The Archive · 1940

Losses Offset

Excluding damaged ship and mer~ chant men converted into war vessels, up to November 24, suffered shipping losses of 2.441.431, lis, according to official British reports." Britain's Allies. lost 644,253, {ons and neutrals Tost Pact Unimportant London, Dee. 14, 'The pact of friendship' and' no aggression concluded between Hungary Jand Yugoslavia follows expected lines, Tk is one of those documents of ious hopes and platonic asseverations, writes Reuter's diplomatic cot respondent, which in the pigeon-holes fof the League of Nations number nexion Even German propaganda, he adds, Jseoms to realize ils complete innocuity, Jand suggests that the Yugoslav For= jelgn Minister, Mf, Aleksandar Mar coviteh, will shortly visit Budapest, when an agreement of a more practical character will be reached Tus signifeant that most comments from abroad stress the fact that }Hungary is seeking support in resist"

Allied tonnage at outbreak of the These losses were offset partly by: the capture of 60 German ships, a total of 268,642 tons, by the Allies. The Allies also captured 21 tai ships of 150,672 tons, British offeial statistics showed. jing Axis pressure rather than thi Yugoslavia' is being drawn closer the: Axis.

So far indeed Yugoslavia appears to have played her hand very adroitly. Router.

Then the allies' official reports said that they had sunk 70 identified German ships of a {otal of 383,097 tons, 16 Italians of 79.809 tons and Prisoner Declares Surrender Debated 27 former neutral ships, 44,198 tons, used by the Axis, To this total must tue added the sinking of unidentified German ships. 480,000 tons, and Ital-vessels, 135,000 tons.—United Press.

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