FROM THE MINISTRY OP HTFORMATION. Morning Bulletin No.31-19/9/39. EXTERNAL. Ar·FAIRS. The German wireless continues to allege that the British Government has addr essed to neutral Governments a note to v.rhich it aD1Jlies the epithets 11ultimatum11 , ;'lawless pressure 11 and 1'hy::iocrisyit. -­ German propaganda further pretends that numerous protests have been made in neutral countries against the British contraband control system. The truth is that the British Government announced during the first days of the war that they would do all in their iJoiper to facilitate bona fide neutral trade, and that to this end they had informed neutral Governments that they would at all times be ready to consider any suggestions put forward by the latter. This initiative has since led to the opening of discussions with a number of neutral Governments v1 ith the object of reaucing to a minimum the dislocation inevitably caused by war conditions. These discussions are proceeding in the most friendly mam1er, and the British Government will continue to make every effort to talrn account of the trading ne.eds of neutral countries. NAVAL AFFAIRS. The following statement has been issued by the Admiralty :­ The First Sea Lord has received the following telegram from the Chief of the French Naval Staff. 11 La Marine Francaise a appris la fin glorieuse du Courageous. Elle eprouve dans cette circonstance combien sont vivants et sensibles les liens qui l'attachent a la Marine Brittanique. 11 02r.ccoccx.J.--; MILITARY AFFAIRS. Warrant Officer pensioners of the Armourer and Armament Artificer Sections of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps are invited to apply to the Under Secretary of State, the War Office, (A.G. 9. L for war emergency commissions as Assistant Inspectors of Armourers and Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineers. AIR AFFAIRS. CIVIL AI R GUARD. The Civil Air Guard was designed to provide in peace time a pool of personnel vri th a knowledge of flying who could give useful service in connection with aviation in war. Its function is accordingly a t an end for the time being and the enrolment of new members has ceased. Qualified Members are being advised as to the steps they should t nke to join the Royal Air Force if they v1ish to do so. Thuss ;'starPed11 ~'.:lilots aad 1runstar r ed11 pilots, are being invited to attend for interview by AVIATION CANDIDATES SELECTIOl~ BOATIDS. Othe~ members are being directed to apply to Royal Air Force combined recruiting centres for enlistment into the Royal Air Force and full consideration will be given to their Civil Air Guard service and qualifications. It is the intention to make the fullest nossible use of the services of Civil Air Guard members in su9port of the-national effort. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION EVENING BULLETIN NO. 32 19/9/39 EXTERNAL AFF.AJ:JYJS, The "Hochi Shirnbun" of Tokyo is quoted today as stating, that the German liner Scharnhorst, now at Kobe, is being converted into an armed raider. The Ministry of Information announces that the British Naval Attache at Tokyo has been informed by the Japanese Naval Authorities that the arming of German ships in Japanese ports would not be permitted as this would constitute an infringement of Japan's neutrality. NEUTRAL CONDUCT The Belgian press has reprof?.uce,i the following bulletin issued by the Deutsche Nachrichten Buro:­ "Great Britain is mistaken if she thinks Germany is disposed to allow her communications with neutral states to be cut by British guns. We must warn these states not to submit to Britain. This warning is especially addressed to the Oslo States which will meet at Copenhagen on the 18th September. Germany desires to leave neutrals outside the present conflict. This desire must not, however, be considered as weakness, Germany not being disposed to allow the least deviation from neutrality even if it is a question of yielding to force." This, it will be seen, contains a direct threat to the Neutral states to force them to conform to Germany's own ideas of neutral conduct. The British Government's attitude towards the questionof trade with neutrals has been made clear in a statement issued by the Ministry of Information on the morning of the 19th September. If that attitude has produced this violent reaction in Germany it is cle~rly because she notoriously depends to a large extent on the Scandinavian states for war materials and wishes to force them to continue to supply her with these, though in international law no neutral state is under anyobligation to supply anything to belligerents unless she feels so disposed, Such threats are the more remarkable in view of the German Government's declared intention to impose a. contrabahd control of their own on neutral shipping, NAVJ:J... AFFAIRS. THE SALVAGE OF "THE CITY OF PARIS". The 10,902 ton Ellerman line CITY OF PARIS was the leading ship of her convoy when struck by cl mine or attacked during the week-end. The following consiste of extracts from a verbal account givenby her master, Captain A•N~ HOGG of AYR, to a representative of the Ministry 0f Information:­ I~ was in the twilight when we suddenly experienced a terrific explosion, which seemed to be right under the bridge on the Port side. The sandbags arranged round the wheel house for protection collapsed, and we shipped sea water :ovar the bridge. It was about dusk and we could see no sign of a submarine. "The fore~ of the expJosion carried away our wireless, and released the brake of the starboard windlass so that the cable ran out and the ship came to anchor. Th~ engine room telegr~hs were also put out of action; but fortunately the Chief Engineer stopped his engines when the explosion came. "Two of my officers were thrown out of their bunks, and the Lascar and native crew, sleeping in tiers of bunks on steel supports, were all thrown on top of each other as the supports gave wayo 11 Some minutes after the explosion soundings 'Nere taken, and 16. feet of water was reported inN::>$Z hold. 1'The crew behaved admirably, and all boats were safely lowered -a tricky business ., on the weather side especially, as there was a choppy sea and swell. "Some J.5 or,20 minutes after the explosion, only the Chief and Second Officers, the Chief Engineer9 2nd, 5th and 6th Engineer Officers ? the Wireless Operator, Purser9 and myself, were left on board. "'J:ihe ship being anchored, and the main engines out of action, we deci ded to leave the ship in our one remaining boat to go ashore and g,~ t assistance. Just as we got clear, one of H.M.'s ships appecrc;d in the darkness, came alongside and took us on board. She had already picl~ed up tJie rest of our crew from the other boats. We vere then transferred to another British warship who took us in to port. We were all treated with exceptional kindness and great hospitality while on board these ships. "Arrived back on board our' ship next morning, the Chief Engineer found the condenser :eaking and the forward lubrication to the turbines out of action. He at once got to work to repair the damageo 11 Meanwhile tugs came out to our assistance 9 and w.ve got their hawsers on board. The VJindlass being smashed we slipped the star­board cable. I personally took the helm, and we proc~eaed·in tow~ "Some two hours later the Chief Engineer reported he could give me steam for a speed of 6i knots. "That night we came to with our remaining Port anchor9 and next morning with tugs to assist us 9 we safely reached dockn "Great credit is due to my Chief Engineer9 ED\'TARD BARWWJER of Liverpool 9 for the vmy in which he9 his assistant engi neers and native firaman9 worked on the foc'sle9 repaired the damaged below9 and raised steam under such conditions. 