`THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 25, 1940
THOUSANDS OF PLANES A MONTH
PROMISED
ULTIMATUM TO FINLAND DENIED
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
An authoritative Stockholm spokes- man denies reports
THE UNITED STATES Secretary of the
SPAIN ATTACKS MR. HULL
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
The Spanish press is bitterly critical of the Pan-American .conference,
and... is
warning the States attending against what it calls U.S. ma- chinations and a so- lemn conference, in- spired by materialism.
-Havas.
Treasury has informed the Canadian aircraft WITHOUT
industry that the United States will soon be
that Soviet Russia has producing 3,000 planes a month for Britain in FOOD
sent an ultimatum to Finland ordering her to immediately de- mobilise her army. Finland has received no such demands, the Swedish says spokesman. Havas.
THE ANSWER OF ENGLAND
addition to present British orders.
HEARST MAKES A
PROPHECY
MR. W. R. HEARST, THE WELL KNOWN AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR, IN AN ARTICLE IN HIS CHAIN OF PAPERS YESTERDAY, IN WHICH HE STATED THAT AMERICAN ENTRY INTO THE WAR WAS A CERTAINTY, ADDED THAT THE ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED STATES TO-`. WARDS ENGLAND IS ENTIRE- LY ANALOGOUS TO THAT OF ITALY TOWARDS GERMANY BEFORE ITALY ENTERED THE |WAR.
र
AT THE PRESENT TIME, HE SAYS, THE UNITED STATES CAN GIVE MORE EFFECTIVE AID TO ENGLAND BY STAY- ING OUT OF THE WAR THAN BY ENTERING BUT WITHIN A YEAR SHE WILL BE IN A POSITION TO JOIN THE BRI- A 40-year-old unemployed, TISH EMPIRE IN EFFECTIVE Tong Lee, was charged Mr. R. Edwards to-day, with the LESS DO SO. — REUTER.
before WARFARE AND WILL DOUBT- theft of a bottle of milk from, the
FOR DAYS
This was among the disclosures made last night by Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister of |Aircraft Production, in an Empire-wide broad-staircase of No. 8E, Babington
cast.
He also revealed that since the Ministry was formed it had purchased in America, 12,115 aero-engines.
Path early, this morning.
Defendant was seen .to take the bottle of milk and drink it, FATHER JACQUINOT,
RETURNING ?
Defendant fold the Court that
at about 5.45 a.m.
iJ
he was very hungry. 'He was (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”) selling brooms a few days ago, The "China Press" of Shanghai
but his stock in trade was stolen this morning publishes a report from him. He dares not face his from Hong Kong stating that employer. He stayed in the Father Jacquinot, at present in the Most of the aircraft frames, he|As far as finish went this machine streets and had had nothing British colony, intends to return to
the said, would be built in Britain and was in a class with the Hurricane to eat during the last few days Shanghai'in
near future. the American engines would be and Spitfire but not so handy as Defendant was ordered to sign Father Jacquinot Teft Shanghai fitted here. The types of engines the Hurricane nor as swift as the a personal bond to be of good intending to go to France to par-
are powerful Spitfire.
behaviour for one year. The First Lord of the we have bought
Iticipate in relief".work.-Havas, and modern; tried and tested in Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alex-many long journeys across the
American continent. ander, told the Overseas
This immense supply of engines League in London yester- from America will fortify resis- tance and strengthen the endur- day:
ance of those children of the Em- pire, the men and women of the aircraft factories.
"The lion does not merely go out to defend its young the cubs come home with great strength to defend the parent."
The Real Source Hitler had, he went on, after
long hesitation made the "But", said Lord Beaverbrook kind of speech that was expected our real source of supply de- of him. Lord Halifax had answered him.
some
It was clear that the answer of the British people and the Dom
inions and the Colonies was to
prepare more insistently than ever
to secure the victory.
pends, as always, on home pro- duction. Here we ure doing better every day compared with last year. The week just
Lord Beaverbrook mentioned
a "very.curious fact," namely though the petrol tank of this Messerschmidt- was protected and the oil tank armoured, the wind-screen was not bullet. proof and there was no armour whatsoever to protect the pilot.) This was a brand-new.machine. Asking "why was it wanting in armour," Lord Beaverbrook sug- a bottleneck in armour plating. gested perhaps the enemy had got
STRONG SUPPORT EMERGING FOR US.
