THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 28, 1941.
GERMANS'
INVASION
BRITAIN'S NEED AIM OF
FOR FASTER FREIGHTERS
A COMPREHENSIVE review of British shipping problems was given by Lord Rother- wick (formerly Sir Herbert Cayzer), Pre- sident of the Chamber of Shipping, at its An- nual Meeting in London yesterday.
Lord Rotherwick urged the building of faster cargo liners. While appreciating that the need for maximum new tonnage had im- pelled Government to order large numbers of slow vessels, it was no use building such ships if their slow speed exposed them unduly to enemy attack.
Only after 18 months of wat hnd Government turned their act- tention to the faster cargo Imer type
At shop, he cloned, could do tw voyage, for one of a slow ship, and would be less strain on the service of the already over- work destroyers, as fast ships would not need convoying
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Lord Rotherwick advised constant review of shipping to ensure that fast ships were not
used on
less dangerous services that slow ships could perform:
this would reduce the time each ship spent in passing through danger arcas; and cut to the minimum unavoidable delays under war conditions.
Reports and comments of various Spanish cor- respondents in Berlin in- dicate that the Germans are every day becoming more obsessed with the idea that the war cannot be decided unless Ger- many herself beats Bri- tain.
The correspondent of the Tang-
er Falangist organ "Espana" says
the Germans consider that love principal theatre of war is Bil- tain's soil, and Hitler is determin- ed to see that it is not shifted else- where.
The correspondent of the official Spanish Press agency grudgingly admits that "London will be able to take advantage of some good
have fallen
into its hands," and adds "The Fuehrer
cards that
knows perfectly well that the real
struggle lies between Britain and Germany, and will end only when the Germans have occupied Lon- din."
MUSSOLINI'S APOLOGIA
IN WHAT APPEARED to be an attempt to ex- plain away the serious reverses recently suffered by Italy, Mussolini yesterday issued through the Ste- fani agency a long list of armaments which he sent to General Franco during the Spanish Civil War.
for
and
An accompanying statement by base
Britain France the diplomatic correspondent of against Italy while revolutionary the agency says "The figures in- reasons demanded Italan Fascist dicate how important was the intervention for a system modelled | contribution to Spain which, com. on it. Reuter.
ing immediately after the power-
opia,
ful effort made in Ethos, doubt. CONTROL IN CEYLON
less struck a blow at Italy's war potential. not be
and Air
were
IMMIGRATION
and
in
the
Every Day Counts Every day counted for victory and precious days should
the lost handling cargo or in repairs
These two big drafts on strength of the armed forces were or awaiting convoy.
There should be equal prior-made while other nations
Inst tution of a passport Ity with the Army
able, on the contrary, to devote all
visa system, together with a sys- Force in the supply of guns and their incans to preparing for war."
Explaining the reason machine-guns to merchantshipal
for Ita-tem of permits, is envisaged to enable them to defend them-lian intervention in the Spanish two bills coming up before
March civil war, Stefani's diplomatic cor- Ceylon State Council on
ne-4 aimed at controlling the immi- Rotherwick said
respondent says that it was ship owners should be able to purchase cessary for reasons of national gration of non-Ceylonese.
Mediterranean revolutionary and Government ships as
Hitherto passports have not been a part'al
required in the case solution of replacement problems.
policy."
National and At present the only shipping
Mediterrancan immigrants to Ceylon from India, necessary, reasons made it
he Burma, the Federated Malay being replaced was Government shipping and the only shipping
continued, to prevent Spain from States and Struits Settlements.-- becoming a military and naval Reuter. building was Government build- ing.
selves against air attack. Lord
Nationalisation
The present policy would re- sult in the bulk of tonnage being Government-owned if the war lasted a long time, and raised the issue of national sation.
To enable ship owners to plan ahead and remove the existing uncertainty in this regard, Gov- ernment should frankly state whe-; ther nationalisation was their in tention. Reuter.
The Chairman of the Trades Union Congress General Council. Mr. George Gibson, was received by that King at Buckingham Palace yesterday. British Wire- less.
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