SAFETY ZONE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 October 1939, Page 7

SAFETY ZONE

THE AMERICAN PLAN INTERESTING PROBLEM RAISED. POSITION OF GERMAN SHIPS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright WASHINGTON. October 4. The Pan-American Conference's “safety zone’ ’project has precipitated an interesting problem. Officials have pointed out that German liners now safely quartered in South America could ply between the United States and Latin America and by staying within the prescribed limits of the zone be immunised against attack by Allied warships.

It is expected that Britain and France, however, would strenuously oppose this, since it would tend partially to nullify the blockade.

The effectiveness of the blockade is shown in the record of the port of Buenos Aires for the first month of the war. In September three German ships arrived at Buenos Aires and 10 left. In August 23 arrived and 20 left. In contrast, 63 British ships arrived in September and 62 left. —By radio. Commenting on the Pan-American Conference, the United States Assistant Secretary of State, Mr Sumner Welles, said the establishment of a security zone was a far-reaching contribution to what the 21 republics represented at the conference desired — to remain free from the horrors of war—-By radio.