Stresses Effectiveness Of Blockade Of Germany
LONDON, January 24,
The Minister for Economic Warfare (Mr Cross) in a broadcast speech today, pointed out that it had been said and published that the quantity of German imports and exports seized was not large compared with Germany’s need, says a British Official Wireless message.
His opinion was that the actual seizures were comparatively unimportant, as they showed only a part of the picture. “They do not show —no figures can show—the volume of goods which have not left port for fear
of the contraband control,” said
the Minister
“Compare the immense volume ol goods shipped in peacetime from overseas to Germany, and from Germany to overseas, with the volume of her present overseas trade. “Then you will begin to appreciate what our contraband control has effected.”
Dealing with the question of intercepting- food, Mr Cross said: “In these days it is impossible to separate foodstuffs from industrial war materials.” He mentioned the manufacture of
bakelite from milk, and of high explosives from fats. /
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Northern Advocate, 26 January 1940, Page 3
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