Ot.--'f /-lo 1 '35' \ :tviINIS·fRY OF SUPPLY Af'ilNOUNCl:ilVlLN'r. T. lit. cu~TROL OF TIMBER SUPPLIES. 1. The Minister of Supply ao.nlunces that_in pursuance of p~wers granted w1der the Emergency Powers (Defence) 11..ct, 1939, he has ma~e the Control of Timber (No.5) Order, 1939, 2. The restrictions ~n dealings in timber imposed by the Control of Timber (No.l} Order, 1939, as amended by the Control of Timber (No.3) Order, 193,, will be revoked on and from Wednesday, 4th October, 193~, from which date there will ~e substituted a new licensing system. Under this licensing system every purchaser of timber or boxboards for consumptien must have a licence for his purchase (except in certain special cases) and the seller has to see that his purchaser duly holds ~licence. 3. Special ~ases in which no licences are required are as follews:­(' 1.. ) Burcha8es by consumers of timber and boxboards up to a total value of £20 in any one calendar month provided that the timber and boxboards so purchased are for work of national importance or urgent necessity. (ii) Direct purchases by Departments of H.11/I. Government in specific cases covered by special or general directions issued by the Minister. 4. The No.5 Order provides for the rendering of returns of sales of timber or boxboards for cons~ption. Details of the information required in this conne~ion are· contained in Direction No.2 issued by the Ministry ,f Supply under the C\:lntrol of Timber (No.5) Order, 1939. 5. The Order does not apply to individual retail transactions not exceeding £1 in value. 1. • ,, .' ) . o.r-:t\. of le..-' ru ,.~_ ;:)l .J ~ustin., 'fe~s 6. Subject slw~ys to the control of the He adqu~rters Le po.rtment of the '11iTiber Control the J_i censing system intraduced by the No.5 Order will be o~er~ted by the iimber Control .Area Officers in respect of timber other than mining timber end by the Timber Control Pitvvood District Officers in respect of mining timber. Copies of forns of application for licences should, t.herei'ore, be obte.ined from c:.r1d returned when completed to the ap~ropriete officers at the addresses shown below . 7. Copies of forms of ap~lic2tion for licences in respect of boxboards shoul d be obtaine d from, and .retnrned when completed to, the Controller of Ti mber Supplies (Branch 8), Ministry of Supply, 2/7 Elmdale Rosd, Bristol 8. 8. Copies of the Control of 111irnber (No . 5) Order 2nd of all Directions issued under the Order snould be obtained directly, or throc_gh any bookseller, from H.M . Stationery Office at the published s ole :prices. ,...... Issued thr~ugh the Ministry of Inf 0rmation ..... I. TIM11b"'R CONTROL AREA.S. ---"---..·-·-----­ ·--..--·--·---··-----------------....... ! N0. Covering ; Headquarters' Address I __J__·-~~----~· I 1. / Northumberle.nd, Durham, North Riding of j -2 Devonshire T0rrace , i I Yorkshire . I Jesmond, N8wcastle-on-Tyno. I' ! Yor kshire (West Riding and East Riding) . Icraven Street Senicr School, I Holderness Road, I Hull. 2. I I Lincolnshir~, Nottinghamshir,,, m rbyshirr.; 1 3rd Floor, (l0ss portion in No,3 Area), Leicestershirg, 3. Vernon House, Rutlandshire, Northamptonshirei. .F'riar Lane, Nottingham. Nc)rfolk, Suffolk , Cambridgeshir<3, .., 35 Goodwins Roacl., 4. King's Lynn. I Huntingdonshir e , Bedfordshire . ,. 8!;) Savil0 Row, Middlesex, Bucld.nghamshira, Oxfordshir<3. 5. London, Essex, HertfordshirC':J, Kent1 Surrey, 'I London, W, 1. GrB.ylat1yes, I Isl·2 of Wight, Wiltshir~ (South of G.W.,R. $. Sussox, Hrunpshire, Dorsetshir~, B~rkshire, Old Burslodon, I main line excluding towns on that line). Nr. Southampton. · 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Tuvon, Cornw.'.i.ll. SomersetshirA, Wiltshire (north of G.N.R. main line and including towns on that line}, Gloucestershire. Cheshir~, Lancashire, Cumberlan"l, Westmoreland, IYiontgomeryshir e , Merionethshire, Caernarvonshir~, D8nbighshir:~, F'lintshiro , Anglesea, and in Ilerbyshir<='· -Buxton Borough, Glossop Bor ough, NAw Milla U:;:-bl'l.n District, Whal!')y Bridge Urban :District, Chapel-<.>,n-ln-li'rith Rural District. Warwickshir~, Woreestershirc:", Staffordshiro , S.ornpshire, Herefordshire . Northern Irelcnd. Sutton Road, Flym<1uth. Runnington L0dgt:i, Dund.ham Park, Bristol. 8th Ploor, India Building , Water Str(~et, Liverpool. We st Hous~ Sch~ol, 24 St" J wncs' Road, Edgbaston, Birminghern 15. I77/79 Corporation Street,I Belfast. Lanarkshire, Ayrshir0, R8n:frewshirA, I 29 Park Circus, Wigtonshire, Dumbartonshire , Argyllshirei , Glasgow, C.3. Clackmannan, Kirkcudbrightshire , Dumfriesshir0, Stirlingshira, ButA. i No. 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7 4... 