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NAZI JUBILATION AT AT SCAPA "VICTORY”

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Mar. 18 (UP).—The afternoon papers hall the "victory" of Scapa Flow and the meeting between II Duce and the Fuehrer at: Brenner.

Banner headlines term the Scapa Flow attack as "the hard- est blow of the war."

The papers publish pictures of some of the officers who participated and also long descriptions of the attack with long commentaries. Most papers are devoling even more at- tention to Scapa Flow than to the Brenner meeting.

CONTROL OF FOODSTUFFS

Britain Prohibits All Imports LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reuter). The Hamburger Fremdenblatt "The Food Ministry has decided declares that the Brenner meeting to take control of imported and the attack on Stapa Flow show foodstuffs generally, and "the degree to which Germany has general order will be published taken over the direction of the courEĆ of the war and asserts that "in both on March 21 prohibiting Im- the milltary and political fielda Ger- ports of all foodstuffs, including

"The Scapa Flow sttack was

many is now on the offensive." feeding-stuffs for animals, ex-

more than a mere picos of bracept undor licence. vado," said the paper's editorial.

The only exceptions are wines, "It was the first really earnest spirits, fresh and cured fish, and live German air attack on English fleet animals. bases."

The order will apply to all food- "Germany negotiates while the stuffs not already subject to ilcence which are despatched nfler March 20 Western Powers tolk," the paper

Great Britain after continues. The same can be said of and arrive in

March 27. Italy

Open and general teences will be "The simple fact of liter and;

permitting, Alussolini meeting at the height of issued

further battle between Germany and Britain notice, importations without separate doubt as to the un-licences of consignments of a number

until

Tuesday,

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BIG LOAN Shipping Losses In First Six Months

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OPEN CRITICISM OF MINISTRY “TRAVESTY'

Simon Announces New

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LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter). In the House of Commons to- day, Sir John Simon announced

that the three per cent, War

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” LONDON, Mar. 18 (UP)-In a debate on the! Ministry of Shipping in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Robert Shinwell, Labour M.P., stated that Britain, has lost, from one cause or another, more than 150,000 tons of merchant shipping during the first six months of

war.

"In addition many vessels have been damaged, many of which cannot be repaired for

Loan had been over-subscribed.

Referring to the issue of Govern- ment securities in the future, Sir John sald Uut the policy of the Government was to aim at stability of interest rates and to secure that the yield offered on future loans, of whatever type, should, after making dur allowance for such factors as the periods of the loans, be in agreement: with the level of interest rates es- tablished by the terms of the recent two per cent. Conversion the three per cent, loan just asued.

In these circumstances, Sir John welcomed the action taken to-day by the Committee of the London Stack Exchange in

in announcing a revised

He attacked the Ministry of Ship- of minimum prices for Govern- ping for lack of efficiency and fore-reaction to the Brenner meeting is ment securities.

sight and urged the speedy expun lacking but the meeting caught the The new minimum prices, he said, son of the shipbuilding programme. press unawarch and papers generally bore a closer relationship between

He asserted that shipowners were betray the greatest surprise. the existing prices than those fixed seething with discontent and

It is thought it may increase pres- on the outbreak of war and might be becoming violently indignant.

sure on M. Daladier for A taken as evidence of a desire on the

"While it is not feared that Britain energetic conduct of the war against part of the authorities concerned to might be bombed to death, It is fear-the German peace offensive when the co-operate in a polley for maintained that they might be starved to Chamber of Deputies meets in secret ing the interest rates at the present death," he added.

session to-morrow. level.

DALADIER weeks or months. Yet the CRITICISED

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Sir John added that larger appli- cants had been allotted about eight "I shall want some more later on," he added.

eliminates everyty of the German-of classes of foodstuffs, including per cent.

conditional

bananas, fresh fruits, jams, chutney, Halian alliance of comradeship,"

"Fully conscious of hier military curry-powder and shell-risti.

might and the will to victory Ger- many, by the attack on Scapa Flow and others which will follow, is now revealing to those who want to know the truth that she wishes to ware war as a conflict between herself and both those Powers who] dare to stand in the way of her

Bigger Pensions For Bereaved

LONDON, Mar. 19 (Router).—-In connection peaceful mission in her historical parents of unmarried men killed in with pensions for the lebensraum in Central Europe." the war, the Minister of Pensions sald

Premier's Statement

to-day in the House of Commons that LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter), In in future pensions will be paid with- the House of Commolis to-day, Mr.jout enquiry as to whether or not Neville Chamberlain announced that the person concerned can support he would deal with the attack on himself.

Scapa Flow in his war statement) The minimum will be Increased to-morrow.

from 2s. to 5s. a week and the maximum from 128, 8d. to 17s, 6d. In some cases.

B.E.F. LEAVE RESUMED

LONDON, Mar.

The new scale will be put into operation at once.

Nothing To Report

10 (UP). The) War Office hur announced that homel PARIS, Mar. 18 (Reuter),-To- leave for the British Expeditionary day's communique says that there is Forces in France has been resumed. nothing to report.

