"MEANEST TYPE”

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23918, 20 September 1939, Page 8

" MEANEST TYPE”

PROFITEERING IN BRITAIN STRONGLY DENOUNCED ' ACTION BY AUTHORITIES (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 19. (Received Sept. 19, at 11 p.m.) Typifying the widespread effort to stamp out profiteering, a meeting of the Drapers’ Chamber of Commerce strongly denounced profiteering and agreed that there was no justification to increase drapery above 5 per cent. It was stated that wholesalers and retailers were exacting rises of 21, to 25 per cent. ’Hie Daily Herald says that the meanest type of profiteering is occurring in air raid precautions goods, including black cloth used for darkening windows. Consultations between the National Farmers’ Union and the Minister of Agriculture (Mr N. Morrison) have begun in order to ensure close co-operation and settlement of wartime problems, including the control of sales and prices, 'and their bearing on food production. The Minister stated that the action hitherto taken to fix food prices was provisional in order to stabilise the position pending the Food Minister’s assumption of control. In the future prices would depend on factors not vet defined. Farmers could expect reasonable returns and would ' be guaranteed a market and the prices for crops and livestock would sometimes be supplemented by subsidies fixed as the circumstances dictated. SCANDINAVIAN NEUTRALITY MINISTERS CONFER COPENHAGEN, Sept. 18. (Received Sept. 19* at 11 p.m.) The Foreign Ministers of Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway bon - ferred .on the question of neutrality The Norwegian Foreign Minister said that he was confident that (he Nordic’s neutrality would be respected, He added that it would be more difficult to maintain economic neutrality. All the Ministers sharply contested the German implication that Britain threatened Scandinavian neutrality. RUMANIA’S ATTITUDE UNLIKELY TO ASSIST POLAND LONDON, Sept. 18. The correspondent of the The Times on the Polish frontier says Rumania is most unlikely to assist Poland against Russia, although the Rumanian-Polish -lliance binds her to do so. Poland has not sought any such help, being apparently prepared to die in her tracks, as indicated by the story of the useless sacrifice of orave men when 3000 cavalry were ordered to charge German tanks at Katowice in the early days of the war. They obeyed the order, but only 100 returned. moslemrlesolution : SYMPATHY WITH ALLIES NEW DELHI, Sept. 19, (Received Sept. 19, at Ip p.m.) The working committee of the Moslem League passed a resolution condemning unprovoked aggression, expressing sympathy with France, Britain and Poland, asking the British for an assurance that there would be no declaration of constitutional advance for India without the league’s consent, and urging complete abandonment of the federation scheme. THE POLISH MINERAL.STAFF ARRIVAL AT CERNAUTI ROME, Sept. 18. The semi-official News Agency reports that the entire Polish General Staff, including General SmiglyRydz. has arrived at Cernauti. LABOUR IN AMERICA URGING STRICT NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON, Sept. 18, (Received Sept. 19, at 10 p.m.) Mr William Green, president of the Federation of Labour, said that tlie federation would be active at a special session of Congress to urge strict neutrality and tb" prevention of war profiteering. JEWS AND ARABS SUPPORT FOR BRITAIN’S CAUSE JERUSALEM, Sept.. 18. Evidence of Arabic-Jewish cooperation in the cause of Britain continues. Arab newspapers previously anti-British are urging support of the Allies. The Jewish voluntary registration for national services totals over 80,000, REFUGE IN AMERICAN PORTS ONLY ONE GERMAN VESSEL WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Received Sent. 19, at 6.30 p.m.) The Pailine Frederich, which is at Boston, is the only German ship taking refuge in the United States, compared with 83 when the United States entered the World War in 1917. This is interpreted as an indication that Germany fears that the United States will enter the present war. POLISH SUBMARINE REFUGE ON AN ISLAND STOCKHOLM, Sept. 18 The Polish submarine Rys sought refuge on the island of Sandharnn and was interned. The ‘Rys left Gdynia some days ago, but dived when a German varship appeared The submarine continuously dodged enemy craft by submerging until the oxygen was exhausted and the diving gear became unworkable. The crew were exhausted and several were taken to hospital. ESCAPE FROM INTERNMENT TALLIN, Sept. 18 A Polish submarine, interned here, escaped at 3 a.m. . It eluded fire from Estonian shore batteries and warships.