Notes on the News

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 13 January 1938, Page 2

Notes on the News

Continuous Voyage

It is at uteri tlie Japanese are considering a declaration of war against China and a stringent blockade. This would allow the Japanese fleet to utilise the doctrine of continuous voyage, which the Allies introduced in the Great War. To justify condemnation, contraband goods must have an enemy destination; that is to say, a destination to the enemy’s fleet, or to some place in territory belonging to or occupied by the enemy. -The doctrine adopted by Great Brl tain on the outbreak of war was that contraband should be liable to capture on board vessels, even if bound for neutral ports, if the goods were consigned “to order, or if the ship’s papers did not Indicate the consignee of the goods, or if the goods were consigned to persons in enemy territory or into the territory occupied by the enemy." It wa* also declared that the destination should be presumed “if the goods are consigned for a person, who, dnrins ilie present hostilities, has forwarded imported contraband goods to territory belonging to, o r occupied by. the enemy." Further, the onus was placed upon the owner of the goods of proving innocent destination. The whole doctrine was designed ti prevent certain goods from reaching the country of the enemy for its military use. Tor Human Energy The largest amount of food consumed is required to supply fuel to keep up the normal temperature of the body and to supply energy to carry on work. For this reason carbohydrates ire very important. The best commercial fuels are those containing carbon, for example —wood (cellulose), coal, kerosene: these are burned, producing carbon dioxide gas and water; and in most cases there ara some incombustible materials or ash. In the body, although the burning takes place at a much lower temperature. the fuel Is burned and produce* the same products. If the food con ains mineral matter such as lime or iron, there is an ash remaining lo the body. These mineral constituents are necessary, however, for the building of •ill body tissues. The purified carbohydrates inch as starches and sugars have practically no ash, so that the material absorbed from the digestive tract is completely consumed. Thus, t*bese are a very good source of fuel with little w«st«.