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BRITISH Ministers have again and again insisted that the present alliance in arms between Britain and France, with its inevitablo economic corollary,

may well result in a closer and an endur- ing co-operation when returns. A not unimportant step in this direction is to be seen in the Anglo-French trade agreements concluded between the President of the Board of

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Trade and the French Minister of Commerce. The effect of them is to relax considerably the measures of prohibition and restriction which had to be im- posed on the outbreak of war. They are, in fact, the logical sequel to the financial agree- ments between the two countries which were concluded last De cember; and they lead the way to the establishment of similar arrangements between other parts of the British and French Empires. Such reciprocity, whose consequence must be n growing inter-dependence, is of the happiest augury.

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who

murdered the East

the men in Dudgeon lightship would be furious to learn that they have indirectly done the best turn of the war to Britain's merchant seamen.

by- TREVOR

EVANS

the Biting of lifeboats appliances.

The excellent Board

DORANS

And has given twice as many do 'corations as we have...

HOME of our very gallant allies,

the fliers of the French Armee de l'Air, are not being heard of quite enough in this queer war.

The fault is not theirs. They have their Dorans too. In and other fact, the French Government so far

has awarded its airmen more than. twice as many decorntions as our of Trade R.A.F, men have received

specifications met most contingencies at sen, in peace time, he says.

French system of decorations is more.

Some people believe that the...

truly democratic than the Brillah.

for

Most passenger ships were well In many cases whole crews of French bomber.reconnaissance equipped, but the cargo ships ocean machines are being decorated and coastwise need overhauling working together as a team. now, especially those more than len The captain, his radio operator, years old.

gunners and navigator nearly always receive the same decoration--general- ly a mention in Army Orders and

some impartiality in when they leave the Croix de Guerre.

The only time the British show the

whole crews undecorated,

What happened to that defenceless

In many of these oldish ships the lightship crew has turned Authority little could be spared to save our Some of the boats suffer from over

to protect property," he said, "afeboats leak badly when launched, spotlight on the need for greater lives." safely measures for men of the sea.

Mr. Winston Churchill has

an-

nounced that crews are to be taken

off the further-out lightships. And

replaced by Hght - floats the further-out lightships are to be

crews.

without

"Ar

zealous painting.

Meet some of the Allied herocayen N.C.O. Pliol Pierre Frebillot. Chief

Pierre Martelllore are a bomber crev who have all won Army Orders inen- When a ship is mined or forpedoedtion and the Croix de Guerra..

Ife made two suggestions.

"One I examined," he said, "would ange for a slow-slow convoy," he have been impossible to use for life- said, "and sce that every ship saving. It was so painted up that it however small, however old, has a was impossible to get the rowlocis Sergeant Pierre Lacallie and Corporal raft slung to her deck, quickly into the gunwale fittings." detachable in time of trouble you'll cut your losses of life at sea No more will we risk men whose by half." whole working life has been spent helping the vessels of all nations, stoning of these rufts, with sealed

He added that the special provi German Included.

lockers containing food, water, spirits But if the seas are unsafe for and flares, could be economically lightship men, what of the crews of provided.

ners were wounded and one engine- fishing trawlers and the slow, old

put out of action, by skilful manocu- This story was told to me ten days; tramps which would normally belago.

That at least two lifeboats, one vre and shooting they managed to bound for the scrap-yard, but are every member of that crew has gone the starboard, should be fitted with information."

There is a footnote. Since then forward on the port side, one aft on get back their base will important. now of greater value to the nation back to sca. than they have ever been before?

a petrol or paraffin engine-giving a

it seldom sinks on anything like an The metal report says this or even keel. Mr. H. says it is often them: A

worthy and gallant crew.

two of the four possible lifeboats. impossible to lower away more than they were attacked at great height During a photographic reconnaissance

by enemy fighters. They fought as they continued to carry out their sugges-mission. Although both machine gun-

HE

E makes these tions:

to

· N.C.O. ·Pilot ́Antoine Mercy has won the Military Medal as well as They have been telling strange, Dougins hirrwelt hopes to go back range of 100 miles wat in cost of the Croix de Guerre with Palm, On

£150 a boat, disquieting tales, these men of the next month.

photographie reconnaissance he was tramps, on their return from recent

Tattacked by three Messerschmiits, That cach ship should carry at The official report says:--

voyages.

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ROBERT STANLEY was the least four life-rafts, Otted with man Thanks to bis sang-fröld ho

burns,

second steward of a ship ropes and calcium flures, similar to succeeded, in spite of grave MAVIN DOUGLAS, Scottish that cank off the west coast last the Carley floats used by Navy ships to the French liners, his machine in bringing his flaming machine back: novelist, has just ended a month.

