A Danish ship, which Reuter's Correspondent boarded with several officers, was released in five hours—which is a record.
Countries whose vessels have called at Weymouth include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, America, Greece, Portugal and Yugoslavia. There have been none from Italy and Spain.
Contraband officers paid a tribute to neutral skippers, who, they said, had been "extraordinarily helpful and open.
Ships failing to call at Weymouth are taken by warships to the compulsory base in the Downs off Ramsgate. The third base is at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands. These spread a met which is efectively preventing ships from entering the North Sea with contraband—Reuter,
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