IMPORT CONTROL
NO BLOCKADE OF GERMANY DECLARED. EXPLANATION OF BRITISH POLICY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 31. Asked in the House of Commons in what way the British operations fell short of the rules of blockade as defined by international law, the Minister of Economic Warfare, Mr Cross, said the essence of a blockade was the prevention of all ingress to and egress from the blockaded coast, irrespective of the nationality of the ship or the origin, the nature of the ownership or the distination of the cargo. "The British Government has not declared any blockade of Germany,” he said. “However, it has instituted a system of control over imports of contraband into Germany directly or through neutral countries. This is considered effective to prevent, the passage to Germany of articles useful for the prosecution of the war.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 5
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138IMPORT CONTROL Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 5
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