FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF lNFORl\IATION No. 74. U.S •.1:-.: ROYAL NAVY'S TRIUMPH FEATURED. The destruction of seven Ge1Tuan destroyers at Narvik receives great prominence in toQay's New York Press and reports from Berlin and Stockholm of alleged Gennan advances in Norway are relegated to secu~d position. Discussing the position of the neutrals the NE«i YORK TilViES writes in an editorial article: "The warring nations are not alone in believing that their existence depends on the outcome of the battleo Every neutral nation within striking distance of the German ?ower suddenly finds itself desperately threatened. Every other neutral, no mattor how far from Europe or how determined she is to stay out of this war must re-assert her position in the light of success or failure .of the German drive. "Gennany has now shown that she will not hesitate to crush any neutral in her path if by so doing she feels she is gaining a strategic advantage. Norway was so strict and severe in her neutrality that she hand:;..capped and angered the Allies, yet Norway is suffering more terribly today than Austria and Czechoslavakia. "The attack that obliterated Denmark and brought the swastika as far north as Narvik is in reality a dr:i.ve for the supreme power in Europe. Upon the amount of energy in that drive and upon the courage and skill of Allied resistance the future way of life of millions may well depend at this moment." The N3W YORK SUN wrote: "Despite the initial advantages accruing to Ger­ many from :tJie invasion of Norway aJ1d Derunark one thing must not be forgotten. Hitler is out on the limb. Confronted. with spir:i ted British counter-measures the German invading forces face the problem of keeping themselves supplied with munitions and food. This may be comparatively simple in Denmark but the Gennan forces must be supplied by water. The British have struck hard blows at the Gennan line of communication. Encompassing the Gennan troops is the bitterly hostile Norwegian population -and thousands of men in Norway's army are still unsubdued and still ready for a counter-attack. In the back-ground lies Sweden glowering with bitter rage at what has happened. Taken all in all it is no bed of roses for the Fuehrer." The attitude of the Italian Press to tlw war in Scandinavia was referred to by the columnist Dave Boone in the N"B,1 YOdK SUN. He wrote: ''Nobody seems to rejoice as much over the Nazi performance as the editors of M~ssolini1s news_papers who dig up adjectives, such as we used to find only in the vocabulary of circus press agent~ every time that P..itler 'protects 1 some neutral with a knife in the back." Though he remains favourable to the policy of non-intervention, Samuel Grafton the columnist who writes in the NEW YJRK POS~ has shifted his standpoint and has now rejected the thesis that the European Powers 'are all alike', and has stressed .American approval for the Allieso --·~--·---------.... FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR CO~lPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 76. --················J.1:lli...~il........--····· 1940 No. U. S. A: (Continued) .An1<';!'ica Nearer to War? The question as to whether the U.SoA. is now nearer to war as a result of the Gennan invasions of Norway and Denmark has occupied .Anlerican newspapers. The LANSING STATE JOURNAL of }Hchigan wrote: "It is our fashion to think of 1 the United States and its people as peculiarly and particularly set apait from the calamities and oppressions directed upon other peoples of the earth. But now we have seen how the powers of ona wholly unbridled man can be, and are, exerted wherever he x·egards his thrust o:i_)portune. It is incumbent on us to change our habit of thinking in such matters." The BALTIMOBE SUN, referring to Greenland and Iceland, declared: "Any Gennan claims to either of these countries would raise issues of the gravest sort under the Monroe Doctrine. Here is perhaps one of the most serious aspects of the new European developments from the .American stand-point." In an analysis of the situation t he WALL STREET JOURNAL stated: "General indignation over the most recent Hitler brutality may seem at variance with the overpowering public desire t o preserve the sur.f'o.ce of neutrality. Perhaps it is not a wholly admirable attitude for a great freedom-loving people to hold but there is no disputing that it is t heir attitude. The conviction is strong that Mr. Roosevelt will mould his policy rigidly along popular lines." The belief that the BritL;h bl.ockaa.e was _;;ia:.~tly r esponsible for the Fuehrer' s latest acts of aggression was ex:_:>ressed in the PHIL.ADELPHIA INQUIRER, which declared: "The stirring tale of sea warfare told by £,J:r. Churchill in the Commons could not but hearten the Allies and the small neutrals of Europe. "The Nazis wer e sheltered on the West, had set up protection in the East and were not threatened fror;1 the North,, Why then did they take the superlative risks inherent in Norway and Denmark? All indications are that it was a move of desperation rather than an exhibition of t he will to conquer. "Increasingly cramped by the Allied blockade, they h2.cl to ensure the suprJ]Jr of Sct:'.m°'.inc,vi2.n iron-ore and. j·,eet their :~:ro-. d.ri~~ food needs. In otJ.1er 1.7ords Hitler had prcsu1111?..bly n.rrived e.t .::·. point where the :perils of a vastl,y extended battle-front were less than the perils of a continued '11aiting war"'• Similar views of the British blockade Yvere contained in the COLlJ1;IBUS OHIO EV.Cl'ITNG DI SP.ATCH. This paper affirmed : 11 _'\pparentJ,y the Ent1.:lish blockade is worki!lL to such an extent that Hitl er has been forced to make a desperate atterrrpt to break it. In the initin.l uru"'oldi n::: of th1~se l atest developments the honours clearly go to Bncland, for whether or not the IJazis succeed in holding the Southern part of Norway Enr;land.1 s blockade has been clamped dovm a little tighter. Nonvegian shipping has been halted, in so far D.s it is free to go unmolested, and England has been eiven 3r eater rnanoeuvro..bility for her own shiiJpinr: behind the tir::htened line of the blockade. 11 11 To the Nazis what are pl edges?tt asked. the SAN FRAJ:'.CISCO C~lR.ONICLB. "What are the ric~hts of' free countries, even the most unoffendi ng like Denmark and Norway? What are the hurnan rights of their inhabitants? -nothing, absolutely nothing i f they are in reach of lT8.zi Germany. Their rights as members of a supposedly civilised world stand. precari_ousJy only until Hitler d.ecides that they shall not block hi s need. Our of t -exj?ressed conviction c,rovvs stronger that the entire c3.v-rlndJ.ing cormnunity of nat i ons, guided. by the traditional principles of morality and ethics, is menaced today by the very existence of the concepts of contemporariJ Germany and. Russia, This convi ction r;rows upon us ent irezy apart from mere military considerati on.. " FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED 111.0M TELEGR.APHIO REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE -un..T . MU••ISTBY . OF INFORMATION T6. 