11 The 2nd Officer9 Mr. JAMES FAIRGRIEVE .of GlasgoH was uable9 anc1 showed great energy and endurance11 • inval­ This 9 in the Captain's words9 is the story of hov-1 one ship was savedo ====================­ The Wa r Office announce that in the Midland Regiorn~l Announce­ment period last nj ght an ap) eal was made for men to join .;.;~_-::; ,; N:~.-~·:i.::mal Defence Companies. This local ap~::>eal was premature; and recruiting for National Defence Companies has not in f ac..t bee:n :eope1:1edo A~ and when further recruits are reg_uired9 ample wa:rn ing will be given by the BoBnCo and in the Presse ~:==============~===== EMPIRE AFFAIRS T.he King has expressed to His Highness the Kabaka of Buganda , the chief Province in the Uganda Protectorate, his deep appreciation of the message of loyalty received from his Chiefs and people. The native administration of the entire province of Bugandais centred in the Kubaka (or King) and his Government. He appoints his own Chiefs, and wide financial and judicial powers are invested in this Ruler. The overseas Chinese in the state of Johore at the Southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula have submitted their loyalty to the King, and are confident that in this war against Hitlerism, "with right on the side of His Majesty, God will lead him to a speedy victory and restore peace to the world." THE CAPE PATROL Among recent precautions taken by the South African Defence Department was the creation of a reserve of yachtsmen for manning small craft in time of war. This reserve comes under the Seaward Defence Force and is confined to yachtsmen belonging to sea-going clubs who have an intimate knowledge of South African coastal conditions. Members of the new reserve will probably be engaged in examination services and the manning of Government launches and torpedo boats. Precautions taken in Cape Town were such that the harbour, one of the most strategic points in the southern seas, could be put on a war footing in a matter of hours. It is stated that the authorities have at their disposal much better equipped and more up-to-date craft for minesweeping and examination patrols than were available in 1914. A large number of whale catchers and trawlers can be put into this service. WHAT SOUTH AFRICA SAYS The Union of South Africa English papers are unanimous in support of the Government Emergency Regulations which were brought into force by Proclamation on 14th September. The . "Rand Daily Mail" says that they do not go beyond t·hose which any prudent Government would take in time of great crisis. The Afrikaans Nationalist Press has on the whole taken up a surprisingly moderate attitude, welcoming the regulations dealing with profiteering and hoarding which the Government has wisely put in the forefront. PALESTINE The Burgomaster of the Wilhelma German Settlement,Imberger,has signed a certificate expressing the thanks of the community to the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ramleh, "because of his thoroughly fine behaviour towards us". A similar certificate signed by the Burgomaster and Elders of the Sarona Settlement thanks the Assistant Superintendent of Police for the "careful treatment he and his officers and men have given us in connection with the present situation". This is a further refutation of the German allegation regarding the treatment of internees. MINISTRY OJ::, Il'T.20RMA'l'ION No. 1. 19th September, 1939 Weekly News Serviee 2c~ _STRANGE NEW WORLD FOR FARMERS WP.R-T IME FROBLEM8. It is a strange new world in which farmers now f~11d themselves, a world where prices f'or :fat stock are fixed at the markets before the animals arrive there, where the same lJI'~ie:.e per score is paid for pork pigs as f'or baconers, where all limitations upon output have been removed (except on hops); but where there is uncertainty as to what raticns will oe available for feeding even the p~esent numbers of livestock. No wonder the :Ministry has received many enquiries f(W advice about cropping. But very little irrm.gination is n.ecrl3c.1. to realise how impossible it is to forecast exactly wliat tht°) detailed agricultural requirements of the nation will beo These depend upon a number of factors that the future alone will reveal. It may prove necessary to modify the present number cf' livestock of various kinds either upwai>ds or downwards, but that is entirely dependent upon :future events and it would be misleading to farmers to pr-etend otherwise. How The Minister s ees It. But this, on very general lines, is how the W.niste.r hi~~elf sees it. Wheat production must be increased~ bc~h Oil existing and newly ploughed land. But it should not be grovm "at all costs". In most districts it should have first place among the cereals if a satisfactory crop can be expected, but a full yield of another crop would be preferable to a poor· y:i.eIle to give a h2nd to a less for·tuna·t;e neigh1)our who has oeen unable to get through the v10rlc so quickly, for trc:::..ctors must l'le used to fu~.J. capacity in the next few weekso It should be noted. that the ord.inar•y 5/-licence is quite sufficient for a farm tractor to tr,avel any dist;s.nce on the })Ul)lic road to another farm, and to dr•avv its own necessary gear, together with plougl-:;s, cu1ti-.ratoJ:>s, thresh:.ng appliances, and supplies of water or fuel needed for the vehlcle itself or for agr~cultu~al purposeso I:'l districts where existing tractors and horse teaias can:not undertalce the woI•k, a ploughing contractor may solve the difficultyo In some cases the county committees will be able "to call upon tl::e reser•ve of Govermnent tractorso These are being allotted ·wt th due regard to the numbers of tractors in each county and +~~1e acreage of grassland to be ploughedo There will be no interference with petrol supplies needeQ by farmers for their tractors, stationary engines and other machinery used on the farm for at least the next five weeks., 'I'hey can buy whatc;ver the;:/ need for these i:mr:poses0 4o But t his special concession to farmer's, on which a stI•ict ch.eek vlill be kept, does not apply to their private motor carso In this respect they will rank as other meni:oers of the corrununity. The supply for this purpose is rationed, although, of course, it is open for them to apply fOI' an extra ration in special circumstances~ ju.st like anybody else. It is, therefcre, essential tha.t farmers eccnomise on petrl'll they use in their cars as much as they possibly cano When a visit to the marl:et town is essential$ it is suggested tliat the petrol ration could be made to go further by arranging with a neighbcur to tal\:e turns in usi ng only one car. Parmer>s 1 n~etor trucks or lorries that have an °F0 licence -that is, those cwned by a farmer and used tnly to oarry his own goods -will not for the present·berestricted for petrol. Other .c-c;;nme!'·.rial motor ·transport will come l.llld.er the national schcm8 whereby truck-owners are associated intl't local groups for petrol rationing. There are at present no restrictions.on paraffin supplies. But farmers would be well-advised to make provisi~n for storing say 200-500 gallons, if they cannot do so already. For it would be rash to assume that the present rather extravagent system of frequent supplies of very small quantities could be continued in every conceivable circumstanceo Already rep~rts have been received of farming eyerations held up because the paraffin lorry was a couple of days lateo If no special tanks are available, paraffin can be stored in 40 gallon drums, or even old cisterns or other 9ontainers that may be lying unused on the farm or in a junk merchant's dump. