GREAT MERCHANT FLEET.
AVAILABLE FOR ALLIES. LONDON. May 14. One effect of the Gernuin invasion of Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium has been to derprivc Britain of certain commodities imported from those countries and which must now be obtained elsewhere. On the other hand, the Dutch and Belgian mercantile tonnage is now available for use on behalf of tlie Allied cause. While the exact figures are not available it is probably safe to say that the tonnage which will presently be running under the Allied direction Mill constitute the largest merchant fleet the world lias ever known. The task of the Allied contraband control will also be greatly simplified. As a result of this and the dislocation of trade and industry, Germany will be a lieavy loser once she lias exhausted whatever supplies she is able to seize in the areas she may succeed in occupying.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 142, 16 May 1940, Page 9
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146GREAT MERCHANT FLEET. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 142, 16 May 1940, Page 9
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