The Archive · 1938

Brought Via Burma Japanese Allegation of British Shipment Denied

London, Nov. 22. It is not a(British but a German steamer that has arrived at Rangoon with 6,000 tons of arms and ammunition for China, authoritative quarters here asserted today.

Original reports about that alleged British arms-transport emanated from Tokyo, where it was declared the ship. was bringing its cargo from Odessa, Russia, London, Nov. 23.

Captain EGL. Robinson who piloted the aeroplane in which Mr. Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, flew to Cologne and Munich during the crisis, was killed yesterday when the plane in which he was a passenger crashed in Redcliffe Bay, Portishead, near Bristol, and burst into flames.

The only other occupant of the machine, a pilot who) was under instruction, was also killed.—Reuter.

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