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dept. Ko Ao, 10~ Whitehall Place, London, s.w. lo FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATIO!:._ FLASH NEWS -No. 2. 19/9/39.12 noon. Two trawlers ---LORD MINTO and ARLITA ---are reported to have been sunk and their crews rescued by another trawler. Several British merchant vessels, including ROTHESAY CASTLE 9 BAHARISTAN and BARON LOVAT, have been attaWted but have successfully eluded the U-boats. F1ROI1l THC l.HNISTRY OF INFORMATION INSTRUCTIONS TO DRIVERS OF VEHICL~S J~TD PEDAL CYCLISTS No 3o 19/9/39 The Ministry of Transport issues the following;-instructions to drivers of vehicles and pedal cyclists;­What drivers and cyclists should do after an air raid warnin6 signal has been giveno 1. All Drivers and Cyclists;-Drivers and cyclists should obey promptly every instructio!lOY:-signal gi ven them by a police officer or an air raid \\1arc1emo 2. Roac1. Vehicl~.i_ \!Vhen an air raid warning is given drivers should stop as soon as they come to a suitable place at or near where they can find shelter unless they have good reason for going on. Vehicles must be parlrnd either close to the kerb or edge of the road or in a garage, car park or o::c:en space off the highway if available. Vehicles should not be parked in any place where they will interfere with the free passnge of emergency vehicles in either directiono At night headlamps must be switched off but side or rear lamps should be left aligh-Co In the case of cab ranks only front and rear vehicles need be lighted. Cars must be left unlocked and an;/ articles of value removed. Drivers of vehicles carrying petrol explosives or other dangerous or inflannnable good should park their vehicles in an open space away from the highway if such a space is available. 3. Horse-drawn Vel:li cl_E;)~_i...::__ When sn air raid warning is given, drivers of horse-6.rawn veh~.cles should u.11},_arness their horses and if possible lead them to an open ?paceo Horses should be tied by a halter lead and not by the reins. ~n no case should horses be tied to lamp-posts or railings, I :C i t is necessary to tie them to a vehicle they snould be secured -c,o tl"e I'ear of the vehicle which should be anchored with ~id brakes :· ehains or other means. The halter should ·be fastened below th:s l1Llb of the wheel~ 4. ~i!.§.L..Qy_~Je,§j ·-When an air r aid warning is given cyclistsshould stop as soon as they come to a suitable place at or near where they c ~n fi.no_ra she1 ter un;J.ess the~r have good reason :for going on. Cyclists when they stop r,mst not leave their cycles in the road but must ~lRce them where they will not cause 6bstruction. A cycle must not be left iJropp2c1 up by the pedal against the kerb and must not ·00 taken into a }Jl..l:tJlic shelter" FROM THE MINU;'I'RY OF INPOHLIA'rron. No.4-19/9/39. HIGH COMMISSIOHEH FOR ~:'JOUTH AFHICA. Mr. S. F. \'V'aterson too1:e u~1 his duty today as High Commissioner for the Government of South Africa. He vras formerely South African Minister in Paris, having been a~pointed to that post last January. Mr. Waterson is 43 and entered _!iOlitics in South Africa ten years ago as a su~~orter of General Smuts. He became a member for South Peninsula~ one of the Cape Town seats. His political reputation has caused him to be mentioned during the last year or t Po as a possible Cabinet Minister. Mr. Waterson is a member of a big business firm in Cape Toy111. He was born in London and V'f.lS a King's scholar at '\Nes tminster in 1909. In the last Viar• he servecl. ri th the Royal Sussex: Regiment and rri th the Machine Gun Cor:-:is and was in Salonica and in France. FROM THE MINISTHY OF INFORMATION. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. No,5-19/9/39.CPJ,TADA IJ'T LONDON. l, 000 Men & Women Volunteers. Canada's determination to "see it through 11 is reflected in the number of registrations of Canadians in this country who are anxious to do their bit. At the offices of Mr. Vincent Massey, the High Commissioner, there are already a thousand names of men and women, lads and girls, v.rilling and eager to underta1:rn nn;;,r kind of service at short notice. They are drawn from all sections of the community; some have academic ciualifications of such a kind that their sePvices will in all probability be made available for specialised v1ork; some are ex­solders who, having been through one war are willing to go through another; others again have no s9ecialized training at all, but are anxious to serve where they are bid. In each case a formal slip has been filled in, but nearly all of the apc)licants have added a letter which gives the personal side far more vividly than any printed questionnaire. One man, for example, reveals himself as "honest,God fearing, a teetotaller, a non-smoker, fearless, strong, anc!. not afraid of work11 • Another expressed the sentiment thnt 11Canada will not need to sen i her men, since Canada as a ,rrhole '"ill ~.11 A Third describes himself as a competent dictator. Others again -mostly young fellows -want to fight becnuse their fathers were in the Canadian forces. One of them disl1lo.yed a keen inter est in cooking, since 11i t must be good f·un to prc:x1.re meals for the Cnnaclians n . A man of sixty-five does not feel too old to do his bit, and a venerable lady of three score years and ten places her needles at Canada's service. There are boxers -Larry Gains among them -toolmakers, cinema managers, opticimls, a professional wrestler, a private detective who feels he would do well in the Secret Service, actorR, violinists, l andscape painters, insurance agents, architects , men wi t h a gr eat knowledge of languages 9 accounte.nts) and SU:0ervisors of catering establishments. Many of them have established businesses here, but one and all are ready to leave everything at short notice. It is interesting to note that the women are far less prone to write at length than the men, although some of them, mostly those anxious to be nurses, have impress ive records of previous service. One lady, for example ~ puts a_o,,rn as quali fications, sim::;Jly and laconically: 11Matron., l 9lli-/l9, Dardanelles, Egypt 11 • The spirit animating each and all of them could be summed up in the phrase employed by one of the l Rdies : 11I:f there is anything can do for Canada I will do it. 11 NO 6. 19/9/39 Is.::lUED 1. 10 ·om The Ministry of Informntion announce that the Hon. Esmond Harmsworth has resigned the position of Director of Press Relations and has accepted at the invitation of the Minister a seat on the Advisory Council of the Minstry as Chairman of the Newspapers Proprietors Association. EMPIRE AFFAIRS. Re-equipping India's Defence Forces. No.7-19/9/39. All sections of opinion in India are paying tributes to the Imperial Government's generosity in granting over £25,000,000 to modernise India's Defence For c.::;s. This decision did not perhaps r eceive as much publicity as was due since its announcement crunc at a time when the public of the Empire was preoccupied with the outbreak of war. The grant is the sequel to the findings of the expert committee on India Defence of which Lord Chatfield was chairman. The committee , working on material made available to them in India, estimated the total net capital cost of modernising India's Defence Forces at something over £34,000,000. The committee, as well as the British Government, realised that the funds required to meet this heavy expenditure could not be found out of the r esoure.es available in India. It was therefore decided tha~ throe-quarters of the fund needed would be provided as a free gift 5 while one-quarter would be by way --.o.f .lQan.. _ The j_ntere.et.