U BOAT BASES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 September 1939, Page 5

U BOAT BASES

IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA MOVE t'o FOIL GERMAN PLANS. WORK OF THE BRITISH NAVY. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, September 13. The Ministry of Information states that the Government has reason to believe that Germany will attempt to establish air and submarine bases on the coasts of South and Central America. Britain is inviting nations in these parts to take the necessary steps to prevent the violation of their neutrality.

The Washington correspondent of the British Associated Press says that the State Department said the British statement would receive consideration at the. Pan-American conference in Panama City. It left no doubt that such activities would inevitably be considered matters of grave concern to the United States. A British Official Wireless message says that while there is yet no definite indication of the German . Government’s decision as to how submarine warfare is to develop, the sinl^ ing ° the Athenia might seem to suggest that Germany has decided to begin . campaign of unrestricted sinking at sight not only in defiance of international law, but in direct violation of the specific undertakings into w ici she solemnly entered in 1936. Meanwhile, it is cleai that lite m the British Empire, together with all the Empire’s warlike and economic activities, goes on much as it did before Ships are daily entering an clearing British ports in the accustomed numbers, and the most acute obs°Xer would fail to detect any diffei - once, except regarding such necessai precautions as must be o seivecm time of war, between any busy Bntish nnrt today and six months agoP lt s true that a few British ships have been sunk. This was to be expected during the first week oi so of F he W ar There may be a few more sinkings berore Ibo wb'nnr.nb jnenaco is finally disposed of and till the ' point to be remembered is and difficulty quelled the sub—menace in 1917. elapsed A patient research into the & menace has gone has yielded valuable results. If. the fore Germany has decided to tnrov this challenge to the civilised world so Jar as Britain and France are concerned it is one which both countries will face with calm and confidence. LATIN REPUBLICS EVERY NECESSARY STEP TO BE TAKEN. AGAINST ESTABLISHMENT OF WAR BASES. (Received This Day. 9.5 a.m.) BUENOS AIRES. September 14. Brazil. Argentine and Uruguay spokesmen said every necessary step would be taken to prevent any of the belligerents establishing air or naval bases in South America.