PARIS INSISTENCE ON SEA BLOCKADE
NEUTRALS’ PRIVATIONS REGRETTED
(Elee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 20. 3 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 19. The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, was the firs! member of the British Cabinet to visit the British seei or on the "Western Front. He saw the army air component and then drove to the Royal Air Force headquarters.. He said: “It is a tonic to note their cheerfulness and belief m their cause.” v An Air Ministry communique reveals that Sir Kingsley Wood wetit to. France yesterday and conferred with the French Air Minister, M. La Chamhre, and the British Commander-in-Chief, General Viscount Oort, establishing complete agreement on all points. A message from Paris states that the French, Minister of Merchant Marine, M. Rio, said in a speech to-day that the Allies would carry out the blockade of Germany with the utmost vigour. “This may cause difficulties and.privations to neutrals, concerning which we are regretful, but the object is to tnake Germany realise her international dependence m the economic field and convince the people that their happiness can only be realised by peace,” be said.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20074, 21 October 1939, Page 7
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