---0n. -the__l.o~pOI':t.ion... is-e.nt.ir-eJ.y .Ile.mitted_)'or the first five years. The modernising of India's Defence Forces has not, of course, been waiting upon this final decision. The first units selected for 'conversion' last year in the Indian Army, as distinct from the British Army in India , wer e Cavalry Regiments. The Indian Cavalry soldier proved himself wonderfully adaptable to all the new training he had to undergo and showed his capability of becoming without any difficulty a 'modern' soldier with all the technical knowledge which that t erm implies to-day. The armoured cars and t anks with which these Cavalry Regiments were provided wer e vehicles of the latest type. As for the re-e~uipment of the Royal Air Force in India9 it was announced some time ago that the :::."'f>equipncnt of sq_vr-.c,_ron' s in Inr"'.i ::. r:i th modern aircraft had already begun. The Council of State has just paid tributes to the imperial Government's generosity, and a Government spokesmen has assured the Council that everything that could be produced economically for the defence of t~e country would be made in India. Towards the end of last month the Government of India set up a Department of Supply to deal directly with questions con­cerning supplies of all kinds for the prosecution of the war. The Department is directly administered by a Director-General of Supply and is represented in the Vice-roy's Executive Council by the Law Member. It is worth r ecralling that in the last War India itself provided the greater portion of supplies required by the troops in Mesopotamia , thus considerably lessening the demand on Grc~t Britian. By the end of September 1918 the value of eq~ipment and stores despatched from India to various fronts was £80,000,000 India also supplied to t he Allies large quantities of hides, wolfram, manganese, mica, salt-petre, timber, raw silk, hemp coir ~ rubber,. petroleum, tea and foodstuffs. As an indication of the extent to which India's resources were developed for war needs in the last War the output of Wolfram was increased from a negligable figure to one third of the world's production. The exports of Indian jute alone in the last War were worth £137,000,000. The Ordnance factories in India also contributed amply to the last War effort. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. FLASH NE\'ifS COURAGEOUS. SECOND LIST OF SURVIVORS. Name. HOGAN 9 Sidney. SALTER 9 William. EDGECOMBE 9 Leslie. MCNEILL, Herbert. CHAPMAN 9 James. Rating. A.B. A.B. Boy I. Ldg. Stoker Stoker I. No. 8-19/9/39. O.N. D/J 132360. D/J 30625. D/JX 158976. D/KX 81840. Pensioner 23101. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORl'!.IAcpION. THE ROLE OF CIVIL AVIATION IN WAR N . .A. C. IN OPERATI ON No.9. -19}9/39 A new organisation TTNational Air CommunicationTT has been established under the Director-General of Civil Aviation to enable civil aviation to play its full part in the present emergency. Civil aviation has been put on a war footing. The main objects of the new organisation are to enable civil aviation to continue a number of services; and to meet the essential air communication and transport needs of the Government generally. The organisation came irto being immediately on the outbreak of war, and has since been constantly employed, It has carried out many onerous duties. It has flown many thousands of miles transporting key personnel, essential equipment and stores . Many important officials have been conveyed r apidly to their stations overseas in N.A. C. aircraft, v1hich have succe::sfull y completed several notable long-distance flights during t.he past two weeks. Transatlantic Ai:~ Mail Services h a:v e been regularly operated and the Empire Air Services are still carr ying passengers and mails, although the reduced frequency D.a:..OJ m::"6-e it necessary to suspend the system of carrying all first-class raai ls without surcharge. National Air Communications was not a hasty improvisation. It was felt that while civil air transpor t woul d j_nevitably be restrict­ed in war9 the skilled pilots and equipment avatl able, supplemented by exper i enced pilots recruited f rom the Civi l Air Guard and the Flyine; Clubs, could make e. most e:ffective contribution to the national effort. This expectation has been fully realised • .:. o ooooeooooooooooeo FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. FLASH NEWS. No. 1-Q-19/9/39. The following statement has been issued by the Admiralty for use without alteration. The following are approximate figures of the complement of H.M.S. "Courageous", and of the survivors of the disaster, according to the ini'ormation in the possession of the Admiralty up to 1 p.m. to-day, 19th September 1939. Complement: Officers 90 Ratings 1170 Total 1260 Survivors, lists alroady published: Officers 45 Ratings 381 Total 426 Approximate m.umber of additional survivors, lists to be published as soon as names are available: Officers 25 Ratings 230 Total 255 Summary -approximate total of known survivors: Officers 70 Ratings 611 Total 681 FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION No.11 -19/9/39 POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS More money was deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank during the nine days ending 6th September, 1939, than was taken out. Deposits amounted to £4,705,203; withdrawals to only £4,632,018. The total amount deposited with the Post Office Savings Bank at the end of August, 1939, was £937,530,000. FROH THE 1.U NI -TRY OF IWFO?Jf.ATION. T.raj.nipg Colle::i;es .in_ :Cvacua~io11..Ji.rea~ -N 0 .12__-___1_9IJill The Board of Education have announced that a training college which is situated in an evacuation area and ·whose premises have not been requisitioned for other purposes may re-open for the training of students if the ~uthorities of the college so decide, provided that adequate A.R.P. provision is made before the students come into residence. The follov-1ing article on the new French 11ini stry is vrritten by M. Andre Maurois, of the Academe Francaise. It may either be used under M. Mcuroi s's name or as ';background n. The immrd meaning of the French M:inisterial change is q_uite plain. It reveals the determination to pursue war relentlessly, until the N~zi regime has been undone. Re-organisation had become indispensable and urgen~ because at least two :Hinisters were anxious to leave: M. Jean Zay, a young man, wished to share the duties of his contemporaries and to fight as a soldier; U. Harcha.ndeau, the Eayor of Rheims wanted to devote himself to the j_:ri.terests of his city. Thlit M:. Daladier shibuld have d.ecided. to be both Uinister of National Defence 2..nd Minister of Foreign Affairs, is but nc:turc,l, for two reasons: first, j_n time of '.rvar, foreign affairs and military affairs are so closely inte~Noven that they c~ll for a single head. The forces cf the nation are pla,ced at the service of polic:rj which in t urn is determined by the forces of the nc:,tion. Secondly, whenever action has to be t~,ken, ex:;_:;erts hc:ve to taka it. National Defence very largely becomAs a m~tter for the General St aff . M. Daladier will give dirr::;ctionE and ordeni; the ear:ryj ng out of which will be the bu siness of soldiers and diplomats. Again an eXiJerrJ E. D.:rn-:~r;:r : becomes Minister of Arma.r.rients. It would have been ii:ri_possibl.