THE BLOCKADE WEAPON
DEFENDED BY BRITAIN ALLIES’ ULTIMATE AIM (British Official Wirolnss.) Reed. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, Sept. 29. Starvation has been one of the consequences of warfare and one of its weapons from the earliest times. As the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said m the House of Commons on Tuesday, “no one over suggested that a besieging commander should allow free rations to a besieged town." It can be said with truth, however, that it is the Allies' aim that when the war is over German people should have fewer guns and more food, and, meanwhile, that every effort is toeing made to minimise wherever possible the sufferings of the non-combatant enemy.
So far as the claim that the blockade is illegal is concerned, it is likely to toe received with scepticism in neutral countries, where there is a general recognition that the British, while conducting a war that has.been forced upon them, seek and intend to safeguard the 'interests of neutrals which are, indeed, in many respects identical with Britain’s, own interests.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20056, 30 September 1939, Page 6
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174THE BLOCKADE WEAPON Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20056, 30 September 1939, Page 6
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