THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1989.
Anglo-American
Of War Reserve
Barter Agreement Signed In London
London, To-day.
An Anglo-American commodity barter agreement, for the exchange of essential war supplies, was signed yesterday.
The agreement provides that the United States supply Great Britain with 600,000 bales of cot- ton of kinds to be specified, based on the aver- age price since January 1. The amount in- volved is about £6,000,000.
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Great Britain will supply the United States with rubber to equal value, amounting 80,000 tons.
to about
The text of the Agreement was
SURPRISINGLY
PALATABLE
signed by Mr. Joseph Kennedy, DOCUMENT
United States Ambassador. in Lon- don, and Mr. Oliver Stanley, Pre- sident of the Board of Trades
FOR WAR ONLY
It is stated that the object of the two Governments is to co-operate in the provision of stocks of the two essential commodities · against possible war emergency.
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Britain wants a stock of cotton. and the United States want a war stock of rubber. There is no question of using these stocks for commercial purposes, and they are intended solely
The
barter
London, To-day.
Anglo-American agreement is, described as a sur- prisingly palatable document by the Financial Times", which states that there seems no reason why the Rubber Restriction Committee should jib at the scheme."
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Exchange Materials
QUAKE IN WEST AFRICA
Acrá, West Africa, To-day.
Sixty Africans and Syrians are reported to have been killed and many injured in a violent earth- quake which shook Acra yester- day, causing considerable dam-
age.
There were no European casual: ties.-Reuter.
OFFICER OF BRITISH RESERVE FLEET DIES OF BULLET WOUNDS
London, June 18.
Captain Frederick Ross Maxwell Johnson, Senior Officer of the Re- serve. Fleet appointed to command H.M.S. Caledon in April 1938, was found lying shot in a wood near Sittingbourne, in Kent, to-day.
Captain Johnson was on his way to rejoin his ship.
At-
Reported missing by the miralty, he was found as the result. of a search-Havas,
Balkans Snub Axis Powers: New
Entente Being Formed
BUCHAREST, TO-DAY.
A NEW BALKAN DEFENSIVE PACT, ACCORDING TO AN AB- SOLUTELY RELIABLE SOURCE, IS BEING PREPARED BY THE RUMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, M. GAFENCU, AS PRESIDENT OF THE BALKAN ENTENTE, FOLLOWING HIS RECENT VISIT TO ANKARA AND ATHENS.
-M. Gafencu has seen King Carol King's since his return, and the welcome for the Minister, who car- ous attacks of abdominal trouble, reid out his tour despite two seri-
Intention of the new pact would would be logical if she adhered to be to extend the Entente by signed the new pact. obligations on the part of its mem- The amount of rubber involved bers Rumania, Yugo-Slavia, is roughly equal to six months pro-Turkey and Greece-to go to each duction under a 10 per cent. quota, other's. assistance in the event of and what will evidently happen is aggression from any quarter.
The terms mean that Turkey and tha Whitehall will ask the Commit-
Greece would help Yugo-Slavia tee to make this amount available
should the occasion arise of aggres- A provision in the Agreement says that if there is no war the over and above normal. commercial sion by her Axis neighbours, stocks will be held for at least seven needs. years.
war.
as a reserve
for
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When the stocks are liquidated, The scheme should be welcomed the two Governments are under an as a stimulus to activity in the rub- obligation to consult one another ber market, and as a contribution and do everything to avoid disturboth to British defence prepared- bance of the markets-Reuter. neas and solution of the American
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NO DIFFICULTIES
London, To-day. Reuter understands that the In: ternational Rubber Committee has not been approached regarding the supply of the necessary rubber, un- der the Anglo-American Barter Agreement.
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However, circles near the Com mittee do not expect substantial dif- ficulties in providing prompt and adequate supplies, which would be provided by an ad hoc output "over
a fixed period."-Reuter.
PROPER SAFEGUARDS
Washington, To-day. The Secretary of State, Mr. Cor- dell Hull, said at his press con- ference yesterday that the Anglo- American barter plan will be pro- perly safeguarded so as not to affect
levels. price
Commenting on the foreign lend ing progra
osed by Pre- Hull said he
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cotton problem-Reuter.
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'BELGRADE HAS NOT
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RUMANIA SNUBS ITALY
The Italian Minister paid a lengthy call on M. Gafencu, and, it is understood, warned him against adopting a policy in line with the "encirclement front."
M. Gafencu's answer is under-
that she stands at present by the stood to have been extremely firm, Balkan Entente, despite advice stating that Rumania must decide from the Axis not to do so, and it what is best in her own interests is therefore suggested here that it and those of peace. Reuter.
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