London, Feb. 1 Very strong feeling has been roused the of the British steamer which many Parliamentarians regard as "a wanton attack on a British ship engaged in lawful commerce.
The Cabinet to-morrow will examine all the circumstances of the sinking of the vessel, which resulted in the joss of ten lives, Afterwards it is believed that a further statement will be made in the House of Commons, The Leader of the Opposition, Mr, C. R. Attlee, asked in the House of Commons to-day about the sinking of the ship and the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, in reply, said, "We are taking steps to increase our patrol immediately."
He then explained that the Endymien, had been sunk by a torpedo yesterday morning, sixteen miles south of Cape Tinoso. Ten persons, including the master and his wife, both British subjects, had been drowned. Four survivors were reported to have reached Cartagena.
The position in which the vessel was sunk, Mr. Duff-Cooper stated, was approximately 20 miles from the nearest of routes which had been recommended to shipping as a result of the Nyon arrangement. The ship did not carry a wireless.
He added that the strength of the patrols had, by arrangement among the Nyon Pov en reduced, and that consider as being given io its increase once again.
The British Government, it was announced in official circles in London to-day, is taking a serious view of the sinking of the ship, which is the first case, affecting a British ship, that occurred since the establishment of the Nyon patrol set up early last September.—Reuter.
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