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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1840.
BRITISH PRESS COMMENT
London, To-day.
THE BRITISH PRESS YESTERDAY was unanimous
that two main points had come out of the debate · in Commons- that the Government must be strengthened and that the country's war effort must be increased.
The press emphasises that all parties agree on this and the main problem is now best to put that into effect. There is less agreement on the best way of strengthening the Government.
The Labour "Daily Herald" held that morally and politically Mr. Chamberlain was defeated beyond hope of recovery.
Most of the other papers were less drastic, although they were unanimous In their demands for an overhaul.
"The Times" appealed to the Lab- -qur Party to-rise-above-party matters and take a share in running the country.
U.S. DROPS
SILVER POLICY
Washington, To-day. The Senate last night pass- ed, by 45 votes to 36, legisla- tion to end the Administra- tion's seven-year-old policy of buying foreign silver.
The "Daily Telegraph" saw in Mr. Chamberlain's speech .a possibility that he, too, was thinking on the lines that personal or other considerations should not be allowed to prevent the formation of the best government for conducting the war. It only remain-
Earlier the Senate rejected a pro- to ed for him to move promptly fromposal by Senator Key Pittman the thought to the deed. As regards continue purchases but to require sel- Norway, the Government emerged lers to use the proceeds from silver very creditably with a straightforward sales for buying United States farm and complete answer to major criti-products. cisms; if members had not been pre- The Bill, which now goes to the vented from giving the full facts, it House of Representatives, would ter- is possible their case might have minate the authority for silver pur- been stronger.
chases granted to the President and Treasury under the Silver Purchase Act of 1934-Reuter.
She
INTER-AMERICAN BANK PLAN
Guardian" The "Manchester
said that although the result of the debate had gone abroad as an apparent vic- tory for the 'Government, everyone knew that it was nothing of the kind. It was a bad story--lack of provisions, lack of preparations, indecision, slow- ness and fear of taking risks.
Britain had had this before. had never fought a major war with- out this. But it could not be permitted in a war with an enemy like Hitler. The "Yorkshire Post" said that far bigger question was involved than whether this man or that man should be Prime Minister. There must be
The required minimum six nations a transformation of ideas; we must have filed notice that they will sign fight, not with easy-going confidence, the draft convention to-day. but with desperate devotion. Får from groaning under our burdens, we. were asking for heavier ones-Reu-ed States, Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador,
Nicaragua and the Dominican public. Reuter.
ter.
SOCIAL WELFARE GRANT
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The Board of Administrators of the B.F.R.D.C. have approved the follow- ing grants to the Hong Kong Refugee and Social Welfare Council- (1) For Food kitchens..... $10,000.00, (2) For Social Service Centre of the Churches, in 'connection with their refugee work
$3,000.00
Washington, To-day. Establishment of an Inter-American
Bank, with a capital of $100,000,000, is now virtually assured.
The nations concerned are the Unit-
Re-
MAIZE FOR BRITAIN
Washington, To-day.
The Department of Agriculture an nounces the sale of 20,000,000 bushels of maize to Britain under the new export subsidy programme.
The maize will be taken from Gov- ernment owned stocks which total 80,000,000 bushels.-Reuter.
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