The Archive · 1941

The Blockade"

Interesting Talk Over Station XCDN Last Night On Importance of the War of Attrition Chairman of the Council on the departure of Mr. J. W. Carney from Shanghai. The Chairman of the Council placed on record his personal appreciation and thanks and those of his colleagues for all that Mr. Carney has done for so many years for Shanghai E effectiveness of the British blockade of Europe, and how it is hampering Nazi activities, was the subject of a talk over XCDN last night by Mr. William Howard. Mr. Howard calls the blockade Britain's trump card, and goes on to show just how much it is cramping and hindering Germany in the war.

The serious deficiency, from the Nazi point of view, is, of course, that of oil, as Europe's production can only supply half Germany's needs in this direction. In his talk Mr. Howard discussed this particular aspect of the blockade at some length. Extracts from

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