(3 to make u. more brj_llant choice, nor one n:ore welcome. M. D~0 .utT;y is <:.c:::i engineer, v1ho di splayed remarkable g_uali t ies in the r~j ·,Jrgani sation of the French rail­road syste:n. He knows eve:r·yi.hing there is to know about French industry. He has hioea~f been at t~e head of great manufa,cturj_ng concerns . It b·0,f3 a2.vro,ys been my hope to see him at t he post he occupies to-day. Under him the production of aircra.f t and arms of all kinds vriJ_l !'apidly i:r.crease. Yfuerever Rao~l Dautry goes he w~ns the af fec·cion of t he workers, and of all Yvho are under. I knovr him 9 I J,Ci:Tiire hir:1, I am certain h e will be a great Llinister. The creation oi a ~ini stry of Block~de completee this war Cabinet. M. YV•)n Delbos replace::: :u. .Ts ... ,n Zny as Einister of Public Instructj_ on. He is a brave and trusty man Yvho was Minister of Foreign Affo,irs before George Bonr:et? he favours utter resistance t o Hitler's a.r"1bitions. ':l1hC' s s.J;:e is true of M. Champetier de -~ibes, 11. Dalndier's as21s·c;::i.nt at the Quai · d 'Orsay, vrhose QF ..:Llities h neE,?ds are tpe factors that will ensure -i n t he words of the h'ilni r;ter · s own exnort­ ation -that local authorities will use the pmvers entrusted to them 11 with the greatest amount of zeal and. energy 1 .. Ministry of Agriculture and Fi sheries, (Dept. K.A.), 10, Whiteh&ll Place , London, S.'..! .1. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION No. 16 -19/9/39 MAXIMUM PRICES FOR DRIED FRUITS. The Ministry of Food announce that they hope to be in a position shortly to make availiable to the trade a portion of the dried fruit stocks in public and port warehouses which were requisitioned und~r the Dried Fruit (Requisition and Control) Order of the 7th September, 1939. Dealings in these dried fruits are governed by the Dried Fruits (Maximum Prices) Order, 1939, issued today, which prescribes wholesale and retail maximum prices for the several varieties of dried fruit, as follows:­ Varieties of Maximum price per cwt. Maximum Price per lb, Dried Fruit. ex Warehouse on a sale on a sale by Retail. by Wholesale s. s. -­ Currants 42/- 6d. s. Dates 35/-5d. s. Dried Apples 70/-1Od. s. Apricots 105/-1/3d. " s. Nectarines 63/-9d. " s. Peaches 63/-9d. " s. Pears 70/- 1Od. " s~ Plums or Prunes 56/- 8d. " s. Fruit Salad 70/-1Od. s. Raisins 56/-8d. Sultanas ( 1) Other than Manufae,turcrs' s. Sultanas 56/-8d. (2) Manufacturers' Sultanas s. marked Mf F 43/­ G B FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFOR~~\TION No.17 -19/9/39 Territorial Information Bureau The Territorial Army and Air Force Association of the County of London have opened an information bureau for the benefit of relatives and friends of all members of the Territorial Army, Auxiliary Air Force, Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Auxiliary Air Force at Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, s.w.3. Enquiries should be made in ·oerson or by letter, and enquirers are requested not to ring up. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION No.18 -19/9/39 CHAPLAIN-GENERAL OF THE FORCES The Archbishop of Canterbury has conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) on the Reverend C.D. Symms IvI.C. ,M.A., Chaplain-General to the Forces. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. NO. 19 -19:9: '39· CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE. A number of men are required i ;1ffiediately for enlistment into the Corps of Military Police for special duties. Qualifications required:­ .Ages ~l -38 yearse Fit for service in any part of the world. Good general education and fluent knowledge of at least one European languageo Applicant~ must be B~itish Subjects and sons of British Subjects. Applications stating full nrunes, address, age and educational and language qualifications must be addressed in writing to the Provost Marshal, Mytchett Barracks, Ash Vale, Aldershot. FROM TH..:filJ!!.t!:]"_1STJrf OF INFORMATION. _J. U_~. REPRESENTATIVES AT HOME OFFICE. No. 20. 19/9/39. Representatives of the General Council of the Trade Union Congress today met Mr. Osbert Peake and Sir Alexander Maxwell, the Parliamentary and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State, and other officials of the Home Office, for a preliminary discussion as to the operation in present circumstances of the restrictions im the Factories Act on the hours of women and young persons. It was agreed that close contact should be maintained between the Department and the Trade Union Movement in regard to the problems arising. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION N0.21 19/9/39. EXPORT LICENCE DELAYS The Export Licensing Department regret that certain delays have arisen in dealing with applications for export licences. Every endeavour is being made to deal with such applications expeditiously~ but the staff are seriously impeded in their work by the enormous number of callers and telephone enquiries that have to be attended to. It will accoro.ingly he appreciated and relieve the work of the Department and exped~te the issue of licences if enquiries are made by letter instead of by telephone or personal call. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. NOo 22 -19:9: '39. IMPORTED CANNED MEAT. The Ministry of Food state that many owners of stocks of canned meat have not yet made returns of their stocks as required by the Imported Canned Meat (Requisition) Order of 5th September. These returns should be sent forthwith to the Ministry o~ Food, Great Westminster House, Horseferry Road, London, S.Welo FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORM:ATION No.23 -19/9/39 7.45 p.m. NO BRITISH NOTE TO OSLO GROUP OF NEUTRALS A recent German communique asserted that the British Government had addressed notes to Neutral Governments, and especially to those of the Oslo group9 showing a determination to ride roughshod over the latte~'s vital interests and rights as neutrals. It was alle. ·ed that the British note put forward a number of demands and stated that non-compliance on the part of neutral governments would be regarded as a breach of neutrality. These allegations have now been categorically denied by the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish Governraents, who have issued a statement that no such note has been received f1'om Britain by any of those Governments. FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION No. 24 -19/9/39 THE l.\.RMY DENTAL CORPS REQUIRES CLERK ORDERLIES The War Office announces that Clerk Orderlies are urgently needed in The Army Dental Corps. Men desirous of enlistment should be clerks in civil life (not necessarily in the dental profession) and they will be required to assist dental officers as surgery attendants and in the performance of clerical duties. So long as vacancies exist, men between 21 and 30 years of age may be accepted, and application should be made at once to the nearest Army Recruiting Office. Limited numbers of Dental Mechanics are also required. They should be competent in all branches of their trade and will be required to pass a trade test on enlistment. Age limits are 21 -45 years of age and application should be made at once to the nearest Army Recruiting Office. Posters are being exhibited in which the age-limits for Dental Mechanics enlisting into The Army Dental Corps are shown as from 21 to 23. It has however now been decided that, so long as vacancies exist, skilled men may be enlisted as Dental Mechanics between the ages of 21 to 45. PRESS NOTICE No. 25 -19/9/39 From 10 Downing St•• S. W.1. The King has been pleased to approve the following appointmente:­ The Viscount Cobham, C.B., The Lord Denham, M.C. Sir Edward Grigg, K.C.M.G~, K.C.V.O.