Harvest prospects continue to be so oer and the British blockade is so effective that authoritative elreles here consider it likely that Nazi-occupied Europe will be facing famine within the next four months.
Germany and the countries invaded by her, it is stated, all imported food and feeding-stuff, and all faced a Jshortage of these commodities this winter, Tu Germany, these quarters point out, the potato crop has partially failed owing to devastation by the Colorado beetle, while in Denmark the pig industry has practically been liquidated, and" at Yeast one-third of ths cattle' herds will be slaughtered this summer.
In both Norway and Belgium, it ts added, supplies are running short and the situation will be critical.
Official circles in London expect that appeals will shortly be made to American countries on behalf of the starving populations of subjected countries, which, it is said, may be part of a Nazi plan to procure food on humanitarian grounds and utilize it to maintain the wor machine, Despite Italy's entry Into the war, even if France ceases hostilities, Great Britain's economic blockade will continue, and the Nazis cannot expect additions to their present sources of supply—Reuter.
Dominions.
Defence preparations were speeded today in the belief that the attack on Britain may already be under way.
Only a few hours after the Prime Minister, Mr, Winston Churchill, warned "the nation that widespread German aerial attacks must be expected 100 Nazi bombers swept over the eastern coast of England Tuesday' night and carly yesterday, scattering bombs on 10" counties. Eleven civilians were killed and. 14 were injured during last night's Bombings, Royal Air Force planes, which took to the air as soon as the rald= ers were sighted, shot down six Nazi bombers, marking the frst time that "RAF, planes have brought down German raiders over Britain ay night, it was understood. 'A seventh Nazi plane was believed to have been shot down over the
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