1940-05-01 — Page 10

ECONOMIC WARFARE, MR. CROSS TELLS

AMERICANS,

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 1, 1940.

IS AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON

MAY DAY IN COLONY

Celebration of May Day to- day will be observed by at least several Chinese organ- isations.

London, To-day.

NAZI AIR

FORCE RUNS FROM FIGHT

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London, To-day.

During the last 24 hours, formations of the R.A.F. Coastal Command aircraft

| ECONOMIC WARFARE is essentially an offensive on patrol along the Norwe-

Precautions against any possible in- cident have been taken by the police- plainclothes men have been assigned to watch certain individuals while units have been posted in the vicini-ful ties of certain factories and public places.

been

No public meetings have planned by any of the labour organi-

sations in the Colony.

Blenheims,

One small flight of over Aandalsnes, gave chase to

gian Coast report a series of with enemy weapon and to be effective it must be used with encounters the same resolution and thoroughness as any bombers. other arm, said the Minister of Economic War- fare in a speech yesterday afternoon to the American Chamber of Commerce specially broadcast to the United States.

“We can certainly claim,” said Mr. Ronald Cross, "that we have already made the Germans feel its pressure, but economic warfare does not produce quick results. “Germany has an immensely power-stantly at work to defeat this evasion are economic machine which has been but it is undeniable that there organised for years to meet the very leaks in the blockade.

"One which is undoubtedly serious struggle in which she is now involved.

a redoubtable is the route via Vladivostok. Since the "The Germans are

number of im- enemy and have shown their usual in- outbreak of war, a dustry and skill in devising ways of portant commodities, copper, rubber, We are con- tin and other materials have been im- evading the blockade.

ported into Vladivostok in quantities which make it virtually certain that a good part at least is going to Ger-

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SUSPICIOUS ROUTES Many consignments, too, reached Vladivostok by curious suspicious routes,

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The United States have been the source of much of these raw materials and we wonder sometimes how far it is generally realised in your country that important supplies of key war. materials have reached Germany in this way. Mention of this dangerous route via Vladivostok shows that the problems with which we have to deal in economic warfare are worldwide." Referring to the necessity for Bri- tain to cut down imports of goods not necessary for war purposes from America and other neutrals, Mr. Cross" said it was surprising that British pur- chases of American foodstuffs had been maintained at so high a level.

BRITISH PURCHASES

In the normal years

before

a

speed and took refuge: in a

Junkera 88. which accelerated to top

cloud.

111s resorted to "by two. Heinkel which the Blenheims intercepted and

Avoiding action of this kind was also

The Blenheims next

observed a

attacked from astern. Messerschmidt-110 climbing out of a

The cloud and prepared to meet it. Nazi fighter had a rough encounter and was last seen spiralling down in

distress:

Two other Coastal Command alr- flying craft saw a Hainkel 111 dead across their track. They got on its tall and "pursued it for ten This minutes with sustained fire. Heinkel also flew Into a cloud and could not be found again.

attacked Another Junkers 88 was effectively from the quarter and rear. Its tail gun was put out of action and as it fled great plumes of black, smoke The engines. came from both its German was losing height rapidly as it made off.

south, flord further Entering a Coastal Command aircraft met other Junkers 88 which turned and escaped in clouds over the hills be- hind the flord.-British Wireless.

an-

FEAT. WORTHY OF VIKING FOREFATHERS

New York, To-day. The Portland Oregonian" menting on the incident when Nor- wegian motor-bus drivers committed suicide by taking a load of German troops over a precipice writes:-

com-

"This was such a feat as the fierce old Vikings could not but admire. There must have been a tumult of old battle-cries when they came into the the great-hall of Odin and Dead Heroes.

war, Britain bought some £20 mil--Reuter. lion of such goods yearly while the latest estimate of similar purchases. during the first year of the war about £16 millions.

was

is

a

This fact, Mr. Cross said demonstration of Britain's desire not to divert trade from its normal chan- nels more than was absolutely neces-

sary.

Thanks to the cooperation of Ameri- at can shipowners, delays to ships British Contraband bases, about which there were earlier certain complaints, have now been greatly reduced.

vessels Of ten American passed inwards through since March 30, eight were on the day they arrived and two were cleared the next day.

The navicert system had also been working well.

SIMON BROADCASTING TO-NIGHT

London, To-day. Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the ¤ broadcast Exchequer, is making speech to-night which will be heard on Daventry wavelengths commencing at 11 p.m. H.K. Time.-British Wire-

less.

·END OF A CANARD

which

London, To-day. Gibraltar It is authoritatively stated that no cleared British officer or soldier has crossed

the frontier into Sweden in the course. of the present campaign in Norway. British Wireless.

ADMIRALS SEE KING

London, To-day.

Blake Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey

Over 48,000 applications for navi- certs had been dealt with since Decem- ber and nearly 300 fully navicerted ships, which need not enter control bases, have been cleared at sea within and Admiral Sir Sydney Meyrick" the past few months-British Wire-were received by the King yesterday.

-British Wireless. less.

Bringing Up Father

I KNOW I'M IN MEMPHIS- BUT WHERE

AM TIN MEMPHIS?

STRANGER. THIS IS BEALE STREET- QUITE FAMOUS- WITH WORLD RENOWNED PAWN SHOPS JUST A BLOCK AWAY IS A FAMOUS CABARET-

BY GOLLY. I WISH I HAD SOME DOUGH-I'D LIKE

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