14th April No. SWITZERI.J1JID: FTJEHR1lli 1§ MIST.AKE:-····-············-··.............. -.........................., 1940 "Gennany in violating the neutrality of Denmark and Norway haa not. only eommitted a crime but made a mistake, " commented tht;i TRIBUNE DE GENEVE during the week-end. This paper added: "The German genius of organisation is an important asset but in a conflict with powers of approximately equal armaments it is not decisive. 1foreover, if this genius disregru."ds €ill moral oonsiderationa it ceases to be a potential means to victory." B~.ill TAGtiACHT, the Social Democretic newspaper, wrote: "Norway is fighting a battle for all peoples who ft:,el themselves threatened by the onslaught of dictators. No English inturference has been so speedy and violent. It caused the Germans such enormous losses that some circles believe that England lured Germany from her saf~ harbours deliberately into the North Sea trap." . The JOU.dNAL DE G:cNEVE, the Conservative organ, declared: "Temporarily, the Germans occ~py certain territorial points but they will not hold them long. Between the Allies and the Norwegians oo-operation is oanplete. Like Finland yesterday, Norway is today oham-"ioning our imperilled Europeen civilisation." ITALY: PRAISE FO.T\ KING HAAKON. A striking tribute to King Haakon e.nd the Norwegian Government for their resistance to German aggression was peid in the Vatican orgen OSSERVATORE ROM.ANO during the weekend. "The conduct of King Haakon and the Norwegian Government is the oonduct of men of honour," it was stated. "The first inspiration of members of a govem­~ent should be their dignity and sense of responsibility towards their own people. A country which is attacked defends itself. It defends itself as best it can and no saorifice in defence of the country is useless, even if it ia ineffective. "Such defence has a moral value far superior to a.ny oonsideration of political expediency which may suggest an easy compromise. Every man of honour who loves his native land must regard with respect this small nation which with microscopic forces is endeavouring, though it may be with little suocess, to defend its own land." In contrast with the outspoken Vatican organ Italian newspapers oontinUEdt use headlines reporting German "successes", though a little more balance has become noticeable. The lviESS.AGG"ERO used the headlines "British Units Including An Aircraft Carrier Struck by Gennan Bombs" and ":iv.lost of Anglo-French Fleet retired to its Bases". As some offset, the POPOLO DI ~WHiA, in a London dispatch, described British satisfaction that "the decisive issue is being fought on the. sea.". FOREIGN PRESS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COMPILED FROM TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION 76. ---····-······---···-.lli.th....A.pt:il...., 1940 No. SWETh"'N: THE DANGER FROM WITHIN. Sweden1 s d.eterrnination to suppress dangerous elements within her borders was emphasised in DAGENS llYHCTER, the Liberal ne;rspaper. Referring to Major Quisling, the "puppet Tu.e~er" and the Nazi methods of "working from within", this paper wrote during the weekend: "Sweden is determined to make short w·ork of such elements. It does no harm to inform the Germans how we regard such people." On this subject SV'..!;NSKA DAGBLL\.DET, the Conservative organ; deolared: "Recent events shovr the fearful danger to a country not attending to internal security. The new spy legislation comes at the last minute and this is more irnportant than Press freedom legislation to which so much time has been given." SOCIAL DEMOKRATEN stated: "Words can scarcely express our feelings in face of the unrestrained brutality and tra~edy on our frontier among a people we always regarded. as fellow-men rather thun foreigners••••• "We feel horror and disgust at seeing Norwegian officers -Nazi fanatics ­hand o¥er Narvik and. Oslo to a ruthless eneley', We feel disgust at German warfare vvhich :i,.ncludes the bombing of undefended civilians in an attempt to murder Norvmyis King and. his ,Qovernment as a punishment for having refused to betray their people." In a leading article STOCKHOLHS TIDNINGEN said that the fight Viffi.S now between the British Navy and. the German Arny and consid.ered that the new minefields might be a decisive factor in the battle. BULGARI_\: \,'J\.HNING TO NlWTR:\LS. The ne.ed for neutral preparedness vro.s emphasised in the Sofia Press during the week-end. In an article in SLOVO it was stated: "Not only is the neutrality of small countries worthless ':'•hen they impede the Great Powers but treaties are valueless. The small countries should not rely on alliances or their ovm declarations of neutrality but should be prepared to defend. themselves." Though some Bulgarian neuspapers printed Italian reports favouring the Nazi vievrpoint towards the Norwer;ian battles SLOVO used the headline "German troops cut off from Germany. 11 YUGO SLAVH.; BBACTION TO SG:U\fDINAVL\N ;;AR. The Yugoslav Press has devoted great space to the Scandinavian war but although the speeches by lf...r. Churchill and King Haakon were prominently featured, laJcer editions began to exhibit a pro-German tendency. Commenting on "Enco" · the new British Corporation formed to trade with the Balkans, the London correspondent of POLITIKA emphasised British confidence in the success of the blockade. FOREIGN PRE·SS REVIEW DAILY SURVEY OF WORLD COMMENT ON THE WAR COHI'ILED FBOM TELEGRAPIDC REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION "................................-1#-th··~:pri·l:··.., 1940 No. 76. BRAZIL: HITLER' 8 11GESTURE OF INCREDIBLE DBSPAIR". The German invasion of Norway was described by the JORNAL 00 C01::1.ERCIO as a "gestur~ of.' incredible despair". This paper added: "The neuttals now see more clearly the support of the Allies to guarantee them liberty as against German enslavement." 0 JOPJifAL stated: "The fate of the J~uropean neutrals depends on the interests of Germaey, who believes in might is right." In a front page article the CORREIO D:-1. L:.A:t-nIL'-. declared: "The British Navy eontinues worthy of the Nelson tradition. The Allies' ca.use will ~mmensely increase in prestige 'lvhen Norway is liberated." .In another article in this journal written by Senhor Berquo it was stated: "There is reason to believe that the Forwegian aggression will be converted int& a terrible irreparable disaster for the Reich. 