Cairo, Aug. 8.
There was considerable air activity on all fronts yesterday, and many valuable reconnaissances were undertaken, according to a Royal Air Force cormuniagtie.
Shipping in Barbera harbour, on the Libyan frontier, and store buildings were attacked, and one large building was destroyed.
While carrying out a reconfaissauce in the Tobruk area on August 6, the communique says, one British flying-boat was shot down, One member of the crew was killed, and the remaining three were wounded and taken prisoner.
In Italian East Africa, the submarine base at Massawa was raided by RAF, bombers on August 7 and 8, and reports indicate that direct hits were registered on a naval vessel and a submarine.
During another raid, three buildings were damaged. All British aircraft are stated to have returned safely, Italian fighters approached Malta yesterday, but turned back before British fighters could engage them.—Reuter.
London Maintains Famine Would Be Due to Nazi Incompetence London, Aug. 8.
While authoritative circles in London still maintain their previous standpoint, that acute local food shortage. in Europe this winter may become a distinct possibility, they assert that if such famine should] occur, it inevitably will be a direct consequence of Nazi inability properly to distribute supplies of food stuffs which they themselves have always claimed to hold in reserve and that only Nazi rapacity and inability to maintain proper com- j munications can be blamed.
Official Nazi statements have repeatedly emphasised the huge food reserves held by Germany and Italy, and areas under their control. On June 27, the official German wireless stated that while a plan for relief of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands was doubtless "worthy of commendation," the German authorities themselves already had taken all _necesary steps to ensure the feeding of these peoples.
Among many other instances of this assertion, Hitler in his recent Reichtag speech on July 19 said at Nazi supplies of food were limitless.""
Mussolini to Meet Ministers Germany entered the war with a Rome, Aug. 8. reserve supply of 7,000,000 tons of The Council of Ministers will meet grain which her invasion of adjacent here on Saturday, under the pre-countries since, is estimated to have sidency of Premier Benito Mussolini, increased to nearly 10,000,000 tons. to adopt a number of new measures Thus, should famine occur in francisco, Aug. connected with the African offensive.
Belgium or other occtipied territories, Meanwhile, the "Popolo d'Itali this will be solely due to the With oil one of the prime necess declared that the Axis Powers are inability of the Nazi machine to ties for all Japanese military and making final preparations for a de-cope with a situation of her own Miss naval action, nothing in Japan's purcisive attack against England. chases from California oil fields in making. her role to "Great surprises are being pre-the six months before President Though food ships from tie few very pretty pared," the newspaper asserted.
United Si to Marseilles, which Roosevelt placed an embargo on the 'The' High Command yesterday is-export of aviation gasoline indicated left the ort)of departure before sued a list of Italian war losses since any intention of pushing her expan-the cóllapse of France, have been July, The High Command said 206 sionist programme according to allowed to pass the British Con-Italians were killed during that authoritative oil experts here yestraband Control, no Central Angloterday. period, 239 were wounded and 131 American conversations in regard to are missing, The dead comprised 99 As a matter of fact, they stated, relief supplies have been conducted. from the Navy, 89 from the Air Japan's purchases from the California nor are any in prospect.—Reuter. Force, and 18 from the Army in East oilfields, from which she got the
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