London, Oct. 26.
his weekly statement to the House of Commons, Mr. Neville]
Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, declared this afternoon that there had been no operations of importance on the Western front during the past week. steady stream of reinforcements and reserves of material for the British expeditionary forces continues," he added. "Regarding naval warfare, the Prime Minister said that} none of the steamers convoyed by British warships were damaged by the enemy during the past week, Neither were any units or planes hit, While raiding Rosyth and Scapa Flow, the Germans Jost two aircraft; he s Five British freighters were sunk during the period under review, totalling 22,715 tons while the tonnage of German ships captured reached 28,367 tons. The submarine campaign has been intensified, he added, "put the destruction of enemy U-boats is being maintained at a sufficiently high rate to encourage us to believe that this menace to our trade will be eventually overcome.'
"One feature of the enemy U-boat. campaign to which 1 must call atten tion is their growing lawlessness," he said, "The British ship Stangate was sunk by the German raider Deutschland some time ago, but information regarding the loss' only Just' reached us, 'Regarding the' international situa tion, Mr, Chamberlain emphasized that' the main event of the week was the signature of the pact with Turkey.
Wide Welcome "The treaty has been received with profound satisfaction throughout. the Empire and France, and it has been great encouragement to us to know that it was widely welcomed in many other parts of the world," he said, "It is doubtless because the world sees in it @ guarantee of the main= tenance of peace in at least one region of the world. It is purely a defensive Instrument, threatening no one and designed to oppose resistance to aggression. The British, French, and Turkish Governments have been discussing for some time the question of financial and economic assistance to Turkey, particularly the supply of war materials, The conversations have been conducted in a spirit of frankness and cordiality and are now nearing completion. Tam confident we shall reach practical and useful re~ sults."
Referring to the conference of Nazi District Chiefs in Berlin, the Prime Minister expressed the opinion that "perhaps Herr von. Ribbentrop' snecch wag the result of there con Mr, Chamberlain next dealt with the "German Foreign" Minister's address,
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