Evening star., 1939-10-05
Daring Sub Captain
Lands Ship'sCrew
On Irish Coast
German U-Boot Slips
Away After Putting
20 Men Ashore
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 5.-The British
Press Association said today a Ger
man submarine which landed 2S
men from the torpedoed Greek
steamer Diamantis on the Irish coast
acted too quickly for guards Of neu-
trail Ireland to attempt internment
of the U-boat.
The ships crew was set ashore
last evening near Dingle, County
Kerry, some Is miles from the spot
where Sir Roger Easement, Irish
Nationalist, was landed by a Ger
man submarine in a World War
anti British plot.
First reports from Dublin said the
submarine exchanged greetings with
persons ashore while the Diamantis'
survivors were ferried to land in a
collapsible boat. The Diamantis,
1890 tons, was sunk of Lands End
Tuesday.
Civic Guards Too Late.
"Civic guards patrolling the coast
saw the submarine on the surface
and rushed to the spot" said the
press associations account, "but they
were too late to detain the German
U-boat. While they were still some
distance away the submarine moved
away from the coast and started to
submerge.
when the guards actually
reached the scene Of the landing the
only evidence Of the daring ma
neuver of the German U-boat COM
mander was a stretch of frothy sea
where the submarine had disap-
peared and group of bewildered
seamen were on the shore"
Six Of the survivors were taken to
Dingle Hospital for treatment of in
juries sustained in the torpedoing.
The others said they had been
aboard the U-boat for SO hours and
were treated courteously while it
cruised of the Irish coast seeking a
spot to put them ashore.
Informed sources pointed out that
the obligation OF a neutral state to
intern a submarine in such q case
existed only if sufficient force to
carry out the internment were avail
able-such as warship.
The region selected for the land
ing was described by the British as
"desolate" and although it is pa
trolled night and day only one
customs officer happened to be in
the immediate neighborhood.
Sir Roger Easement and two COM
panions were landed similarly on
the night of April 20, 1916. Their
arrival was alleged to have been
part of plan for the Easter week
Irish uprising Sir Roger was later
executed in London.
President Eamon de Valera told
the Irish Senate last night that the
country would strengthen her neu-
trality by making nightly blackouts
compulsory to prevent any belliger-
ent planes from using Ireland S
lights as guideposts. At present only
1reland's street lights are shaded.
British war aims were reiterated
by Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax
in the House of Lords last night. He
said that while Britain was willing
to examine any proposals to end
hostflities I'VE shall measure them
against the principles for which we
have taken up arms"
Lord Halifax statement was along
the line of Prime Minister Chamber
lain's declarations in the House of
Commons Tuesday.
Parliamentary Groups Meet.
Three parliamentary groups in Sc
cret sessions last night discussed the
possibility of direct peace proposals.
The Midland Conservatives, who
support the government, passed a
resolution of abiding confidence" in
Mr.. Chamberlain.
The Conservative 1922 Committee,
described by the British Press Asso-
citation as the most influential body
in Commons, made no announce
ment of any decision and members
were counseled to keep silent.
The Parliamentary Labor Party
held a caucus on the peace question
and decided to meet again today.
On the home front the govern
ment urged local councils to speed
the building of public air raid
shelters and distribution of cor
rugated iron sheds for individual
households. A government broad
cast said the shelters may be neces~