GIFT TO ALLIES.
GERMANY'S BLUNDER. Thousands Of Scandinavian Merchant Ships. SIDELIGHT OF INVASION. British Official Wireless. (Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, April IS. '"Not least of the evils that Germany lias, brought on herself by her Scandinavian adventure," says the "Manchester Guardians," "is the present it makes to the Allies of a large addition to their mercantile marine. "Norway's shipping is her chief industry. For a little people of under 3.<KK),OOfI souls, her merchant service of over -HKK) eea-poing ships, totalling 4,750,000 prose tons, has no parallel.
"A larjre proportion <>f these vessels are on the hifjh seas or in Allied or neutral ports, ami their masters are readily resimiidiiijr t<> the orders <>f their (.<i\eriiinein and the invitation <•!" the Allies to give their >erviccs for the restoration <if their countrv.
"Denmark's contribution to the worids shipping is smaller (about I.<mmi.(hm> j. rowl tons), but it is by no means neplisible. and it, too, will prove a source of strenpth to the Allies.
"Thnujrh technically 'prize*.' Danish ships will be paid for when their owners can be compensated without fear of advantage to Germany." ,
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 93, 19 April 1940, Page 7
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183GIFT TO ALLIES. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 93, 19 April 1940, Page 7
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