Stockholm, Oct, 16.
APORTS from Swedish correspondents in Berlin all refer to the emphasis now placed by the Nazis on the fight for sea power. The Wilhelmstrasse, according to the "Dagbladet," hints that Germany is hoping to break Britain's mastery on the sea by means of submarines and aircraft.—Reuter, Paris, Oct. 15.
In addition to the Emile Miguet, oil-tanker attacked and set ablaze by a U-boat a few days ago, two other French freighters were sent to the bottom of the sea by enemy submarines during the past week. The two cargo boats were the Bretagne and the Louisiane.—Havas, London, Oct. 15.
Homeward bound with six passengers and a crew of 62, the Royal Mail Line steamer Lochavon was sunk by a U-boat in mid-Atlantic, it was reported today.
All aboard the vessel took to the boats and some eight hours after their ship went down, they were rescued by British warships.
Calm seas made their long wait not too harrowing an experience.
The survivors were landed in England today.
The Lochavon displaced 9205 tons and was only a year old. She was One of the best-equipped vessels Royal Mail service routes.
Accounts of bravery, endurance and devotion to duty were given to newspapermen today when they interviewed the 400 survivors of the two French vessels Bretagne, 10,00 tons, and Louisiane, 7,000 tons, which were sunk by German undersea raiders. Fifteen lives were believed
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