AT HAVANA
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STRONG SUPPORT is emerging at the Pan- American Conference for Secretary of State Cordell Hull's programme of raising world living standards
Science Monitor” in a despatch to his newspaper instead of surrendering to the Nazi barter methods, says the Havana correspondent of the "Christian
R.A.F. Splendour Paying a tribute to the R.A.F.,
the month of July, the output of be followed by years of splendour our Lord Beaverbrook said: "They gave us record production and for will bring us victory which will aircraft and engines was more than double the output in July with them in the day of rejoic- yesterday.
and triumph, and we will join ling."
last year.
Columbia, the Central American countries, Brazil and others which sell heavily to the United
At the present moment, said Mr. Alexander, there could be no doubt that despite all the threats hurled against us, we can face "But don't imagine we are satis- For the British always were a the future, not in any spirit of ed. Far from it. It is our pur-free people and boasting, but with greater con- pose by every means we can de would be maintained, as it was States, spoke in general support though many de- fidence than many of us thought velop, every device we can adopt purchased, by valiant courage. possible a few months ago,to give our air force bigger and Reuter.
FORT CAPUZZO OPERATION
better. advantages when we come to grips with the enemy."
our
freedom
rlors, of the air. In such condi
It is not too much to Bay that Havana is making ever effort for the restoration of beral, trading methods through
We send a "ship" to the war-tails remain to be worked out. tion that they have no match Commenting on the conference, "In the world, either for speed, the correspondent adds that
armour or firing power.
viewed in a world setting, Havana That is the part we play. That holds the advanced outpost of
out the world. indomitable is a portion of our task and that liberal economics and finance spirit, high courage and deva is..our post of duty in battle. capitalism.
Lord Beaverbrook paid € glowing tribute to Mr. Chur. chill as "the leader for a great cace,"
a man. of
"The
tion to duty.
Give us more strength. Give The United States, holding most
Western Hemisphere is He also paid tribute to the air-strength..and courage, drive and of the world's gold, faces the trying to build at least one im- craft workers and to the skill and devotion, to all men and women prospect either of restoring its pregnable system for the even- genius of the men who designed who do their duty in the work- $19,000,000,000 value or other re-tual restoration of liberal trade Britain's war planes.
a moment when a narrow shops of buildings of aircraft in volutionary denunciation of the lat the case of freedom, and liberty. existing world economic system lautarchy is attempting to impose which is already badly dislocated. itself on all nations."-Reuter.vo
Trial By Fire
A communique issued in Cairo yesterday report- ed further enemy losses of lorries and guns near Fort "If we are to be put to the trial Capuzzo (Libya).
by fire, we think we can demon- The communique continued:strate that the workers of the air- "In Somaliland active patrolling craft industry will not fail you. by motorised detachments, and the "At our posts we will stay, AL Somaliland
At our Camel Corps con-our duty, we will stand.
benches we will meet and defeat tinues.
"Many Italian frontier posts the enemy who dares to attempt have now been successfully raid-to drive liberty from this land of ed and identifications and inform-freedom."
tion obtained,
Lord
Beaverbrook then dis-
"On other fronts there is no- closed Mr. Morgenthau's 3,000 thing to report.' Reuter.
planes a month prograinme.
REFUGE FOR A
CHILDREN IN MEXICO
Great News
The announcement in regard to American; production was as fol- lows: "I have Just received-a telephone message from Mr. Mor- ris Wilson, agent of the Aircraft Ministry in the United States and in Canada, who is authorised to It is officially announced in state that Mr. Henry Morgenthau Mexico City by the British Con-will approve plans to put into im- sul-General, after discussions with mediate production aeroplanes for the Mexican Government, thas our account up: to, u' total output: any British children evacuated of 3,000 a month. These plans from Britain, the United States. or will be developed without delay. Canada would be welcomed in This is in addition to our present Mexico; if brought by their par American programme. ents or well-Intentioned societies. "This is great news for you in-
It homes and, maintenance, ware deed."
assured, the normal restrictions
for immigranta, would, bo waived.
The Mexican Press announcer
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Curious Fact
that a plan has been made for Lord Beaverbrook said he had
• Mexico to receive five hundred to-day examined a Messerschmidt British children. It is pointed out 110, brought down in battle almost that many Spanish children have undamaged.
been refugees in. Mexico since, the It was a fine machine with two Spanish Civil War-Reuter,........ engines of excellent workmanship.
Reuter.
New Zealanders are now at a depot "Somewhere in Britain" and here are some of them on the march. (Copyright, Fox).