Helsinki, Nov, 29 Finnish patrols have been ofdered to withdraw some distance from the R.AF. Entertains Captive Nazi Pilot London, Nov. 28, A. young Nazi bomber' pilot who landed ina bullet-riddled plane behind the Maginot Line has just dined as the guest of honour in the mess of the men who brought him down, and that dinner has changed his whole out Yok on England and Englishmen, writes Reuter's Special Correspondent with the Royal Air Force.
The bomber was engaged by three fighters and began to fall. With their engine failing, the gunner and observer jumped with parachutes. Two Aghters then withdrew and the pilot of the third saw the German. pilot Jcrumbled over the controls, apparently, dead, "Actually, he had lots of ght, Toft. "Leaning out of the cockpit, he managed to grasp the forward machine-gun with one hand while with the other. he kept the "plane from stalling. "He then fired a burst which put the fighter out of action before the bomber itself landed, with the pilot The RAF. pilots, so filed with ad~ miration at the German's courage and Fesoureetulnes, invited him to dine In their mess, Reuters correspondent continues. Halfway through the meal, ithe German suddenly became silent. He dropped his head into his hands and began to sob. Two officers led him from the room. A little while Toter, he returned and explained, "In the past year, we have. been saturated with propaganda about how the British hate us and that we must hate them too, I could not. help} believing there was some truth in'all this;" he said. "They told me that if Tam captured, 1 will be "shot of tortured."
The discovery of the truth in that RAF. mess hod boon too much for Italians Gratified by Chamberlain Speech Rome, Nov. 2 A. great welcome was accorded the speech made yesterday by the British Neville Cham-the press ind political quarters voicing his references toa after the war, Homage the' spirit which' the British Premier made his speech and it was remarked that he made no reference to the League of Nations, which is regarded here {0 be dead.
The "Giornale d'Italia" voiced what appeared tobe public sentiments when it wrote this morning: "Ar. Chamberlain armed that the new Europe must be freed of the spirit of conquest. Economic and antarctical economy, imposed by not give way, howe general' commerce which "enriches all countries Europe, but first "Es europe must that "spirit "of cone ie ith Hitlerism." Chamberlain's speech held the spotlight today in all political. dlis= cussions, his references 0 the creation of a new Europe, founded upon the ceils of all peoples and not on creeds domination, were British Retaliation Move Justified London, Nov. 26.
The establishment of a select committee 10 deal with national expendi-ure was fo Chamber a speech session of Parliament today, in which he paid'a tribute to the gallantry of the naval reservists aboard the Rawalpindi and justified the British measures against German mine warfare, The Prime Minister, who was loudly cheered on rising, also Matly rejected a suggestion by Mr. C. 'R. Attlee, Leader of the Labour Opposition. (0 lay down the conditions under which a new world would be created. "We have not entered this wary" he asserted, "with a vindictive purpose, and we'd not, therefore, intend 16 Impore a vindictive peace."
The deliberations of the new committee, in the present circumstances, Mr. Chamberlain said, must be con: ned" to matters necessary for the effective prosecution of the war.
The war, as now bein conducted, asserted, had been described siege war, and as far ax land opera: tions were concerned that waa appropriate term, But, Mr, -Chamberlain continued, on the sea the fight was being waged in deadly earnest Nobody, he said, could read, without Aeep emotion, the account of the heroic action of the naval reservists who manned the Rawalpind! against overwhelming odds (cheers)
Thought of Surrender"
"Those men," the Prime Minister declared "musi have known, as soon as they sighted the enemy, that there was no chance for them, but they had no thought of surrender. They fought with their guns until they could ght no more, and then many of them went to their death, and thereby carried on the great tradltions of the Royal Navy. Their example will be a great inspiration to those who come after them" (general sheers).
'The action, though one-sided, Mr. Chamberlain' said. was not ohe In which there was the breaking of the recognized rules of naval warfare, but that'had not been the ease in other respects. Unfortunately, he continued, "we are fighting an enemy who seems to have no honour and breaks every convention on th flimsiest pretext Referring. to. the Order-in-Cou regarding seizure of German exports, Mr, Chamberlain said I that inconvenience, and perhaps loss, would be inflicted on neutrals, but added that these measures. were for helping to bring the nation's. efforts (0 8 sticeess(ul conclusion and might well be worth some sacrifice on the port of neutrals.
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