11 TUNIS: ONE GOOD J_jFFECT OP N.:\ZI INv~~sroNS. Comrnen.tins on the German inva[~ions of Norway and Denmark the Arabic newspaper bN-NAHDA 11vrote: "The NE•.zi 8.Ctions will have at least orie good. effect ­they i;d.11 remove the doubts of those still believing in the sincerity of German propaganda concerning r espect for neutro.lity, and of those hoping that the Nazi r acial. and expansionist policy will be laid aside." In conclusion the hope wo.s expressed. that the neutrals would unite with ;,he Allies to defencl ri3ht and liberty. PORTUGAL: HITLER 1 S GOOD TURN FOR BRITAIN, The Fuehrer has done the Allies a good turn by invading Norwey, according to VQZ, the Portuguese Catholie neYispaper. This journal added: "Until now the war vvas stagnant, but Bngland now has a battle•field where her formidable power can obtain victory, EveryboClJ7, every Englishman, feels that England ha s urgent need of a victory. Now she can win it." Praising 1.:ir, Churchill, the DI.!-u'i.IO DE LISBOA, the Right-wing organ, declared: "The man who from a room in the Admiralty inspires and directs the battle oarries on his Herculean shoulders the existence and. future of the British Empire. Courage is t he master quality of his character and. audacity the salient mark of his intelli~'.;ence. Both inspire the sailors of Great Britain in their epic struggle." AIR MINISTRY BULLETINo 14/4/40 -No._l (Not to oe q_uoted as an Air ~Hnistry announcement). ··----·~·.·~~----·-·-------­ Two aircraft of the RoAGFo Coastal Command -types designed principally for reconnaissance ··· had t wo successful engagements today over Norway with the latest German Messerschmitt 110 fighters. One Messerschmitt was destroyed outright and the other, heavily damaged, had to flee and dive to its "base for refuge. These actions took place during comprehensive reconnaissance of enemy activities along and "b ehind the Norwegian coast. The first encounter occurred while the British aircraft was making a survey and photogr aphi c tour of the fjords from Kristiansand to Stavangero After making a compl et e record of everything in Kristiansand haroour, the Briti.sh aircraft irvent over Sola aerodrome and there sighted a numoer of German aeroplanes on the ground and several seaplanes moored of f shorec Ineff' ~c tj.ve anti~·a:i rcraft f j_r e f ollowed the British air­craft, which continued, however, to t ake many photographs and survey the fjords until it r eached 15t avanger o It was t here, at one thousand feet, that it was att acked oy the newest cannon-carrying Messerschmitt. The Nazi fighter, at full speed, carried out a series of attacks. The Coastal Command aircraft \iVent down close to the water to evade attack from oelow9 and ztg~zagged, completely outwitting the Messershhmitt in four attackso To each of these the British rear gunner replied, holding his fire until the German was a close·-up targeta Then a "bullet shattered his hando At that moment, hovrnver, he saw the result of his last "burst of fireo One of the Messerschrni tt' s engines "began to emit smcko, and a moment later the wounded gunner saw the enemy whirl to the sea in flames. From the same Coastal Command sq_uadron another aircraft vvas reconnoitring the Skagerak~ It was attacked oy a Messerschmitt 110 and its engagement l asted only 100 seconds. The British rear gunner held his fire until the German fighter ·was vrithin two hundred yards and then delivered three bursts full into its fusel age. The British pilot then turned and made a frontal machine gun attack on the Messerscllmitt 9 Yvhich~ in extreme distress, fled flat out and dived to its "base on the nei ghoouring shoreo One of these attacks was the suo jGct of Press Bureau :Snllettn No,, 19, Satu'.J'day, April 13. AIR AFFAIRS. 14/4/40 -No. 2. PRESS NOTICE. The Admiralty give notice that mines have been laid in the Baltic Sea and approaches as follows: ­ POSITIONS: (a) 57 degrees 00 minutes N. 10 degrees 26 mins. E~ II ti (b) 57 00 N. 12 24 E. " " " II II II ( c) 55 30 N. 14 20 E, .,.,, II II (d) 55 30 N. 21 06 ..:!.. " L!J. 2 " DETAILS: The whole of the waters of the Baltic and approaches situated south of the lines joining (a) to (b) and (c) to (d) above are dangerous owing to mines, but no mines will be laid in SWedish territorial waters. ADMIRALTY, s.w.1 14/4/~Q -No 3 NO~·FOR PUBLICATION OR BR011DCAST BEFORE APRIL 15, 1940 PRESS NOTICE The King has approved the appointment of Sir Geoffrey Peto K,B.Eo 1 hitherto Deputy Regional Commissioner for the South-Western Civil Defence Region, to be Regional Conunissioner for that Regiono Sir Geoffrey Peto succeeds General Sir Hugh Elles, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.c~v.o., D.s.o., who recently became Chief of the Civil Defence Operational Staff. MlNJ.§..TRY OF HOME SECURITY. tJ.4/4/40 -lfo. 4. . . . ~ ·~· FRENCH OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE . .... . '-·· (Morning} Paris, Sunday, April 14th. The following official cormnunique was issued this morning from French General Headquarters:­ Artillery activity to the west of the Vosges. ----000----­ 14/4/40 No o 5 " NO'l'ICE 'l'O HIPOH'b~RS NO. 59 o li.J\.GITES I'i113 Alm CHROM:C ORE 1 • At the request of the Ministry of Supply the Board of 'I'rade have issued an Order~ the Import ot' Goods (Prohibition) (No G 16) Order, 1940, adding the :f0llcnving g<..1C•ds to thos e subject tu the impc.rt licensing regul a tic.ins: ­ Natural ur artificial magnesium carbc.ncttes 1 hydl'C>xides and oxides~ and dc1lc.·mi te and mixtures whcilly or mainly thereof, with ur v-:i thout water" Chrorniura ores and cc.ncentrates, whe ther briquetted or notQ 2. The Order will come into operation on 17th April, 1940, but goods covered b y the Order, a nd nut previously subject to the import licensing r egul a tions which are proved tu the satisfaction of the Customs Authorities to have been despatched to the United Kingdom before the (Jrder came into furce will rn•t require a licence., 3 • ~'he c1bject of the Order• is to supplement the Cuntrc1l Order recently made by the i\linistep (•f' Supply fc,r the purpose C·f regulating the sale and purchase of these materials .. 4• Importers are warned that they should not arrange tv ship u~til they have obtained a lice nce or ascertained definitely tha t a licence·will be grantedo 5. Directi0ns fc1r Ot?.t~ining__l,icences o ( i) I,icences will be issued by the Import l ,icensing Department of the Bc,ard of '.trade on the recomrilendo.tion 0f the n inistry 0f Supply. (ii) fillica~i(!J!._fOr im1Jort licences _must acc<.irdingly be submitted in c1_uplicate direct to the Chrome Ore 9 Magnesite a~cLJJolf'rarn Controller. Broadway Court, Brc•adway . I;0ndon,_ 8 oil? l. o Applicaticin forms may be ubtuined from the Import Licensing Department, Board vf 'l'rade, 25, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London~ ~/oCo2o;1 and the offices of H•Mo Collectors of Cus toms and Exc ise. ~:he direction at the head of tl1:.