There had been no substantial difficulty in ensuring that machinery in *|neutral countries, for preventing re-exports to Germany of their overseas imports, especially foodstuffs and raw materials should be operated in a manner satisfactory to the British Government, he continued.
In regard to goods which these countries produced themselves, the countries concerned usually stipulated that such goods might be exported to both belligerents on a peace-time level. The maintenance of such exports was vital to the economic life of the neutral countries concerned, said Mr. Cross, and in many cases Great Britain benefited from such exports as much, if not more, than Germany. Even in this class of goods, they aimed at reducing exports to Germany as far as practicable.
Cases where neutral countries had a manufacturing industry, depending on the imports of raw materials, were most difficult to deal with, and their aim in cases of important commodities had been by agreement to prevent entirely, or restrict to trifling quantities, exports of such manufactures to Germany, Mr. Cross concluded.—Reuter.
A German U-boat was rammed and sunk by the French destroyer Simoun yesterday.
Tht destroyer was on patrol duty with several other ships when a periscope was sighted. The commander of the Simoun ordered full speed ahead. The submarine dived, but a depth charge was dropped, so damaging the submarine that she was forced to come to the surface. The Simoun then rammed the U-boat, the outer keel of which was ripped off Further depth charges were dropped, and a huge stretch of oil, about eight sea miles long marked the end of the U-boat.
Six people were injured, one seriously, by a shell which exploded on a pavement when anti-aircraft batteries opened fire here last night. The guns went into action after an air raid alarm had been given.—Reuter, Unknown Submarines in Collision.
Bergen, Feb. 28.
In an interview today, the master of the Arnfirm, which according to the newspaper "Gula Tiden lided with a U-boat, stated that it was the only supposition that the vessel involved was a submarine. Its (Continued on page 8, col. 4)
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