7B. Coveriri.g whole of Scotland. Counties of Northurr.berland, Durham, Cumberland, /Vestmorland; the North Riding of Yorkshire; the detached part of Lancashire ?forth of Morecambe Bay. East and •Nest Ridings of Yorkshire (except that portion of the Nest Ridif16 which was transferred for administrative purposes from Lancashire by the Loct;<.l Government Act, 1888), Co~nties of Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Huntingdon, Northampton, Rutlc;.nd and Oxford. Part of Lan~ashire (namely, so much of the County as is not included in No.2 District); C:tieshire, that part of the County of Stafford lying to the North of the Road from Uttoxeter through Bramshall Field and Milwich to Stone and thence throue,h Norton Bridge, .Eccleshall, Croxton, .dookgate and Almington to Market Drayton; Anglesey; the Counties of Caernarvon, Denbigh, Flint, kerioneth d.lld Montgomery. Counties of 1ionmouth, Glamorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Cardigan, Carmarthen$ Pembroke and Gloucester (West of River Severn). So much of the County of Stafford as is not included in the ho. 5 District; the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester (except that part West of the River Severn), Hereford, Shropshire, Somerset, Warwick, 'diltshire, and 1iorcester. Counties of Bedford, Berkshire, Buckingham, Cambridge, Eosex, Hertford, Kent, London, lvii.ddlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, and Southampton. Headquarters address .45 ~ueen Street, Edinburgh, 2. .2 Devonshire Terrace, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Craven Street Senior School, Holderness Road, Hull. 3rd Floor, Vernon House, Friar Lane, Nottingham. 8th Floor, India Building, Water Street, Liverpool. 27 Newport Road, Cardiff. West House School, 24 St. James Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 15. 25 Savile Row, London, W.1. ------!-­ No. Covering Headquarters' Address 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. ~~L~hlm,&rtL~hlan,~fil~hl~, Berwickshiro, Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburgshira. Angus, Fifeshire, l'erthshire, Kinrosshire. Aberdeenshire, Morayshire, Banffshire, Kincardineshire, Orkney and Shetland Invern8sshire, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherlandshire, Caithness. lJonrnouthshire, Glamorganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire, Breconshlre, Radnorshlre. 45 ~ueen Street, Edinburgh, 2. 56 Reform Street, Dundee. Amicable House, 3rd Floor, 252 Union Street, Aberdeen. 53 Shore Stroet, Inverness. 27 Ne1vport Road, Cardiff. The following message has been promulgci.tec1 to all British merchant ships by the Admirci.lty:­ "The follOYiing has been received by German broadcast this evening:­ 'Severs.1 Germe.n submarines hn.ve been attacked by British merchant shi~s in the past few days. Hitherto (the German wireless asserts) German subrno.rines have observed international law by alwnys w;-1.rnin3 merchant ships before attacking them. Now, howeve r, Gc:rmra1y vrill have to retnliate by rcgnrdinG every vessel of the British Merchant Nevy as a warship ' . 11 While the o.bovc: is, of course, entirely untrue, it may indicate an i nrn.edia te change of pol icy in Germ.an subiimrine warfare and you should be prepared to meet it;r. ISSUED THROUGH ..~l1HE rnrqS'l'~~ OF HTPORtIATION. 12. 30 a. m. 1/10/39 FLASH l;IJI;SSAG~. 5.50 a.m. -1/10/39. Referring to the sinking of the S.S~ NYLAND, Svenska Dagbladet in second leader (entitled "A New Threat to our Export ," makes following observations: "Sinking of Swedish ore ship NYLAND shows German submarine warfare has been directed to a still greater extent than before against the lnterests of neutral countries." Article continues that as cargo was destined for Belgium there was no legitimate reason for ·ciestruction of ship. "We are cons trained to ask vvhether Germany has now completely abandoned the policy she had previously proclaimed, namely, the normal commercial relations of the neutral countries, both with belligerents and with other neutrals would be respected. "It j_s noteworth;)t that German Yvar vessels are very well informed as to when a Swedish ship may be expect.ed to pass territorial limit. This is clearly indicative of secret intelligence operations which cannot be allowed to exist in a neutral countryo 11 ISSUED THROUGH THE MI NI STRY OF I J\J'FORMATION No 4 1/10/39 FHOM THE · MINISTRY OF FOOD. THE FEnDING STUFFS (WJ.AXI MUM PRICES) ORDER, 1939. The Ministry of Food on Friday made an Order fixing the maxinrum prices to be paid by the farmer for practically all kinds of animal feeding stuffs. These prices are approximately those ruling immediately prior to the war and the farmers should thus be enabled to produce and sell livestock products at current prices. Owing to war conditions, there has naturally been some rise in the cost of obtaining supplies of feeding stut'fs. Arrange­ments are, however, being made for the release of Governrnent purchases· of oil~cakes and rice bran and the controlled supplies of cereals and cereal products at such prices as will enable distributors of all kinds to sell at or below the prescribed maximum prices. For the benefit of the various sections of the trade, the following resume is given of the main provisions of the Order. The prices fixed in the Order are for lots of 2 tons or over, and a scale of maximum additions for small lots is prescribedo Carriage from port store, mill or factory is an additional charge for the buyer's account, and the terms are for nett cash, extra charges being allowed for