WAR MATERIALS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1940, Page 5

WAR MATERIALS

BIG AMERICAN SUPPLIES REACHING AXIS BY WAY OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES. JOINT BLOCKADE IN PACIFIC SUGGESTED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, September 24. The “Daily News” says that 10,000,000 dollars’ worth of war materials is going to the Axis from the United States every month via Spain, Portugal, Cuba, Russia and Mexico, Department of Commerce figures show, for example, that United States exports to Spain and Portugal have increased by 22,000,000 dollars compared with the first seven months of last year, while the shipments to Russia and thence to Germany are leaping up. Well-informed circles believe that England and America will collaborate in a joint blockade of the Pacific, with which the use of Australia, New Zealand and Singapore is bound up. COOPERATION WITH U.S.A. ATTITUDE OF DOMINIONS. IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICAN JOURNALIST. NEW YORK, September 24. Mr Roy Howard, in an article in the Scripps-Howard newspapers following his New Zealand and Australian trip, stressed that New Zealand and Australia are seeking closer co-operation between the Empire and the United States in the Pacific.

He said: “New Zealand and Australia are interesting political phenomena. Politicians’ and business men’s statements might cause a mistaken belief that these independent commonwealths are prepared to climb into Uncle Sam’s lap. Far from indicating disloyalty to the Empire, for which they are pouring out blood and treasure even more generously than in 1914, their attitude merely expresses their determination that the Englishspeaking way of life shall not be snuffed out. Should the worst happen and England fall temporarily, the New Zealanders and Australians foresee a new significance in the United States-Cana-dian pact. In the meantime they face the menace of totalitarianism and realise that their relationship with the United States does not differ greatly from that binding them to Canada.”