~ Application J<'orm tha t it should 1;>_~ forwarded to the Import Licensing Department is not applicabl e o (iii) After the application has been examined by the Controller he will pass it to the Import Licensing Department who in approved cases will issue and send the licence direct to the applicanto (iv) It will greatly expedite the issue of licences if importers will state cm the Application Furm (a) the. maximum c,,iofo value of each item; (b) the mo.ximum quantity of each item expr essed in thc.se uni ts which will subsequently be qm.ted on the Customs I::ntry; 1 0 (c) the actual c0nsi8nor (nvt his at;ent in the United Kin~dom)., It is essential that each application should refer tu only one c0nsign0r and one count?y uf consignment, but subject tu this it. may refer tu any nurnber of cc,nsignments which are expected to arrive within the three r;1unths' validity of the licence o {v) Licences will be issued in the name of the actual Importer C>nlyo J:l'or this purpose the Importer is deemed to be the owner or either person fvr the time being pussessed of, or beneficially interested in, the gc•uds at and from the time of their importation until they are delivered out of the charge of the Officers (;f Customs and Excise~ (vi) Importers in duubt whether or not g0c1ds need an Import Licence or are liable tu duty, are advised to apply to the nearest office uf a Collector of Customs and Exciseo 6. Importers requiring further information are advised to consult the Control who will be pr>epared to si ve infur,uation and advice o Import Licensing Department, Board of Trade, 25, Southampton Buildings 9 Chancery Lane, London, VI o Cq 2o 14th April, 19400 NONE OF THE DOCUMENTS AT'I'ACHED I S TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE CJJUB TAPES OR BY B:tWADCA~1T OR IN ANY OTHER WAY BE:r?OHE THE MORNING OF MONDAY i TEE 15th APRIL, 1940. In accordance with the expectation expressed when the first Vesting ora_er was iss"'J.ed a fu rther group of U.S. A. dollar securities has now been transferred by Vesting Order to the control of H. M. TrcDsury. No change in procedure i s expected and further Vesting Orders may be i ssued from time to time , Copies of the fol lowing documents are attached:­ 1 • Press Conrrnunig_ue . 2, Ac quisiti0n of Securities (No.2) Order, 1940. 3. Treasury Direc tions , 4 . Description and Ac.quisj_ b.on Price of Securities. &J1.. Document No. L~ i s referred to in, and forms an .i ntegral part, of Documc.mts Nos. 1 92 and j . PHESS NOTICE. NOT TO BE PUBLISHED ON THE CLUB TAPES OR BY BROADCAST OR IN ANY OTHER WAY BEFORE THE MORNING OF MONDAY 15th APRIL, 1940. DEFENCE __ (FINANCE) REGULATIONS 1939. ACQUISITION _OF SECURITIES BY H.M. TREASURY. The Treasury announce that a further Order has been made on the 13th April 1940 tmder the Defence (Finance) Regulations 1939 transferring t o themselves all holdings of the securities shown in the accompanying list which have been registered under the Securities (Restrictions and Returns) Order 1939 of the 26th August 1939. The new Order sets out the prices to be paid by the Treasury. The prices are in sterling, and, in the case of Bonds dealt in plus interest in Nevv York, include gross accrued interest calculated to the 29th April 1940; such prices will be effective wherever the securities are deposited. Owners of securities affected by the Vesting Order should forthwith deliver such securities, accompanied by the necessary documents, to the Banli::: of England, London, or to the Bank of Ireland, Belfast, for transmission to the Bank of England. It is requested that such delivery be made through a bank or stockbroker, who ·will have the necessary instructions. ' Payment vYill be made to the bank or stockbroker or other person by whom the securities are lodged with the Bank of England or Bank of Ireland on the 29th April 1940, provided that the securities have been received by the Bank of England not later than the 19th April 1940~ payment for securities delivered thereafter will be made seven clear business days after the date of receipt of the relative docur.ients by the Bank of England. In the case of securities held abroad, application may lJe made to the Bank of England, London, or the Bank of Ireland, Belfust, f or permission to lodge the holding with the Bank of Montreal, New York, as Agents for the Bank of England: the special form of application for this purpose (Form R.6) is available at the offices of banks and stockbrokers. Following the receipt by the Bank of England of advice by cable that the securities have been duly delivered, payment will be made to · the bank or stockbroker from whom the application as above was received; such payment will not , however , be made prior to the 29th April 1940. Securities held in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man may be lodged with any branch situated therein of Barclays Bani{ Limited, Lloyds Bank Limited, Marttns Bank Limited the Midland Bank Limitcd, the Nationnl Provincial Bank Limited or the Westminster Bunk Limited for transmission to the Bank of England. ., / S'J.1A'I1TJ'j~ORY TULES AND U!.JX::-'8 1 9.'J) No . 527 o ---------·-... ., .... ,_... ----·-·-"·-·-"----·-"•-""" ""'" --...-.._.. ......_.,,__.___ ______________ ______, ,_____ - -·--------------­ WHEREAS it is provided by paragraph (2) of Regulation 1 of th&i Defence (1'1inance) Regulations~ 19~39 that at any time while an Order made under paragr'aph ( lJ of the said Regulation with respect to securities of any claq,s is in force the Treasury 9 if they are of opinj_on that it is c xpedient so to do for the purpose of strengthening the financial poaition of the United Kingdorn.9 may 9 by an Order made generally with reopect to a:ny specifj_ ed Decurj_ties of that class 9 or by directions given with respect t o any securities of t hat class of which any particular person is the owner 9 transfer to themselves the securities to which t he Order or directions r el ates or relate 9 at a price specified in the Order or directions9 being a price which 9 in the opinion of the Treasury 9 is not less than the marlrnt value of the sccurttics on the d. ate of' the making of the Order or the gi ving of t he directions : AND WHEREAS the Securities (Restrictions and Returns) Order 9 19(S9 9 being an Ord.er marJ.e uncler paragraph ( 1) of the said Regulation9 is i n force with r csc: cr;t to securities of the following class 9 t hat is to say 9 cecurities i n respect of which the princ iI)al intei·est or 11,ivi d.enc[o m·c payable in the currency of the Unitcd States of .America or :Ln respect of ·which the holCJ,,er has an or)tion to require the pr::::.;)'rnent of principal inter€~t or dividends in the currency of the United States of .America: AND WHERE!..