credit, provided that the discount for cash is stated, and that the nett figure does not exceed the maxinrum price.. An additional charge not exceeding 7/6d per ton may be made for handling lots of under 2 tons where the goods pass (other than for processing) through the premises of the merchant who distributes to the farmero An additional charge, not exceeding 10s. per ton may be made for kibbling cakes (inclus ive of bags)~ and also for mixing meals or grinding cakes (in these cases exclusive of bags). In the case of compound cakes or meals, the price to the farmer, excluding the cost of transport, is not to exceed by more than 25/­per ton the total of the cost of the ingredients to the maJrer,~ of manufacture and the actual cost of containers. Where feeding stuffs pa.ss through t vro hands, viz. wholesale dealer and distributing deal e r, the original seller must reduce the maximum price fixed in the Order by 12/6d per ton in the case of cereals. and cereal products and sundry other feeding stuffs or by 7/6d. per ton in the case of ciL.l cakes. In addition a further reduction of 3/-per ton for wnr risks insurance must be made in each case where the wholesale de~ler t akes delivery, or 1/6do per t on otherwise. The wholesale dealer, _whether he receives the goods direct or at second hand, , tryn must in his turn reduce t he appropriate price by 10/-per 1·or feeding stuffs in the first ca tegor y, or 5/-per t on for oil cakes, with an additional r eduction of 1/6a. per t on for war risks insurance where the distribut~ng dealer takes delivery. Thus the wholesale dealer is allowed maximum margin of 4/­ ::::i. per ton (inclusive of war risk) ancl the distributing dealer a maximum margin of 11/6d. per t on (inclusive of war risk) for feeding stuffs in the first category or 6/6d. per ton (inclusive of war risk) in the case of oil cakea A few feeding stuffs, viz: rye and its meals, clover meal, dried yeast and feeding dried blood are left under the conditions of the original ProvisionaJ_ Prices Ordero _ -.. _ MJllet, dari, kaffir corn and canary seed have been entirely omitted from the new price~ order and the priceff are not controlled. So far as for aGe is concerned, maximum prices are prescribed for various kinds of hay, both home grown and imported. In each case the maximum prices :ire those to be pai cl by the consumer to the me rchant for hay trussed or in bales at the fnrm. The above nnrgins ar9 '1llowed to the merchant, and in ad.di tion the f armsr wil1 have t o bear the cost of trussing or baling. Straw i s entirely omi ttec1 f.L~IDl t he new· Or der 9 and its price FOR MORNING PAPERS OCTo 2:»id. ONLYo The Home Office has issue.d n memorandum to local fire. authorities throughout England and Wn.les indicating the principles by which they should be guide.d in determining the war establishment to be maintained in each area for the Auxilinry Fire Servicco It is nnticipated tho.Jc the sett.lement of the war esto.blishment., of whole-time personnel on this basis. will result in considerable reductions. of cost, in o. number of areas. Criticisms huve been expre.ssed of the numbers: of auxiliary firemen re:tn.ined. for whole··time po.id ae.rvice; under present conditions who' a·re o.ll~:ged no to be simply st:o.nding byo The posit.ion is that, in the first ins.to.nee,~ the whole Auxiliary Fire Service personnel. avail.able for duty was called out, a:r:.d that now 9 the organisation and eatablJshment are in proce:s.s of being adapted to pres.ent conditions. while keeping future possibilities in viewo The principles now laid down a.re designed9 while mo.king the maximum use of the s.ervices of po.r·ti.:-ti.me voluntee.rs: to ao..e:0.:t'(1 ~!Jl:nt. o.:.:.t e..dcq:uat::; f·~.ro fight;j_ng force shall everywhere: be maintained9 the standa rd varying according to the size and tre SC:1~.t.(~· ot' :;:'~.I'8 ::'.' Lr.:,::::s. '.J..~~ Wt.il l et3 to t:1-.: vo.ryi::1g c.Gg :'.."'CG of vu]nerability of the different areas concernedo The -:Jasis of the organisation proposed is the division of.. the emergency appJ.:.iances available into "first 2.ine" and "second line " unitso The "first line" units would consi~t of pumps always kept rendy for actiono "Second line" units '" will be pumps re3.dy for action after an intervalc If the "first line" units a.re to be maintained in conS;tnnt rec.diness, a substantial. number of men must be. avaiJ.ubl.e wholetime, though it is hoped that a. sufficient nucleus may be supplemente.d by pet.rt-time· volunteers: otherwise eng.o.ged who would be a.vs.ilable for duty at short call.o In the ca se of "second line11 uni ts9 which would be ready only after an intervaly the smallest pos,s.ible number of whole-time. men will be employed for the purpos.e of maintenanc8:, o.nd to make it pos.sible to bring the appliance:s into cwtio:J.9 the crews depending in the main on parir,-time personnel.. who will answer the call:. as soon as possible when req_uiredo Dire:ctions n.re given as to the mo.Jd.mum number of fUll-time men who may be employed to form the crews. of 11 ::~irst line" units o.nd the small nucl.eus: c.rews. o.f ''second