Evening star., 1940-03-04

band control port on the Southeast
English coast, yesterday.
Two Netherlands ships, the Bran
daris and AmstelstloOm, reported
sighting floating wreckase and m
empty lifeboat from the missing
vessel.
The owners said there was still
faint hope the crew might be found
in a second lifeboat.
Warning Given by Daily Mail.
Although the Daily Mail found
proof Of our supremacy" in the
activities of the British Navy and
air force, 1t warned Of the necessity
of knowing I'VE have the right men"
in the government.
"It may become necessary to In
quire whether we are as well served
as we should be by the higher COM
mand of the Royal Air Force" 1t
declared, "and whether these posts
should not be filled with younger
officers familiar with up-to-date
machines and strategy and tactics
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The Times of London also fore
cast changes in high places.
New situations" 1t said, "are ex-
pected in time-perhaps no long
time-and as in the past will with
out doubt demand new methods and
men.
Cabinet ENperimental.
''In this country, for the first six
months, power has been in the hands
of a cabinet admittedly experiment
tai and transitional In composition.
No prospect Of the coming months
can exclude the certainty that it
will in time undergo further changes
in plan and personnel, adapting it
ever more closely to the imperious
requirements of war"
Neither gave any hint which, If
any, cabinet members were in mind,
but the Mail said 'men who don't
survive the test Of real war must
CO." and I'VE believe Mr.. Chamber
lain will discover before long that
he can very usefully replace some
of his ministers, both great and
small"
1t suggested that there might be
necessity "very soon" to review some
of the appointments of former War
Secretary Leslie Hore- -Belisha.
Rumors which circulated simul-
taneously with the appearance OF
this press comment mentioned
among those who might be replaced
Air Minister Sir Kingsley Wood,
Supply Minister Edward Leslie Bur-
gin and Lord Hankey, minister with
out portfolio.
First Big Victim of Planes.
The Domala, towed to an undis-
closed port after bombs had set her
afire and shattered her bridge, was
the first big British passenger ship
victim of German warplanes.
OF 301 persons aboard, 20 Britons
and 88 British Indians were feared
ost. The Domala carried 253 Las
cars being repatriated from intern
ment in German ports. She sailed
from Antwerp, Belgium.
Many were said to have been
killed in their hunks when the plane
dived and swept the ships decks
with machine-gun bullets.
Nine Britons and AZ Indians were
rescued by Netherlands ship and
landed at south coast English port
The others were rescued by British
ships.
One eyewitness said the bomber
carried full navigation lights, and
the Domala's crew mistook it for a
British plane until it dropped to a
feet above the ship and released the
first bomb. The admiralty said four
bombs were dropped, and three
scored hits.
Sprayed by Machine Guns.
1--WE were blazing from stem tt
stern in 20 minutes" he said. After
the first bomb, the plane sprayed the
deck with machine guns"
Another survivor said the pas.
sehgers and crew were attacked
after they fed the ship.
It was in a small lifeboat with l!
Others" he said. Every few sec.
onds the plane dived and poured
lead into our sides.
after the third raid, I jumped
into the water and crawled on 9
raft. It contained a dead Lascar