Mediterranean Situation Considered London, Feb. 5.
A special meeting of the Cabinet was held at the Foreign Office to-day to consider the recent occurrences in the Mediterranean, chiefly the sinking of the British steamers Endymion and Alcira. It lasted nearly hours.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was not present, but mong those attending were Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary; Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor: Mr. Malcolm MagDonald, Dominions Secretary; Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, Fir Lord of ihe Admiralty; Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the Ca-Ordination of Defence, and Mr. Oliver Stanley, resident of the Board of Trade.
The First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield, was at the Foreign Office during the meeting.
Dr. Woermann, the German Charge d'Affaires, called at the Foreign Office while the meeting was in progress—Reuter.
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