1940-11-20 — Page 16

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R.A.F. RUPTURES Nazi Ill-Treatment Of QUEENS THEATRE

REICH

FROM PAGE ONE

be unable to clear the ground in time)

for next year's planting.

Throughout Germany, rofugees

are finding means to avoid the official

fugees are frequently reported.

Hamburg Ruined

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British Prisoners

U.S.A. Asked To Intercede

the

U.S. WARSHIPS

AFIRE

ban and are evacuating themselves LONDON, Nov. 19 (Reuter).-The American Government out of reach of the long arm of the has been asked to make plain to Germany their responsibilities RAF. Many of them are

are making

for regarding prisoners of war, declared Mr. Anthony Eden, Secret- Austria and particularly Vienna where the food situation is reported y of State for War, in the House of Commons to-day. to be becoming acute and where they Declaring that he was very dils are not welcomed by the Viennese, satialed with the position of Britishi Il-feeling appears to be growing and Prisoners of war in certain camps in demonstrations against German re Germany, Mr. Eden said that,

German Government Was being urged through available diplomatic |chanaels to fülâl their obligations and the American Government in the LONDON, Nov, 19 (Router)st few days had been asked to make "Hamburg his lost its vital wor role," representations. writes the "Yorkshire Post" military correspondent. "The week-end optra- tions on Hamburg for the greatest alr effort of the war on one objective, There can be little left of military use in this great port.

"Naval

shipyards and oil storages are wrecked and the works of Blom and Voss are extensively damaged, Dock sheds have gone up in amoke and sunken shilps block the channels. The big oil refinery, with a capacity of 400,000 metric tons, cannot now be of much value.

"The Neuhof power station is on short time and slipways of the Isle of Walteshotel have been destroyed, with the ships and submarines on them.

Docks Destroyed

"The dockside produce markets were destroyed earlier, all tanks have: been blown up, a vegetable oil fac- tory Jas been gutted and the Rhenania Ossng Works bus been badly damaged.

the luck of

FROM PAGE ONE

South Dakota,

Mr. Eden was replying to a ques-States battleship in which suggested that British under construction in the yards of prisoners of war were too weak to the New York Shipbuilding Com- play games owing to

pany, but it was soon got under ordinary food.

Mr. Eden said it was known that control. many British prisonera were without Three workmen are reported miss- winter clothes. The British Governing in the smoke-filled hold and at ment was trying to bring about a least seven others were overcome by remedy; there was no doubt where smoke. the responsibility Iny.

The Poalmaster General had said: that the number of parcels sent to British prisoners during October was nearly 98,000,

Workers Saving Millions

"The week-end explosions caused In the first twelve months of numerous fires in grain stores and the war, wages of British factories.

workers have been increased by "Hamburg shipping is dead and workmen have been drafted else £100,000,000 a year. They have! where.

put-at-least £100,000,000-into- "Military objectives in the city War Certificates and other forms

a large area, closely grouped, of saving. and all that remains is blackened! More than 12,000,000 workers have Hell. Homburg, as a port, no longer shared in the £150,000,000 rise. operates and when our last bombers Investigations show that in addi- returned to-day, the second elty of tion to the £150,000,000 rises, a Germany may be said to have lost further £200,000,000 a year has gone its vital role in the war. Its rall into the pockets of the workers ways have been ploughed, the Altona through increased employment and

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works have been heavily straddled) of this, at least £100,000,000 hes and trafle and sorting yards, huve been saved. been reduced to chaos."

Japanese To Control Indo-China Rubber

FROM PAGE ONE

against British shipping using Indo- China parts. This has caused widespread protests in Haiphong, Hanol and Saigon, where traders are watching their business dwindle to aste of bankruptcy.

U.S.. Materials Meanwhile the situation regarding American goods-in-Indo-Ching ports remains obscure. Several million dollars worth of materials belonging to the Far Eastern Trading Company are still lying at Halphong awaiting shipment One effort was made to re-export part of the stuff aboard the Siklang but the Japanese compelled the French authorities to prevent the | ship's sailing.

LATE NEWS

Smaller Ships May Be Built Anglo-American Naval Agreement's Effect

WASHINGTON. October 31 (UP)—Use 'by the American Navy of all of Britain's world-wide net of bases máy have a radical effect on the design of future warships built for this country's service.

This effect would be most noticeable in types intended for wide-ranging patrol and raiding duties, especially cruisers, des troyers and submarines...

Hitherto the U.S. Navy, with very few bases outside the continental United States, has favoured large ships of great "build-in" cruising radius, carrying big supplies of oil and provi sions, and able to stay at sea for long periods without refueling.

· Britain's Navy, on the other throughout the world, the hitherio During the unloading the Japanese hand, with plenty of strategical- prevailing necessity for great, cruis- found bandages and gas-masks con- iy disposed bases and supplying radius and correspondingly large signed to Chungking which the

supply space may be considerably Japanese Immediately classed as war depots, can get along on con-modified. material and put pressure on the siderably smaller fuel and food French authorities not to Tante a supplies. This is one of the It is possible that American naval Responsible sources, declare that reasons for the British prefer become contented with ships of

Hanal Government is ence for smaller cruisere, of 6; smaller displacement and less cruis periencing inner diassension, the 000 to 7,600 tons, as contrasted Ing range, with

clearanco certificate for them.

the

strategists and

architects, Will

main point at issue being as to how to the American insistence of a of their, tonnes,moro

orders?

to guns, protection against-torpedo and bomb attack. It is established that there is no the "light" (six-inch gun! There may come to be substantial indication of Admiral Decoux re cruiser, type.

agreement between the United States signing, despite the Japanese: report If the United States is given the and Britain regarding the that the Governor-General, had, : 40 | facilities of British naval bases sirable type of cruiser fact, resigned. -

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