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THE CHINA, MAIL, MARCH 19) 1940
|COMMONS- DEBATE
EXPANSION OF THE MERCHANT NAVY
London, To-day.
THE SHIPPING AND SHIPBUILDING position was reviewed yesterday in the House of Commons where Mr. Ernest Shinwell (Opposition Labour), in moving a motion criticising the Ministry of Shipping and demanding speedy expansion of the shipbuilding programme, declared that the Ministry entered into agreements with neutral ship-owners for the use of their vessels at rates much higher than received by British ship-
Mr. Shinwell said that it was rather alarming that we had lost more than three-quarters of a million tons of merchant shipping in the first six months of the war besides many vessels damaged. He said that there were at present over 16,000 men unemployed in the shipbuilding and ship-repair- ing industries as well as 20.000 engineers..
owners.
He understood that 70 per cent. of shipbuilding at present was on naval account and suggested that the Ad- miralty should be requested to re- lease as many skilled men as they could for building the merchant navy.
Sir John Gilmour, Minister of Ship- ping, replying, paid tribute to the men of the Mercantile Marine and fishermen, and to the very valuable contribution made by the Empire, particularly India, and said that the Government was satisfied that the Dagverments with neutral, owners re presented, a reasonable bargain, to the mutual advantage of both parties.
LOANS FOR NEW SHIPS It was
inevitable that, rates for neu- trals should be higher than those for British ships because, in chartering neutrals,, Government were competing in the international market.
Sir John Gilmour, mentioned loans. of £4,750,000 granted in respect of 55 new vessels and referred to the pro- posed scheme. for compensation whereby owners of ships lost by war risks will be given cash equal to the amount for which the ship, was in- sured before the war, plus a sum to
GERMAN AGENTS SENTENCED
Rotterdam, To-day.
A German newspaperman, and a Netherlands subject word glv- en six years' imprisonment each here yesterday when convicted of espionage.
The trial followed the › recent. rald on a scoret radio transmit- ter concealed in an attic.
The actual charges Involved, the broadcasting of reports of wen- ther conditions to Germany from Holland: Reuter.
PUZZLE OF
be assessed by an independent ALLIED AIR
tribunal which will be held in trust until the owner signed a contract for the replacement of the lost ship. Reuter.
ADMIRALTY RESPONSIBILITY
Intervening in the debate to ex-
PURCHASES
Washington, To-day,
London, To-day. · The Secretary of Treasury, plain how the Admiralty were dis- Mr. Henry Morgenthau, yes- charging their responsibility for mer-terday denied reports that chant shipbuilding, Mr. Geoffrey negotiations between the Shakespeare, Parliamentary secretary
:
to the Admiralty, said the potential Anglo-French purchasing capacity of our shipyards to-day was board and American aero- not less than their capacity at the plane manufacturers had highest peak of shipbuilding in the Great War
been suspended.
At the outbreak of war over 900,000. tons of naval vessels and about 750,- 000 tons of merchant shipping were under construction.
MORE MEN WANTED
If, as the war proceeded, it became apparent that berths should be turn- ed over from naval to mercantile con- struction, that must be done, for there might come a stage, in the war, when a merchantahip would be almost more precious than a warship.
Mr. Shakespeare stated that since the war started the, number of men employed in shipbuilding had risen" from-90,000, to 131,000, and.... 20,000 more skilled men, were wanted im- mediately. It was intended to achieve the maximum capacity of shipyards in merchantship, construction, and provide tonnage far exceeding any rate of sinking to be expected.
MOTION DEFEATED.
The Labour motion was defeated by 268 votes to 89. Reuter,
Mr. Morgenthau declared the nego- tiations were still proceeding, as far as he knew, and they would not be affected by the forthcoming Congres- sional enquiry into foreign purchases of aircraft.
The reports were also discounted by the British purchasing commission; nevertheless some observers feel that the forthcoming investigation, and the reported uncertainty over the exact types the Allies will be able to buy în contracts, may affect the speed, with which the Allies can secure planes.- Reuter.
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SOYA BEANS NOT FOR GERMANY
London, To-day. The Netherlands is importing huge quantities of soya beans, and Janu- nry's imporis exceeded normal.i
~The British authorities, are... satia- fed, however, that they are for the Netherlands and not for Germany.
B.EF” LEAVE RESUMED |・ The soya beans come from America
The War Offoe announce that leave
from-the-B.BF-han
Reuter. Fi
and not
huria; and the increase offset by lower-Netherlands including Iriseed.