That when ships enter danger gunner killed at his post. He thus voyage as a deck-band.

It was Robert Stanley's job to stow zones all lifeboats should be swung enabled his observer to jump by His ship was to old and so slow away bottles of brandy in the life-out on the davis. that she could not join a convoy.boats at the beginning of the voyage.

He makes another proposal But she is useful mough to bring After he and his mates had been firemen on coal-burning ships. 10,000 tons of iron-ore to this country floundering round in the cold waters each trip she makes.

of the bay for some hours they were 100 to 120 degrees. Few of them

They work in an atmosphere

bonts.

parachute lato French territory with |valuable photographs. In these con- for ditions he showed a magnificent spirit of sacrifice worthy of the highest ¡ praise," ・ Antoine, Mercy's sacrifice- of was the supreme'ona......

Douglas is bitter, but he is going/hauled aboard one of their own ille-ever provide themselves with warm

to sea again.

He called to the officer in charge "Pass the brandy, sir,”

It is also satisfactory to know

difficulties in the way of the parallel development of French and British export trade have been examined, and that the dis- cussions between the Federation of British Industries and the equivalent . organisation France have been approved. Such a move might easily even- tuato in something very like an Industrial alliance. For the im- There were times on that last trip They sat there shivering in the mediate moment the announce when he and his shipmates were stern when Stanley suddenly re- ment that will be most convinced that they were just plain, membered the brandy, welcomed, however, is the agreed | fool suicides. intention to simplify to

They looked at their. Hifeboats as greatest possible extent the the ship created and groaned through existing formalities relating to the danger zones, and they had mor- the control of external trade, bid discussion on the number of ways the movement of private per- they could go down without the life sons, and communications by boats being the tiniest scrap of use. nost, telegraph and telephone. These formalities have proved

The crew were concerned about the not only, unduly restrictive but lack of safety. positively vexatious. Trade bo- tween Britain and France has been forced, as it were into, 'a strait waistcoat, and healthy ned to leave odd spars lying about doned."

One or two of them actually plan-or on a ráft before a ship is aban- activity has been made imposai- in the scuppers in the hope that if ble, No better foundation could the strip went down there would be Ho went to sea again last week

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In their hours off duty they formed tie Informal discussion groups.

There was a shocked alience,

Then there are the simple, brief mentions like this, dozens of them: "Sergeant Pilot Michel Marias, bril- liant fighter pilot. He proved his worth on his first fight in action. Attacked by two Messerschmitts, he shot one down and forced the other

Young Lieutenant Tissier was on photographic reconnaissance when. aircraft fire. Then came three fes-- his machinic was disabled by anti- serschmitin. Every man in the ban ber was wounded. The machine wAR. in dames. It fought its way

back to the base. Lieutenant Tissler had! saved the photographs,

clothing. When their slup goes down they suffer terribly from exposure.

"Why not provide these men with warm "duffle costs?" says Mr. H.

If shipowners are ordered fo At out of detion." ships with motor lifeboats, or fit existing lifeboats with engines,, and life-rafts, he adds, arrangements can be made in every main port to come plete the job in forty-eight hours.

PASSED all these sugges

tlons on to a member of "There ought to be a law," he the Advisory Committee to the Minis- salt, making it an offence to open try of Shipping,

Ho telephoned mo.

Then the offer spoke. "Don't you remember?" he said. "We drank it all at our Christmas party,"

When Stanley saw me he minde one.suggestion.

the seal of any locker in a Ilfeboat

boration between the two coun tries which, it is hoped, will be

That was all they asked.'. Some) MR. H. is an expert in

marine life-saving equip-| potent, factor in post-war thing to cling to. economics than this decision to When Gavin Douglas came to see ment. Far years he was in charge give business intorchanges; the me" he was not, angry, freedom to function." ATI LAG MO DI141

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"We have done quite a lot along the linca you suggest," he "but now the whole Business be speeded up for every one."

petions for which decorations are be

Nearly 90 per cent. of these gallont ing given took place over German territory. The French are taking the initiative."

The flers of the Armee de PAir- may not be lucky enough to have is to bombers. But they have plenty of says, Spitfires, Hurricanes and Wellington that without which all the Splittres in the world would be uselces.

They are brave and Roy, AN The B.A.F. on the Western Front: have worthy contrades to fly v

Zwith.

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"Why the sudden spurt?" I naked, "That East Dudgeon lightship affair was the last straw," he said.

That's how those Naki airmen have

of liner lifeboats spend money. Now he has a shore job organising helped British seamen.

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Sydney Smith

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