, who was posted missing following the raid on Wilhelmshaven and Kiel during the first day of the war, is at present an inmate of a German hospital, suffering from burns on the face and minor injuries. Two of his companions in the bomber are also in the same hospital. The broadcast was picked up by several people. All the rescued men were stated to have spoken a few words in English during an interview with the German announcer in hospital. 'Flying Officer Edwards’ message described how he was shot down and with his two companions rescued by the crew of the German plane. “It is hard to remember exactly what happened,” he said. “It was all so sudden. We were shot down, thrown into the water, and my face was badly burned. The other members of the crew of the bomber, a FlightSergeant from Yorkshire and a man from County Tipperary, Ireland, were also .injured, one receiving a broken jaw and the other an injury to the foot. Upon reaching the water the three men began to swim and the German plane descended and rescued all of them. They were at once admitted to hospital, from where the broadcast was made. MISSING PILOT SAFE PRIBONERB WELL TREATED “DAZED AND AFRAID TO SPEAK” (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK, Sept. 14 The New Zealand Pilot-tOfflcer L. H. Edwards, who was captured on September 4 when his machine was shot down in the Royal Air Force raid on Wilhelmshaven, has three worries. Firstly, whan he will get paid so he can buy cigarettes, secondly, whether he can engage in sports or aviation while a prisoner, and, thirdly, how long it will take him to learn German. This was revealed by a National Broadcasting Company commentator broadcasting to the United States from Berlin. The commentator said he had talked with Pilot-Officer Edwards and his fellow-prisoners, Sergeant George Booth and Aircraftsman F. Slattery. “ Edwards still seemed dazed and afraid to speak for fear of giving away something the British Air Ministry did not want known,” he added. All the prisoners said they were well treated and were getting the best medical care for the injuries they received when their machine crashed into the sea. The three seemed surprised at their friendly treatment, while the Germans expressed surprise that they expected any other treatment. The Columbia Broadcasting System has reported picking up an actual interview with Pilot-Officer Edwards and his companions from a German station, the interviewer being the pilot of the German machine which shot down the bomber. The German interview revealed that Aircraftsman Slattery had dislocated a jaw and Sergeant Booth received a broken foot. EOWARD’S BROADCAST TYPICAL GERMAN FAKE (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 16, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15 The Evening News states that the Edward’s broadcast was obviously a typical German fake. “Actually it is a recorded conversation, probably recorded without the airmen's knowledge, while they thought they were answering a few general inquiries from the airmen who brought them down.” FIRST OFFICIAL CASUALTY EDWARDS THE AIRMAN {lndependent Cable) (Received Sept. 16, *2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15 Pilot-Officer Edwards, the New Zealander, is the first official British casualty of the war. He was promoted to pilot-officer on April 12. He is officially posted as missing. His next of kin in New Zealand have been notified.