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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 23, 1940

BLOCKADE LEAKAGES ALLEGED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS

London, To-day. ALLEGATIONS OF A serious leakage through the Allied blockade were made in the House of Commons by Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Liberal) and Mr. Guy Boothby (Con- servative) on the motion for adjournment.

Mr. Mander complained that agreements with neutrals were apparently made on the basis of re-export trade to Germany on the immediate pre-war scale, when Ger- many was building up reserves.

BRITISH TRADE PACT IN HOLLAND

London, To-day.

An Anglo-Dutch trade agree- ment was initiated on Thursday and deals with trade questions arising from war conditions.

A Joint commission will be Established to meet in London or The Hague to regulate matters arising in operation of the agree ment-Reuter.

IL DUCE AFFIRMS -ALLIANCE

WITH HITLER

Rome, To-day.

He cited European neutrals' import of cotton which had increased enorm- ously since the war, and said that in January, Russia, through Vladivostok, had imported 200 tons of tin com- pared with nothing in the same period last year.

were

He understood the Germans making hundreds of trucks available on that line for transporting material. Mr. Mander also suggested some- thing should be done about Swedish Iron ore which was going to Ger- many through: Norweglan waters. NAZI-ITALIAN COOPERATION He finally accused Norway and Swe- den of breaking the Covenant in re- fusing British troops permission to cross their territory to Finland.

Mr. Boothby asserted there was too much material going to Germany through Trieste and Genoa.

Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying to the de- bate, said the points raised were hav- ing serious attention.

The question of cotton especially was being actively attended to at the moment. Similarly with trade pasa- ing through Vladivostok.

APPROACH TO NEUTRALS Regarding Norway's and Sweden's obligations under the Covenant, Mr. Butler recalled that the Scandinavian states at Geneva had made every re- servation as far as the League resolu- tion involved measures coming with- in the scope of Sanctions.

Replying to an interjection by Mr. Boothby, Mr. Butler sald: "If we ap- proach the neutrals and remind them "The Brenner frontier will never of the years we have worked together again cause controversy between Italy at Geneva, I am sure that will be the and Germany," declared Signor Mus-most effective, especially if we do it solini in a speech here to a delegation in company."

."---Reuter. - of German-speaking people from the Alto Adige (South Tyrol) wh& opted for Italian citizenship in the recent plebiscite.

The Duce said the Italo-German

PENSIONS FOR WOMEN AT SIXTY

London, To-day.

agreements were "a logical result of Under the new Pensions Act, pen- historic events such as the visit of the|sions become payable to women under German Chancellor to Rome and the the contributory scheme at the age definite words spoken by him on the of 60 instead of 65,

occasion of this memorable occur- Immediate effect of the new Act will rence-words which were a further be almost to double the number of consecration of the Italo-German pact | women at present drawing contribu- of alliance."-Reuter.

tory old age pensions.-Reuter.

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