THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1941.
BRITAIN'S GREATEST NEEDS
Willkie's Evidence On Aid Britain Legislation
Destroyers First: Calls For All Out Assistance
"BRITAIN REQUIRES BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM ASSISTANCE AND THE ONLY WAY THE UNITED STATES COULD HELP BRITAIN QUICKLY WAS TO ENACT THE AID TO BRITAIN BILL WITH MODIFICATION", DECLARED MR. WENDELL WILLKIE, GIVING EVIDENCE YESTERDAY BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.
JOINT DEFENCE OF CANADA AND UNITED STATES
Complete plans now exist for the joint de- fence of the United States and Canada.
This was told to the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate by Mayor La Guardia, Chairman of the American" mem- bers of the United States - Canada De- fence Board-Reuter.
CURRENCY BATTLE
In the House of Commons yes-- terday, Mr. Wardlaw Milne in- vited a statement on the implica- tions to trade of the four con-
As an example of immediate aid, Mr. Willkie said that the United States should provide Britain with from five to ten destroy- ers monthly.
"We should be able to do this directly and swift- ly, rather than through the rigmarole of dubious; legalistic interpretations.
The Commander-in-Chief of the South African Forces, Gen- eral J. G. Smuts, recently watched a demonstration at an engin- eer's camp in the Transvaal. He saw the rapid launching of a small box girder bridge and inspected the largest mechani- cal transport suepension bridge ever built by the South African Engineering Corps while in training. This photograph shows (left to right) The Prime Minister, General J. C. Smuts, Captain E. T. Dobson, O.C. of the Engineers, and Lleut, -General Sir Pierre van Ryneveld, Chlef of General Staff. (Copyright, Fox).
"Incidentally, if we are to make more des- INDIA
troyers available to Britain we should re-con-
dition them in this country in our own yards." AFTER
now
Mr. Willkie advocated that the, would be fighting alone in the proposed and should be limited to same war which Britain is The British Commonwealth, China and Greece.
He gave it as his belief that the policy of isolation. would even- tually destroy civil liberties in the United States and cause an nomic upheaval.
Britain,
added Mr. Willkie, would require
some time, even with American planes, to obtain superiority in the air.
Not Enough
fighting.
Mr. Wilkie declared:
"For
her Northern parts can be kept be kept
THE WAR
Italian General Dies
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
what it may be worth, my be- "The Statesman," Cal- lief is that Germany cannot cutta, says that behind| successfully Invade Britain,
India's expanding war ef- fort, preparations are pro- "I feel confident that Britain ceeding quietly to adjust
Indian life to the post-war Italian of
world order.
open, supply lines can moving.
will survive the shock
-
the
Spring and Summer campaigns.
"That is also the belief in high quarters in Britain and if Britain can stand through the Summer, the tide will turn.
Foundations are being laid for
(With the British Armics in Africa)
General Berganzoli, the second-in-com- mand, who was captured
Mr. Wilkie, continuing his tes-
powerful future Industrial India. of Benghazi, paid un- There is no tendency to accum-reserved tribute to the timony, said that in spite of the
ulate problems likely to become fifty destroyers already handed "Reinforced by our gigantic re-acute in the post-war industrial skilful handling of the over, Britain still needed more. sources, Britain may be able to expansion.
"Merchant ships are making achieve that effectiveness
British forces in summing India's coming ten-year cen- the crossing of the Atlantic the democratic peoples have tem- sus has not yet been without nearly enough protec-porarily lost,"
examined, up the battle of Benghazi. ewing to preparations of post-war tion. in some cases thirty or
Berganzoli told corres- reforms. forty ships may be protected by only a couple of said Mr. Willkie,
destroyers,"
Mr. Willkie referred to uid to flirting currencies in Shanghai Britain as meaning, "not to work and the Yangise basin.
for Britain, but to work with Bri- Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secre-tain, to defend the area of free- tary for Foreign Affairs, replied dom. If Britain prevails, the en- that it was too early to forecast slaved democracies will survive." the effect which the Nanking He added that Britain's long- will term requirements, such as 'planes have on trade hut that every at-and munitions, were already large- tempt to
Chinese supplant the
ly on order in the United States. National currency in China can- not but do further harm to the interests of all countries concern- ed in trading with China.-Reu-
Reserve
ter
Bank bank-notes
JAPANESE 'PLANES OVER BORDER?
America's Effort
"We are building them as fast as we can, but it will be many, many months before our efforts begin to show significant results. Our aeroplane programme, for in- stance, will not begin to give Bri- tain supremacy until 1942.
"Britain's greatest hazard is the destruction of her shipping."
Telling of what he had seen during his visit to Britain, Mr Willkle referred to "the piteous
and heart-rending" destruction of the northern industrial towns. The damage to productive faci- lities was, however, small.
