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FR 13, 1940.
LEADING BANKER
URGES FINANCIAL AID
TO
BRITAIN
DUTCH WARSHIP'S
THE MOVEMENT IN THE United States in fa- CAPTURE
vour of granting financial aid to Britain received powerful and unexpected support yesterday from The British Admiralty Mr. Winthrop Aldrich, one of America's leading yesterday paid a tribute to bankers.
the work of the Nether- Besides being Chairman of the Chase National tercepted the German lands warship which in- Bank, Mr. Aldrich is a well-known lawyer.
WIFE GENERAL
HERTZOG
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Speaking at the Boston Cham ber of Commerce he urged that unds should be made available "promptly and generously" before Britain's financial-sands had rum dangerously low..
cargo-steamer Rhein in the Atlantic off Cuba:
tons; left: Tampico, Mexico, about The Rhein, a vessel of 6,000 12 days ago. The crew set fire to the ship and then tried to scut÷ tle her.
"This was frustrated by prompt
He added such funds could be and gallant action by a boarding furnished either by a Federal, party, guarantee of British credit or a loan from the United Treasury, or by an ∙Grant in ald.
This incident, says the Admir-. Statesalty, illustrates the wide-spread outrightpand" effective cooperation, being rendered the Royal Navy by the ter. Royal Netherlands Navy. Reu-
our
· Mr. Aldrich denied, that the Johnson and Neutrality Acts pre- General Hertzog, for-vented such action, declaring that mer Prime Minister and Government from giving financial
neither of them "prohibits later Leader of the Oppo-aid to Great Britain." sition in the South Afri- can Parliament against General Smuts, has re- signed his membership of Parliament.
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Full Strength
THE PRINCE BERNHARD FUND
Recalling thaf both American FUND HAS RAISED. THE THE “PRINCE BERNHARD favour of extending aid, Mr. Al-BERS FOR THE ROYAL political parties had decided in MONEY FOR TWO MORE BOM- drich said: "If that pledge means NETHERLANDS NAVY. anything it means that our full in- This fund now fotals £810,000, shall be thrown into the scales on to the Ministry of Aircraft. Pro- dustrial and financial strength of which £746,000 has been given the side of England."-Reuter. an-
duction. Reuter,
The resignation of Mr. Havenga, former Finance Minister under General Hertzog, was also nounced in Johannesburg yester- day.
These developments follow General Hertzog'a resignation from the leadership
of the Reunited Nationalist Party, which was the official opposi- tion.
News of the resignation appear- ed in a letter from General Hert- zog and Mr.:Havenga published in the ex-Premier's own news- páper "Di Vaderland.”—Reuter.
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In order to make up time on fore: Mr. G. T. Lowry this morn the homeward trip, the "Caling with stealing fixtures from
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*Her Majesty the Queen yesterday thanked the Colonial Empire for 35 mobile canteens for the use of air-raid victims.
After inspecting them in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty said that ever since. he beginning of the war the Colonial Empire has been un- sparing in its support of the Mother Country.
But it was not only the material help they gave so much as the thought that these widespread
peoples shared Britain's, ideals and
felt for her people in the suffer-
Ing which the struggle brings to
the people of this island,
She said she would ask Lard Lloyd, to express their grateful. thanks for this most valuable and welcome gift, Reuter
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COMMENCING. SUNDAY I
BISHOP MANNING TO THE YEAR'S WILDEST, WITTIEST WHIRLWIND
LEAD SERVICE FOR GREEK VICTORY
fornia Clipper" will arrive Hons and with a breach of the Deporta
No Jute streets om Fl Kong- to-morrow morning, De Jan Ordinance. cember 14, ut approximately 10:30
am., departing agat for Manila that the occupier was disturbes AND OF THANKS FOR THEIR Pet Sergeant W. Summers said- THE VICTORY OF THE GREEKS A SPECIAL SERVICE FOR at: 1200 noon. The Hong Kong by the electric lights suddenly, go- DELIVERANCE FROM THE General Post Office advises thang out. He went downstairs and ITALIANS WILL BE LED BY registered malls will close at the defendant with a large BISHOP MANNING, OF THE General Post Office at 8:00 am. quantity of electric wire. He PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL to-morrow morning, while regularrrted to run, but was appre- malls will close at 8.30 am. The hended by Chinese Sub-Inspector "California Clipper" is scheduled Wong, wh to arrive in San Francisco on DC- Deliber÷21
Defendant was sentenced to five wonths' hard-lakaur....
CHURCH IN HIS CATHEDRAL IN NEW YORK NEXT SUNDAY.
British churches will observe: It:) as a day of in'ercession for the Greeks, Router,
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