lineu un:i.ts 9 and fire authori.ties will not be r eimbursed by the Excheg:ue,r for paid personnel exc.ee.ding the limits. laid downo Fire authorities have been a ske.d to furnish returns of the personne]. now emplaye.d and to s,ubmi t their prop.os.al.s. forr f'uture organimttio:~ wi"Ghin the limits indica tedo In the meantime, no further engo.gement. of whole-time :personnel is being all.o·we.d nol" are vacancies in the existing ranks of full-time paid volunteers to be filledo Eve.ry possibJ.e, heJ.:p will be givecially trained steff are in continuous attendance at each of the gates. BOARD OF TRADL ANNOUNCBM:CNT. CON'rHOl, OF LJC:>OHTS. The Board of Trade have issued an 0Den Geners.l Licence under the Export of Goods (Prohibition) (No. 2) Order, 1939, permitting the Export from the United Kin~/loi·.1 of florrnr seeds in paper envelopes bearing the name of the Seedso No applications for export licences ~0r such seeds need be made on and after the 2nd. October~ IHLI'l'ARY AFFAIRS. A traveller (neutral) 9 who has recently returned from Austria to France 9 writes us follows ;­ 11 The im~")ressions which I got in Germany were appalling; here was a country going to vvar like a sleep-walker with a loaded gun in his handQ Two-thirds of the population knew, or pretended to know, nothing; the :mernaining third Yvas a prey to defeatism 8.ncl despair. I cannot say that food was actually short, but I was astonished to see a complete breakdown of the Government machine. Thus, in Vienna, a city of~ million inhabitants, no police were to be seen. The Austri~n police had been dissolved and nobody appointed in t heir place. All around me~ I heard nothing but complaints alJou"'.:; the Nazi tyranny and fears for the future. It is trne that Austria presents a special case; but 'vYht:n travelling through purely German provinces, the t one of tbe conversation was the same. "What a relief it was to get back to France. I don't know what the future hc.s in store for us, or what the outcome may be of the catastro::_1he which has overtaken us. But of one thing I am certain. On the other side of the Rhine, I have seen a country ri )e for defeat, while here I see a peo1)le confident and worthy of victory. There can be no mistake ; I am well awar e of the material resources of Gerrnany 9 a.ncl. of the fanaticism which actuates hundreds of thousands of its youn~ meno But folly and lies are self-destructive, and Germany t oday i s the realm of folly and lies; in Fr ance, I find a QUi te r emarl{able compregension of the situation among all classes, and an unshakable resolution to put an end t o this business once and for all. 11 NO MORG Q~UES JN BB~IN. RcDorts state that the authmrities in Berlin have decreed that people-may not wait in 'queues' to buy their provisions. People who live in flats are made to give their ration cards to the warden of their building, who does the shopping for themo This arra:ggement not only does away Yl'i th the de1)ressing sight of food queues; it decreases t he possibilities if conversation and criticism, for which long periods of standing and waiting provide opportunity. The following has been received from the Polish Embnssy in London for circulation to the Press:­ The President of the Polish Republic, WlQdyslaw-Raczkiewicz, has decreed the resignation of the cabinet of Gon.Slawoj-Sklad­kowski, which is no longer in a position to carry out its duties. The President appointed at the same time ge. Sikorski, Corrunnnder of the Polish Army in France, as Prime Minister. Gen. Sikorski assumes the office of Minister of Waro Acting on the advice of the Prime Minister, the President then appointed Professor Stronski Minister without port-folio and vice-premier, Mr. August Zaleski Minister of Foreign Affairs, Col. s~nator Adam ~oc. Minister of Finance. The nomination of three other members of the cabinet, who will represent respectively the Socialist Party, the Peasant's Popular P2rty and the Party of Labour is to be announced subseq_uently. The cabinet of General Sikorski is a government of national unity and national defence. Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, in whose favour President Moscicki resigned his office, was born on J an. 16th 1885 in the province of' Minsk in Eastern Poland. He took a degree in l aw at the universiW.­of Dorpat (in present Estonia) ti Before the War he was a barrister. During the War, he was active in Polish independence and military organisations. In 1919 he was charged with establishing Polish administration in Eastern Poland, which suffered heavily in the War. In 1924 Raczkiewicz became Minister of the Interior and then voievode (governor) of Nowogrodek in Easter·n Poland. Between 1925 and 1926 he was ~gain Minister of the Interior and then until 1930 voievode of Wilno. In 1930 he was elected senator and president of the senate. In 1935 he was for a short period Minister of the Into:bi(i)r and then voievode of Pomorze until 1939. Mr. Raczkiewicz is President of the World Organisation of Poles, representing Poles living outside Polando The President of the Polish Republic, Professor Ignacy Moscicki, announced his resignation, dated September 30th, 1939· According to the Constitutional Law of Poland of April 23rd, 1935, Mr. Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, former President of the Senate, designated as successor by President Moscicki's decree of the 17th of September issued in Kuty in Poland and published in the Polish Official Gazette No.214/217 of September 29th in Paris, assumed the High Office of President of the Polish Republic. In accordance with the article 19 of the Constitutional Law, Mr. Raczkiewicz to-ok the oath of office in the presence of the Polish Ambassndor in Paris, Mr. Luko..siewicz 9 Commander in Chief of the Polish Army in France general Silrnrski, Vice­Minister of Fino.nee Col. Koc, Head of the Polish military mission at the French Headquo.rters, Gen. Burchard-Bukacld and Chief of the Chancery of the President, Mrc Lepkowski~ The act was performed in the Polish Embassy in Paris. At the first meeting of the Legislative Council of Nigeria held since the outbreak of War, the following resolution has been adopted unanimously: ­ "That this Council, hnving fo ::1_lowed with keen sympathy, the patient and persistent efforts made by the Imperial Government for the maintenance of World Pcac~ 9 and these efforts having failed to secure a helpful response from :TerinQny9 resolve the refore to renew on behalf of the peo-ple of Nig~ria its expression of 19yalty to His Mnjesty the King Emperor nnd to declare its firm resolve to support the Imperial Government to prosecute to a successful end the War which has been forced upon the British nation". ISSUED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION P.A. c.n. E:;~ 'Tel. REUTER. (Please note following important interpolations in the broadcast SJ/eech tonight by Mr. Churchill}.­ In penultimate paragraph following sentence ending "with a formic1able German Fleet'' -insert: ­ "almost in many respects the equal of our own. We faceCl. those adverse con.cu tions then. We have notl1ing worse to face tonight. In those days of 1914 Italy also was neutral9 but we did not :t:now the reason for her neutrality. It was only later on that we learned, that by a secret clause in the r.Jriginal Treaty of the Triple Alliance Italy had expressly reserved tb herself the right to stand aside from any war which brought her into conflict with Great Britain. Much has ha:-i.-:rpened since then. Misunderstandings and disputes have arisen but all the more do we appreciate in England the reasons why this great and friendly nation of Italy9 vd th ·whom we have never been at war, has not seen fit to enter the struggle. 11 I Nmr follows: -do not underrate11 etc. The following is an advance copy of a. Broadcast to be given by the First Lord of Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill9 at. 9.15 p.mo to-night. NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE OCTOBER 2nd. The First Month of the War. The British Empire and the FrePch Repu.ihilic have been at wa.r with Nazi Germany for a. month ton.light. We have: not yet come at all to the severity of fighting_ which is to be expected.'; but three important things have happened. First, Poland has been again. over-r~n bw two of the great powers which held her in bondage for 150 years, but were unable to conquer the spirit of the Folish nation. The heroic defence of Warsaw shows that the soul of Poland is indestructible, and that she will rise again like a• rock, which may for a spell be submerged by a tidal waver, but which remains a rock. What is the second event or this first month? It is, of course, the assertion of the power of Russia. Ru1ssia. has puTsued a cold-blooded policy of self-interest. We could have wishe® that the Russian armies should be standing on their present line as the frtends and allies of Poland, instea·.a: of as invaders. But that the Russian armies should stand on this line, was clearly ·necessary for the safety of Russia against the Nai.z:i menace. At any rate the line is there, and an Eastern Front has been created which Na~i Germany does not dare assail. When Herr von Ribbentrop was-summoned to Moscow last ·week, it was to learn the faC't, ana: to accept the fact, that, the Nazi designs UJ;?On the Baltic States a~nd upon the Ukraine must come to a dead stop. I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma:; but perhaps there is a· ke;w. That key is Russian national interest. It cannot be in accordanc~ with the interest or safety of Russia that Nazi Germany should :Q:lant itself upon the shores of the Bla·ck Se·a, or that it should overrun the Balkan States and swbju1da·te the Slavonic peoples of Sourth-Eastern Europe. That would be contrary to the historic life­interests of Russia , But here these interests of Russia fall into · the same; channel as the interests of Britain and France. None of these three powers can a . .fford to see Rumania, Yug,o-Sla.via, Bulgaria, and above all Turkey, ].JUt under the heel of the Na1zi buccaneers. Through the fog of con'fUsion and uncertainty we may discern quite plainly the community of interests which exists between England, France and Russia to prevent the Nazis carrying the flames of war into the Balkans and Turkey. Thus, (at some risk of. being proved wrong, by events) I will proclaim tonight my conviction that the second great fa.ct of the first month of the war is that Hitler, and all that Hitler stands for, have been and a·re being wa.rned off the East and the SouthEast of Europe. What is the third event?