THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 5, 1940
ALL UK DEEP SEA SHIPPING TO BE REQUISITIONED
London, To-day.
THE MINISTER OF SHIPPING has announced that in the interests of efficient conduct of the war he has extended the policy of requisitioning of ship- ping.
The Government is satisfied that the regular execu- tion of shipping programmes will be most effec- tively secured by bringing shipping under full control.
NAZIS
CHANGE THE TALE AGAIN
LONDON, TO-DAY.
Action was taken at the beginning! of December to requisition for full cargoes of cereals imported on account of the Ministry of Food on the North Atlantic route, and the same system is now being applied to shipments of all full cargoes of cereals, oilseeds and sugar upon Government account.
It is also being applied to the car- riage of iron ore and certain other es- sential metal cargoes as part of the general application of requisition to
tramp shipping.
OPERATION OF SCHEME
A DISCREPANACY IS REMARK-all ED IN LONDON BETWEEN THE FIRST GERMAN ACCOUNT OF Sir John Gilmour stated yesterday TUESDAY'S ACTION OVER THE that he planned to apply the polley of NORTH SEA. IN WHICH TWO
requisition at an early date to all: BRITISH BOMBERS WERE LOST,
ships on the United Kingdom and Co- AND LATER GERMAN VERSIONS Ionlal registers engaged in deep-sea OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
liner trades as from the date when
The original German story describ-they complete their first discharge in ed how "three British planes were the United Kingdom after the scheme attacked by a swarm of German comes into operation.
Messerschmidts and after a short en- gagement all were shot down.".
In a later German statement, how-
Sir John Gilmour said that the same reasons which had been found to have a compelling force in favour of this ever, it was claimed: "On the Ger-policy in the last war actuated him. man side only four planes took part- The course was necessary in order to not twelve as British propaganda as-find tonnage for more urgent nation- | serts in order to show numerical sup-al employment by providing greater eriority."
Thus between the issue of the first unity of control and identity of inter- and subsequent accounts a "swarm" est would enable tonnage to be used has become only four.-British Wire-effectively and material economies of
tonnage to be secured.
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SHANGHAI POSTMEN
ON STRIKE-
Shanghai, To-day.
It had been arranged that discus- sions with representatives of owners as to the conditions of charter and the rates of hire shall start this week.— British Wireless.
Shanghai postmen went on strike dismissal of a representative of the
Postmen's-Union-Our-Own-Corres--
yesterday.
They are protesting against
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