FUEHRER OF DENMARK
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Stockholm, To-day.
Press reports state that Hitler has granted extraordinary pow- cra and the title "Fuehrer of Denmark" to Dr. Cecil von Ren- thefink, German Minister in Co- penhagen.
wiit be in Dr. Renthofunk charge of the Danish civil ad- ministration. Havas.
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machine- harassed by bombing and gunning from German planes.-Havas.
Allies Divide Norway (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL").
On the Swedish-Norwegian
Border, To-day.
It is learned in well-informed quar- ters that the Allies have succeeded in cutting Norway into two parts, thus preventing the arrival of German sup- plies from the north.
VISCOUNT KANO'S PROPHECY
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London, To-day Confidence in the ul- timate victory of the Al-
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as near to Nature as is desirable are
Sir William Crookes' lenses.
Something to offset the harmful glare is necessary but you don't have to have the whole landscape darkened Ilka a rainy day to do that.
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Wear Crookes and know what. real øya-comfort moane.
lies was expressed by Vis STOP PRESS
count Hisakira Kano, manager of the London branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank, yesterday
"T think the turn in favour of the Allies came around Easter. This move- ment has already begun and is still going on."
Viscount Kano added that pro-Al- lied feeling was growing immensely, especially since the Allies had sent help to Norway.
way,
"As for Hitler's adventure in Nor- I can see little to commend it. The consequences of its failure would
extremely serious for him.".. be Havas.
that British and French troops are en- gaged in a fierce battle around Steink- despite violent jer and Trondheim, snowstorms which have been raging for several days, partly blocking roads the and preventing operations in
the Hamar The Germans * in
supplies only via region can get Oslo Fjord but such transport is strict highly difficult owing to the
the British control exercised by Fleet. Finally the bombing of the two new
outside Oslo has pre-mountains. Nazi airfields vented the Germans using these bases. -Havas.
Allies Control Railway (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Stockholm, To-day. The "Nya Dagligt Allehanda" reports
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The Budget is variously described as "bold and realistic," "a Alerce instru- and ment of war," "hard but just" "preeminently honest."
The Manchester Guardian" goes so far as to say the Budget is not drastic enough.
"The Times" writes that the Budget great merit of stating possesses the
the without concealment or softening truth of our Anancial position.
The very grimness of the figures is the best proof how strong that position is and how unflinchingly the difficulties will be faced.
the Allies can put forth their full strength, the sooner victory will be achieved and the scale of national ex- penditure diminished.
The British people are resolute en- ough to face full revelation of the sacri- The fices which the war will entail. The same paper--asserts that an
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sooner captured Anglo-Norwegian Lillehammer on Monday, despite German assertions to the contrary. The Allies now control the Dombaas which reinforcements railway over are being sent to Lillehammer. Havas.
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The "Dally Telegraph" declares: "The Chancellor knew he could rely upon the unanimous support of the country for a bold and realistic approach to the pro- blem of meeting the stupendous cost of modern war and has taken full advan- tage of that assurance.
His tax increases were few and sim- ple. However the Chancellor stepped into new fields with his "purchase tax" and how it will work out in detall re- mains to be seen; care will have to be taken to avoid unjustices and anomalies but it can undoubtedly be made to yield enormous revenue.
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Altogether the Budget is certain make a strong appeal to the public as an- imaginative effort to grapple with the tremendous problem,
The "Daily Herald'' says the princi pal sufferers will be the people with small incomes. Indirect taxes always fall heaviest on those with the small- are because the taxes est resources levied on articles of cornman consump→ tion.
anys: The The "News Chronicle" Budget is on a heroic scale. It will un- questionably impress the world with the magnitude of the financial burden we are shouldering. The fresh taxes now Imposed are no surprise though they are heavy."
Sir John Simon realises clearly that totalitarian war calls for ruthless fin- ance,
The "Dally. Mall," while criticising the purchase tax as being "bad for the trading community." approves the var. lous "increases in indirect taxation and says: They will be accepted as part of the further necessary sacrifices for the war effort.
The "Daily Express' declares the pu-
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blic will praise Sir John Simon for his realism and pay up with a good heart. up Indirect taxation will send prices but it will restrict the consumption of particular commodities which have to be imported.
The new duty on tobacco will save us dollars in America, and the Increased price of matches will economise on tim- ber supplies, but the purchase tax is a puzzle which Sir John Simon does not explain. Reuter,
Official figures issued by the I. after- and E. Department this noon disclose that the wholesale foodstuffs has price index for risen from 128.0 in the first quar- ter of 1939 to 158.2 for the first quarter of 1940 (1922—100). Other commodities show similar sharp increases.
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