Mr. Chamberlain Gets The Overseas Headlines "IMPOSING ACCOUNT OF THE
BRITISH WAR
LONDON, TO-DAY.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH ON WEDNESDAY
EFFORT" VATICAN'S
GETS HEADLINES IN THE PARIS AND OTHER CHARGES
NEWSPAPERS.
Many of the French papers contrast his speech with Hitler's on the previous day, and “Le Jour" says that "to personal attacks Mr. Chamberlain oppos- ed scorn, pure and simple.”
BIGGER REICHSTAG
Berlin, To-day. Hitler has decided to have soma mora members of the Reichstag.
He will appoint them himself, of course, and is contenting him- self with one representative for every 60,000 Germans living in Poland,Router.
MILLION POUNDS A WEEK
London, To-day.
The most important recent development in Britain's in- ternal affairs was the an- nouncement in the House of Commons on Wednesday by Sir John Simon that the Government was spending £52,000,000 a year to keep down retail prices.
The British Press unanimously wel- comes this, comment ranging all the way from that of the Labour. "Daily
Herald" to the effect that the idea of holding down food prices is funda- mentally right to the view of the Conservative "Daily Telegraph” that it is a far-sighted policy.
Sir John Simon explained that the cost of living rose by 10 per cent. from the beginning of the war to the end of November, but that since the beginning of December the Govern- ment had kept prices down and food indexes were steady all the month.
The Government policy was to avoid inflation through wages following the cost of living in a upward spiral. Reuter.
LEAVE FOR B.E.F.
Other newspapers stress his re-
marks about the neutrals getting dif- ferent treatment from the Allies and
from Germany.
In the United States, both the "New York Times" and the "New York Herald-Tribune"
approve of the speech. The former paper says that his "account of the British war ef- is imposing in its facts and figures and a complete answer to the boasts of the dictatorships."
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NEUTRALB APPROVE
Among the small neutral countries, the newspapers contrast Mr. Cham- berlain's speech with that of Hitler, and are pleased at Mr. Chamber- Lain's clear declaration that the Allies recognise the neutrals' right to choose their own course of action.
In Britain, "The Times," in a lead- ing article on Mr. Chamberlain's re- ferences to the so-called "Asama Maru Incident," says that the Prime Minister was right not to rest his argument on the letter of the law since we want to come to terms with a friendly nation on wider grounds than that.
Reuter.
London, To-day. In connection with the Premier's statement regarding the disturbance of neutral trade by war measures in
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his speech on Wednesday, and his reiteration of the desire of the Allies sideration for neutral interests, it can the greatest possible con- be stated that negotiations in which the British Government is engaged for wartime trade agreements with neutral countries are being conduct- ed in the friendliest spirit and with
goodwill on both sides.
PACT WITH GREECE
The agreement recently concluded with Greece has received a cordial
welcome in the Greek press, which recalls the similar welcome accorded in the Swedish press a month ago to the agreement then signed with the Swedish Government.
Negotiations with the Danish and Dutch delegations which are still in London are, it is learned, proceeding very satisfactorily.
The spirit in which these agree- ments were reached contrasts mark-
edly with the atmosphere of tension
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Government in its economic discus- anxiety created by the sions with neutrals, which was also the subject of comment by Mr. Chamberlain.
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COLONIAL PRODUCTS
One notable respect in which the Allies desire to cause as little inter- ference as possible with bona fide neutral trade is manifested in con- nection with trade between neutral countries and their possessions over- London, To-day. sea. No restriction is placed on the The War Office announces that lim-freest possible movement of colonial ited leave for the B.E.F. în France products to metropolitan markets will be resumed forthwith, provided provided the Contraband Control is weather conditions do not deteriorate. satisfied no shipments are intended
At first only those living in the for Germany.. southern half of Britain will be grant-
The chartering of vessels by Bri- ed leave, but general leave will be tain has also been advantageous to re-opened as soon as conditions be-neutral shipping. come normal on the northern way lines.Reuter.
DEATH OF MRS. TELFER-SMOLLETT
rail-
SHIPPING CHARTERS
The prices paid for time chartering 17 to 12 shillings per ton per month are extremely attractive. |Vessels chartered for the duration of the war will revert to neutral owner- ship at the end of the war,
Few neutral vessels have been ac- quired by purchase. Such as have been principally from the United States have been paid for in cash.
- British Wireless.
London, To-day. Second-Lt. Alastair Telfer-Smollett, the Black Watch, was given special leave from the BEF. in France to see his mother, who died at 9 o'clock. yesterday morning after a short illness. Mrs. Smollett was the wife of Ma- jor-General A.P.D. Telfer-Smollett, Three smallpox cases, five of men- who commanded the British troops in ingitis, five of dysentery and 17 of Shanghai from 1986 to June last tuberculosis were notified to the Me- year.Reuter.
dical Department yesterday.
Berlin, To-day.
The Vatican's denunciation of anti-Catholic persecutions by the Nazis was discussed in Berlin yesterday by a neu- tral correspondent.
It goes without saying, he points out, that the Vatican would be most careful not to make any statements of this kind which could not be fully substantiated in principle.
It is known in Berlin that many Catholic priests
"for were arrested political activity," and even German Roman Catholics do not accept the excuses of the Nazis for the persecu- tlons. Reuter.
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