MR.CHURCHILL THANKS AMERICA
“Generous And Far-Seeing Statesmanship"
Outburst
Commons'
Of Applause
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS VENTED THE LOUD- EST CHEERING FOR A LONG TIME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL MADE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON THE PASSAGE OF THE AMERICAN LEASE AND LEND BILL. EVERY SENTENCE PROVOKED A NEW AND LOUDER OUTBURST.
"I am sure," said the Premier, "that the House would wish me to express our deep and respectful appreciation of this moment of generous and for-seeing statesmanship.
MR. MACDONALD INSPECTS AIRMEN
Pilots and airten serving in Britum with a Royal Canadian
"The most powerful Democracy has, in effect, declared in a solemn statute that they]. will devote their overwhelming industrial and Air Force squadron of the Army financial strength to assuring the defeat of Cooperation Command were in- Nazism in order that nations, great and appointed High Commissioner to small, may live in security, tolerance and freedom.
Churchill spoke Reuter,
specter yesterday by the newly
Canada
Mr. Macdonald said his visit would enable him to give people
Bri-
in Canada an impression of their "The Government and people nibson who are in Britain onight and work in Britain and of of the United States have writ matters connected with aviation, the great part they are playing ten a }} {:}};
Magna Carta which happened to be in the House when in the common struggle. not only has regard to the rights; Mr
tish Wireless Service. and laws on which a healthy and, advancing civilisation can alone' be reached, but also proclaims by precept and example that it เ the duty of free men and nations everywhere to share the respon- Mbility and the burden of forcing them.
Govern
"On behalf of the ment and the nation and
in
the name of all freedom-lov Ing peoples. I offer the United States our gratitude for her inspiring act of faith."
When the Commons ang
pari
trully whole-heartedly bebitd
any Government statement they
try to emphaste
tions.
Roosevelt's Message To Congress
by the fact
Broadcast Suggested
"I STRONGLY URGE THE IMMEDIATE asking no supplementary qu-ENACTMENT OF THIS APPROPRIATION,"
DECLARED PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN A LETTER ADDRESSED TO MR. RAYBURN, ilence there were cries of dis- SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- sent when the Taberal National, Mr. Granville Host, put a ques-TIVES, TRANSMITTING DETAILED ESTIM- underline the country's gratitude ATES FOR $7,000,000,000 FOR AIDING BRI-
tion proved to be designed
to the United States,
He asked whether "in VIEW of the great importance of this
statement, the Premier will con- States in similar terms and on
sider સ broadcast to the United
a wavelength which could be heard by the British peuple."
Mr. Churchill replied: "I must! choose the exact moment." By a coincidence, six members of the United States military
EXPANSION OF N.Z. FORCES
TAIN AND THE ALLIES.
The budget director splits the appropria- tion into several categories, of which by far the largest is $2,000,000,000 for aircraft and aeronautical material.
In addition to other large sunis meeting yesterday afternoon of for various armaments, the ap- | Government witnesses who will propriation includes $620.000.000 testify before the Committee. for vessels, boats and other water- Mr. Rayburn declared: "We craft and equipage supplies and shall put everything else aside."
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spaces.
Another item is $200,000,000 for testing, Inspecting and ro. pairing defence articles for the government of апу country whose defence the President deems vital to the defence of the United States.
This presumably would be used partly for repairing British war- ships at American bases.
Adequate Arsenal.
Striking phrases in President Roosevelt's fetter to Mr. Rayburn
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OFFICIAL AGENT ARRIVES IN LISBON
MR. AVERILL HARRIMAN ARRIVED BY AIR IN LISBON YESTERDAY ON THE WAY TO LONDON, WHERE HE WILL RE- PRESENT PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT IN CO-ORDINATING THE
DELIVERY OF WAR MATER- IALS TO BRITAIN UNDER THE LEASE AND LEND BILL.
With him, also on the way to England, was Mr. Anthony Drexel Biddle; U.S. Ambassador to the oxiled Governments of Poland, Belgiumi, Norway and Holland,
Another arrivál from Egypt is Mr. Fish, new U.S. Minister Portugal. — Reuter.
The rapid expansion of the New Zealand forces to resist every possible at- tack, was stressed by Sir
· Cyril · · Newall, the new Governor-General, at the ran:- opening of the Dominion
"Our country is determined to Parliament in Wellington ao its part in creating an ade
quste arsenzi yesterday,
for Democracy, This great arsenal will be here in. Every possible step, he said, this country. It will be the bul- to was, being taken to meet any wark of our own defence, it will emergency and with the increas- be a source of tools of defence for ing demand for manpower, the all Democracies who are fighting Government may have to arrange, to preserve themselves against n still further diversion of labour aggression." from non-essential to industries.
essential
MR. EDEN VISITS. EGYPTIAN PREMIER
Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, visited the Egyptian Foreign Ministry yesterday and The Appropriations Bill will had an hour's talk with Hussein probably be ready for debate on Siry Pasha, the Prime Minister Monday and Tuesday. The and Minister for Foreign Affairs. House. Appropriations. Commit.
Plans are being formulated, to The Prime Minister, Mr. Peter | rush the President's request Fraser, said that the safe convoy- through Congress. ing of Australian and New Zea- lund troops from England to the Middle East hos strengthened thefr-faith in the efficiency and Hea power of the British Navy.-- Reuter.
tee will begin hearings to-day. Mr. Eden also visited President Roosevelt called a Mohammed All. — Reuter,
Prince
HITLER TURNS UP AT LINZ
Hitler unexpectedly
arrived at Linz, in Austria, last night to participate in the
celebrations comme- morating the "libero- tion of Ostmark three years ago," says a Linz despatch to the German news agency. ---Reuter.
RELEASE OF MANY
DETAINEES
Altogether 129 persons who had been detained under the Defence Re- gulations
were released
during January.
NAZIS TAKE NO SHOCK ATTITUDE
"We expected it and the German leaders had made allowance for it in their plans."
This appears to be the line taken by all the Nazi papers to- wards the passing of the Lease and Lend Bill.
THEY ASSURE THEIR READ- ERS THAT THE MEASURE CANNOT AVERT BRITAIN'S FINAL DEFEAT.
In
A semi-official statement Berlin declares it has not come a surprise to the tripartite powers.
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It adds that final approval of the Bill has merely legalised ex- isting practice. The Wilhelm- strasse declares the Act can only it. prolong the war, not shorten -Reuter,
detained, all of whom ware Gritish subjects, although eight were of enemy origin.
ان
During the whole period operation of the Regulation up to
This is revealed in figures | January 31 the Home Secretary published in a Home Office report had given 1,026 decisions in cases to Parliament dealing with parti- reviewed by advisory committees culars of the detention and re- to which detained persons may lease of persons detained under appeal against detention, Regulation 188.
Of these decisions 950 accord- On January 21 there wered with the recommendation of 377 persons in detention. Dur the committee. British Wire- ing that month 18 persons were
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