· Here I speak as First Lore: of the Admiralty with especia~l calution. It would seem that the U-boat attack upon the 1ife of the British Isles has not so far proved successful. It is true that when they sprang out upon us and W'f!I were go±ng about our ordinary business, with two thousand ships in constant movement every day upon the sea.s, they manage·a: to do some seriou:s damage>. But the Royal Na::vy has immediate::ly attacked' the U-Boats, and is hunting them night and d&y -I will not say without mercy .-because Goa: forbid we should ever part company with that; but at any rate-with zeal, and not a.ltogether withoui; relish. And it looks tonight very much as :i,.f it is the U-B'oa"tis who are feeling the weather, and not the Royal Navy or the world~wide commerce of Britain. A week has pa,ssed since: a British ship, alone or in convoy, ha's been sunk or even molested on the high seas; and during the first month of the war we have captured by our efficient contraband control some 150,000 ton.~. more German merchandise -food, ail /minerals -2 ­ minerals ~nd other commodities -for our own benefit than we have lost by all the U-boat sinkings put together. In fact up to date -pl ease observe I make no promises -we have actually got 150,000 t ons of very desirable supplies into this Island more than we should have got, if war had not been declared, and if no U-boat had ever cast sailor­men to their f ate upon the stormy seas. This seems to be a very solid, tangible fact which has emerged from the first month of the war against Nazidom. We are told that all the U-boats have gone home to tell their master about their exploits and their experiences. But that is not true, because every day we are attacking them upon the approaches to the British Isles. Some undoubtedly have preferred to go off and sink the unpro­tected neutral ships of Norway and Sweden. I hope the day will come when the Admiralty will be able to invite ships cf all nations to join the British convoys and insure them on their voyages at a reasonable rate. We must of course expect that the U-boat attack upon the sea-borne commerce of the world will be renewed presently on a greater scale. We hope however that by the end of October we shall have three times as many hunting-craft at work as we had at the beginning of the war; and by the measures we have t aken, we hope that our means of putting down this pest will grow continually. We are taking great care about that. Therefore, to sum up the results of the first month, let us s ay that Poland has been over-run, but will rise again; that Russia has warned Hitler off his Eastern dreams; and that the U-boats may be safely left to the care and constant attention of the British Navy. Now I wish to speak about what is happening in our own Island. Whep a peaceful democracy is suddenly made to fight for its life, there must be a lot of trouble in turning over from peace to war especially among the uninsured "black-coated" classes. I feel very keenly the reproaches of those who wish t o throw themselves into the fight, but for whom we cannot find. full scope at the present time. All this will c:ear as we get into our Gtride. His Majesty's Government is unitedly r esolved to make the maximum effort of which the British nation is capable, and to persevere, whatever may happen, until decisive victory is gained. :ileanwhile patriotic men and women, and those who understand the high causes in human fortunes which are at stake, must not only rise above fear, they must also rise above inconvenience and boredom. 3 - ::-'arliament will be kept in session and all grievances or muddles or scandals can be freely ventilated there. In yast times the House of Commons has proved itself an instrument of national will power capable of w&ging stern wars. Pai"liament is the shield and expression of democracy, and Ministers of the Crown base themselve s upon the Parliamentary system. You have seen the powier of Parliament manifested in the last weeli;:, when a Budget, gigantic in its burdens, a Bua.get vrhich would have infuriated everybody a year ago, has been accepted with prompt and stolid resolve. A large army has already gone to France. British Armies upon the scale of the effort of the Great i'!ar are in preparationo The British people are determined to stand in the line with the splendid army of t he Fr ench Republic, and share v'ith them, as fast and as early as 1He can, vha teveI' may 1;e coming towards us both. It may be that great or deals may be coming to us in this Island from the airo We shall cl.o our best to give a good account of ourselves, and we must ahw ys remenfoer that the command of the seas will enable us t o bring the immense resources of Canada and the New World into pla3r as a deci s ive Air factor beyond the reach of what we have to give and take over here . Directions have been given by the Government to })re·1are for a v1ar of at least t hree years. That does not mean that victory may not be gained in a short time. Eow soon it will be gained depe:r:..