Copenhagen, Dec. 5.
A German mine-layer was blown up off Langeland Island at 4 p.m. yesterday when it struck a mine and sank within four minutes, The crew of about 50 was believed to have perished, In the storm and darkness it was impossible for rescue operations to begin, This is the third German mineñayer to strike" mine in the last two weeks,—United Press, German "Black List" Grows id Berlin, Dec. 5.
An additional list of Allied merchant men on the Nazi "black list" was made public by the Nazi press yesterday as the Allied blockade of German exports technically went into effect, The vessels were made subject to German. attack without warning on the grounds that they are armed They included the Canadian Pacific's Steamship Empress of Canada, the Peninsula Oriental Company steamer Somali, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Lobos, and the Union Castle Steamship Company's Winchester Castle, The Nazi press warned neutrals that they would "do well" to avoid travelling on any o' these vessels, The D.N.B. official news agency last night denied London claims thet a German cruiser had been hit during a British air raid on Heligoland yesterday. The agency stated that no cruiser was at Heligoland harbour at the time—United Press,
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