FOOD FOR SPAIN

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21957, 8 May 1941, Page 5

FOOD FOR SPAIN

Britain Anxious 1 To Help (Rec. 8.50 p.m.) RUGBY, May 6. Britain’s desire to alleviate privation in Spain, of which there is much evidence, was emphasised by the Minister of Economic Warfare (Dr. Hugh Dalton) in reply to a question in the House of Commons. Dr. Dalton said: "Between February 1 and April 16 ships carrying approximately 190,000 tons of cereals arrived at Metropolitan Spain -nd seven ships with approximately 30,000 tons in the Canary Islands. Navicerts have been issued for a further 250,000 tons, part of which is already on the way. So far as I am aware no cereals have been imported into Spain from French Morocco, but both Canadian and Argentine stocks have contributed. It is not our policy to deprive Spain of foodstuffs required for the sustenance of the Spanish people. On the contrary as I informed .ie House on July 30, 1940, where there is no risk of supplies falling into the hands of the enemy, it is our policy not merely to allow them through but to assist neutral countries to obtain them.”