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HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES. LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH CITED, (Received Tin's Day, 10.15 a.m.) ' LONDON, January 14. The Ministry of Economic Warfare announced to-day: “The Enemy Exports Committee has given permission for the delivery of a light and whistle buoy of German manufacture ordered by the Icelandic authorities.” The decision to allow the passage of this life-saving material accords with the Committee’s policy of not interfering with humanitarian activities on which civilised life is based. It will he remembered that German airmen three days ago attacked a lighthouse tender while she was conveying relief crews to light vessels off the East Coast.
Referring to the incident a correspondent in “The Times” on Friday contrasted the attitude of King Louis, XIV. with whom we were at war in ihe eighteenth century. When his men captured some British lighthouse men the King ordered their release, saying, “The work is for the benefit of all nations. I am at war with England, not with lnunaniv.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 80, 15 January 1940, Page 5
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