__,D..-S..O. ,M.C-.,,., M.P. . -. To be Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War. To be ParliamentarySecretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. To be Parliamentary Secretary to the Minis-t.ry~of'_.I-nf'~o.rm.at.i.on. ;fROM TtiE_MINI..:<:2.'.J1R,LOf_ I~TFORMATION li2.;_26__,::,..J.W/3.~. His Majesty the King paid a surpr~sc visit to troops who are in training in the West of Englar1d todo.y (Tuesday 19th). Everywhere he went he expressed great sat isfaction with the excellent morale and general health of the officers and men. Touring a very wide area His Majesty shook hands and chatted with many hundreds of themo Accompanied by two Generals and a party of Aide de Camps, he visited in turn all the units which go to malrn up a modern infantrydivision. Asleep in the Trench~s o--..-~-.......--,._-..,_,.....,.,,.-.------­ The first unit visited was a crack infantry battalion who had been on trench-digging duty throughout the night on a lonely and chilly hill top. Herei1 the battalions headquarters was just a canvas lean-to against an army lorry backed against a hedge~ The soldiers9 who were wea:ring full battle dress, were, many o'f' them, sleeping soundly at the bottom of their trenches when the Kingarrived. Two horse-rakes wei•e working in the next field; their drivers little knew that the King was inspecting his troops over the hedge. The next battalion, another infantry one9 was stationed some miles away in a lovely valley close to an old stone villageo Unknown to the Villagers~ the Royal Pa::."ty drew up in a quiet lane and it was not until the Regiment with their tin hats held aloft were giving three cheers that the villagers suddenly became aware that something was astir in the Camp. ~o:'[~;ls.ss._~;ti..Q_j)i s.Q.0 y_er;y: Before this9 however9 the great discovery that the King was in their midst was made by a twelve years f old boy called Brian Cocker who said to one of the officers in the party "Who is it?". On learning it was the King, he said, "Well, it!s my father's field and I'm very glad he has come"" 1~?..nh ~~h~ a Hays tack The King not only stayed in the field for a long time, but ate his lunch in a sheltered corner of it, sitting on a rug behind a haystack. Here the King had decorated one of the officers of the Re:giment with the Military Cross for gallantry in Palestine. This was the third officer of the Regiment to be so decorated; and the King spoke again to the other two officers whom he had received a fevv weeks ago at Buckingham Palace~ Next came two well-·known County Regiments who were drawn up by the road side. With such secrecy had the Royal tour been arranged that as one officer said 11 We were out for a :-ioute march when we were suddenlyhalted and told by the CoO. that in exactly ten minutes the King would come down the road. We were ~ather incredulous, but sure enough at exactly that time, and at the point9 the Royal Car came into view". 11 Ge.P..~J:'_a). '.~.~~V{§..!'=L..th_~.J.Cing: Villagers at one point said; 11We were told it vvas a General, but found it was the King. 11 In one village the children, home for dinner, had turned out with their mothers to cheer the King as he passed. An hour later on passing through another village, some miles further on, the King's party stopped at a filed adjoining a farmyard which was the Headquarters of the Division. Al=b..~~-n.1.~d~ J.~~ h~:~.e...R~~-~P. Pg_s tm~· . . Fere, wnilst the King shook hands with red-capped staff officers, cows, calves, and pigs wandered about the field behind the troops on -2 ­parade, and nosed the divisional flag pole in the centre of the f 1eld! Wherever he went, the King always sought out reservists amongthe regular troops, and asked them what occupation they had followed in civil life. "Everyone I asked" said the King, "seemed to have been a postman." FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORM/\TION No. 27 -19/9/39 The following is a commentary on Herr Hitler's speech Herr Hitler's speech is full of the crass misstatements which usually fall from his lips and to which the world has now become accustomed. It is surprising that a man in his responsible positien should venture to convict himself so palpably out of his own mouth. Thus, for example, we now hear from Herr Hitler:­ "At that time there lived in Poland a man of energy and action. I tried in common with Marshal Pilsudski to find a solution that would secure peace. In this we put aside the Versailles Treaty and attempted to reach a temporary solution. After the death of Marshall Pilsudski, however, the mortal fight against all Germans in Poland began anew. This fight naturally embittered and ruined the relations between the two nations. It was possible for us only with difficulty to look on while the German minority was barbarously illtreated. The world which is always haken to the depths when a Polish Jew who has recently emigrated to Germany is deported remained dumb in the face o:f this illtreatment." So says Herr Hitler. The world remained dumb in the face of this illtreatment for the very good reason that from the time of Marshal Pilsudski's death until this spring He~r llitler represented his relotiorus with Poland as excellent. No word was said in Germany of the mal-treatment of Germans in Poland. On t he contrary this is how Herr Hit.ler himself' described his· :fr:lendship f'or Poland:,.. In the Reichstag on the 21st May, 1935:­ "We recognise the Polish state as the home of a great patriotic nation with the undePstanding and the cordial 1'r1endship of candid nationalists." In the Reichstag on the 20th February, 1938:­ "In the fifth year which follows the coming into force of the first great international convention concluded by the Reich, we state with genuine admiration that our relations with that state with which we had, perhaps, the greatest antagonism, are not only characterised by a detente, but that, in the course of the past years, these relations resulted in a more and more friendly drawing together. I know full well that this is chiefly due to the f act that at that time there was not a Western Parliamentarian in Warsaw, but a Polish MarsAal whose commanding personality realised the importance for Europe of such a detente between Germany and Poland. The value of this was questioned by many at the time but it has now passed the test and I m~ well say that since the League of Nations has ceased its continuous efforts at disturbance in Danzig and appointed a new Commissioner, a man of personality, this most dangerous place for the peace of Europe has entirely lost its menacing significance. The Polish State respects the national conditions in this country, and that City and Germany respect Polish rights. Thus it was possible to find the way to an understanding which, emanating from Danzig, in spite of t he assertions of many mi~chief-makers 9 has succeeded in removing all friction between Germany and Poland and made it possible to work together in true amity. " -2 ­ Once again, in the Sportpalast on the 26th September, 1938, Herr Hitler said:­ "Poland was ruled by a man and not by a democracyo With his collaboration it was possible to bring about, in less than one year an agreement which, to begin with, excluded the danger of a clash for a period of 10 years. We are all convinced that this agreement will result in a lasting appeasemento We realise that there are two nations which must live side by side and neither of which is in a position to eliminate the other. A state with 33 million inhabitants will always strive to have an outlet to the sea. It was therefore necessary to find the way to an understanding. This way has been found and will be consolidated••••• This was really a peaceful action which is more worth than the whole of the babbling at the Palace of the League of Nations in Genevao 11 To return to the present speech. Herr Hitler asks further on, with reference to his proposals for a settlement:­ "I do not know in what state of mind the Polish Government could have been to re~ect such proposals. 