\..S the Treasury are of opinion that it is expedient for the purpose of strengthening the financial position of tne United Kingdom to transfer to themselves the securities hereinafter specified: AND WHERE.AS in the opinion of the Treasury the prices set out in the Schedule hereto in relation to the securities so specified are not less than the mar1cet value of those s ecurities on the date of this Order: NOW 9 therefore 9 the Lords Conunissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in pursuance of paragraph (2) of Regulation 1 of the ,.. Def ence (Finance) Regulations 9 1939 9 hereby make the followingOrder: le All securities of the descriptions mentioned in the first col1,ip111 of the Schedul e to this Order 9 b eing securities in r es9ec: t of which returns have been made to the Banlc of England under pa::."agraph 2 of the Securities (Restrictions and Returns) Order 9 1939, are hereby transferred to the Treasury at the prices specified in the second coll.llim of that Schedule in relation to securities of those descriptions respectively9 Provided that this Order shall not apply - . • (a) -~--= (a) to any securities to which: such order or c-ertificate of exemption as is mentioned in par.a.graph ( 1) of Regulation 5A of the Def8nce (Finance) Regulations 9 1939 9 applies 9 or (b) to any securities aold to a person not resident in the United Kj_ngdom9 the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands 9 in accordance vvi th permission granted by or on behalf of the Treasury. 2 The reference in paragraph 1 of this Order to returns o made under paragraph 2 of the Securities (Restrictions and RcturPs) Order 9 1939 3 includes a reference to returns purporting to b8 made under that paragraph but made after the expiration of the peri0d prescribed for the making of such returnso 3. This Order may be cited as the Acquisition of Securities (Noo2) 0rder 9 1940. DATED this thirteenth day of Apri1 9 1940. PATRICK BUCHAN-HEPBURN (Signed ) ·,7 o W BOULTON a Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasuryo DEF'ENCE (FINANCELJEGULATIONS 1939 ACQUISITION OF SECURITIES TREASURY DIRECTIONS 1 The rreasury, in pursuance of paragraph (2) of Regulation 1 of the Defence (F1inance) Regulations, 1939, have, by the Acquisition of Securities (No. 2) Order, 194Cl, transferred to themselves all securities (except as in that Order provided) of the descriptions mentioned below in respect of which returns have been or purport to have been made to the Bank of England under paragraph 2 of the Securities (Restrictions and Returns) Order, 1939. In pursuance of paragraph (3) of the said Regulation, the Treasury hereby give the following directions to the owners of securities so transferred, 1. The documents of title relating to the securities shall be delivered forthwith to the Bank of England, London, or to one of the Receiving Banks mentioned in paragraph 7, for transmission to the Bank of England and shall be accompanie¢1. by (i) Form S.l(b) or s.2, as appropriate, issued by the Bank of England in relation to the securities, and (ii) the documents prescribed in paragraph 2. Su ch delivery should be made through a bank or stockbroker in the United Kingdom but may be made directly to the Securities Registration Office, the BarL~ of England, London, or to one of the said Receiving Banks, 2. (a) Bonds in respect of which interest is represented by coupons, shall be accompanied by all relative coupons maturing on or after t he fourteenth day of April, 1940. (b) Bonds registered a s to principal and interest, or as to principal only, and certific<:,t e s in r espect of registered shares or stock shall be accompanied by a form of transfer or power of attorney (either endorsed on the back of the document of title or in a separ ate form) duly signed by t he register ed holder or holders: signatures Shall be witnessed and shall also be confirmed by a bank or stockbroker. Transfers and powers of attorney shall not bo dated and thG nrunes of the transferees and attorneys shall not be therein. inserted 3, Documents of title held outside the United Kingdom may be delivered, together with the required documents, to the Bmi..:.c of r.J[ontreal at New York as agents for tho Bank of England., Holders desiring to avail themselves of this facility should, before giving the necessary instructions, apply to the Bank of Engl and, London, or to one of the said Receiving Banks on tho appropriate form for a Deposit Voucher and send with the application the appropriate Form s.l(b) or S.2 referred to in paragraph l(i). The Deposit Vouchers should be forwarded to the custodian of the documents of title and should a ccompnny such documents when del~vory is made; or alternatively, if the holder Yvishes to transmit instructions to the custodian of the documents of titlc 1'by telegraph, the identification number shovm shown on the Deposit Voucher should be advised to the custodian who should mrurn r·cference to this L1cntification number ·when the documents of title are delivered to the Bank of Montreal • . 4. The purchase price of any security in respect of which the required documents have been delivered to the Bank of England, London, or to one of the said Receiving Banks through a bank or stockbPoker shall be paid to the bank,or stockbroker through whom the documents aI'G lodged on the tvventy-ninth day of April, 1940, or at the expiration of seven clear business days from the receipt of the documents by the Bank of England, whichever date-be the later. 5. VJhere the required documents are delivered directly to the Bnnk of England, London, or to one of the said Receiving Banks, payment of the purchase price shall be made-after a ljke period to the person by whom the doc'Lunents vvere delivered. 6. ·where the required documents are delivered to the Bank of Montreal, New York, as agents for the Bank of England, payment of the purchase price shall be made by the Bank of England, London, or by the relative Receiving Bank, to the person OI' persons by whom the o.pplication for 8 Depa sit Voucher was lodged one clear business day after receipt by the Bank of England of advice from the Bank of Iv'iontr•eal that the rclativo documents of title together Hith all necessary accompanying documents have been received or on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1940, (whichever shoil be the later). 7. The Bank of Irclfilld, Belfast, a~d any branch in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of Barclays Bank Limited, Lloyds Bank Limited, Martins Bank J...1imi tcd, the L!J:idlandJ Bank Lirnited, the National Provincial Banl{ Limited or the Westminster Bm11c Limited, shall be Receiving Banks for the purposes of this Direction. (Signed) R.v. NIND HOPKINS Da ted this thirteenth day of ADril, 1940~ 1 DESCRIPTION AND AC~UISITION PRICE OF SECURITIES TO Vr.HICH Tli;E TREASURY ORDER OF THE 13TH APRIL 1940 APPLIES Title or security (Column 1) Air Reduction Company Inc , (N~Y.) Capi tal Stock.. Shares of no par value. Alpha Portland Cement Company Common Stock. Shares of no par value. .American Car and Foundry Company 7%Non·­Cumulative Preferred Stock~ Shares of $100. .American Car and Foundry Company Common Stock. Shares of no par value. .American Cyanamid Company Cl ass "B'' Common Stock. Shares of $10. .American Fork & Hoe Company Comm.on Stock. Shares of no par val ue . .American Superpower Corporation ~t6 Cumulative 1st Preferred Stock. Shares of no par value. i~.rmour and Company (Illinois) $6 Cumulative Convertible Prior Pr eferred Stock. Shares of no par value " Baldwin ·Locomotive 'Narks Common Stock , Shares of $13 , Voting Trust Certificates , Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Del . ) 7% Cumulative Preferred Stock. Shares of $100 Bethlehem Steel Corporation (Del. ) Cornman St ock . Shares of no par value. Bohn Aluminum & Brass Corporat i on Common Stock . Shares of ~~5 , Borden Company (N.J.) Capital Stock. Shar es of $15 , Bristol=Myers Company (Del. ) Capital Stock. Shares of ~t5 . Buffalo, Niagara & Eastern Power Corporation $5 Cu..