~':s upon how long Herr Hi tlcr and his grou-,-:i of gungdter...s, whaae hands are stained Vji th blood and sticky v.1i th curruption can keep their grip u:; ' n the docile, unhappy German people. It was for Hitler to say when the war would begin, but it is not for him or his successors to say when it will end. It began when he r'anted it, and it will end only d1en we ar e convinced that he has had enough. The Prime Minister has stated our war-aims in terms which cannot be bettered, and which cannot be too often re::1eated:-"To redeem :z:urope from the ~oer~'.)etual and r ecurring fear of German aggression, and enable the peoples of Europe to preserve their independence and their liberties" That is v•hat the B1,itish and French people are o fightj_ng for. How often have we b een told vre are the effete democracies whose day is done, and who must now be re~'.=llaced by variOU$ forms of virile dictatorship and totalitarian de~potism. No doubt at the beginning v.•e shall have to suffer, beca.use of having too long wished to leaa_ a peaceful life. Our reluctance t o fight was mocked at as covvardice~ Our desire to see an unarmed norld was proclaimed as the proof of our decay, Now i'fe have begun: now ·,"'e are going on; now with~ the help of God, and all that is meant thereby, and with the conviction that we are the defenders of civilization and f r eedom, v!e ar e goin.c; on, and \-.re are going to go on to the end. After all, Great :S1,itain and France together are 85 millions, even in their homelands alone. They are united in their cause and convinced of their duty Nazidom, v1i th all its tyrannical power, o controls no more than 85 mi llions, of which at least sixteen millions, newly conquered Czechs, Slovakians and Austrians 1 are writhing under their cruel yoke and have c~o be held dovvn. by main force. We have the oceans~ and the assur ance that we can bring the vast latent power of the British and FPenci1 Empi res to bear upon the decisive :points. Fe have the freely-given~ .J.rdent su2;port of t he 20 millions of British citizens in the ce='-f-governing Dominions of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South A:.f'r "..ca. We have the heart and moral conviction s of India on JU~ sideo We believe we are entitled to the respect and goodwill of the world, and Darticularly of the United Sta tes. Here I am in the same iJost a~J I was 25 years ago. Rough times lie ahead; but how different is the scene from that of October 1914: Then the Fre:r.i.c:;h front with its British assi.stance, seemed to be about to break under the terrible imDact of German Imperialismo Then Russia haa_ been laid lov1 at Tannenberg. _Then the whole might of the Austro-Hungarian F.rnpire was in battle against us o Then the brave, warlike Turks \"'ere about to join our enemies. Then we had to be ready night and day to fight a decisive sea l)attle with a formidable German Fleeto I do not underrate what lies before us; but I must say this: I cannot doubt we have the strength to carrjr a good cause forward, and to break down the barriers which stand between the wage-earn:iing masses of every land and a free and more abundant daily life" Of all the wars that men have fought in their hard pilgrimage, none was more noble than the great Civil War in Ameri-0a nearly eighty years ago~ Both sides fought with the higheonviction, and the war was long and hardo All the heroism of the South could not redeem their cause from the stain of Slavery, just as all the courage and skill, which the Germans always show in war, will not free them from the reproach of Naziisn with its intc:J_~)rance and brutalityo We may take good heart fro:m what hap:pene·d in America in those famous dayso We may be sure that the world will roll forward into broader destinies. We mayr©member the words of old John Bright, when he said to an audience of English working"~folk: " At last after the smoke of the battle­field had cleared '·if away9 the horrid shape which had cast its shadow over the w~~ole Continent_had-:vanished and.Jms----gona_f,o~." ISSUED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION • l/10/390 --"•----=fl,/llf£ -----·-----"--------·--­ OFFICIAL FRENCH COMMUNIQUE No.55. Our positions have been improved in the district to the south-west of Saarlouis. ISSUED THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 10. 35 a.m. 1/10/39 MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. NATIONAL SERVICE -(ARMED FORCES) ACT .1939. 1. Today, Sunday, 1st October, 1939 a Proclamation was made by His .Majesty the King directing that, with certain exceptions (see paragraph 6 below) all male British subjects who were within Great Britain on the 1st October and who at that date had attained the age of 20 but had not attained the age of 22 are liable to be called up for service in the Armed Forces of the Crown. British subjects who were outside Great Britain on the 1st October1 1939, and who at that date had attained the age of 20 but ha~ not attained the age of 22 are liable to be called up for service as soon as they return to Great Britain. 