STIRRING
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 28, 1941.
MESSAGE TO
BRITAIN FROM U.S.A.
"You Are Not Fighting Alone",
"TO-NIGHT BRITISH AND AMERICAN WARSHIPS ARE PATROLLING THE ATLAN- TIC ON PARALLEL LINES, WITH ONLY ONE OBJECT IN VIEW, NAMELY, TO GUARD THE WORLD'S LIFELINE," SAID PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PERSONAL ENVOY, MR. HARRY HOPKINS, DURING A BROADCAST FROM LONDON LAST NIGHT.
Mr. Hopkins mentioned that the bomber | in which he flew the Atlantic recently was accompanied by 20 other bombers, and he declared thousands of American aircraft had already been flown across the Atlantic or had been shipped to Britain.
"I came here on business which were auriving safely, Mr Hop-1 is the same as that of every other !kins continued. American, down to the man wha¦ To-day the Atlantie is merely drives a rivet in the shipyards or a channel. A bridge of friend- runs a lathe in aeroplane factorgs ship spans it.
the business of safeguarding our "A bridge of sympathy and ad- heritage of freedom of thought and i miration extends from Washing- action."
Mr. Hopkins declared: "Right now Hitler is seriously threatening this heritage of ours.
"The President, speaking for the American nation, is rendering more than lip service to Britain. Even now American destroyers are plunging their bows intu waters of the North Atlantic.
the
Bridge Of Admiration "Once this mighty ocean separ- ated us. Now it joins us.
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"The Proaldent is at one with Mr. Churchill In determination to break the ruthless power of that sinful psychopathic of Bar. lin."
U.S. ON LOOK 'GERMAN' ATTACK
OUT FOR
SABOTAGE
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"!
Armed Coast Guards are patrolling Los Angeles harbour and the fish harbour, where 3,000 Japanese operate a fishing fleet.
Precautions have been taken against sabotage since the fishing fleet is anchor- ed near the US. naval base docks and defence plants. International News Service.
LAUNCHED ON
ENGLISH CITIES
AT DAWN YESTERDAY the biggest "in- vasion" exercises ever staged in Britain be- gan in and around Reading. While "Ger- man" 'planes roared over the town and para- chutists descended, Fifth Columnists endeavoured to create a diversion.
At the same time, air borne troops, equip- ped with armoured vehicles landed in the neighbourhood.
destroyer {'{k{ drop depth] The Home Guard and Fire Ser- charges.
vice and all other branches of "The Lense and Lend Bill was the civil defence services Tonk the answer, putting our admira- } part, the Home Guds particular- Ion and syripathies into tangible)ly distinguished themselves in form and providing ધ weapon, the clever use of focal knowledge against the tyrant--against the to delay the "invaders" pending 171642) who would enslave our arrival of the heavily armed Democracies.
infantry
"Until now Britain has nof been told just what help America has given. Publication of exact figures might give the enemy
Smoke screens, gas, tanks and all modern methods were introduced.
In London and
were also carried out and spectators wil- nessed fierce street fighting
ton to London, and although un-valuable information and jeupar-large Scale exercises seen, is so strong that all the pow-dise the Atlantic lifeline. ers of darkness and Nazi terror- ism cannot destroy it.
"We no longer measure dis- tance in miles. The Hun la only 21 miles from Dover, yet he and his pagan ways are 2,000 years away from Dover.
Tangible Form
"Like most Americans I feel that your fight is a fight for the free dom of the whole world and that it must not, and will not, fail.
The President realised that not enough.
Thousands Of 'Planes
"Now that lifeline is much stronger. No enemy action can now stop the ceaseless line of ships coming here daily, laden with comething much more substantial than hopes and sympathy. During the past thousands
of aeroplanes have been flown across the Atlantic or shipped to Bri-
months
few American-made
"At one time you received mes-tain, sages of goodwill from America. "A vast programme for build- wusing thousands of giant Boeing four-engined bombers is far ad- After declaring he had carried "He realised sympathy is human vanced and Hitler will not be out President Roosevelt's instruc- but that a Flying Fortress can able to move his factories far tions to find out just what Britain drop more bombs. He knew ad-enough to escape their devastating needed now and whether cargoes miration was pleasing but that a power of destruction.
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SUCCESS OF R.A.F. OFFENSIVE
Satisfaction is express-
Nottingham, ed in London that while the R.A.F. offensive over be-Europe is growing in ever- tween "invading tanks and the increasing violence
the figures for last week show- that the Nazis lost the on speculation,
same number of machines "Ships now being built
64. America were only paper pictures as the R.A.F. on blueprints a few months ago. This result, all the more sur- Now they are translated into prising when it is realised that. wood and steel. Soon they will be German A.A. efforts to protect line between Britain and America, were on a very large scale and afloat, strengthening the supply the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
"We have not neglected the that R.A.F. attacks, were carried question of food. America will out on these warships in daylight. never allow the British people to go hungry.
