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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1941.'

GERMANY FEELING PINCH 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.

Transport congestion and labour shortage 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.

of

Many instances are known German merchants cancelling oc- de because the railways WETC unable to deliver the goods.

In

that

Despite the official censorship there is increasing evidence the Gorman newspapers shortages are now much more severe and that the blockade taking effect.

The oil supply position is ob- viously difficult as Germany her- self does not expect to receive more than 3,000,000 tons from Ru- mana Even with favourable! conditions the Reich is unlikely to

get over 2,500,000 tons from Ru- mania and perhaps 1,000,000 from Russia.

Starvation Rations

tons

FORESTRY

GUARD ATTACKED

Three Chinese Gunners of the Royal Artillery, and

TURKEY TO CONTINUE AS NON-BELLIGERENT

It

is

understood

that the Turkish For- eign Minister, Dr. Sarajoglu, told the People's Party on Tuesday that the Gov- ernment would in the meanwhile continue the policy of non- belligerency, continu- ing closely to watch developments affect- ing Turkish interests.

-Reuter.

DANE CREWS

three Chinese Sappers of REMAINING

the Royal Engineers, were summoned before Mr. G.

T. Lowry this morning, for ON BOARD

assaulting

a forestry

guard, Wong Wah, in Vic- toria Road on February

This might keep Germany goly il the orcupied countries Coult 24. continue on the present starvation rations and if Germany's synthetic production was unimplored.

The

Disposition of the four Danish ships taken under protective custody by the accused were Spr. Wong U.S. Navy in Manila is Shing-man, Spr. Fok Man. Spr. a waiting instructions Fong Fook. Chr. I Shum-kit, Rubber production is only one- Cine. Tum Jo-yuen and Cine. Kwan from Washington, navy third of the probable wartime Ching, and they pleaded not officials said. minimum needs and very severe guilty. restrictions have been imposed in Germany.

!

Assistant Crown Solicitor, Mr. J. }'. Murphy, conducted the

The shortage of textiles is se- prosecution. verely felt by German civilians.

Three of the ships, the Grete Maersk, Gertrude Maersk and Hulda Maersk were still riding at anchor i11 Manila harbour while the fourth, the Marchen Maersk was in Cebu, all with skeleton crews still aboard women ship. wild tree wood. He

It was stated that the forestry The general difficulties are guard, on duty in Victoria Road, and with naval guards on each best lustrated by the preval-saw a party of Chinese ence of black markets through carrying

The question of what to do with

out German Europe and the tried to stop the women and was the members of the crews still extremely severe sentences in- obstructed by two men who flicted on hoarders and traffick- | claimed to be from the Fort. ers in food.

A dangerous scarcity is sure to arise, more through distribution difficulties than from a complete absence of supplies.

Transport Strain

Later, the two men returned with a party of more than twenty men and attacked the guard.

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to

He made a report 10 No. Police Station and was sent Queen Mary Hospital for treat- ment.

Dr. Lui Kwai-to, of Queen Apart from the increased

war Mary Hospital, told the Court trafic, the blockade, by closing that he examined Wong Wah, the ports of Hamburg. Bremen who had injuries to the right side and the eastern Mediterranean,¦ of the chest, the back, a cul has caused an immense strain on his right eye, and a bruise in internal transport,

The congestion in Marseilles is such that even greatly needed supplies cannot be quickly moved,

the lower part of the cye.

was undecided. While some gov- ernment quarters insisted that they could not be interned since the United States was not at war

with any of the Axis powers, others maintained their intern- ment would be permissible if it wus determined there was no place to send the men and their return to Denmark was found impossible.

PORTUGUESE WOMAN ATTACKED

Wong Wah, in evidence, who said that he was stationed in a hut at the junction of Mount Mrs, F. N. Cunha, of No. 6, Davis and Pokfulam, alleged he King's, Terrace, was involved in a was assaulted by the accused, struggle with a snatcher in Tak The recent enrolment of with another party of over 20 Shing Street yesterday. recruits for the army in many men. cases removed the last youth- ful tabour, which is irreplace- able by war prisoners owing to the lack of administrative staff.

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, the necessity to grow food in- stead of importing it, the need to supply the German armies in occupied countries, and the or- ganisation of supplies from Rus- sia, all means that Germany's economic resources are exerted in a painful effort.

Germany's propaganda for re- laxation of the blockade shows how the Germans feel it.-Reu-

ter.

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The case is proceeding.

Mrs. Cunha fell to the ground but held on to the snatcher until, the arrival of a Portuguese boy, J. Roza Pereira, who assisted her and escorted the snatcher to the

SPARE MAN police station.

IN DOCK!

IN

COUNTING PRISONERS THE DOCK AT THE KOWLOON MAGISTRACY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, A CHINESE CON. STABLE FÖÚND HE HAD ONE TOO MANY.

Before

Mr. H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon this morning, the ́oulprit, Chan- Chuen-lam, 22, was sentenced to two months' bard labour.

WOMAN'S FRAUD

"I want to go to prison," was

A 32-year-old woman, Wong the answer of the extra

Lal-hing, was sentenced to one man, when asked what he was doing month's hard labour by Mr. G. T. there. He had in his possesion, a Lowry this morning, for obtaining knife, a file and a screw-driver. $17 from a hotel boy by falsc

This morning he was charged, pretences. with trespassing and with posses- She pretened she could sion of instruments for an un- get three Immigration cer- lawful purpose....

tificates for $17. When the money He was bound over in a bond was paid, she disappeared.

Detective of $50 to be of good behaviour |

Muc- Sergeant J. for a year.

Donald prosecuted.

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