Late Edition BRITAIN AND FRANCE IN ECONOMIC UNITY

Southland Times, Issue 23922, 14 September 1939, Page 6

Late Edition BRITAIN AND FRANCE IN ECONOMIC UNITY

Germany Buys Cereals From Rumania

BERLIN WARNS NEUTRALS ABOUT ATTITUDE TO BLOCKADE

(United Press Association —Telegraph Copyright) (Received September’ 14, 3 a.m.) The semi-official French news agency, Havas, says that yesterday’s meeting of the Supreme War Council, indicates that Britain and France have decided to act not on parallel lines and following simple general directions, but in a unified way, as if they were one and the same nation. “Economic and financial unity is equally complete,” says the Havas agency. “British and French experts are already working in London to ensure free supplies to the two countries and to disorganize the enemy’s supplies.” It is reported from Rome that Germany has bought 400,000 tons of cereals from Rumania and is transporting it in Yugoslavian vessels by way of Trieste, Venice and Fiume. The official organ of the German Foreign Office, Diplomatische Korrespondenz, referring to the British blockade, recalls that when Germany undertook to respect the neutrality of Holland, Belgium and others she declared herself ready to continue her normal export and import of goods to and from neutral countries, but expected and demanded that neutrals should act similarly to her. “Germany has no objection if neutrals keep up their normal exchange of goods with countries at war with Germany, which Germany would not consider un-neutral conduct,” says Diplomatische Korrespondenz, “but it would be un-neutral conduct if neutrals submitted to outside control directed against the maintenance of a normal exchange of trade with Germany.” UNRESTRICTED BOMBING The British Broadcasting Corporation in a news bulletin this afternoon said it had been officially announced in Berlin that orders had been given to the German Air Force and artillery to bomb all Polish towns, villages and hamlets, in retaliation against the Polish Command’s order to the civilian population to resist the invaders. The entire United States Pacific Fleet, of 130 ships, 450 aircraft and 42,000 personnel, will be engaged jn war manoeuvres for five days, beginning on September 23, off the Southern Californian coast, says a message from Los Angeles. The naval authorities say the manoeuvres are not connected with the European situation. In Australia Mr A. G. Cameron, a former Postmaster-General, has been elected leader of the Country Party in place of Sir Earle Page.