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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 28, 1940.
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KNOCK ITALY OUT OF THE WAR
Mr. Hore-Belisha's Challenge In The Commons
Demand For Vigorous Action
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"KNOCK ITALY out of the war" was the demand made in the House of Commons yes- terday by the former War Minister, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, in criticism of Mr. Arthur Greenwood's speech which he said did not contain a single constructive suggestion.
Mr. Hore-Belisha argued that British and Allied tonnage was being lost at an aver- age rate of 90,000 tons a week and the Mer- chant Marine of the Allies would be dissipat- ed in two years.
CREDITS PROPOSAL POSTPONED
The real remedy was to knock Italy out of the war.
The Greeks had opened the way by a swift series of successes, and with Italy out of the way Britain could withdraw a large proper- tion of the Fleet from the Medi- terranean.
Mr. Hore,Belistía „complained that the Government failed to take full advantage of the Em- ergency Powers Act to mobilise the whole nation's resources of
No Soviet Reply Yet
To British Offer
The Soviets have still not yet replied to the comprehensive British proposals of a few weeks ago whose principal points.were de facto re-. cognition of the Soviet annexation of the Bal- tic States and a guarantee of non-aggression.
The Labour Peer, Lord Addison, had given notice to raise the question of British "rela- tions with Russia in the House of Lords yester- day but at the last moment he announced without explanation that he did not intend to pursue the matter that day. Reuter.
ROYAL ARSENAL
AT TURIN GETS
R. A. F. VISIT
THE ROYAL ARSENAL at Turin was attacked material and personnel for the by leavy RAF. bombers on Tuesday night, it was
revealed in London.
prosecution of the war.
The United States Sen- ate Foreign Relations|
The speech brought a consider- Committee yester-led reply from Mr. Ernest Bevin. day unanimously post- dowed "between now and
Minister of Labour, who foresha- next poned until January ac- June there will be another enor tion on proposals to relax mous call up for the Services." legal restrictions in order Mr. Bevin cited conditions
in to permit loans to Britain. Germany in support of his con- tention that "if you try too much compulsion you don't get the de- sired result."
The proposals included a reso lution by Senator King to repeal the Johnson and Neutrality. Acts and a proposal by Senator Nye to enquire into British "financial. resources in the United States.
Men In Right Place
The Government had succeeded in settling a problem in Britain. that had baffled everyone for gen- Senator George, Chairman of erations, namely, to put wages in the Committee, however, told the tool room right and to get pressmen he had no doubt that skilled men in the right place the question of further aid for away from a repetition of work. Britain will be presented in some form to the next Can. grace,"
The arsenal was raided only four nights ago
U.S.Navy Stand-By Orders
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") JA SERIES OF LIGHTNING MOVES TO BUTTRESS THE NAVY FOR A POSSIBLE EMER- GENCY HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN WASHINGTON, COL. FRANK KNOX, SECRETARY OF NAVY, REVEALING YESTERDAY THAT, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS ALLOTTED $50,000,000 FOR THE IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF EIGHT NAVAL AND AIR BASES ACQUIRED FROM BRI- TAIN.
Col, Knox also announced that notice had been given to 32,000 naval and marine reserves to stand by for a call to active duty at any moment;
Members of the Naval Reserve in New York and New Jersey have been mobilised for duty on destroyers operating in the vicin- ity of the Panama Canal;
A new naval district will be created embracing bases in the British Isles
A new naval air station will be constructed at Tongue Point, One-
gon;
Units of the Atlantic Patrol squadrop will conduct manoeuvres · next week off Culebra with special emphasis on Marine Corps operations, including landing ex- ércises-International News Ser-
vice.
FURTHER
and this second attack has greatly increased the ARRESTS IN
damage. Many fires were started among factory
buildings and many high explosive bombs dropped FRAUD CASE
.
Fires were started near the Ho
When the last of the British bombers had left a huge fire henzollern Bridge and a number Further arrests were made by could be seen.
of explosions followed. Many the Police yesterday in connection át- badly damaged the main strength bombs were
Though the Turin arsenal was high explosive and incendiary with the case alleging an
dropped on other tempt to defraud the Majestic of the R.A.F. attack was on an targets.
Dance Hall and the Ching. Em- armament factory and other tar- ¦ Two bursts were seen gets in Cologne.
on an porium Ballroom with forged armament factory and the result- dancing tickets. ing fire was still visible to pilots when 50 miles nearer home.
Rallways in Berlin, shipping and docks at-Rotterdam, Flush- ing, Antwerp, Calais and Boulogne, and the naval base.at Lorient, as well as oll dumps at ́Ghent, were attacked,
Enemy aerodromes in occupied territory were bombed and ship- Inping off the Dutch coast harried. Five British planes, says an air Ministry communique,” fail-'
As a test of the increase output 13 works in the Midlands were examined and showed that Senator George added he sym- bonus earnings had increased pathised with the Administration's' (which was a good indication) policy of giving aid to Britain and · from 25 to 77 per cent, expressed the opinion that the ex-
New factories were now going tent of such aid should be des into production and steps termined by technical experts and being taken to expand the call any moves to extend financial as- for personnel to people who had sistance should be preceded by an never been in industry before. investigation of British resources. Reuter. -Reuter.
