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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1941.
NORWAY'S EFFORT IN COMMON CAUSE
DETAILS OF NORWAY'S WAR effort in
the common fight against Nazi aggression PETAIN
were given by Dr .Trygve Lie, the Norwegian Minister, at a luncheon given in honour of Mr. A. D. Biddle, United States envoy to the
AND
exiled governments of Norway, Poland, Hol- BRITAIN
land and Belgium, in London yesterday.
Dr. Lie said: "Immediately after the Nazi invasion a military mission was established in London to enrol Norwegians for military training.
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Norwegians, "Besides resident there were several thousands of Norwegian whalemen and over 25,000 Norwegiah seamen in the merchant fleet. Nurnerous soldiers in several warships reached Eng- land and the total manpower was therefore quite appreciable,
"Volunteers continued to enro
CHINESE SAPPERS
ON PARADE
"A detachment from a Scottish camp participated in the Anglo- Norwegian Lofoten expedition.
"Another Norwegian detach- BROOKE-POPHAM, COMMAN
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Marshal Petain, in а
special appeal for nation- Lyons radio, said: "It is a al unity yesterday from
matter of honour for us to do nothing against our former ally.
"The necessary provisioning of the country imposes a sacred duty on us.
Admiral Darian has my fullest confidence,
U.S. WHEAT
FOR EIRE
"The Government has no other cause to defend but that of., France, and there is no other manner of being faithful to from all parts of the world. ONE HUNDRED AND SIX-France but by standing by its Norwegian troops who have TEEN CHINESE SAPPERS, UN- Government." Reuter. been trained in Scotland will
DER LIEUTENANT C. E. participate in the war whenever OTWAY, OF THE ROYAL EN- required.
GINEERS, PARADED SMARTLY ON THE MURRAY PARADE GROUND THIS MORNING FOR INSPECTION BY AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ROBERT
DER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BRI THIRTY THOUSAND TONS TISH FORCES IN THE FAR OF WHEAT FROM THE UNIT- EAST.
HAVE STATES
BEEN Accompanied by Major-General BOUGHT BY THE EIREANN place A. E. Grasett, G.0.C, and mem- GOVERNMENT, SAID THE EIRE MINISTER, MR. the General Staff, the DEFENCE coumbers of
Commander-in-Chief first inspect- FRANK AITKEN, WHO IS NOW ed the sappers and later took the IN WASHINGTON, YESTER- salute at the "March. Past."
DAY. Congratulating the Sappers on With the Eire Minister to their drill performance and the United States, Mr. Brennan, "March Past," the Commander- Aitken yesterday visited Presi→ have in-Chief said that he was very dent Roosevelt.
In a subsequent interview Mr.
was established last Au- in feeland, where they are defending side by side with their Brush and Canadian allies. the Atlantic outpost which might be used as 2 jumping off against other democratic tries.
Norwegian Navy
"Norwegian naval forces
ED
the
Mr.
heen considerably strengthened glad to inspect the men, and Norwegian warships Hying It was very interesting to note, Altken said Eire desired to buy the national flag under Norwegian | he said, that yesterday was the American products. including command have been placed underl nfth anniversary of the first en-wheat. The supply of arms operational command of the Bri- listment of Chinese sappers into Eire is stated also to have been tish Admiralty.
the Army.
over
four
"The Norwegian Navy so far have taken American destroyers. A large number of Norwegian armed whaling vessels are now engag ed in patrolling and convoying."
The Minister finally referred to the Norwegian merchant fleet amounting to nearly 5,000,000 tons salling in the Allied service, earn- ing profits sufficient to pay the Norwegian naval and tary effort, besides governments] and debt expenses.
American Policy
for
mili-
discussed. Reuter,
NEUTRAL VIEW
OF EVENTS
A SUGGESTION THAT the German of- fensive in the Balkans is ultimately aimed at the Suez Canal, was made by the "Stockholm
Mr. Biddle declared: "My mis-Tidningen” yesterday.
sion is a token of United States' appreciation of Norway's war effort. America's policy towards '
The newspaper's military correspondent the Allied nations could not have Says that although the Germans were fully been more clearly stated than it prepared for an attack on Greece they had probably not completed preparations for an
has been by President Roosevelt,"
Mr. Biddle described his visit attack on Yugoslavia.
to the so-called little Norway in Toronto, where Norwegian air- men expressed their serious de- They are thus likely to seek to termination to fight until their prevent the massing of troops by country's freedom has been se-Yugoslavia by violent air opera-
cared.
In conversation
with Reuter.
Mr. Biddle said he was travelling to Scotland over Easter where he proposed to visit Norwegian and Polish forces.-Reuter.
HOME-MADE TIN HAT BEAT
3 INCENDIARIES
Initiative of a temporary porter, who put out three incendiary
own
tions while completing their troop concentrations.
The military correspondent of the "Dagens Nyheter" believes the German offensive was Has. tened by uncertainty about Tur- key's attitude and the British || landings m Graace.
ONE IN 130 HAD
A MASK
to
Excluding Servicemen, only one The correspondent expects the person in every 130 was carrying. Germans will first exert all efforts a gas-mask when I made a count to prevent the British, Greek and on a West Coast sea front, writes a Yugoslav forces from joining up correspondent. while engaging the Yugoslavs to prevent them attacking the Ita- lians in Albania.-Reuter, ·
"BUILD FOR 30 YEARS ONLY!!
T
Here are some of the excuses I was given:
"I used to carry my respirator everywhere; then people began to rag me and call me Jitterbug. So ¦ I don't carry it now.”
"Hitler won't use gas, anyway." "I haven't seen my mask for a year.
Con't be bothered,”. "I'll carry it when I hear gas“
An A.R.P. controller: told me
bombs with a home-made tin bat, Post-war buildings should be has been used somewhere." is praised by Lord Stamp, chair- built to last no more than thirty how perturbed he was about what man of the L.M.S., in a message years, Then they should be pull he called public apathy." to the staff.
ed down and replaced with some- "A definite statement from the An official was amazed to see thing modern.
the porter rush towards him and Mr. Donald Gibson, Coventry's Government is necessary" he said. exclaim: "Here they are, guv'ner city architect, said that to the We have run all sorts of cam- (meaning the bombs). I've put Architectural Association in Lon-paigns have to make people carry 'em out with my home-made tin don. He was speaking of post-war their respirators, and all in vain." -hat."
reconstruction, The porter's only concern was Too many that his ruined tin hat should be replaced. This assurance having, been obtained, he continued at his work a happy man..
Mouses, schools, a thousand years," he said. "If - braries and offices were causing we were to build for thirty years** annoyance by their inadequacy to only we should help the move- meet present needs..
ment of population that will be "We have no right to build for caused by our post-war plans,"