The Archive · 1939

Building Supplies Department

"Telephone 15510 involved neutral vessels being delayed, and deprived of specified contraband in transit to Germany, the German procedure has been to sink at sight neutral: shipping bound for British ports, without any attempt to investigate the nature of the cargo carried, or even, in many cases, to facilitate the crew's escape.

A pedestrian may resent being held wp when he wants to cross the street, but would still more resent being run over by a passing motor car, Of the two - alternatives, the former is universally preferred.

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