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NAZI JUBILATION AT SCAPA "VICTORY”

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

Banner headlines term the CONTROL

Scapa Flow attack as "the hard- ost blow of the war."

The papers publish pictures of some of the officers who participated and also long descriptions of the altack with long commentaries. Most papers are devoting even more at-

OF

FOODSTUFFS

Britain Prohibits All Imports tention to Scapa Flow than to the LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter). The Hamburger Fremdenblatt "The Food Ministry has decided declares that the Brenner meeting to take control of imported and a and the attack on Scapa Flow show foodstuff's generally,

Breaner meeting.

Tuesday,

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March 19, 1940.

BIG LOAN Shipping Losses In First Six Months

OPEN CRITICISM OF MINISTRY “TRAVESTY'

Simon Announces New

Issue Later

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

that the three per cent, War

Loan had been over-subscribed.

Referring to the issue of Govern- ment securities in the future, Sir Government was to aim at stability

Jolin said that the policy of the

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 vesela DALADIER

have been damaged, many weeks or months.

of

which cannot be repaired for

Yet the CRITICISED "the degree to whids Germany has general order will be published the per cent. Conversion Loan and Ministry says we have lost only

tatten over

the direction of the course)

of the war" and asserts that "in both on March 21 prohibiting Im the military and political fields Ger- ports of all foodstuffs, including is now on the offensive. feeding-stuffs for animals, ex-

attack "The Scapa Flow more than a mero ploce of bra-cept under licence.

many

WAS

Great Britain after

The only exceptions are wines, vado," said the paper's editorial. "It was the first really earnest spirits, fresh and cured fish, and live German air attack on English fleet animals.

The order will apply to all food- bases." *Germany

negotiates while the luffs not already subject to licence Western Powers talk," the paper which are despatched after March 20 continues. The same can be sald of and arrive in

March 27, Italy.

Open and general licences will be "The simple fact of Hitler and

Issued

permitting, until further Mussolini meeting at the height of a battle between Germany and Britain notice, importations without separate eliminates every doubt as to the un-leences of consignments of a number of classes of foodstuffs, including conditional solidarity of the

German-

bananas, fresh fruits, jams,, chutney, Italian

alilonce of comradeship." "Fully conscious of her military curry-powder and shell-fish,

might nad 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

wage war as a conflict between herself and both thone Powers who dare to sland in the way of her peaceful mission in her historical Jebensraum in Central Europe."

Premier's Statement

Bigger Pensions For Bereaved

the

LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reuter),—In connection parents of unmarried men tilled in

with pensions for

the war, the Minister of Pensions sald to-day in the House of Commons that LONDON, Mar. 18 (Router), — Injin tufure pensions will be pald with- the House of Commons to-day, Mr. aut 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 lo-morrow.

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B.E.F. LEAVE

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LONDON, Mar, 18

(UP).—The

War Offer has announced that home!

The new scale will be put into operation at once.

Nothing To Report

PARIS, Mar.

18 (Reuter).----To- leave for the British Expeditionary day's communique says that there is Forces in France has beets resumed.nothing to report.

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of interest rates and to secure that the yield offered on future loans, of whatever should after making for such factors as the due allowance f periods of the loans, be in agreement the level of interest rates es- tablished by the terms of the recent

three per

cent. loan just issued. In these circumstances, Sir John welcomed the action taken to-day by the Committee of the London Stocle revised Exchange in announcing a

of

minimum prices for Govern- ment securities.

tin

jist

The new minimum prices, he said, bore a closer relationship between the existing prices than those fixed on the outbreaks of war and might be tulen s evidence of a desire on the part of the authorities concerned to co-operate in a policy for maintain- the interest rates at the present

level.

Sir John added that larger appli- cants had been allosted about eight per cent,

"I shall wont some more later on," he added.

Setback Impossible

|

200,000 tons. They are making a travesty of the situation," he declared.

Conduct Of War SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ PARIS. Mar. He attacked the Ministry of Ship-

18 (UP).—Official ping for lack of effelency and fore-reaction to the Brenner meeting is sight and urged the speedy expan- lacking but the meeting caught the sion of the shipbuilding programme. press unawares and papers generally

He asserted that shipowners were betray the greatest surprise.

It is thought it may Increase pres- acething with discontent and were

sture on M. Daladier for a more becoming violently indignant.

"While it might be boot feared that Britain energetic conduct of the war against to death, It is fear-the German peace offensive when the to Chamber of Deputies meets in secret starved ed that they might be death," he added.

session to-morrow,

Ship Month Overdue LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reuler)-The Newensile steamer, Tiberion, 5,225 tons, is a month

and is overdue believed lost with alf hands.

