London, Jan. 24.
The efMieacy of the Allied blockade against Germany must be Judged not by the amount of merchandise seized, but by the amount of German imports or exports "which have not. Left port for fear of our control service," Mr. Ronald Cross, Minister of Economic Warfare, declared in a radio address today.
'Mr. Cross, continuing, declared that the government had examined carefully the recent arguments put forward that the food blockade of Germany was inhuman, as it was the women and children' who suffer most from such an action.
"Nothing that has been said recently has. induced us to change our decision," he declared. "I went 10 make it absolutely clear that there heed be no starvation in Geemany, 20 matier how long the war lasts, Germany has sufficient food to eat if the Nazis would use their plentiful food stuffs to feed their people andj Teseue ship does-"Havas.
their guns. is the Nazis, not we wno starve the German women and children, "Mr. Cross declared—Havas, Plan for U-Boat Terror New York Informed of Impending German Campaign; Nazi Under-Sea Warfare Intensified in North Sea New York, Jan, 26.
NEWSPAPERS here cite "rel Hable maritime quarters" for the prediction that a German submarine attack is to be launched against British mercantile lines i in the West Indies, Three U-boats, it is declared, are prowling in the vicinity of Trinidad, attended by a speedy 5,000-ton armed x-liner, serving as a tender, The plan is reported to be to deliver a lightning blow at British and French ships carrying grain, foods and oil, American authorities stated they were aware at least of some of the details of the project. {by a mine on December 20 in the Under the plan, it is reported, North Sea_en route from Rotterdam several German. merchantmen to Gothenburg. A, Finnish vessel jeently left South "American ports arrived at a Swedish port yesterday with submarine fuel and provisions. morning, carrying four survivors of Tourists recently returned from the. Patrie's crow of 21 men.
Curacao, the Caribbean Sea, stated German resident there were!
The survivors of the Norwegian steamer Biarritz (1,752 tons), which ware of the scheme a predicted privately that neutral and Allied struck a mine and sank on the night Shipping would be "staggered" of January 25 north-west of Timuiden, (he near fulure—Reuter. {otal 21 persons, consisting of 14 pao jeengers and seven members of the French Sink U-boat crew, Three people are known to be Paris, Jan. 25 dead, while 33 persons are missing, The French Navy today had great According to a message from Oslo, success when a unit of the battle 2 cutter of the Norwegian Lifeboat Aeet attacked and sank a German.
Society has picked up a boat contain" submarine, a terse French official {ng ten men and one woman from the communique stated. Another Ger~ Esthoni-n vessel Nautie (2,050 tons), man loss at sca occurred when the: second Difeboat, with another wom cargeship Albert Janus, 1,600 tons, and 11 men, including the captain and was scuttled by her crew to avoid the first officer, arrived near Christi-capture by a French patrol vessel. fans und, They had been at sea for Nine vessels and 18,600 tons of nearly six days-—Reuter, contraband merchandise were seized Latvian Steamer Torpedoed by the Freeh Maritime Blockade Im the week ending January 20, it Riga, Jon. 26. was announced today. Since the!
The Latvian steamer Everene. was beginning of the war, 254 vessels torpedoed in the North Sea today Inave been stopped by the French while on her way to Latvia from Jnavy and 480,000 tons of goods have Blyth, In England. Except for one seaman, all the crew were rescued Two more neutral ships fell victim
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