London, Mar. 20. mark, £26,000,000, equal to £8 berlin the war, namely, to prevent the decimation of the young men of Britain, America and Europe," was how Professor Noel Hall, Director of the Ministry of Economic Warfare in London who has just been appointed to the British Embassy in Washington, described to Reuter's his mission to Washington as representative of the Ministry of Economic Warfare.
This blue-eyed, fair, professor of economics in the University of London, who since the war began has been director of the Ministry of Economic Warfare, is a firm believer in the theory that the blockade is the most humane method of bringing the war to a victorious conclusion, "Europe cannot continue to exist as an economic unit without the use of waterways in the surrounding oceans," he declared. "If we can get American ce-operation to maintain the pressure of the blockade, it will save millions of British, American and European lives. The neurosis which has troubled Europe since the last war was largely due to the selective slaughter of young men.
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An enemy company taking part in the fighting was cut off and caught between the cross-fire of automatic rifles and artillery. It was entirely anni-dilated. In the valley of the River Vyoussa, following a successful sortie, prisoners were captured.
Gen. Papagos, the Greek Commander-in-Chief informing the army at the front that he had been awarded the K.C.B.E. said:
This signal honour is reflected particularly on our fighting army, the heroic deeds of which have made Greece appear like a splendid meteor shining forth in this universal war.
"I am proud of the honour which has been conferred on me, and which through my person is conferred on every Officer and every man. I am glad to be commanding such heroes.—Reuter,
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