~ulative 1st Preferred Stock. Shares of no par value. Buffalo, Niagara & Eastern Power Corporation $1.60 Cumulat ive Preferred Stock. Shares of $25. Case (J. I . ) Company (Wis . ) Co:nmon Stock . Shares of $100. Celotex Corporation (Del.} Common Stock. Shares of no par value . Price per Share (cq1urnn 2) £ s d 12 9 1 Ex dividend due 15th April 3 11 11 10 8 3 6 12 8 9 14 7 3 2 16 2 10 14 5 1 3' 17 6 30 10 i1· 19 l? 10 6 12 8 5 l? 2 12 l? 9 24 18 2 Ex dividend due 1st May 5 2 3 16 17 1 2 13 11 2., DESCRTPTlOE A!JD ACQUISIT I ON PRICE OF SECURITIES TO VrHICH THE TR:E:ASUff'! ORDER OF T:J:E 13TH APRil. 1940 APPLIES I COI\.TTD.) Title of Security (Colmnn 1) Central Ho.nover i3anl·: and Trust Company Capital Stock. Shares of $20G Cen:,ral Power and Lic;ht Company 7% Cumulative Preferred Stoc~o Shares of ~100 . CharLe red Invcstors, Inc .$5 Cumt1lati ve -'referred S toc1c. Shares of no par value o Chemlcal Bank and Trust C01:ipany Capital Stock~ Shares of $10" Chesapeake and Ohio Rai l way Company Common Stock. Shares of $250 Chicago Pneum~tic Tool Company (N.J.) $2.50 Cumulative Convertible Prior Preferred St ock. Shares of no par value. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company ( N·,J, ) Cormnon Stock. Shares of no par value. Chrysler Corporation Common Stock. Shares of $5. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company $5 Cumulative Preferred Stock. Shares of no par value. Cliffs Corporation Cap.ital Stock. Shares of $5. Consolidated Gas Electric Light and Povrer Company of Baltimore Comr.ion Stock. Shares of no par value . Consolidated Oil Corporation Cormnon Stock. Shares of nc par \alue . Continental Gas and E.lectric Corporation 7% Cumulative Prior Pr~rerence Stock. Shares of $100 .. ntinental Illinois Natio:ial Bank and Trust Company of Chicago Common Stock. Shares of $331.o 3 The Continental Insurance Company Capital Stock. Shares of $2 . 50. · Crane Company 5% Cumulative Conve rtibl e Preferred Stock. Shares of $100 . · ere and Company Common St ock. Sha res of no par value . Eagle-Picher Lead Company Common Stock. Shares of' $10. Pr i ce per Share . ( c 0 l 'lI1l1l £ s 25 16 27 4 20 16 12 9 9 17 11 18 2) d 9 Ex~dividend - due 1st May Cum divi dend 5 due 1st June 9 1 2 18 11 21 16 3 5 1 6 9 1 20 6 6 Ex.dividend 1 17 3 due 15th May 23 2 3 22 8 7 10 2 24 10 g 5 12 10 17 1 DESCRIPTION AND ACQUISITION PRICE OF SECURITIES TO WHICH THE TREASUHY ORDER OF THE 13rrH APRIL 1940 APPLIES (CONTD. ) ----===========================:::;;;================a:========================= Pri ce p~r Share Title of Security (,Column 2) (Column 1) Electric Auto-Lite Company (Ohi o) Common Stock. Shares of $5 . Engineers Public Service Company $5 . 50 Cuinulative Preferred Stocko Shares of no par value "P'1.irbanks, Morse & Company Common Stock. 0hares of no par value . First National Stores, IncoCommon Stocko Shares of no par val~e@ F'lintkote Company Col!ll1lon Stocke Shares of no par value ,, General El 3ctric Company (N.Y.) Common Stock$ Shares of no par value. General Foods Corporation (Del.) Common Stock. Shares of no par valueo General Refractories Company Capital Stock. Shares of no par value . Georgia Power Company ~6 Cumulative Preferred Stocke Shares of no par value$ Guaranty Trust Company of New York Capital Stock. Shares of $100~ Hecla Mining Company Capital Stock. Shares of 25 cents . Houdaille=Hershey Corporation $2.50 Class "A" Cumulative Convertible Preference Stock. Shares of no par value Household Finance Corporation (Del e) Com:nor.1 Stock. Shares of no par value . RUmble Oil and Refir,ing Company Capital S'tock. Shares of no par value . International Business Machines Coruoration (N. Y.) Capital Stock. Shares of no par value e International Harvester Company (N. J .) Common Stock. Shares of no par value~ Jersey Central Power and Light Company 5i% ~umulative Preferred Stock. Shares of ~100 . Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation Common Stock. Shares of $100 . £ s d 9 19 7 ll 5 11 20 14 10 lC 18 2 4 18 7 Ex.dividend <;; 9 8 due 25th April 11 18 7 7 8 9 2iJ 8 3 7~ 2 1 J 12 3 ~ 5 il Ex. div idend l~ 2 1 due 15th Apr iJ l!: 7 4 5 Ex o dividend 14 2 7 due 15th April 22 16 43 7 1 7 6 3 -' 4. DESCRIPI'ION AND ACQUISITION PRICE OF SECURITIES TO WHICH THE Till~ASURY ORDER OF THE 13TH APRIL 1940 APPLIES (CONTD.) Title of Security (Column 1) Kroger Grocery & Baking Company (Ohio) Cor:nnon Stock. Shares of no par value. Lambert Company (Del.) Common Stock. Shares of o par value. Lone Star Cement Corp. (Me.) Common Stock. Shares of no par value. Massachusetts Utilities Associates 5% Cwnulative Convertible Participating Preferred Stock. Shares of $50. May Department Stores Company Cornmon Stock. Shares of $10. Midland Steel Products Company 8% Cumulative 1st Preferred Stock. Shares of $100 . Mississippi Power & Light Company $6 Cumulative 1st Preferred Stock. Shares of no par value . The National City Bank of Nevi York Capital Stock. Shares of $12.50. National Lead Company (N.J. ) Common Stock. Shares of $10. Nevv York Central Railroad Company Capital Stock. Shares of no par value. New York, Chicago and St .Louis Railroad Company 6% Cumulative Preferred Stock Series "A" . Shares of $100. Ohio Edison Company $7 Cwnulative Preferred Stock. Shares of no par value. Omnibus Corporation Common Stock. Shares of $6. Otis Elevator Company Common Stock. Shares of no par value . Pacific Gas & Electric Company Common Stock. Shares of $25. Packard Motor Car Company Cormnon Stock. Shares f no par value. Philadelphia Company 65~ Cur!lulative Preferred Stock. Shares of $50. Philip Horris & Company Ltd.Inc. Capital Stock. Shares of $10. Price per Share ( Colwnn 2) £ s d 8 8 7 3 18 g 10 16 11 7 13 8 12 17 9 29 7 5 21 1 4 7 5 8 5 7 3 4 3 1 8 1 9 28 10 1 3 6 4 3 17 6 8 9 10 17 5 11 8 1 23 8 5 Cum dividend due 1st JUne Ex dividend due 15th April' Ex dividend due lstMay 'Ex dividend due 15th April Ex dividend due 1st May 5, Title of Security (Column 1) l)rudential Investors: Inc . (Del.) $6 Cumulative Preferred Stock. ~hares of no par value. Public Service Corporation of New Jersey 6% Cu~ulative Preferred Stock. Shares of $100. Pullman Incorporated (Del.) Capital Stock. Shares of no par value. Hadio Corporation of /\Jnerica ~3.50 Cu1:1ulat i.ve Convertible 1st Preferred Stock. Shares of no · par value, Schenley Distillers Corporation Conwon Stock. :3hare::J of $5. St2.rrett (1.S.) Co~npany Corar:ion Stock. Sl1c:tres of no par value. Tide ':later .;\ssociated 0il Cor:ipan-:;r (DeL) Cor.m1on Stoclc. Sr"ares of $10 . Union Pacif:i c: Hailroad Company 4~~ Non-Cu.:-nul2tive Preferred Stock. Sharo s oi' .