If the United States isolates her-
Time Limit
which
are
Bri- through the British bar-
Some measures for solving in-pondents that he had re- dustrial and labour problems are ceived orders to smaslı "Britain may go down if Unit-ready while other measures ed States' aid is ineffective!" under close examination, declared Mr. Wendell who approved of a time limit on
Willkie, tish Wireless. the presidential powers imposed by the House of Representatives'
amendment.
Mr.
All modifications. in Willkie's opinion, should seek to limit the granting of any unnecessary authority by the
Bill.
INDIAN TROOPS
Mr. Willkie added impressively: IN THE VAN
"I've wanted to see Americans stand united before all the world as a friend of all who fought for. democracy; a deposer of all ng- gressors and despoilers of democratic way."
The Indian Govern- the ment states that Indian in a van of
For unity's sake, Mr. Wilkie troops are urged even opponents of the operations in Italian East
BI to approve of it.
This, with the approval of the millions of Americans they re- presented, would give the nation "the strength of a united people a strength greater than that of armaments and battleships."
Britain's Greatest Needs
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Africa.
rier at all costs.
counter-
He made two violent attacks which failed to shake the British
cordon and he finally his reached the position where ammunition was running so low that it could last only for a few hours.
General Berganzoll admitted that the fall of Benghazi had seated the fato of Marshal Graziani.
He revealed that the town was surrendered to one British officer by the Mayor of Benghazi,
General Dies
Cairo It was also revealed in Despatches report that sappers yesterday that an Italian Army and miners are doing exception-commander, wounded in the heavy ally fine work near Keru.
fighting to the south of Benghazi, Undaunted by the commanding has succumbed to his wounds. positions of the Italians, Indian
six General Berganzoli and infantry sealed heights with dis-other generals are now in Cairo.→→ tions at the point of the bayonet, concerting speed and took posi- International News Service capturing 700 prisoners.
Two Japanese aircraft are al- leged to have flown over British territory near the New Territor- ies border yesterday morning.
One of the machines appeared to be out of order. Both 'planes came from the north-east. and self, he said, Britain may have flew west of Shumchun, presum- the greatest difficulty in surviv- the opinion, in reply to a question, Mr. Wendell Willkie expressed ably to land at the recently com- ing.
that, if England fell to-morrow patrols of Indian mechanised pleted landing field between Nam- tau and Shumchun.
No man can say this time and Germany got the Royal Navy, cavalry were considerably suc- whether or not Britain can win the United States would be in the cessful in their dash and vigour, the war without aesistance in war in a month or two,
greatly assisting the speed of ad- Bri- supplies, ships and armaments, Mr. Willkle quoted Mr. Win-vance of the rear troops. but we do know that if she-laston Churchill as saying that British Wireless.
CHAMBER SEEKS FIXING OF PRICES
defeated the totalitarian powers will control the world.
They will control not only At a meeting of the Chinese Europe, but probably most of General Chamber of Commerce | Afriça, They may also control the last night, it was decided to re-Atlantic Ocean. Germany would quest Government, through the then probably drive either econo- offices of the Chinese members of mically
or militarily towards the Legislative Council, to fix the Latin-America. price of firewood possible.
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tain's greatest needs were destroy- ers, big bombers and merchant- men-Reuter.
Hearings Over
Advance guard and offensive
FORESTRY SUBSIDIES
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA, MAIL") -The hearings before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate The Exécutive Yuan in Chung, on the Lend-and-Lease Bill ter-king, yesterday approved the ap minated with the evidence of Mr.propriation, of $1,000,000 recom- Wendell Wilkie International mended by the Ministry of Agri- culture and Forestry as subsidies News Service.
to different provinces for the pro- A petition submitted jointly by
WOMAN'S FALL
Gathering up pieces of dry, tree branches and twigs on a hillside in Ship Street, near Kennedy Road, at 1 p.m. to-day, a 45-year- old Chinese woman last her foot- ing and rolled 30 feet down into a' nullah.
She suffered a serious wound in the head and has been sent to the Queen Mary Hospital.
MISSING CAR -FOUND-
Mr. L. R. Andrewas,, Regist
U.S. Prospect Perhaps Japan would also drive The Cottage: Club will hold its Southwards to the Bast Indies, next.... paper-hunt- on Saturday: Then the United States and A quantity of phosphorus, valu-motion of agriculture and forestry of Supreme Court, has Details with regard to time and Canada would be surrounded by ed at $300, was stolen from the the Natiount Reiler Commission that his car. No. 472. place will be announced later and totalitarian powers.
Hong Kong Match: Factory. No. Fred the Chunking Air Defence Monday, was found Club ponies will be drawn for, They would so cripple, hinder 85, Kwel Chow Street, between
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