The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-03

requisiticn the 90 Axis and 90 Dan. ish vessels taken into protective custody last weekend Maritime commission engineering experts were surveying sabotaged Italian and German vessels to determine what repairs they need to operate.
 (. German and Italian anger over the ship seizures wes empha- sized by the filing of new notes Of protest before state department re- plies had been issued to- the first ones, and by the German ernbAssy's action in releasing the text of iss original protest.
 5. Sir Arthur ealter, 3ritish shipping expert, was due today. sie seeks to hasten the transfer of American merchant ships to Britain under the lend-lease lew, Officials forecast early transfey of American tonnage.
 6. No details were known here, but considerable significance was attached to conversations in Manila between Air Chief Marshal Sir Roh- ert Brooke-P POphain, commander in-chief of ell British forces in the Far East, and high U. s. army and navy officials. Observers believed Q general discussion of British Amer. lean cooperation in defense of Joint Interests In the Far East was h progress.
 No announcement was made eft- CT the three-hour White House con. ference yesterday, But the roster of those attending emphasized It's sig niflcance. Besides the so-calied "war cabinet" composed of Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull, Hecre- tary of the Treasury Henry Moy- genthau, Jr., Secretary of War Henry L. stimson and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, the conferees included Lend-I.ease Coordinator Harry L. Hopkins, Attorney General Robert II. Jackson; Gen. George 0. Marshall, army chief of staff; Ad- miral Harold R. Stark, chief of naval operations, and Mai. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, comlnandant of the marine corps.
 Reports criculated that the part the navy may take in aiding Hrit- ain, shipping problems and general defense plans of this country were
 German Protest
 Charge d'ARaires Hans Thomsen Of the German embassy made pub- lie the original German protest. It sharply criticized the seizures and said the German seamen were be- ing detained under conditions to which the members Of the crew cannot be expected to submit"
 Tn the name of my government" the note said, T protest most urg- ently against the aforesaid measures of the United States government for which there Is no legal basis in international law and which repre- seflts in particular Q clear violation of the treaty of friendship, cofn- merce and consular rights of De- cember 8, 1928, between Germany and the United States"
 It demanded that the ships, the Pauline Friedrich ct Boston and the Arauca ct Port Everglades, Fla. be returned to their masters, the crews restored to them and the American flag, which was holsted on the Arauca, removed,
 The treasury had already ordered the Coast Guard to haul down the American flag where 1t had been raised on seized ships. For the pres- ent, the order said, no flags were to be flown on the Italian and Ger man ships. The Danish standard will fly on Danish vessels while their officers are aboard.
 The Italian note was understood to parallel the German. The second notes filed yesterday cited addi. tional grounds under international law for the Italo-G German position.
 High Ball for Saboteurs
 Boston, April 3.-(UP)-Hail to- taling $4b0,000 was set for five ofii- cers and five seamen of the Ger. man tanker Pauline Friederich af- ter they had refused in U. 8. dis- trict court today to plead to sabo- tage charges. They were given 10 days in which to prepare pleas.
 The defendants were accused os totally disabling their vessel before 1t was taken over by Coast Guards here Sunday,
 Federal Judge Hugh D, Mcclellan set the high ball ct the request of U. 8. Atty. Edmund J. Brandon who asserted that the defendants re- fusal to plead, presumably ct the instigation of the representative of the government of which they are nationals" was "an act of defiance against the laws of the United States"
 Brandon asked that ball totaling between SS75,000 and S760O00 be set for the i've officers, and Sl60,- 900 for the seamen.
 The indictments on which the 10 men were arraigned were the first in the nation to be returned in connection with the sabotage which preceded the German and Italian seizures last weekend.
 In setting bail. Judge MceLllan ordered each ofiicer held in $6O O,00O and each seaman in $30,00O, He specified, however, that security need be furnished only in the sum of $20,000 for each officer and eiO,. GOO for each crew member. Court attaches explained that personal agreements by each defendant would be sufacient to cover the bal- aalce of the bail.
 All the defendants had been ar- rested earlier in the day at the East Boston immigration station where they had been detained since Sum- day. ..',....'..''.. CITY BOND BILL