~.100 ~ United Curbon CO!lllJany (Del.) Coi:c1on .:Jtocl<:-. Shares of no par value. United Shoe Machinery Corporaticn (N.J.) Conmen Stock. Shares of $25. United States Rubber Company (K.J.) Cc;-,i:::non Stock. Shares of $10. United States Steel Corpora~ion (N.J.) Common Steck. Sharos of no par value. 'irr_;inian ;::(ailvray Comcanv 6C: Gurnulative Preferre~ Stock. shar~s ~f $25. Vircinian ~18.i lway Cor:r;,:)e.ny 6;~; Cur:iulative Preferred Stock. Shares of $100. Wesson Oil 8.nd Snov1dr:i.ft ,::;m:11:::any Inc .co~n:non S~ock. Shares of no par value. 'Jestern Union Telegraph Company Capital Stock. Shares of ~100. Wilson and Company Inc.(Del.) Co~aon Stock. Shares of no par value. Worthington l)ump and r.. rachinery Corporation Corrunon Stock. .Shares 01' no p::~r value. Price l)Gr Gharo (Colur.m 2) £ ~~4 31 6 16 () 8 2 20 15 J.8 8 15 e 32 6 5 J 4 s 17 5 8 1'7 7 4 12 18 18 2 15 6 4 19 7 16 9 14 d Ex clividend 7 due 15th Ap:il. Ex dividends 10 due 15th Apcil and 15-ch !day 11 l 7 10 J J.J 6 5 Ex dividend l due 26th Apr:ll. CUm dividend 10 due 1st i'.'lay OJm divhlend 3 due 1st May 1 _,_ ,.. 0 9 3 DESCRIPTION Al\ID ACQ,UISI'l1ION PRICE OF SECUHI1'IES TO vVHICH THE '11REASURY ORDER OF THE 13TH APHIL 1940 APPLIES (CONTD. ) Title of Security Price per Share (Column 1) (Column 2) Yale & Towne Manufacturine Company Capital Stock. Shares of $25. Youngstovm Steel Door Company Common Stock. Shares of no par value . . u £ s d 5 16 6 5 11 7 BONDS v;hich must be accompanied by all the relative Price per $100 coupons maturing on, or after, the 14th April, Nominal 1940. Atchison1 Topeka & Santa F~ Railway Company 4% 100 Year Adjustment Bonds 1995 "Stamped".Bearer Bonds. (Coupons due 1 May and 1 November). Atchison, Topeka & Santa F~ Railway Company 4% 100 . Year Adjustment Bonds 1995 "Stamped". Registered Bonds . (Coupons due 1 May and 1 November). Atchison, Topeka & Santa F~ Railway Company 45~ 100 Year Adjustment Bonds 1995 "Unstamped". Bearer Bonds. (Coupons due 1 November annually). Atchison, Topeka & Santa F~ Railway Company45; 100 Year Adjustment Bonds 1995 "Unstamped". Registered Bonds . (Coupons due 1 November annually). Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company4% General Mortgage Gold Bonds 1995 ­Bearer Bonds .- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company4% General Mortgage Gold Bonds 1995 ­Registered Bonds. altimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1st Mortgage 50 Year 4% Gold Bonds 1948, Central Pacific Railway Company 1st Refunding4% Gold Bonds 1949 ~ Bearer Bonds . Central Pacific Railway Company 1st Refunding 4% Gold Bonds 1949 -Registered Bonds. Consolidated Cities Light, Power & Traction Company 1st Lien 5% Gold Bonds 1962. Cuba, Republic of, 4~% Bonds of the External Debt 1937-1977. Electric Power & Light Corporation 5% Gold Debentures, Series due 2030. 2] 16 1 2( 18 9 21 13 8 20 13 10 26 2 25 5 11 17 1 1 8 16 ­ 17 5 10 22 .10 7 15 11 ­20 15 ­ v c DESCRIP'rION AND ACQUISITION PRICE OF SECURITrns TO Vv1ITCH THE TRJZ.AStJRY ORDER OF THE l3Tli APRIL 1940 APPLIES (CONTD .. ) = rice per Title of Security Nominal (Column 1) (Col'umn 2) Illinois Central Railroad Compa!).y 40c·Year 4~-% Gold Bonds 1966 . International Railways of Central America 1st Mortgage Central Division Purchase Money 57~ Gold Bonds 1972 . International Railways of Central .America, 1st Mortgage Sinking Fund 55b. Gold Bonds: 19?2 Series "B" . Dollar Issue . Japan 3 Imperial Government of ~ 'External Loan of 1924, 30=Year Sinking Fund 6!% Gol d Bonds , . due 1st February; 1954. (Dollar Issue) Kansas City Southern Railway Company Refunding and Improvement 5% Gold Bonds 1950 -Bearer Bonds . Kansas City Southern Railway Company Refunding and Improvement 5% Gold Bonds 1950 -Registered Bonds . Kansas City Terminal Railway Company 1st Mortgage 4% Gold Bonds ~ 1960 New York Central Railway Company Refunding and Improvement 4i% Mortgage Gold Bonds ; Series "A" 2013 . New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Cornpany Refunding and Improvement 4~-5b Mortgage Gold Bonds ~ Series 11.ll.'' 2013 • Northern Pacific Railway Company Prior Lien Railway and Land Grant 4;'~ Gold Bonds 199? = Bearer Bonds Northern Pacific Railway Csmpany Prior Lien Railway and Land Grant 450 Gold Bonds 1997 ­Regi$tered Bonds . Southern Railway Company {Va . ) Developrr.ent an General Mortgage 4% Gold Bonds ~ Series HA" 1956 . Union Pacific Railroad Company 1st Lien and Refunding 4% Gold Bonds 2008 , Dollar Issue . £ 11 21 23 22 16 15 26 13 13 16 15 14 26 s d = 9 2 1 12 = 19 17 2 13 18 9 4 6 4 6 11 10 13 10 8 5 16 1 PRESS NOTICE. The Secretary of the Admiralty regrets to an~ounce the following casualties in H.MoS. HARDY in the action off Narvik on April 10th:- QFFICEfilt. Captain B.,A.W. Warburton-Lee, Royal Navy. Lieutena~t Commander R.C. Gordon-Smith, Royal Navy. Paymaster Lieutenant GoH. Stanning, Royal Navy. Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant A.,P.B. Waind, R.N.V.R. ----000---- RATING§.o KILLED,. :B HoR e Cockayne, Leading SsamalJ.,R.F.R.,D./B.15982. 1 .. L. Edwards, Leading Seaman, D./J.X.139268. J.G. Hay, Able Seaman, D./s.s.x.16999. L.W. Heal, Chief Petty Officer, D./J.69622. AoT. Hunt, Leading Seaman, D./J.x.138336. Henry ~ang: Able Seaman, D./J.107217. HoM~ Man~ls, Ordinary Seaman, D./s.s.X.30801. G.Vu Matthews 9 Ordinary Seaman, ~·J.X.167512. William Pimblett, Able Seaman, D. S.S.X.22715. Edward Plant, Leading Seaman, D. J.111185. EoTo Stiles, Chief Stoker, D./Ko59023. . Thomas Watson, Ordinary Seaman, D4/J.X.157248. W~H. Wear:an, Aple Seaman, D./S.S.X.20905. Andrew Whearty, Able Seaman, D./J.X.134214. MIS§II'fy ~~]~.-. '.:J_~D_J?_RO~~J2. Col oAo Hillier1 Able Seaman, Do/S.S.X.14802. H.H. Maxfield, S~oker, Pension No.20131. sEEI.Qur;n~~r....W..Q1filmfil2.. H.:;:;i. Argent, Able Seaman, D./J.X.151135. Geoffrey Bailey) Able Seaman, D./J.X.,151861. Ralph Brigginshaw, Signalman, D,/J.X.145359. Robert Clarke, Able Seaman, D./J.x.138500. F~J~ Good, Stoker 5 RoFoRn, D./B.128560 CoJ. Turner 9 Signalman, D./J.X.147393. 1l.!/4/40 -No. 8... FRENQH .OFFICIAL COM1mNIQUE (Evening).. Paris, Sunda;z. April 14th 19.4,0. The following official communique was issued this evening from French General Headquarters:­ ON SEVERAL POINTS OF THE FRONT WEST OF THE VOSGES ENEMY INFANTRY UNITS SUPPORTED BY ARTILLERY FIRE TRIED TO FORCE OUR LINES e THEY WERE REPULSED AND SU:&'FERED LOSSES. 