THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1941.
PREMIER ADOPTS A GRIM TONE
Warns France That Blockade Will Be Enforced
NORWAY URGED TO PATIENCE
KING HAAKON, BROAD CASTING FROM LONDON ON TH ANNIVERSARY OF THI ASSAULT ON NORWAY YEN TERDAY AUPEALED TO NOR WEGIANS TO "DO NO RASH ACT WHICH MAY HAVE SER JOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR IN DIVIDUALA AND FOR THE WHOLE OF OUR PEOPLE"
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stand Grm, do not buse and look emitident'v Toward the sot far distant day when No way will re again. Reuter.
R.A.F. ACTIVITY IN AFRICA
camps
In Abyssinia, and other military objec-
Soviet Advised HAVOC IN
To Watch Ukraine RAIDS ON
REICH
Details of the havoc wrought in Bremen and Wilhelmshaven raids în
TURNING TO FRANCE, IN THE COURSE OF A SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY, THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, CORDIALLY WELCOMED MARSHAL PE- TAIN'S DECLARATION THAT FRANCE WOULD NEITHER ACT AGAINST HER FORMER ALLY NOR TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST HER.
Mr. Churchill added; "We must, however, realise that the Vichy recent months have now Government is in the hands of the Germans. I wish to make it clear that we must maintain our blockade against Germany and those rights of contraband control at sea which have never been lost.
"Nevertheless we have allowed in practice very considerable quantities of food to go to France out of a sincere desire to spare the French people every hardship in our power.
"When, however, it comes to thousands of tons of rubber and other vital war material, which passes directly to the German armies, we are bound, even at the risk of a collision with French warships at sea, to enforce our rights as recognised by international law. (Cheers).
tives in the Gondar area were bombed on Sunday; and Monday by R.A.F. This is one other form **I aircraft and a Free eta into which Vichy might be
Jed by the detation of Germany. | mely the sending of powerful!
French squadron.
Puret but
chrome banfletings at Cogudelen, one
shall he using in ever increas- ing numbers.
numbers
during the course of next year. (Cheers)
"Here, then, is
assurance
upon which
we may coat Tur staying powers without when a will not be possible to Save the world from the crminals,
"I am confident that we shall saceced in coping with the attack. upon shipping in the western and nurth-westenti approaches.
Hint To Eire
"I hope that eventually the in- habitant of the tesland may Teale that
In lie tas much
and
reached London.
Several workshops at the Atlas
shipyard in Bremen were de-
moished, and a few of the im- portant flour and seed-crushing inills and cold stores were hit.
Factories damaged included the Focke-Wulf aircraft assem- bly plant.
The Deschimag shipyard, which class of warship produces every
has been re- except battleships, peatedly bombed.
in attacks on Wilhelmshaven several of the most important engineering shops were destroy- ed or damaged and work on warships rendered difficult for some time to come.
Naval Barracks Hit
Several public buildings were destroyed or gutted, including im- portant naval barrack buildings, where casualties among personnel were heavy,
The results will become appar- which with the difficulties
The ties which we are hoog
Ginterest- # it is in ours that he war vesaris, which are unfinished accustomed to make upon were anade of nece
Helds should even damaged, from French man harbours and eities are at puts
some available for mal and air rreasing in
Forees Lent African polts to ports in metro
we have already 10 our which asust operate even further Germany will experience in keep- politan France which are either cases indes the control of the Germans rauds excreded in severity any, file the Atlantie
may, at short notice, fall un-thing which a angle town has in
la single might experienced. der their control.
There,
which caught fire. South Antuan aberall teen fully lacked mefor transport in
the Avete atea
Enemy Cyrenaica
Landing grounds
were bombed
in and
continu
troop concentrations ously attacked. From all operation. all British ancroft returned safey to have It ult.
PARLIAMENT'S THANKS
A resolution
the of thanks to Forces and the workers, moved by Mr Churchill in the House of Comunions yesterday, was carried Anthony.
"Such movements of French war vessels will alter the hal ance of naval power and would thus prejudice the interests of the United States as well 36 our own.
Therefore I trust that surli a" incident will be avoided, or
if the they are not avoided, that cotiséquences which will follow be understood from them will and fairly judged by the French nation."
R.A.F. Power
A similar motion was carmed in
Mr. Churchill continued "I am the House of Lords on the motion glad to be able to report a con- of Lord Moyne, Leader of the tinued and marked improvement House-Reuter.
the in the relative strength of R.A.F. as compared with that of Germany.
YUGOSLAVIA WAR
RELIEF
The Hyderabad State War Pur- poses Fund has decided to contri- bute £1,000 to war relief in Yu- goslavia --Reuter.
rants
German Raids
Over
"The defeat of the U-boats and surface raiders has been proved to be entirely â ques-
of adequate escorts for convoys.
tion
"At the same time there is a!
