Authoritative sources said German planes were believed to have flown fever London at night more than once during the past week at an altitude fof 20,000 fect without being detected for intercepted.
Explosions and _machine-gunning were heard off the east coast at oon yesterday, indicating that German planes were again attacking British coastal shipping. A German bomber attacked shipping off the! south-east coast last night and dropped many bombs. No damage was Feported, however.
'The British steamer Counsellor, 5,068 tons, was reported mined, oF torpedoed' off the west coast. The
it was said. ove Was Iaded ata north-esk port, The scuttling of the German steam. ship Uruguay in the North Atlantic this week made the 33rd German merchant vessel known to have been sunk since the inception of the war, was announced yesterday.
Most of the ships were scuttled. The total German tonnage sunk since the war aggregated 177.297, it was said. "Twenty-six German' vessels have been captured, with a total tonnage of 98,330, it was claimed.
In addition, the German steamship. Orizaba, 4354 tons, was wrecked off the Norwegian coast in an attempt to reach Germany from Vigo, Spain—United Press. and night to deal with the in-'Alux.—Reuter. nations, as well as for tasting peace. Tnternational trade can only play this part efficaciously if it allows each ation to have normal access to the resources of the whole world—not only {0 those which are confined within its own boundaries—and to, find an issue for the excess of ite production. This. is on the basis of on-discriminating treatment, International trade cannot prosper if its course Is diverted obstructed by attempted bilateral exclusive or discriminative agreements, or iF its course is stopped by barriers of excessive tariff regulations and exchange control. Alt these bar-Hers are instruments of an economic war. "Recent experiences have clear-proved their destructive results on international commerce in' peaco= fime—followed by' their depressive influence on the standard of living and general economic welfare "be tween the nations, ax well as. thei power for ereaiinye "international hostility, animosity and conflicts, Basis For Reconstruction "8. If, at the ex of the present hostilities, the world must be recon~ structed on' the foundations of stability and peace, eliminating suspicion and fear and' opening a way to economical progress, the methods and procedure of international commerce Must be reconstructed on a fount basis, This will necessitate a. gradual elimination of the excessive and unreasonable barriers which impede the trafic of goods beyond. international frontiers, acceptance of the rule of non-diserimanation by. apication "of the principle of the wwourite nation in commercial treat ment, and creation in the domain of exchange and credit of eondlitions Prime Minister, Mr. R. G, Menzies, has agreed. to' the formation of coalition mi He reached an rament, with Mr.
leader of the Country Party, by which Mr. Cameron. be-cones Deputy Prime Minister Reuter,
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