11 The answer is that the Polish Governrnent had before their eyes the shameful betrayal of the solenm assurances given by the German Government at Munich. They knew that these demands were only the preliminary to further exactions o If Herr Hitler had wished to inspire confidence in his word he should have been less reckless with his earlier promises. "Germany has no further territorial ambitions in Europe" was an undertaking which had been broken --too fJ.agrantly and too often. The tale of Herr Hitler's broken promises is so long that he can scarcely expect Great Britain to believe that German aspirat.i-ons are limited and that Germany has no further aspirations in the W-est. j.\.nd now compare what Herr Hitler tells us of Russia with what he told us when it was Herr von RibbentropJ-s mission to persuade-Great Britain of the Russian peril. This is what he says now: "We have found that it is in the best interests of both our nations to have an understanding with each other. Thus the British assertion of the unlimited world political aspirations of Germany is finally contradicted. We shall never again fight a war in the interests of the Western democracies. Make a note of that my English gentlemeno" This is what he said then (in the Reichstag on the 30th January, 1937): "Bolshevism is the doctrine of world revolution9 io e., of world destruction•..•• as far as Germany is concerned I do not want to leave any doubt as to the following:-(1) we look upon Bolshevism as upon an intolerable danger to the world; (2) we shall try and keep this danger away from the Germany Volk by every means at our command; (3) we are therefore endeavouring to make the German Volk as immune as possible from this contagion. For this it is necessary that we should avoid all close contacts with the bearers of these poisonous baccillio •.• I request the German workers to avoid all contacts and relations with these international parasites and consequently~ it will never occur that one will see me -3 ­ dining and vnn1ng with them. Furthermore any treaty links between Germany and present-day Bolshevist Russia would be without any value whatsoever." Again at the Nuremberg Party Rally on the 14th September, 1937, "I reject most emphatically to be joined up with those whose programme is the destruction of Europe, and who do not even try to conceal this programme. To refuse to collaborate with such elements does not mean to isolate oneself but to secure oneself" o Again in the Reichstag on the 20th February, 1938. "There is only one state with which we have never sought close relationships and with which we do not want to have any close relationships: I mean Soviet Russia. We still look upon Bolshevism as upon the incarnation of the destructive qualities of human nature, and we do so even more than ever before." There is no question of Great Britain waging war, as Herr Hitler declares, on German women and children. The German Government has already declared that there are ample stocks of food in Germany but the restriction of the import of raw materials is not a measure of which the German Government can legitimate~y complain. Finally, Herr Iiitler's account of the circumstances attend­ing the outbreak of war is a travesty of the facts. He was determined on war and i-~oped to the last that Great Britain would not fulfil her treaty obligations to Poland. It was only t wo days after the invasion of Poland, when no reply had been received to the British comrnunicat.ionr-that an-ult.irnatrum was address.ed--t.o---the. G·erman GolJ-B.rnment. Air M_inistry Casualty Comm~nique No.1. The Air .Ministry regrets to announce the following casualties on various dates :­ MISSING (BELILVLD KILLED) 549741 Airo:::aftman 2nd CJ.ass K.. Go DAY. ~IIE?_SING(B:CLI:CVED PRISONER OF W:~R) 561012 Sergeant G.F. BOOTH, 36187 Pilot Officer lroHo EDWJ1RDS. 548555 Aircraftman 2nd Class L. J. SLJ.\TT:CRY. MISSING. 34213 Flight Lieutenant '\IV.F1 Bf\RTON. 0 546065 Aircraftman 1st Class G.T. BROOKING. 531493 Leading Aircraftman H. DORE. 36138 Flying Officer HoL. Eil/fDENo 537187 Aircraftman 1st Class R. EVANS. 565602 Sergeant D.E, JARVIS. 546679 Aircraftrnan 1st Class E:. W. LYON. 580695 Sergeant AcS. PRINCEo 524808 Leading Aircraftman J. QUILTER. 519859 Corporal JoLc RICKET'l'S. 39340 Flying Officer JoFo ROSS. 552231 Aircraftman 1st Class G. SHEPFIELD. 550292 J1cting Sergeant B.Go WALTON. Press &Publicity Branch, Air Ministry, Kin.g.Chades SL . S.W.J. 19th September 9 1939. Issued. tonigh_t fr'om t.he Ministry of Information. N01. 29 19/9/39. The Secretary of' the Admiralty announce·s the following further list of survivors from H.M.S.eOURAGEOUSc Any additional in:format i on will be pwblished as received. Div. and No. Ply AX 20751 Ply· AX. 182'°,7 Ply AX 847 Ply AX 29]5 Ply ex 1372 Ply ex 29Jl2 Ply EX 2913 Ply E 21659 Ply E 21525' Ply EX 12::5 Ply EX 13 5'l! Ply EX 2957? Ply GX 29Jl} Ply GX 7 91:+ GX 1558 Ply G 225G6 lPly x 220€& Ply GX J._3.''.(;2'. P'ly GX 1506 Ply GX 15:W R.M.B'. 2570 R • M • B ·, X: 433 R.M.Bo 2467 Dt.v. and No. Ply A 2'21+55· C; 224228 021103 EX 964 EX 313 E 21676 G 2'15139 G. 19]44 Rarrk Name Mar ine J.L. Shanley-Ma rine B. G.Miller Marine F.E.H.Robinson Marine Joseph Coak Ma:r•i:ne A. M.E1der Marirn R. W .Luxtnn Mar irre H. Do Thompson Ma :r.:3.m:e W. E. B'lac:kmani. Ser•gt,. J. e.W. Bi.eke]]. COI' l?! ~ W. J. Slade Mar:i.rre Herbert Mega.rry Jvla;:-ine Stanley Pli nstom MarJ.Re J .,J'.McGtll Mapixr.e Robert PickeP±-nig Ma r'i. :::re M:lcha®l Hu.rley MaJ."'irt.e Herbert. w. Jagger Mnr :l.rre A. EoH• Goad.w5..n:. Mar:l.ne W.A.L. McAllist~r MRr>:Lni:; J. ohn R. Bowman rvia r·.tne Albert Skinner Jl!I·Dslcian T.E.Chapman Music~Lan ,T. eansfie].o. Mu s:1.ci. an G.F. Kelly E.9..Y:tJ!.~lli~ET RESERVE. panJf Na_n,i~ Rfr.!!