Dutch Ship Sunk SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Dutch steamer

Eleven interpellants on all sides in the Chamber more or Icay eritlelse the war policy 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. Dalidier will probably reorganise the Cabinet LONDON, Mar. 19 (Reuter).-The

FLUSHING, Holland, Mar. 10 after the Chamber's session and that (UP)--The new minimum prices, announced yes-

Sintit will not be broadened to a full size terday. virtuntly pledge the British Annaland exploded and sank quickly but remain as a restricted War authorities not to permit an appre-in the North Sea on Sunday evening. Cabinet. elable gilt-edged setback, even tem- porarily.

There is every intention of pro-

opportunity pilers. euring further advances when the

Anglo-French Co-operation

Colonial Ministries To

Work Together

LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reuter), Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary for the Colonies, and M. Georges Mandel, French Minister for Colonies, met aguin to-day. in Paris and decided that the British Colonial Office and the French Ministry for Colonles 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 liaison between the two de- partments.

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

The crew of 21 was rescued.

Alarmed By Losses

LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter) Shipping and the shipbuilding post- tion were reviewed In the House of Commons to-day.

Commissions For R.A.F. Gunners

Mr. E. Shinwell. Opposition Labour LONDON, Mar, 18 (Reuter}.—The

ser, moved

n motion criticising rapid increase in the personnel of the inember, th10 Ministry

istry 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.

the first time in the history of the

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He declared that the Ministry had Service, commissions will be granted entered 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

af rates much higher than accepted. received by British ship-owners.

Bald l was rather alarming recognition of the vital part that nir LIVERPOOL that

had lost more than three-runners play when a bomber is via SINGAPORE, BOMBAY, quarters of a million tons of mer-attacked by enemy fighters, chant shipping in the first alx months of the war besides the many Vessels which damaged,

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Must Take Initiative

He added that there were at pre-

They must not just sit down and sent over 10,000 men unemployed in watch the gyrations of Ribbentrop, the shipbuilding and ship repairing adds the paper. Industries as well as 20,000 engineers, With all the resources at their com-

He understood that 75 per cent. of mand they must take

the ship building at present was for tive and keep

vis MANILA, & Way Ports SHANGHAI, JAPAN, HONOLULU, SAN

the Initia FRANCISCO,

the Navy, and suggested that the In Paris the pubile opinion is ANGELES

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LOS

Icase as many skilled men as they that the Government have to pro- VANCOUVER and SEATTLE could for the building of ships for secute the war with the last ounce of the merchant navy.

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Allies Must Not Be Hasty

THIS WEEK

NEXT WEEK & MIDDLE OF APRIL

FREIGHT ONLY

Economic Programme This contact will also be establish-

Sir John Gilmour, Minister of ed between administrative and speci- allsed officers of the territories.

Shipping, in replying, paid tribute to

NEW YORK, Mar. 18 (Reuter) BOMBAY Regarding the

the men of the mercantile marine the prosecution of the war, in the economic field, the Minis- shermen and the very valuable con- The British and French clamour for

action in the prosecution of the war CALCUTTA tribution which had been made by by the Alles is seen in another light NEW YORK via JAPAN; ters agreed to examine the possibility of framing and co-ordinating a pro-

the Empire, particularly India. gramme for the production and mar-

He said that the Government was by the New York "Herald Tribune",

LOS ANGELES & PANAMA Hitler, says the paper, would win keting of various colonial products satisfied that the agreements with

Port Said, with the object of making the fullest neutral owners represented a reason-Inn important victory if the Allied LONDON via possible use of their. joint resources..

able bargain to the mutual advantage High Command were forced into any CASABLANCA French and British experts are

of both puriles,

hasty or i-judged action

"MARSEILLES, GIBRALTAR, meeting very shortly for this purpose,

Admiralty's Work

Famed Producer Dies In France

Loans For Replacements

dis- for

It was inevitable, he said, that the LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter).--In 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 und Financial Secretary to the Ad- debate to ex- Government were competing in the miralty, intervened in International market.

plain how the Admirally were

their Sir John mentioned that loans had charging

responsibility LONDON, Mar.

(Reuter). Major Frank Vernon, the well-known

en granted in respect of 55 new inerchant ship-building. theatrical producer, has died of preu-

vessels and referred to the proposed Mr. Shakespeare said the potential monta in a B.E.F. milltary hospital.scheme of compensation by which capacity of our shipyards to-day was states "Reuler's" specin! correspond-

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Press Campaign LONDON, Mar. 18 (Reuter).The British and French press are asking. for greater vigour in the prosecution) of the war by the Allies.

The "Times" asks whether Bellish diplomacy and war policy were con- cerned

with making the greatest effort.

He added that If, as the war proceeded, it became #pparent that berths should be turned over from naval to mercantlle construe- tlon, that must be done, for there might come

stage in the war when a merchant ship would be almost more precious than a warship,

More Men Employed Mr. Shakespeare stated that since the war started, the number of men employed in ship-buliding had risen "Are we hitting as often as we can from 90,000 to 131,000 and 20,000 and

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