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"WAKE UP AND LIVE"
"
After appealing to Canadians to assist in keeping open the north-
approaches western
to Britain. Lord Beaverbrook said the price of invasion might be heavy and it was not expected that payment in full for such
adventure would be made on this side of the Channel.
ת!}
No matter what happened never need Anglo-Saxons hang their heads In shanfe when they were told the story of Britain's battle for freedom.
Canadians would say for count less generations that they descended from English stock that were
fought so valiantly.
PRIMATE
URGES NO REPRISALS
The Archbishop of Can- terbury declared recently for the that reprisals
ians would drag down the bombing of British civil-
RUSSIA
DENIES ANY PART IN PACT
The official Toss Agency in Moscow is authorised to deny that Russia had any- thing to do with the signing of the Turco- Bulgarian pact, as re- ported by G Swiss newspaper, says Reuter cable from Moscow this morning.
It was a glory to be allowed to level of our cause and "ir- CHESS
march in the great crusade for retrievably stain" freedom under the leadership af honour of
Mr. Churchill.--Reuter,
Then And Now
ment.
the
the Govern- ACROSS
Presiding at the Canterbury diocesan conference, he said that indignation aroused by the callous
The contribution which Canada could make to the Imperial war bombing of civilians was already effort during the coming months demanding reprisals.
of
ATLANTIC
a
Two doctors, one in Not- trial was outlined by Lord It was doubtless a very natural tingham and the other in Beaverbrook, who began by sum-instinct. It could be defended by the U.S.A., have been marising what Britain had so far many plausible arguments achieved.
But, in truth, it would drag playing a game of chess "When the Churchill Govern-down the level of our cause. It
by post for four years. ment came to power," he said, was one thing to accept, as we
From the start Dr. H. F. Weber, "the people of Britain feared the must, that in the legitimate pur- effects of air raids. Now they defy suit of military objectives some a Professor of Philosophy at one civilians were bound to suffer. ¡ of the American universities, has been in difficulties against Dr. W. Bombed From Palace B. Blandy, of Nottingham.
them.
"Then they threw up temporary and trivial defences against in- vasion. Now they look from long and powerful battlements fortified with steel and cement.
Dr. Blandy can now mate in two The Archbishop said that re- cently some 200 of the poorest moves, but the American refuses "Then they lost all the equip-folk of Lambeth had taken shet-to resign. ment of their army in the dis-ter in the old crypt below the aster of the French battle. Now chapel at Lanibeth Palace. they have a great store of arms "I only wish," he said, "that of every description,
Hitler and Goering could sec in
"Then they had no military the astonishing patience, good
success on land to sustain the humour and even cheerfulness of spirit of the nation. Now they these people the futility of their can rejoice in a brilliant series of aims." victories."
Canada's Part
His own sympathy with the thousands who had lost their homes was the more real because he had been bombed out of his Dealing with the part Canada own home at Lambeth, although could play Lord Beaverbrook the historic parts of it had so far stressed Britain's danger in the been spared. north-western approaches.
"There is no doubt," he said, "that the enemy intends to attack us in our ocean pathways. We shall be subjected to constant raids on our shipping.
"There will be ceaseless at. tacks under and over the seas.
MOLOTOV SPEECH
TO-MORROW
"Three weeks per move was about the average In peace *But time," Dr. Blandy said. since the outbreak of war it has been more like eix ог seven weeks.
"Latterly all our letters have been censored, and on one ocasion Dr. Weber wondered if a move B-KR3' would be passed. He thought the censor might possibly King's road into it, 'Bomb on Road.'"
Dr. Blandy has just made his forty-fifth move and his opponent is in check.
FIRE AT RUSSIAN CLUB
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] The Soviet Commissar of For- The battle will be long and eign Affairs, M. Molotov, is ex- bloody. The toll of tonnage will pected to deliver a speech in Mos- be heavy too. And it is here cow to the Soviet Congress to- The fire brigade was summoned that Canada can bring relief tomorrow (Tuesday) to defne the to the Russian Club at No. 1, Car
the beleaguered citadel.
Soviet attitude towards Japan's narvon Road at 4.40 aan. yester "You look to the route overtures
the for a non-aggression day, to extinguish a fire in directly from the river and har-pact and the situation in Bulgaria. sitting room. Damage was caused bours of Canada through the International News Agency. to furniture. northern passages. You look down that pathway to the harbours of Britain,
"Your Charge"
"And you can make good the north-west approaches. That can be your charge.
"Help, then, to supply cargoes. Help to send food and weapons of war. Help to furnish crews..
"Devate your labours to pro- (viding 'the' armour of battle. Gather together every kind of transport by sea which will an- able us to continue the defence of this. Island.
"Seek the whole world över för ships. Make our sea-paths 'safe during the Battle of Brituan." British Wireless
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