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Setback Impossible LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter).—The new, minimum prices, announced yes- terday, virtually pledge the British authorities not to permit an appre cible gilt-edged setback, even tem- porarily.

There is overy intention of pro- opportunity offers. euring further advances when the

Anglo-French Co-operation

Colonial Ministries To

Work Together LONDON, Mar. 10 (Reuter)Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary for the Colonies, and M. Georgen Mundel, French Minister for Colonies, met again to-day in Paris and decided that the Britials Colonial Office and The French Ministry for Colonies henceforward would keep In constant touch.

They further decided that an org- anisation should be created both in

London and Paris to maintain per- manent Haison between the two de- partments,

There will be conferences from time to time between the governors of neighbouring British and French colonlul territories.

Economic Programme

This contact will also be establish- ed between administrative and speci- alised ofllcers of the territories.

Regarding the prosecution of the war, in the economie field, the Minis- ters agreed to examine the possibility of framing and co-ordinating a pro- gramme for the production and mor- keting of various colonial products with the object of making the fullest possible use of their joint resources.

French and British experts are meeting very shortly for this purpose.

Ministry anys we have lost only 200,000 tons. They are making a travesty of the situation," he declared,

were

Ship Month Overdue Newcastle steamer, Tiberton, 5,225 LONDOŃ, Mar. 18 (Reuter)-The

tons is a month overdue. and is belleved lost with all hands.

Dutch Ship Sunk

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Conduct Of War

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHÝ PARIS, Mar. 18 (UP)—QMelal

more

Eleven Interpellants on all sides In the Chamber more or Jess criticise the war polley at present and It is believed that they will be- | come even more critical, more so than the Senate,

It has been learned that M. Dalodier will, probably reorganise the Cabinet 18after the Chamber's session and that

FLUSHING, Holland, Mar. (UP)—The Dutch steamer Sint it will not be broadened to a full size Annaland exploded and, sank quickly but remain ៧. in the North Sen on Sunday evening. Cabinet.

The crew of 21 was rescued.

Alarmed By Losses

restricted Wor

LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter). Commissions For

Shipping and the shipbuilding posl- tion were reviewed in the House of Commons to-day.

R.A.F. Gunners

LONDON, Mar. '18

-The

Mr. E. Shinwell. Opposition Labour

(Reuter). member, moved a motion criticising rapid increase in the personnel of the the Ministry of Shipping and de- Royal Air Force has brought a de- manded the speedy expansion of the mand for more air gunners, and for shipbuildnig programme.

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ed into agreements with neutral for the duration of the War. Men ship-owners for the use of their between the ages of 28 and 35 will be vessels of rates much higher than accepted.

The award of commissions is a received by British ship-owners.

He said it was rather alarming recognition of the vital part that alrLIVERPOOL that we had lost more than three-gunners play when a bomber is via SINGAPORE, BOMBAY, quarters of a million tons of mer-jattacked by enemy fighters. chant shipping in the first six

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He added that there were at pref

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via MANILA, & Way Ports They must not just sit down and

sent over 10,000, men unemployed in watch the gyrations of Ribbentrop, SHANGHAI, JAPAN, the shipbuilding and ship repairing adds the paper. industries as well as 20,000 engineers, With all the resources at their comi- HONOLULU, SAN

He understood that 75 per cent, of mand they must take the Initia FRANCISCO,

the ship building at present was for tive the Navy,

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and suggested that the In Paris the public opinion is ANGELES Admiralty should be requested to re- summed up by "Figuro" which stys Icase as many skilled men as they that the Government have to pro- VANCOUVER and SEATTLE could for the building of ships for sceute the war with the last ounce of the merchant navy.

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Sir John Gilmour, Minister Shipping, in replying, paid tribute to

mariue NEW YORK, Mar.. 18 (Reuter)—| BOMBAY the men of the mercantile

shermen and the very valuable con- The British and French clamour for

CALCUTTA tribution which had been made by action in the prosecution of the war the Empire, particularly India. by the Allies is seen in another light He said that the Government was by the New York "Herald Tribune".

Hitler, says the paper, would win satisfied that the agreements with neutral owners represented a-reason-an important victory if the Alled ble bargain to the mutual advantage High Command were forced into any of both parties.

insty or -judged action,

Admiralty's Work LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter)---In It was inevitable, he sald, that the rates for neutrals should be higher the House of Commons to-day, Mr. than those for British ships because Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary in chartering neutral ships The and Financlat Secretary to the Ad- Government were competing in the miralty, Intervened in a debate to ex- plain how the Admiralty were dis- Sir John mentioned that loans had charging their responsibility

granted in respect of 55 new merchant ship-building. theatrical producer, has died of pneu-vessels and referred to the proposed Mr. Shakespeare said the potential monia in a B.E.F. miiltary hospital, scheine of compensation by which capacity of our shipyards to-day was states "Reuters" special correspond owners of ships lost by war risks not less than their capacity at the would be given cash, equal to the highest peak of ship-building in the amount for which the ship was Great War.

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