Huge Quantities
and
Comparative totals for the week ending dawn on July 27 are 95 enemy machines against 75 R.A.F. Five German machines were de- stroyed over Britain and its "America has decided to de-coasts against one R.A.F. "America has already
crease consumption of food
In the Middle East there were several hundred tanks throughout increase production. During the 13 Axis losses against four Bri- your Empire. Muny
next 12 months huge quantities tish, with one pilot safe, while en route.
of cheese, pork, eggs, canned sal- the Navy has accounted for 13 "Ocean-going ships, many
mon, raisins, evaporated milk with the loss of six of their own. them oil tankers, have been trans- and concentrated fruit juice will During the same. period the ferred to Britain.
German
have High Command greatest merchant ship building program-articles important
"Thousands of miscellaneous claimed to have brought down me ever undertaken is in
to the war 127 British machines in the West gress.
effort are also on their way from alone, against the loss of seven-- aviation petrol to road-building this exaggeration, as already seen machinery, chemicals of all kinds during the Battle of Britain, be- and metals.
ing a sure sign that the Luftwaffe "These are coming in increas-find British successes exceedingly ing volume. The Lend and Lease | disconcerting.--British Wireless. Bill has given the President specific authority to foster this
The
pro-
American Promise "Rivetting never stops night and day. We can promise there will be chips to carry food, oll and ammunition.
arrive here.
"To-day American-made tanks great programme of production SHANGHAI
are caterpillaring over the sands and delivery. of the eastern deserta, To-day
kind of American-made LOOK TOWARDS
"NOR DO WE FORGET every
TO aeroplanes are roaring into com- WHERE
THE EAST bat wherever the Luftwaffe shows VALIANTLY
CHINA IS BATTLING fight.
AGAINST THE FORCES MENACING DEMO- CRACY. FORGETFUL OF THE MAGNI- NEITHER ARE WE-
"To-day British
factories are in full production using machine- tools made in America.
"Yet we realise our part to- day has not been great. Our contribution has been but modest part in your great war effort.
Blood, toll, sweat and tears
have been yours not ours. We realise this and there is a reason for our apparent, slow-
ness.
W
Hands Joined
BOY'S SUCCESS
Mr. Herbert James Starling, FICENT FIGHT THE RUSSIANS L.R.A.M. the twenty-four-years- ARE PUTTING UP
IN DEFENCE OF THEIR HOME-Starling, of "Hungjao,
THE old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. V LAND.
Uphill Road, Uphill, and formerly of Shanghai,- gave a first performa-
Delivery Will Be Madeance of Preludes, his own com-
position, at a recent concert at to give China and
"We Americans are determined the Town Hall, Newport, Mon.
Russia alt One Welsh paper describes, him, possible aid-and immediately!! jas a young composer with a
"Mr. Churchill asked us. for most promising future. the tools. I promise you they He has studied in England, are coming, that an endless as China and Japan, and his work is "Factories geared to peacetime sembly, belt stretches from our much admired by musicians." production had to be converted western coast to Britain and to The young composer, who is overnight. It took time to real-the Middle East and nothing will at present serving in the R.A.M.C. ise that the war might be decided be allowed to interfere with the was born in Shanghal. Of the in the factories of Detroit and full efficiency of this supply line. recent concert at Newport, the
"The enormous amount of war South Wales Argus" stated:- Los Angeles, in the Pittsburgh
mines.
steel mills, In the Pennsylvanian material now en route will reach, "The central interest of the con-
here safely: President Roosevelt cert was the first public perform "That is realised to-day. Amer- promised that he will take steps, ance of Six Short, Preludes, by ican industry, now joins hands to ensure the delivery of goods Herbert Starling. They were very... with the men who work for Lord consigned to England. President short, but they were beautiful, Beaverbrook and Mr. Bevin in Roosevelt does not give his word full of meaning, the work of a forgotting disputes, in limiting lightly, Sole Agents:-W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA), LTD. holidays, in sacrificing all for the
common victory.
"I am not, tallsing of the d
"Peoples of Britain-the peoples of the British Commonwealth dis- you are not fighting, alóne.” tant future, nor of estimates based. Reuter."
[composer who defnitely, hud.
something to say und said it with beauty and authority. The audi once was delighted by the pro-" Judes: