The German liner Columbus, to escape capture by the British fleet, was scuttled about 400 miles off Cape May, New Jersey, and 579 members of the crew were picked up by the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa and landed in New York. Many of them have since been placed on Japanese vessels and will return home via Japan.
These pictures show the scuttling of the vessel whose sea valves were opened and, in addition, fires were started on board to ensure her destruction.
The Prince declared today that he had many callers urging him to accept the post, but asserted that their aims were all different.
He expressed the opinion that the settlement of the China affair must be undertaken parallel with domestic policy, but added that "the present political and economic situation is such that I think domestic
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