SPIRIT OF NELSON KEPT ALIVE
were
SOVIET AND BULGARIA
The interview between The Swedish
King Boris of Bulgaria paper "Goeteborg Handelstid- and M. Sobolov, leader of ning" says experience has the Soviet delegation to shown that the British the Danube Conference Fleet has kept alive the was noted without com- spirit of Nelson's Day.
ment in the Soviet press yesterday.
- od to return from all these
operations,
Large Explosions
Three men were charged' be- fore Mr. G. T. Lowry this morn- ing, with conspiracy to cheat Mr. Charles Gray, of the Majestic and China Emporium Ballrooms. Extensive harbours on both The new accused were Ho sides of the Rhine with many Cheung, 22, Fung Fat, 27, and Three other acres of covered storage and well. Fung Sang, 22, over thirty warehouses were Chinese and a woman are already heavily raided.
in custody.
Mr. D. McCallum is appearing for Eung Sang.
Twelve large, explosions were seen on these targets and there were two bursts on the goods Yesterday British 'planes suc- yards which serve the more im- cassfully attacked an enemy sup-portant of these river harbours. ply, ship off the Frisian Islands,
At Rotterdam a chain of explo=" leaving it sinking.
Further reports of yesterday's operations by Coastal Command- aircraft show that a second energy ship, a tanker, was successfully attacked of the Frisian Islands, fays an Air Ministry communique.
Torpedo Attack
Another Coastal Command Beaufort from the same squa- dron destroyed a 7,600-ton Ger- man tanker, also by torpedo at- tack, a.faw - hous fator off the Frisian islands...
Defendants were remanded. Det. Sergeant Cullinan is charge of the case.
sions was seen over the decks CORRESPONDENCE and afterwards there was :a', “co-f lossal fire" which pilots judged to be a mile by a quarter mile..._in] area. British Wireless
OCTOBER IMPORTS
THOSE OTHER EMAILS
in
Sir-In a rccent issue you gave
a list of mails duly received from the UK.
BRITISH IMPORTS IN OCTOeral could not supply a list
suppose the Postmaster Geri- of BER, WITH A TOTAL OF 285 mails that have left the UK, and The tanker was accompanied by 000,000, SHOWED AN INCREASE have not arrived? Tlak (anti-aircraft) ship. The FIGURES FOR OCTOBER, 1935, If he could those who have had Beaufort dived to within a few letters lost in transit would have feet of the sea and its torpedo AN INCREASE OF £4, come information of extreme value
600,000 OVER SEPTEMBER, to them. 1940 pa
struck the tanker.
The tanker. Immediately burst into dames and was sinking fast stern first when the aircraft away, Reuter.
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Exports totalled £23,000,000,
being a decrease of £7,750,000 on
September and of £1,000,000 com- pared with October last year.
The fall in the exports: figure: was due to a considerable extent | to a change in customs procedure.
Reuter,
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND
IN A SHOP ?
Yours faithfully,
M.
REQUESTS THAT
SON BE GAOLED
Appearing to prosecute her son, Chiu Yau, a woman of 60, xe quested the Magistrate to, put him in gaol, to teach him a lesson.
Mr. E. Himsworth, before whom the woman's son, Leung Wun, 38,
Raids On Cologne The brilliant feat of the Jervis
Further details of the Cologne Bay is not the only exploit · of j The return of the Bulgarian and Rotterdam raids are given by England's Ficet in this war.
Minister to Germany, M. Dragono- the Air Ministry news service. |fl, to Solla was mentioned with a Cologne was attacked early in At overy „given -opportunity remoric, attributed to well-in-the evening. A second ·rald fol- the Flest has gone to the attack.formed quarters, that he was not lowed in the early hours of the The enemy's numbere have bearing á protocol to the Axis-morning and lasted from shortly nover been reckoned out he- Japan Pact.
before five until just before dawn. forehand and the prospects of
"Armament works, electric An unfinished fur coat, valued was charged with stealing three cucosso never walghed.
For the second successive day, power plants, goods yarde, rail at $400, mysteriously disappear- rolls of cloth, sentenced him to "Pravda" refers to cultural rela- way stations and docks and ed from the show-window of a two months' hard labour. The British have, with the 'tions between Russia and Bul❤ warehouses on both sides of the shop at No, 200, Des Voeux RoadHe stole the cloth during his strength of undiamayad courage, garla and quotes “as an example Rhine woro targets for our Central, yesterday afternoon. The mother's absence from the house grappled with every hostile naval the successful production of So- bombora..⠀⠀ At both times the loss was not discovered until em- yesterday and pawned it. unit they hrppened to And- viet plays.. In Sofia and› Burgus."; weather, was good and the sky ployees wore closing the shop. Accused was arrested and the
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The police are Investigating.⠀ cloth was recovered...
clear.