"The policy of the Allies has been determined by scrupulous regard for neutral rights whereas Germany has not hesitated to destroy neutral property and murder nationals of neutral states whenever it suited her policy io do so. She has not scrupled to threaten invasion of neutral countries in order to prevent them taking steps to assist their neighbours aggression or protect their own interests, "Our respect for neutral rights and our sympathy for practical difficulties of the neutrals must not blind us to the fact that any aid they may give Germany might be carried far enough io render them in the end liable to a hideous fate which has overtaken previous victims of German policy. If we are to bring this war to a close with the least possible destruction and dislocation of our common spiritual and material civilization we must deprive Germany of materials most essential for the prosecution of her aggressive policy. The Allies are therefore determined to prosecute the economic war to the utmost of their power. Already much has been accomplished. intensify the blockade in every possible way. is Majesty's Ships have alteudy taken certain practical steps to interfere with and impede, the passage of German cargo ships- from Scandinavia. These operations have been carried out in -tose proximity! to German naval b: ses showing once again how empty the German, boasts late that the control of the North Sea has passed to their hands. Other measures are under consi-eration.
"We have not yet reached the limit Of our effective operations in this region, the scene of the sinking of so many neutral ships and the murder of so many neutral seamen."
Mr. Chamberlain then told of operations by the British Navy in waters through which Germany was attempting to obtain supplies.
"His Majesty's ships recently stópped in Far Eastern waters Soviet ships suspected of carrying contraband destined for Germany vía Vladivostok," he said—United Press.
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