DENMARK’S POSSESSIONS

Greymouth Evening Star, 17 April 1940, Page 7

DENMARK’S POSSESSIONS

FAROE ISLANDS. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] RUGBY, April IG. British force's have been landed on the Faroe Islands, stated’ Mr. Butler, in reply to a Commons question. In reply to a communication from the British Government, the Governor of Faroe Islands had agreed, under the present circumstances, to grant facilities as might be required, to prevent the Germans establishing themselves in Faroe Islands. No statement could yet be made on Greenland. OIL SUPPLIES. . Mr. Cross, in a Commons reply, said that according to his information the stocks of motor spirit and diesel oil in Denmark, at the time of the German invasion, were probably as follows: Petroleum products, not more than twioi hundred thousand- tons, equivalent to an average of three-and-a-half months’ requirements, on the estimated consumption before the invasion. Motor spirit, eighty thousand tons, or slightly under four months’ consumption. Gas fuel and diesel oil, together, sixty-one thousand tons, equivalent to two-and-a-half months’ consumption. GOLD HOLDINGS. Sir J. Simon, in the Commons, stated that according to latest returns, the gold holdings of the National Banks of Denmark and Norway amounted to thirteen and eighteen or nineteen million pounds, respectively. Sir J. Simon was unable to say whether the Germans had seized any part of these holdings, dr what part was being held outside their own countries at the time of the invasion.

CANADA AND GREENLAND. I (Reed. April 17, 9.20 a.m.) WASHINGTON, April 16. Reports persist here that Canada has occupied Greenland, or soon will. A British Embassy official said that no information has been received, but the report was not improbable. Other British sources are of the opinion that the establishment of a naval patrol is more likely. ,