The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-02
Torpedo Sends Do1Un
 British Steamship
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statement meant that the destroy CTS had abandoned their search, But 1t hinted strongly that the search had been ended and that the incident was regarded as closea.
 Foreign Secretary Eden called in- to consultation Lord Halifax, lord president of the council; Malcolm Macdonald, Diminion's secretary; William Ormsby- Gore, colonial sec- retary, and Leslie Hore- -Belisha, war minister.
 He planned late today to tele. phone report to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who still is in Scotland.
 Mediterranean Aspects
 Edan and his fellow ministers were expected to 90 thoroughly Into oil aspects of the Mediterranean sit- uation. These include:
 l. Repeated attacks, from end to end of the Mediterranean, on mer- chant shipping of many nations, by submarines. The Spanish National ists arc credited with having only one submarine.
 ?. The French plea for common action.
 3. The desirability of establishing 0 convoy system for merchant ships, perhaps with the support of Medi- terranean nations and the Baltic nations, who would contribute to Q joint pirate hunting" fleet.
 {. The means of arriving at joint agreement among the peaceful pow- CTS of Europe, probably through c meeting ct Geneva next week.
 Orders to Attack, Sink
 Britain and France already have ordered their warships to attack and sink any unidentified 'warship that molests their merchantmen. Turkey has warned officially that she will sink any warship operating in Turk ish waters that falls to halt ct challenge. E
 The situation Is c serious one. The warships which, under whatever flag they may pretend to be, are attacking merchantmen in the Mediterranean, are chased here and elsewhere, as purely pirates. They have no status in international law and may legally be sunk without trace.
 One topic for discussion by British ministers today was the torpedoing of het Russian merchantman Tim iriavez of the North African coast August 90. The ship, with c crew of 20 including three women, was on her way from Cardiff, Wales, to Port Said, Egypt, with coal. Attack cd without warning, she sank at once. Her crew barely escaped with the aid of native fishermen.
 Papers Blame Italy
 Such newspapers as the strongly conservative Daily Telegraph show cd plainly what Is thought about the identity of the attacking usbmar- ines. Its diplomatic corrpesandent wrote:
 Tt is generally believed among seaiaen engaged in the Mediterra- mean that most recent incidents are the work of Italian submarines and destroyers. While there is no official confirmation of this theory there is no disposition to dispute 1t, and 1t may possibly be felt that plain speaking may no longer be avoided"
 Britain and France seemed cer- tain to work close together in the "piracy' case and they showed on increasing tendency to cooperate closely nj all matters. Con. Maurice Qamelin, chief of stan of the French armies, arrived yesterday to attend the big 1ritiSh army maneu- vers Sept. e-and to hold c series of consultations with the British stan officers will attend the French maneuvers which start immediately after the close of the British ones.
 Valencia Report
 Valencia, Spain, Sept. (2.-(UP) A submarine sank the British tank steamship Woodford 24 nilei off Benicarlo ct 2 c. m. yesterday killing the second engineer afic wounding three men of the crew Loyalist authorities announced to. day.
 The Woodford carried c cargo oi 100000 gallons of gasoline. It iefI Barcelona Aug. Si on route to Va. lencia.
 Two of the vessels' life boats, witt 32 members of the crew. three o them wounded, picked up the bodI of the engineer who had gone dcwr with the ship.
 Reports said the submarine wal painted gray, but otherwise had n distinguishing marks.
 The vessel was owned by her mas ter, 1t was said.