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London, To-day. Lord Lothian, the British The Danish steamer Ambassador, and Mr. Cordell Fredensborg (2,094 tons) has Hull, the Secretary of State, been sunk off the coast of conferred yesterday regard- Scotland; it is feared that all ing British restrictions on
hands perished. United States shipping.
Later Lord Lothian told the
press that they discussed the possibility of guaranteeing that United States ships would be exempt from the liability to be taken in British control ports with in the “combat-area” laid down by the United States Neutrality Act.
The matter is still under discussion.
The prospect of establishing a con- trol port in Canada is; also being con- sidered, St. John's, New Brunswick, being mentioned as the likeliest place for such a port.
The talk lasted 35 minutes and Lord Lothian said they had a very friend- ly discussion on various points, Hc did not present any reply to the Unit- ed States Note to Britain which is still unanswered-Reuter.
Lord Lothian and Mr. Cordell Hull discussed practically all phases of re- cent Anglo-American relations, and Lord Lothian later admitted that St. John was considered as a possible port for American freighters, but generally he was not communicative.
Danish circles in London state that the Fredensborg was salling with an- other Danish ship, the England.
The other ship was sunk by Ger- man action and it is thought that the Fredensborg had gone to the rescue of the England's crew when another explosion occurred.
It is not known whether the ships were mined or torpedoed.
Details of the sinking of the Bri- tish steamer Stanburn show there are only two survivors out of a crew of 28.
Four were actually saved but two died from injuries. Reuter,
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GANDHI TO SEE THE VICEROY
New Delhi, To-day. Gandhi is to have an interview with Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy, on Mon. day next.
Considerable importance is attach- ed to the conversation owing to the critical stage reached in the political At a press conference, Mr. Cordell controversy in India since the out- Hull confirmed that the general ex-break of the war.-Reuter.
change of ideas and information was
an attempt to clarify and iron-out the situation.-Reuter.
FRENCH CONTROL
:SEIZURES
Paris, To-day.
It is announced that during the week ending January 28 the French Navy stopped 12 ships and seized 21,000 tons of merchandise.
Since the beginning of the war the French have stopped 266 ships and seized 502,000 tons of merchandise.-' Reuter.
TURCO-GERMAN
~AGREEMENT
Rome, To-day. According to an Ankara despatch received in Rome last night, a Turce-
CONTACT UNITS ACTIVE
Paris, To-day.
A French war communique states that there has been marked activity of contact units to the west of the
Saar.
In the same region, artillery was ac- tive during a large part of yester- day, Reuter.
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WAGE INCREASE
London, To-day. Nearly a million and a half work- in the building industry will benefit as the result of an increase of pay of a halfpenny an hour from~~- February 1. British Wireless.
German commercial agreement ha BLACKOUT PRECAUTION
bean Initialled in Ankara-Reuter,
WAR LOAN BUOYANT
London, To-day.
Re- An order under the Defence gulations, imposing a speed limit of 20 m.p.h. in built-up areas during the War Loan touched 99 yesterday for blackout, has now been made by the the first time since November, 1938.— Ministry of Transport, operating from British Wireless,
London, To-day.
February 1-British Wireless.
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