THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1941.
NEW CAMPAIGN OF AID TO BRITAIN
A NATIONWIDE APPEAL TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO TAKE STEPS NECESSARY TO ENSURE BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLIES IS BEING ORGANISED IN NEW YORK.
FRICTION ON A
MACAO BOAT
AN OFFICER OF THE S.S. KAU TUNG AND AN ASSISTANT IMMIGRATION OFFICER ARS ΤΟ HAVE COME TO BLOWS ON THE VESSEL YESTERDAY.
A letter to President Roosevelt, already signed by over 100 prominent Americans, after declaring that the American people ALLEGED overwhelmingly agree with the President's statement that America must become the ar- senal of Democracy, proceeds to say:
"The gallant garrisons of De-
may
more need
тактасу arms; they may need food.
than
"Hitler boasts that submarine sinkings to date are only a fore- taste of what is to conte soon.
THEFT OF SPARE WHEEL
Hui th.
Chan Ping-fan, of No. 2. Street, has reported fling theft of a spare wheel and tver. valued at $70. from his car No 74, which was parked outside his house threaten
between midnight and 7
"Men, no matter how brave, in order to fight victoriously on land and sea and in the air must know that starvation cannot
the homes they are defending
"It is within our power to see that such a threat does not ma- terialise."
The letter says that the Co- quered peoples, "whose food 15 being stolen from them to feed the German armies of occupation, can be helped only by being freed From the yoke of the oppressor, but Americans car see to it thal their only hope of liberation is not destroyed as it would be if the British Isles should be reduced through starvation,
The signatories ask the Prest- dent to "take such steps as my be necessary to make us not only the arsenal but the larder of De- mocracy.'-Reuter.
Eve of Debate
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
On the eve of the Senate debate to the Lease and Lend Bill the the Vice-President, Mr. Henry Wallace, revealed the receipt of a-petition signed by 150 leading educators, actors. writers and churchmen appealing to President Roosevelt to make the United States "not only the arsenal but the larder of Democracy" by rush- ing food to Britain,
Mr. Wallace's publication of the petition indicate. Administration
Sympathy
comments.
Service.
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made though he
no
International News
am. yesterday
The immigration official had to be sent to the Queen Mary Hospi- tal for treatment but was not dis- *ained.
It is understood that the in- cident occurred in the course of examinat on of the ship's pas- sengers by immigration officials.
SILK STOLEN
Two bales of raw silk, valued at $100, were stolen from a lorry
No. 120. outside
Con- parked
Road West. between 2 naught pam and 3. p.n. yesterday.
SEE AND TRY THE