-li.Q o Mm~ eoJ. Tar1c3.y Be.323 M:n-e S.W. Johnson B23T"P Mne· G.White B22']2 CorpI G. A. Fercrda-J BJ2726 Mn({! C.W.J.Wood B23,66 Mrre E. F .G love·r B12!Jlµ2 Mn:e W.F.Westlake B22'49 Mne. Walter Allo·tt B22'009 FROM THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION. EVENING BULLETIN NO. 33 20th SEPTEMBER 1939. BRITISH CONTRABAND CONTROL Some misconception appears to exist with regard to the question of the seizure of neutral ships intercepted by the British Contraband Control. The position is that normally only cargoes of suspectedcontraband are seized, and that, as soon as these have been unloaded, the ships carrying them are allowed to proceed on their voyage. No neutral ship has been seized since the outbreak of hostilities and it can be taken as certain that no ship would ever be seized which had loaded her cargo before war began. Even ships which had loaded their cargo since that date would normally only be seized if there was evidence that they were being used with the knowledge of the owners for the carriage of contraband to the enemy. INTERCEPTED AND DETAINED. During the week ending September 16th appro.xill19.tely 110,000 tons of goods, of which there was evidence that they were contraband consigned to Germany were intercepted and detained by the British Contraband Control. They included:­ 25,700 tons of manganese ore 20,000 tons of petroleum products 15,500 tons of iron ore 15,500 tons of aluminium ore 10,000 tons of phosphates 5,700 tons of pyrites 4,500 tons of haematite ore 3,500 tons of soya beans 2,800 tons of cotton seed cake 1,500 tons of chlorate of potash 630 tons of copra Li-50 tons of palm kernels 400 tons of molybdenite concentrates 250 tons of copper cathodes 200 tons of rubber 165 tons of gra9hite 160 tons of wolfram ore and a number of mixed items of cargoes. The total value of these consignments is estimated at r ather over £500,000. The total quanti~y of manganese ore intercepted since the outbreak of war now amounts to over 30,000 tons. This rep:-:esents about T/ of the total German annual imports of this commodity, whicl;l: is of great importance for the preparation of special steels. In the case of molybdenum concentrates the quantity inter­cepted represents an even more important proportion of German's annual supply of an n.lloy and metal essential for the pr eparation of bullet-proof and other steels. GERMAN WIRELESS COMMENTP.RIES The Director of the Brussels "Vingtieme Siecle" writes in his paper this morning as follows:­ "War makes objectivity difficult. But there is a great deal of difference between non-objectivity and the twisting of commentaries appearing over my signature. It is regrettable that the Directors of the German wireless propaganda in English ignore this. Their shamelessness allows them to represent me as saying exactly the opposite of what I saido If this practice, which is very common on the German wireless, continues, we shall be forced to conclude that honourable arguments are seriously lacking. Is this what Germany wants?" MILITARY AFFAIRS The War Office announce that the age limit for service in the A.T.S, is 18 to 43. This applies to general service only. There will be no further recruiting for local service, at the moment. EMPIRE AFFAIRS NEW ZEALAND WAR FINANCE The New Zealand acting Prime Minister, Mr. P. Fraser, has just stated that he is not ready yet to announce the Dominion's War Finance Legislation. But if the Dominion's fina~1cial effort in the last war is any guide, New Zealand will not spare herself. The fact that she mobilised, trained, and equipped for war service one-ninth of her population, despatched from her shores to fighting fronts one-tenth of that population, paid for cost of transport over 12,000 miles of ocean, fed and maintained them in camp overseas, armed clothed and munitioned them -this indicates the extent of the financial burden she plsced upon her shoulders. The Dominion's population at the outbreak of the war, was just over one million people and she sent overseas over 100,000 men•., Her war expenditure at the end of hostilities had amounted to over £80,000,000 of which £55,000,000 had been raised by internal loans, the remainder being amounts due to B~itain for shot and steel and general war munitions used by her troops at the war fronts and for which she paid on a per capita bas~_s. Since the last war her man power and her f:nancial resources have considerably i '1creased and there is little doubt that her war effort today will be in equal ratio if the call comes for the despatch of a force overseas. At present she is placing herself in readiness for such a call, and nearly 10,000 Volunteers are undergoing training. .lli?J!JL~FAIRS Mr. John Colville, Secretary of State for Scotland, today met a deputation from the Scottish Football Association and the Scottish Football League, consisting of Mr . D. Bowie, Mr. J. Bowie, Mr. J.S. Murray, Mr. W. Macimdrew and Mr. G.Go Graham,,. The deputation put forward the views of the t wo bodies as to the organisation of football matches during the war and there was an informal discussion of the position. FROM THE MIN STRY OF I NF'ORMATION No 1. 20,,{19/39 CONTROL OF MAITUF/\CTUHE OF ViEAT PROIDUCTS Plans are being prepared by the Ministry of Food for the control of the supply of raw meat to manufacturers of meat produ.cts who operate in premises registered under the Factories Ac~, 1937. The meat available for manufacturing purposes will be allocated at the outset on the basis of the utilisation o~ manufacturers in the calendhr year 1938. All meat manufacturers shoulc"]. therefore write at once to the Secret::.i:.0y of the local Area Wholesale Meat Supply (Defence) Commitee for the necessary form of application. The names ana. ad cl esses of the Secretc,ries of the Area Committees and the counties for which they are responsible are as follows;­ 1. North Eastern Area; 'I'he C0tmties of Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire Hon. Secretnry;· Stanley Scatter FS.A.A North Eastern Area Wholesale Meat Supply (De~ence) Committee, The Parkway Hotel, Brarn:hOJle, Leeds o (Tel~. Leea.r£ Adel. 56481) 2. North Wem>tern Area; The Counties of cum·be:;:'land, Westmorland Lancashire, Cheshire, part of Derby, Flint, Denbigh, I:.ngles~Y, Caernarvon, Merioneth and Mon tc;ome r~,7<­ Hon Secreatar:v: G • Du d.ley VJest F • C • A , --------.-.... ~ North Viest@rn Area Wholesale 11iti:eat supply (Defence) Comm1 tte~ Lloyds Bank Bui.l~1ngs, 11 & 13' VictorJ.a Street. Liverpool 2o (Tel. Bank 5504) 3. Midland Area: The Counties of Staffprd. Hereford9 Worcester, Shropshire 9 Warwick 9 part of Derby 9 Nottingham. Lincoln, Leicester 5 Northarnpton 9 Rutland, part of Huntingdon and part of the Isle of Ely. Hon. Secretary: W. Stanley Lane, F.C.A., Midland Area Wholesale Meat Supply (Defence) Committee, 3, Sherlock Street, Birmingham, 5. (Tele.Midland 1644.) 4. South Eastern Area The Counties of Essex, Hereford 9 Surrey,Kent (excluding London) Sussex, Hampshire, part of Dorset, Berkshire , Oxford, Buckingham, Bedford, part of Huntingdon Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and part of the Isle of Ely. Hon Secretary: A.W.Sargeant, South Eastern Area Wholesale Meat Su1~ply (Defence) Committee Dralda House 9 Crendon Street, High Wycombe , Bucks. (Tele. High Wycombe 1905.) 5. London.: Approximately the Metropilitan Police Area. Hon. Secretaryt S.E.Ostler, A.c.c.s., London Area Wholesale Meat Supply (Defence) Committee, ,,Maxwelton", Hale Lr'.rre:, Mill Hill 9 N. W.7. (Tele. Mill Hill 3620) 6. South Western Area: The Counties of Cornwall, part of Dorset 9 Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucester, Monmouth, Brecknock, Radnor, Glamorgan,Carmarthen, Cardigan and Pembroke. Hon.Sccret:ary : R. Bur1.'ord, South Western Area Wholesa1 ­Meat Supply (Defence)Committre Royal Hotel 9 Cardiff. T~le. Cardiff 25~ 7. South of Scotland The Counties of Midlothian9 East Lothian,West AMa: Lothian, Berwick, Roxburgh, Peebles, Selkirk, Dumfries, Renfrew, Lanark, Argyll, Bute, Ayr, Clackmannan, Dumbarton, Stirling, Kircudbrtghtand Wigtown. Hon. Secretary: J.W.Boyd, 8 o u. ~!l off St: ·Y~lrumd Ar&a Wholesale Meat, Supply (Defence)carmi.tt ee , Cattle Market Hotel, Graham Sq_uare, Glasgow. crele. Bridg~ton 3183~ 8.Nortrh of Scotland The Counties of Angus,Perth,Fife,Kinross, Area. Aberdeen,Banff 9Kincardine,Moray,Orkney,Zetland Nairn,Ross and Cromarty,Inverness,Sutherlandand Caithness. Hon.Secreta!,Y:: A.B.Bowman, North of Scotland AreaWloleeile Meat Supply (Defence)Committee Meat Market, Dundee. 19th September, 1939, fl'f1A1A . nirnrlAA R17h7_)