2. All men who are liable to be called up for service byvirtue of the Proclamation are required9 with certain exceptions, (see paragraphs 4 and 5 below) to apply to be registered under the Act at a Local Office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service on a date which will be announced later. 3. British subjects who were outside Great Britain on the 1st October, 19391 and who at that date had attained the age of 20 but had not atteined the age of 22' must apply for registrationwithin 7 days of their return to Great Britain at a Local Office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service. 4. Men who are already registered in the Military TrainingRegister under the Military Training Act are not required to apply to be registered under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act. Their liability to be called up for military training is, however, superseded by a liability to be called up for service in the Armed Forces of the Crown. 5. Men registered as Conscientious Objectors under the Military Training Act who have already applied to, or whose cases have already been dealt v.ri th by, a local tribunal ;under that Act are not required to make fresh applications under the National Service (Armed Forces) Act, and any order of a tribunal made in the case of a Conscientious Objector under the Military Training Act has effect as if it had been made under the corres­ponding provisions of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act. 6. The following classes of persons are not liable to be called up for service or to register under the Act notwithstanding;the fact that they may have attained the age of 20 but not have attained the age of 22 on the 1st October:­ (a) a person not ordinarily resident in Great Britain who is under the provisions of any Act in force i.n any part of His Majesty's dominions outside Great Brita:f.n, a national or citizen of that part within the meaning of that Act, or is a person born or domiciled in any &uch part of His Majesty's dominions or in a British Protectorate, a mandated territory or any other country or territory being a country or territory urtder His Majesty's protectiamor suaerainty; fb) a person employed in the service of the Government of a part of His Majesty's dominions outside Great l3ritain or in the service of the Government of a British protectorate, mandated territory or some other co11.ntry or territory which is under His Majesty's protection or suzerainty, provided that his p~esence in Great Bri~ain is due entirely to his employment in thnt service; (c) a member of any of the Armed Fprces of the Crown; ( d) undergoing training as a cadet o.t the Royal Military Academy, Royal l\Ulit nry College or the Royal Air Force College; ( e) a man in holy orders or a regular minister ·of any religious denomination. ( f) tho subject of an Order or Ing_uisition under the Lunacy and Mental ~reatment Acts, 1890 tb 1930, or is being detained in pursuance of Section 25 of the Lunacy Act 1890, or ~e a criminal lunatic or in pursu 1nce of an order mo.de under the Criminal Lunatics Act 1884, or is undergoing treatment ns a tempory patient under Section 5 of the Mental Treatment Act 1930, or is a ­person pl aced in an institution or a certified house or under guardi anship un~er Section 3 of the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 , or is the subject of an Order under Section 6, 8 or 9 of that Act or is under super­vision provided under par agraph (b) of Section 30 of that Act or is an inmate of a home o.pproved under Section 50 of that Act, or the subject of notification under Sub-Section (2) of Section 51 of that Act; ( g) the subject of an Order or Warrant for his detention or custody under the Lunacy (Scotland) Acts, 1857 to 1919, or is being entertained and kept in an as~lum in pursuance of Section 15 of the Lunacy (Scotland) Act,1866, or is a person for whose safe custody during Our pleasure 'Ne are o.uthorised t o give order or is a prisoner whom the Secret ary of State or t he Prisons Department f or Scotlo.nffi.has , in pursuance of any Act, directed t o be removed to a criminal lunatic asylum or to the criminal luno.tic d.cpnrtment ofPerth prison or to an asylum, or is a person placed in an institution or o. certified house or under gunrdianship under Section 4 of the Mental Deficiency and Lun~cy {Scotland) Act, 1913, or is the subject of an Order under Section 7, 9 or 10 of that Act, 0r (h) certified by a local authority as ~efined by the Blind Persons 11.c ts, 1920 -1938 to be registered as a blind person under arrangements made by the authority under those Acts. 7. The detailed pr ocedure t o be followed at the time of registration will be the subject of a further announce­ment t o be made sho rtly. I s sued through the I.'inistry of Information. No 8 1st October 1939.