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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1941.
GERMANY FEELING PINCH OF
OF BRITISH BLOCKADE SEVERELY
BLOCKADE IS LIKE A CHRONIC DIS- EASE AND IS INDUBITABLY A VITAL FAC- TOR IN GERMANY'S WAR SITUATION, DE- CLARED AN OFFICIAL OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC WARFARE IN LONDON YESTER- DAY.
BERNHARD
TRAINED
Transport congestion and labour shortage BY R.A.F.
already are serious problems. Transport de- lays have been aggravated by air raids and the labour shortage persists despite importa- tions of forced labour from Poland, Norway and other occupied countries.
Many instance are known German merchants cancelling D der because the railways unable to deliver the goods
WPLY
Despite the official censorship there is increasing evidence
that the German newspapers
much more are now shortages severe and that the blockade taking effect.
oby-
'GAS ATTACK' AND LONDON LAUGHS
Officials tried recently Feceive to show London how a gas
The stapply peition viously difficult as Germany her -
elf does mel expect 10 more than 3,000,000 tons from Ru-
NATALI
The Royal Air Foret is teaching Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands how but to be a fighter pilot it is doubtful whether he will get his mother-in- law's consent to do much active combat work.
of
The gemad young husband Crown Process Juliana vojun- teered for mistruction on how to perform one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs of the war in order to make tamselt more use- ful as colonel of Dutch forces and ande to Queen Wilhelmina.
The Netherlands Government- m-exile has its own formations
aying with the Royal Air Force but Lon-now and the Prince is described
Even with favourable attack works. conditions the Resch is unlikely to doners didn't pay muchas keen and eager for the excite-
uver 2.500,000 tons from Ru- mana and perhaps 1,000,000 from RussuIR.
Starvation Rations
This might keep Germany going #f the celiped countries. Louid continue on the present stars alieta! rations and if Germany's syntheta production was unipaned
Rubber production is only one third of the probable wartime 218 need and very severe redrictions have been superced in Germany,
The shortage of textiles as Vetely telt by German civilian,
are
The general difficulties best lustrated by the preval ence of black markets through out German Europe and the
sentences in extremely severe ficted on hoarders and traffick-
food.
CTS
A dangerth searrity sure to
distributio arve, more through difficult es tan fro837 a complete absenter of supplie ...
Transport Strain
W
Apart from the increased traffe, the blockade. by closing Bremen the ports of Hamburg,
Mediterranean, and the eastern has caused an minense strain oh internal transport.
attention, except for а laugh or two.
Gas wies sprayed in a bombed treet area while 200 citizens look - ad pm.
"Gas," yelled a warden and gas marks popped out everywhere,
A stray dog. unutmattal of the importance of the
ip- The pro- peared CUTE the scen endure was halted while wardens dashed about crying Who owns the dog”“
The owner was not foul and a hobby chased the dog away as spectators laughed.
A loudspeaker explained what I was happening,
"High
first,' explosives hit the speaker said, "then this gas is dropped. Many injured are in the buildings, some trapped." Two helmeted and gas-masked figures in oil skins with strange curtains
their necks amand rushed from the house carrying three girls and two tailors' dum- muert
A stretchier gang artved. Su did the stray dog agam A bobby in gas clothes made after the dog.
"Stand back please," warned a warden, "this gas may be unpleas- aut as the wind has shifted,"
The spectators paid on attention. Some moved up. An elderly wo- man tried to get through the gass- ed area.
den.
with
fait, madam." warned a War → "There's a gas attnek going
Late To Work
The congestion in Marseilles! is such that even greatly needed supplies cannot be quickly moved. she cried.
The
ment of combat work,
Nevertheless it is doubted that the Queen would consent to her daughter's consort taking any great part in Rying involving the danger of active combat work.
The German-born Prince has been taking us lessons in secret for several months and R.A.F. in- structors treat him like any other rookte except that he is granted "some latitude in the choice of training periods,"
Described as a "natural" flier, Prince Bernhard was said by one source to be in an advanced stage of training. He is soling follow- ing a stretch at the dual controls. A popular figure at London par- for his Price motors ties, the final lessons at helds gear London!
He stays at a hotel during the training periods, then drives back to London for his regular duties with the Dutch Government-in- Lexile, Crown Princess Juhana and their two children are in Canada
Before the war, Prince Bern- hard was known throughout the world as a devotee of automobile racing. To this, and his mechani- jeal bent, H.A.F, instructors attri- bute much of his aptitude for Blying.
DANE CREWS
REMAINING ON BOARD
Disposition of the four Danish ships taken under
"I don't care. I'm late to work."
Whipping on a gas mask, she neatly stepping recent enrolment of pushed through, recruits for the army in many over the spots in the street where cases removed the last youth the gas had been dropped. ful labour, which is irreplace. The gas was diluted but several protective custody by the able by war prisoners owing got a whiff, suffering some dis U.S. Navy in Manila is to the lack of administrative comfort although they were Btaff.
yards away,
The general picture is, there fore, one of a highly organised economy strained at very many points by the blockade.
Painful Effort
The maintenance of industries, in- the necessity to grow food
need stead of importing it, the to supply the German armies in occupied countries, and the ganisation of supplies from Rus-
that sia, all means
Germany's economic resources are exerted in a painful effort:
Germany's propaganda luxation of the blockendo how the Germans feel tar.
or-
75
The
awaiting instructions The gussed spots were covered from Washington, navy with some special mixture. crowd, which by now Included officials said.
children in three
tiny masks. Three of the ships, the Grete Gertrude Maersk and moved away, most of them laugh- Maersk,
Hulda Maersk were still ing and joking.
in A bobby returned leading the riding
anchor
Manila while The dog was sad harbour
the fourth, dog on a rope. but apparently ungassed.
the Marchen Maersk was in Cebu, all with skeleton crews still aboard und with naval guards on euch** ship.
NAZIS TROOPS' ILL
HEALTH
at
The question of what to do with the members of the crews still. was undecided. While some gov- crnment quarters insisted that Reports from Norway reaching they could not be interned since London state that a serlous out- the United States was not at war
occurred with any of the break of sourvy hos
Axis powers, maintained their intern- among German troops occupying others
ment would be permissible if it Finnmark, Northern Norway,
was determined there was no place Lack of proper food is given as it-Reu- the reason for the high sieknoss to send. the men and their return
for re- shows
rate among the German soldiers.to Denmark was found impossible.
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