NO WAR AGAINST HUMANITY
Passage For German-made Buoy
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright
(Received January 15, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 14 The Ministry of Economic Warfare announced to-day: "The Enemy Exports Committee has given permission for the delivery of a light and whistle buoy of German manufacture ordered by the Icelandic authorities.' The decision to allow the passage of this lifesaving material accords with the Committee's policy of not interfering with humanitarian activities on which civilised life is based. It will be remembered that German airmen three days ago attacked a light house tender while she was conveying relief crews to light vesels off the East Coast.
Referring to the Incident a correspondent in “The Times” on Friday contrasted the attitude of King Louis. XIV. with whom we were at war in the eighteenth century. When his men captured some British lighthouse men the King ordered their release, saying, "The work is for the benefit of all nations. I am at war with England, not with humanity."
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21553, 16 January 1940, Page 5
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