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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20915, 21 September 1939, Page 6

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WENT DOWN WITH SHIP COMMANDER OF COURAGEOUS COMMONS PAYS TRIBUTE RUGBY, Sept. 20 Mr Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, slated in the House of Commons that the Commanding Officer of the Courageous went down with the ship. There was every reason to believe that an attacking submarine destroyed the Courageous. “The public has already learned from the survivors the graphic story of the gallantry of the ship’s company,” said Mr Churchill, ‘‘and I should like to express on behalf of the Government and the Admiralty their profound sympathy with those beroaved.” Asked how the submarine got within striking distance, as the carrier had a full complement of escorting destroyers, Mr Churchill assured the House that ho had no reason to dejubt the soundness of the viows expressed by the Admiralty in peacetime as to tho effectiveness of the means the Admiralty possessed for coping with the submarine menace. The Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander (Labour) asked Mr ChiSrchill to convey to the Admiralty for distribution to the fleet the House’s view of the fine spirit shown in this first important action of one of Britain’s ships. POSITION AT WARSAW A BUSY GARRISON NO TIME FOR COMMUNIQUES WARSAW, Sept. 20 General Lipinski in his latest broadcast said: We had a quiet day but are attacking not merely defending. The commanders have no time to issue communiques; they must hold out for political and moral reasons. NAZIS IN BULGARIA ANTI-JEWISH RIOTS SOFIA, Sept. 20 Fifty were arrested and sent to concentration camps after anti-Jewisl. riots. The police state a small Nazi Party, which is already banned, began the riots and broke hundreds of windows in Jewish shops. AMERICAN NEUTRALITY WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE NEW YORK, Sept. 20 At the conference of Party leaders at White House, to consider the neutrality issue, several matters were considered, the most important being Ihe repeal of the Arms Embargo and .the return to the processes of international law. WOMEN’S GOLF HAMILTON CLUB FINALS In the final of the Hamilton Women’s Golf Club senior championship Mrs H. McDonald beat Mrs B. Seyb, 1 up at 'the 36th. Mrs V. D. Edwards won the junior title by beating Mrs H. Toombs, 3 and 2^ ITALY AND BRITAIN GESTURE FOR PEACE LONDON, Sept. 21. The New York Times’ Rome correspondent states that considering the close relations between Greece and the Italian decision to withdraw its forces from the Grac’co-Albanian border is equivalent to a friendly gesture towards London. Italy was expected automatically to invade Greece if she entered the war on Germany’s side. It is Bow made clear that she does not intend carrying out that threat. Her prime consideration In the Balkans is to maintain peace and the territorial status. It is worth noting that both were menaced by the German-Soviet. It is not pleasing to Italian statesmen to see Russia entering the Balkans.