14/4/Ll..Q -No. 9• R. A.F. OPERATIONS OVER NORWEGIAN COAST. The Air Ministry announces:­ Operations and reconnaissance by aircraft of the Royal Air Force over the North Sea and the Norwegian coast have continued during the last 24 hours. At dawn this morning Stavanger aerodrome was again the target of a low flying attack by our aircraft. · Salvoes of bombs were dropped and a hangar, a runway and a number of enemy aircraft drawn up on the aerodrome were damaged. Anti-aircraft fire was encountered but our aircraft continued on their way and delivered a further attack against the enemy in Hafsfjord, where they machine-gunned a number of sea­planes moored on the water and silenced an enemy machine gun post AIR AFFAIRS. _______.... ._ 1404.40 -No. 10 WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION The to11owing message to the Trades Unionists of Norway was broadcast in the Norwegian News Bulletin this evening - FROMf S. Grove, President, and John Ingebrigtsen, Secretary of the Norwe~ian Seamen's Union (the headquarters of which are now in London) Management of Cozrmitte of the I.T.F~ John Marchbanks, Vice-President I.T.F. and Secretary N.U.Rb of Great Britain Ernest Bevin, Secretary, Transport and General Workers Union of Great Britain R. Spence, Secretary, National Union of Seamen Edo Fimmen, Secretary, I.T.F. For General Council of the T.u.c. William Holmes, President Sir Walter Citrine, Secretary The brutal invasion of your country by the Germans will not go unpunished. British soldiers are coming to assist the gallant Norwegian people in their resistance to the German invaders~ Wherever British soldiers are met, assist them by every means in your power. If you know where the Germans are, tell the British; if they require food, feed them; if they require shelter, give it to them; if a soldier wants a lift, take him to his destination. We shall speak to you again, but meantime think for yourselves how best you can help the English soldiers and your country. Pass on the word t o as many people as possible, see that it tPavels to outlying farms, see that it is known in the factories, on the wharves, along the rivers and in the hills~ ++++++++++ 14/4/40 -No. 11. FLIGHT OVER STAVAiiQ!!&_ NOT BE 8UOTED AS AN AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCEMENT. A young Canarlian pilot from Bomber Command who took part in Friday's ~nid on Stavanger gives the following ~ccount of his experiencesQ He comes from Guelph, Ontario, and had just finished school when he come to join the R.A.F. This :first trip to Norway was an exciting visit. "We had been standing by from early rnorning11 , he says; "but we didn't take off till about midday" We were told to look for German ships. We came into perfect weather within thirty miles of the Norwegian coasto Then we saw a spotter machine, a M:esserschmitt 110.He didn't attack, just went like blazes for the shore. "We kept straight on to the mainlando I could see snow on the hills, and a lighthouse on an island that looked exactly like a cruiser complete with control towers. As a matter of fact I thought for a moment t hat it was n cruisero "We came to within c::.bout a mile of the coast, and quite close to Stavangero The sun was very bright and it was rather difficult to see, but the l and looked very green. "From this point we turned along the coast to ·starboard. Meanwhile three Messerschmitts 110 were forming up to attack us above and behind< The first attack came and we pulled away in a e.:ii.ngle section, a section being three, ~Ye went down on to the sea, so low that the under turrets were wet from spray. We do that so that we cannot be attacked from underneath. "Soon attacks were coming from every direction. The section was flying "as one machine". 'lne chaps were grand: we were so close together -and such e. big machine takes a bit of handling. The Messerschrn.itts were attacl\:ing singly, in quick succession, from opposite sides. At one time they cmae in to attack so close th8.t I ducked my head j_nstinctively. I thought they were going straight through us. I could see the blue smoke coming out of the old cannon -it looked like a lighted cigarette -and the trail of smo~e from the inachine bullets. But you haven't time to t hink when you o..re waiting for him. "When the Messerschmitts were attacking us we waited for them until just before they opened fire. They got a few bullets into our other two machines, but nothing serious, and my machine came away without a scratch11 • The section to which the young Canadian pilot belongs was able to claim two M(;sserscbJ.nitts definitely down in the sea. "I think one or two of the others felt uncomfortable too" he added. AIR AFFAIRS. 14/4/40 -No.12 The Norwegian Goverrunent has informed His Majesty's Government that German aircraft evidently have orders to attack the King of Norway personally, as they are bombing ench successive place he stays in. This action folloua the retu.sal of.King Hnakon to negotiate in person with the German Minister at Oslo. FOREIGN OFFlCE. 14/4/40 -No.13. OFFICIAL ADMIRALTY COMMUNIQUE. Some indication of the highly successful work,under extremely hazardous conditions, of our submarines. during the past week can now be given. The German Pocket Battleship ADMIRAL SCHEER Yvas, successfully attacked by H. M. Submarine SPEARFISH . . (Lieut.-Comdr. J. H. Forbes) in the early hours of Thursday morning last. It is probable that the ADMIRAL SCHEER was hit by more than one torpedo. H. M. S. TRUANT (Lieut.-Comdr.b_D• H. Hutchinson) torpedoed and sank a German cruiser/t~tbe the KARLSRUHE on Tuesday last. The sinking of this cruiser has already been announced and ad­mitted by the Germans. Other successes include the sinking of the following German transports and supply ships: ­ Tanker Posidonia • • • • 3911 tons. August Leonhardt • • • • 2593 tons. Kreta • • • • 2359 tons. Rio de Janeiro .... 5261 tons. Ionia 3102 tons Antares •••• 2593 tons. Moor-sund 321 tons. An unknown German ship about 4000 tons. Also on the 10th April two more unknown German ships were sunk and four other ships in convoy were hit by torpec1o, the result being unknown. In addition, the ALSTER of 8514 tons has been captured and three trawlers FRIESLAND, NORDLAND and BLANKENBERG have been brought into a British port. All these ships are in addition to the six supply ships and the RAUENFELS which were sunk off Narvik by the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla on Wednesday last, as was announced in the House of Commons by the Prime.Minister. The following known ·scuttlings have taken place : ­ The tanker SKAGERRAK (6044 tons) on being sightedby a British cruiser. The German ship MAINE (7624 tons) on being sighted by the Norwegian destroyer DRAUG, who picked up some sixty of the crev-v and conveyed them to a British port. The DRAUG now forms part of the Allied Naval Forces. It has been reported that the German tanker KATTEGAT has been sunk by the Norwegians in the Skagerrak. It will be noticed that no mention is made of the loss of any U-boats. It would be incorrect to assume that positive results have not been attained. ADMIRALTY, s.w.1