"It would indeed be disastrous serdale improvement in our
it the great masses of weapons, means of dealing with German
Now, munitions and instruments of war, upon
island. this moonlight
made with the toil and skill of periods are looked
American hands and loaned to us forward to by the R.A F. as op-
under the Aid to Britain Bill. portunities for inflicting severe
were to sink into the depths of deterrent losses upon raiders as well as
and never
reach the for striking hard at the the ocean
hard-pressed fighting line. enemy in his own territory.
!
ing her naval forces in full fight- ing trim and in delays to new construction. Reuter.
MR. GAUSS PREPARES TO LEAVE
MR. CLARENCE E. GAUSS, NEWLY-APPOINTED AMERI- CAN AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, IS DEPARTING TO-DAY FROM "The fact that technical ad
"I would be a result lament- NEW YORK, FOR CALIFORNIA, visers welcome light-daylight, able to us over here and I cannot WHERE HE WILL VISIT HIS moonlight and starlight is believe it would be found accept- FAMILY,
AND WILL LEAVE pregnant with hope and with
able to the proud and resolute FOR CHINA LATER. meaning.
people of the United Slates. (Cheers).
"But after all everything turns upon the Battle of the Atlantic which is proceeding with growing
Shipping Losses
"Also I draw attention to the intensity on both sides. remarkable Increase in its ac- tual strength and in its bomb- ing capacity and also a mark-
power ed augmentation in the and size of bombs which
we
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"Our losses in ships and tonnage are very heavy and vast as are our shipping resources, These losses could not continue indefinitely without seriously affecting our war effort.
"We have lost since the begin- ning of the war nearly four mil- lion tons of British shipping. As against this we have gained, un- der the British flag over three million tons of foreign or newly constructed tonnage.
Revenue Cutters
Mr. Gauss called at the White House yesterday, bidding fare- well to President Roosevelt. He later told Pressmen that he was glad to return to China where he has many friends.
going tu
"I am authorised to state that
It is reported that he may meet 10 United States revenue cutters,
Admiral Thomas Hart, Com- fast vessels of about 2,000 tons mander-in-Chief of the U.S. displacement with a fine arma-Asiatic Fleet, before ment and a wide range
of en-Chungking.-Central News, durance, have already been placed at our disposal by the United States Government and will soon be in action. (Cheers).
"It is of course very hazard- ous to try to forecast in what direction Hitler will employ his military machine in the prosent year.
SINGAPORE *BANS JAPANESE BOOKS
au-
im-
The Straits Settlements. thorities have banned the portation of new Japanese .; ele- "HE MAY AT ANY TIME AT-mentary school textbooks which TEMPT AN INVASION OF THIS have been adopted for use in ISLAND. IT IS AN ORDEAL schools in Japan, says a Japanese FROM WHICH WE SHALL NOT | report.
Therefore at the moment our enormous fleets sal the acas without any serious or obvious SHRINK. diminution.
"At the present moment he is driving fast through the Balkans
at any
moment may turn
"But what is to happen if losses continue at the present rate? and Where are we to find another upon Turkey. three or four million tons to fill the gap which is being created to carry us on through 19427
"We are building merchant ships upon a very considerable scale. We are doing our utmost to acce- lerate the turn round of our ships,
Gigantic Building
The Ukraine
The books were banned, it is added, because "some of the con- tents" are against British national policy.-Reuter.
U.S. COAL STRIKE TO END
"But there are many signs An agreement in the American which point
to bituminous coal industry strike to an attempt secure the granary of the Ukraine'sufficient to assure the country and the oilfields of the Caucasus, that there will be no danger of a as a German means of gaining coal shortage," is announced by resources with which to wear Mr. J. R. Steelman, Federal Gov- down the English-speaking world. ernment negotiator in the dispute. He did not indicate when the bi- BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC Reuter.
“ONCE WE HAVE GAINED THE | tuminous mines would re-open.-, a AND ARE SURE OF A CON- STANT FLOW OF AMERICAN
WAYSIDE NORMAL HOWEVER SUPPLIES, THEN, FAR HITLER MAY GO OR [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] WHATEVER NEW MILLIONS
The Wayside area of Shanghai OR SCORES OF MILLIONS HE is now normal after extensive MAY LAY IN MISERY, ARMED restrictions following the murder "We have an assurance
that WITH THE SWORD OF RETRI of Sergeant Yoshida and Private several million tons of American BUTIVE JUSTICE. WE SHALL Kojima, of the Japanese Gendar- new-built shipping will be,uvalt. BE ON HIS. TRACK. (LOUD merie, by two Chinese gunmen.→→ able for, the comman·struggle | CHEERS)=REUTER.
International News Service,
"But, when all is said and done, the only way in which we can get through 1942 without a very sen- sible contraction in our war effort, is by another gigantic building of merchant ships in the United States to that prodigy of output accomplished by the Americans. in 1918.
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