Late News GERMAN SHIPPING LOSSES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 190, 8 May 1940, Page 10

Late News GERMAN SHIPPING LOSSES

Relatively Big Total RECENT HAVOC IN AIRCRAFT (By Radio— Daventry.) LONDON, May 7. The Admiralty announced today that the Germans have lost 600,000 tons of shipping since the outbreak of the war, which is 15 per cent, of their pre-war tonnage. British losses in the last week were four ships of a total tonnage of (000, which is less than one-third of tlie average weekly loss during tlie war Up to Wednesday 19,000 Allied and neutral ships had been convoyed and only one in 000 had been'lost. Two of the three destroyers recently sunk had been lost while convoying merchant ships, but in neither case had ships in the convoy been damaged. The extent of tlie German air losses in the Norwegian campaign is estimated in London at «00 planes. Most of the damage was done by attacks on German bases in Norway and Denmark.

ANOTHER HOSPITAL SHIP BOMBED

Norwegian Report (Received May 8, 12.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 7. The Norwegian news agency reports that the Germans bombed and wrecked another plainly marked hospital ship. Twenty-nine persons were killed or wounded.

COMMONS DEBATE

Information On Events In Norway FULL STORY TO BE TOLD (Received May 8, 12.45 a.in.) LONDON, May 7. The Primo Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in opening the two days’ debate in the House of Commons today, is expected to narrate fully the events leading up to tlie evacuation from Norway .and detail the Government’s reasons for the decisions affecting the campaign, leaving the Service Ministers to supply the technical explanations. The. leaders of the Labour and Liberal. Oppositions, Mr. Attlee and Sir Archibald Sinclair, will follow Mr. Chamberlain. It is very likely that the Secretary for War, Mr. Stanley, will expound the Army’s difficulties, in which event the Air Secretary, Sir Samuel Hoare, will open tomorrow’s debate. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Churchill, will-certainly be the last speaker, winding up the ’debate. There is some talk of Mr. Chamberlain, who will begin to speak at about 3.45 p.m., demanding a vote of confidence, but no decision has been made on this.

NAZI ALLEGATION ON BALKANS

Premiers’ “Conversation” “Tapped” (Received May 8, 12.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 7. Official circles in London describe as. fantastic reports published in today’s Berlin newspapers of tapped telephone conversation between the British and French Premiers, Mr. Chamberlain and M. Reynaud on April 30. Tbe reports represent M. Reynaud as saying that General Wcygand, tbe French commander in the Near East, bad promised to be ready for action in the Balkans on May 15, but.bec.anse of difficulties with the Turks tho date might bo later. M. Reynaud referred to “daily high demands.”

Mr. Chamberlain, irritated, asked that the preparations be concluded definitely by May 20 and promised to use his influence with the Turks, the report declares.