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UNDER NAZI
NAZI RULE --CONDITIONS IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES
MORE NEWS HAS BEEN received in Lon- don about the conditions now prevailing in the German-occupied territories of Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Czechoslovakia.
In Belgium, the living standard has been reduced and unemployment is rife. At the beginning of last month, the Brussels employ- ment exchange put the number known to be unemployed at nearly 390,000. A year ago, the figure was only 170,000.
The same situation prevails inj Holland. Stores of food laid up by the Dutch. Government are be-
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moved to Germany.
Provisions collected for sale to the unemployed at purely nominal
been charges have
confiscated. Dutch cattle are to be slaughtered by Nazi- order because of a short- age in feeding stuffs.
The rate of exchange in both Belgium and Holland has been al- tered to favour German troops. The German gets 12 per cent more for his money in Belgium and. 25 per cent more in Holland.
Forced Labour
arc forced
USE OF NICKEL BANNED
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EXCEPT, IN THE MANUFAC. TURE OF CERTAIN SPECIFIED ARTICLES, THE JAPANESE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE YESTERDAY BANNED THE USE OF NICKEL IN PROPER¦
NOTICE
·STYTING & RAILINGS NOT: ALLOWED
.Everywhere in Britain pre- parations have been made to meet the threat of the Invad er. This natice-covered with: barbed wire--strikes a. hum- ourous note. Part of the de- fences at a South-coast resort. .
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OWING TO ITS IMPORTANCE CLASH OF
THE MANUFACTURE OF
Compulsory labour is also be- WAR MATERIALS.
Japan's nickel · supplies came ing enforced by the Nazis.
Dutch workmen
from Canada and Norway before Into the so-called "Reconstruc- the outbreak of the European war September imports tion Corps," doing heavy work Since last for a mere pittance under Nazl have gradually declined, especial- ly, since the belligerents placed Irestrictions on the metal.
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Dutch boys of from 10 to 18. Formerly nickel. was widely years of age are being sent to used in Japan for the manufac- Germany to work, on the harvest. ture of common articles, such at In Norway, unemployment is 'barbers instruments.. building rising and wages are falling. Many materials, knives, forks, bicycle: populations take place be- fore or after the cession of Transylvania?
fishermen have been "robbed of and so forth.-Havas. their boats and farmers of their horses.
The official German news agency... says, apropos of Norway: "The
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RISING COSTS OF RAILWAYS
This is the main problem dealt with by the Rumanian and Hun- garian delegates in the negotia- ions for the establishment of a new frontier.
Rumania insists strongly that the effected before changes be actual transfer of territories.
The question is of the great- est importance as the evacuation of minority populations in cor tain districts may substantially change the ethnic eltuation, and thus modify, the territorial ces- sion plan.
This may be true of the Nazis, Details of the estimate of £40 but it certainly is not the case millions submitted by the Rail- with the Norwegians.
,way Executive Committee as re- Thus, a Norwegian, in a letter presenting the increase in railway to a newspaper, writes:-
working costs between September, "There has been a ̋statement 1930, and September, 1941, are In the Press that we still have given by the Ministry of Trans- supplies of all essential commo- port in a statement yesterday ac- dities, for a long period. The cording to which wages account same day, my grocer tells me he for € 20,100,000, allowances to `As regards the Rumanian-Bul- staff serving with HM, forces for garian negotiations, Bulgaria is The grocer could not supply. him' £3.600.000 and materials for apparently waiting for Hungary to with dried peas, apricots, cocoa,: £15,900,000. - British Wireless. Jannounce its decision in this mat- chocolate, assorted fruit and many
ter before revealing her down at- titude.-Havas.
Is sold out.”
other things.
"He does not expect any fur-
ther supplies," the Norwegian CHINA'S NEW RICE
concludes.
In one town, butchers were sold out half an hour after they open- ed for business and bakers quick- ly followed.
The Oslo police had to inter. vene to stop a market riot over the egg shortage,
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ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
The first of. this year's fresh rice crop will be available on the 'Shanghai, market early next month, according to the Japanese newspaper "Shanghai. Mainichi"| THE DUKE - AND - DUCHESS yesterday. It will probably sur-OF WINDSOR WERE GIVEN AN Ipass last year's harvest by be: ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. BY tween 20 and 30 per cent., amount A CROWD OF 15,000 AT NAS- SAU BAHAMAS, ON SATUR- DAY.
In Denmark, food prices are rising to about 1,300,000 piculs. Fing and the arrangement under Havas,
which wages are supposed to keep. pace has been found impossible under the conditions of the Ger¦ man occupation.
RECRUITING. RUSH IN CANADA
Replying to the speech of wel- [come, the Duke promised to visit
outer lalands in the colony.
Referring to the. fast changing world conditions' he said: · "You
Danish workers are sent into' Germany, and although the Nazis claim that Denmark is neither There is a recruiting rush in must not rely on old methods."— conquered nor occupied, but only, Canada and there
are now only Reuter, "protected," Danish workers are 5,000, vacancies in the Canadian not allowed to return home from Active Service Corps. More than Gerniany.
,50,000 men- enlisted in the six As regards Poland, the “official grimmest weeks of the war, when Nazi newspaper. "Voelkische Beo- France was going under. Reu- bachter says that "Government- ter. General-area” is to be under the! exclusive, control of Germans, whose first task is to consider the interests of the Germán Reich,
INDIAN PIG IRON RESTRICTIONS
AT HOME IN THE FAROE ISLANDS
Reports réceived in London from the Danish Farge: Is- In Czechoslovakia, saya a
lands, now under British occupa-" Swiss paper, arrangements are (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") - tion, state the British troops are now completò 'for'-uniting the
getting on famously with the In- country in a customs union with The Indian Government is res-habitants and that the internal Germany and for the abolition tricting the shipment of pig iron administration has been disturb- of Czech currency.
Ito Japan, according to a cable cd.as little as possible. Finally, Luxemburg: The Ger-received in Tokyo yesterday by Highland occupation troops are man authorities have now dis- the Osaka Shosen Kaisha. Hence-at home in the islands and officers solved all political parties, forth the monthly quota will be and men are shown every hospi-
Router,
L 10,000 tons.-Huvas,
'tality.Reuter.