Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-12-13 | Page 2 | Latin Nations Grab Axis Ships

LATIN NATIONS I GRAB AXIS SHIPS By United Press I Central American nations were seizing axis nationals and boats Wholesale Saturday putting an end to the fifth column problem at the very outset of the war Mexican marines took two Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese fishing vessels near San Jose JoseDel JoseDel JoseDel Del Cabo In Baja California and interned their crews of 12 men Authorities said they had asked permission to fish for shark w where er shark fishing was notoriously bad I and one boat recently had flown an American flag I Three American bombers overhauled overhauled overhauled over over- hauled a Japanese fishing boat trying to flee Into the Pacific from Caldera harbor Costa Rica Its Crew of seven Japanese and three Americans was imprisoned A dispatch from the Cuban coastal town of Pinar Del Rio told of a navy patrol arresting several Japanese fishermen and a motor launch Concentration Camp Cuban Minister of Interior Victor Victor Victor Vic Vic- tor Vega Ceballos signed a decree for a concentration camp on the Isle of Pines off the southwest coast If Japanese German and Italian nationals violating wartime wartime wartime war war- time restrictions they will be hurtled hurtled hur hur- tied off to it he said The Cuban navy was ordered to round up all axis boats in its waters One of the first seized was the foot luxury yacht of Italian Prince who has been living in in Havana for three years The crew was interned The Cuban house of representatives tives in emergency session Friday night passed a bill to conscript allmen all allmen allmen men between 20 and 35 and empower empower empower em em- power the president to extend the age limits from 18 to 65 whenever whenever whenever when when- ever he considers it necessary Cuba has declared war on the axis as have most of the Central American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean republics Handed Passports Giovanni io and Stephan Italian minister and German charge d affaires to Havana Havana Havana Ha Ha- vana were handed their passports Guatemala restricted constitutional constitutional constitutional guarantees to German Italian Italian Italian Ital Ital- ian and Japanese aliens for the duration The Nicaraguan government in invoked invoked in- in yoked the constitutional decree re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding conscription and all men between 18 and 30 will immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- be called up for military duty German diplomats were told to be out of ot the country within three days and authorities conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted a spirit spirited d search for tor hidden Italians and Germ Germans ns More than Germans and 40 Italians al already already already al- al ready have been arrested Panama El Salvador Honduras and Haiti declared war on Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and Italy Friday Cuba Guatemala Nicaragua Costa oRica and Dominican Republic declared war Thursday on the European axis nations Urges Calm Attitude Governor Glenne Edgerton of the Panama Canal Zone a addressed dressed an open letter to all canal and railroad asking them to refrain from writing alarming reports to folks in the United States He said it was highly desirable that they stress that there was little danger oJ I