The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-12

and must have been carrying am
munition."
No mention was made of the Bri-
fish air fleet, but the points at
which they made their attack are
nearly 800 miles by air line from
the nearest British bases.
British Planes Long Flight
In entering the great and little
belts the British planes had gone
farther than had the warships which
took part in the Skagerrak naval
battle, and they had taken the war
closer to the German Baltic coast
and the great Kiel naval and ship
building base.
A 5,000-ton German supply ship
was intercepted off the southern end
of LangeSland, attacked and prob
ably damaged about midnight, air
circles said.
Two large bombs burst near the
stern of the supply ship DIS the
British craft lodged vain anti-air-
craft fire from German ship and
shore batteries.
The announcement of the Baltic
raids said:
Bomber command aircraft were
in action over the Baltic last night
Attcaks we're made on enemy ships
over a wide area extending from
Oslo Fjord in the north to the
Baltic coast of Germany"
The British air circles announce
ment said that full results of the
R. A. F.. raids were uncertain be-
cause darkness made it difficult
for the pilots to determine their
hits.
Sweden to Hide Ships
New York, April 12.-(UP)-SWe-
den's 1887 merchant ships have
been ordered to seek sanctuary IN
the nearest neutral, Allied OR home
port until German aims in Scan
dinavia are made clear, according to
Martin Kastengren, Swedish consul
general here.
He said the order had been ra-
diced to the masters fall Swedish
ships at sea.
The order, affecting merchant
fleet aggregating almost 100000
gross tons, meant that SWeden's
SIllDDulS WOulIl NOlIlEJ4CISAJ pa
alyzed while it is in effect.
The status of Danish and Nor
wegian shipping was less clear. Lack
OF official reports from either coun-
try left it up to individual ship cap
tains to decide what they would do.
Underwriters are refusing to in
sure Danish ships, and 1t appeared
possible that a large part of the
Danish and Norwegian merchant
fleets might be transferred to Amer
lean registry to avoid seizure by the
Nazis or the Allies.
With thousands of Scandinavian
vessels heading for safe haroors the
prospects were that more than ST.
900 100000 worth of tonnage would
be tied up as result of Germany's
invasion of Denmark and Norway.
Italy Increases Army
Rome, April 12.-(UP)-Benlto
Mussolini was expected to call l.
125 900 men to the colors today, IN
creasing Italy's army to 2,25O,OOO.
1t was reported in reliable quar-
tiers that five classes of reserves.
normally totaling 100000 men per
class, would be called within 40
hours, because of the possibility
that Spring would spread the war
all over Europe.
Men born from 1908 to 1914 were
expected to be included in The call
Officers will be summoned by tele-
graph; men by pink postcards:
In what was believed to have
been a prelude to mobilization
communique, Mussolini had said IN
a speech at Orvieto Sunday that
Italy was preparing to face any
spring emergency and 1--WE believe
we are unprepared for eXceptlonal
events
Posters already were up in Rome
asking for more naval volunteers,
especially technicians. 1t was re-
ported that the calling up of five
classes would be only the forerun-
ner to a still further mobilization.