THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 1, 1941.
Admiral Decoux Outlines Official Policy Of Indo-China
PETROL PROBLEM ON AMERICA'S EASTERN SEABOARD
MOVING TOWARDS compulsory restriction of the use of petrol, Mr. Harold Ickes, U.S. Petroleum Dictator, yesterday called on oil industries to close 100,000,000 petrol service stations in the Eastern States between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. seven days a week, beginning on August 3.
the
recom-
The closing would affect all Asked whether stations refus- petrol stations on
Atlantic, ing to comply with the Seaboard from Maine to Florida.mendation would be prosecuted,
Declaring
Mr. Ickes said: "I don't believe that "voluntary rationing hitherto had not achiev- we have power to prosecute."
Reuter.
ed the reduction which must be accomplished if we are to avoid a more serious situation later," Mr. Ickes referred to the pos- sibility of more serious rationing, including the issue of ration cards.
Mr.
U.S. MINISTER TO ICELAND
Besides the 12 Atlantic States, Mr. Lincoln McVeagh, formerly Ickes recommendation ap-U.S. Minister to Greece, has been plies to the District of Colum-nominated by President Roosevelt bia and parts of five other as Minister to Iceland, say Reuter
from Washington,
States.
MR. EDEN
BUSY: THE SOVIET SCENE
Mr. Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, saw M. Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassa- dor, and later Mr. John G. Winant, U.S. Ambassador, in Lon- don last evening, says Reuter.
ITALIANS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT
The Italian expeditionary corps has arrived at the Eastern front, of the Rome and, in the words Radio yesterday. is "the sublime incarnation of heroism."
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IN AN EXCLUSIVE statement to Reuter in Hanoi yesterday, Admiral Decoux, Gov- ernor-General of Indo-China, declared that Indo-China would continue as far as possible to maintain with Hong Kong, Singapore and other parts of the “A.B.C.D.“ front in the Far East, economic relations dictated by her essential needs and geographical position.
Indo-China, Admiral Decoux stated, re- quired from these countries certain primary necessary supplies which even now were ob- tainable only in insufficient quantities and with considerable difficulty.
U.S. AID FOR SOVIET
Emphasising the intention of the Indo-China authorities and popu- lation faithfully to carry out the Vichy Government's policy, Ad- miral Decoux maintained Indo- China would do nothing which might complicate the international situation in the Far East.
While declining to answer spe- cifle questions concerning the new Franco-Japanese accord, which, he maintained, came only within the competence of the home Gov- Further discussions re-ed Indo-China would execute loy
ernment, Admiral Decoux declar-
cluded between France and Japan.
garding United States aidally the recent agreements cuir- to the Soviet Union were (Reuter held both in Washington and Moscow yesterday.
Reuter's Moscow correspondent i cabled last night that Mr. Harry Hopkins again saw Stalin in the evening after meeting M. Molotov in the afternoon.
Mr. Hopkins was entertained to lunch by the British Ambassador, Sir Stafford Cripps. The Amer- ican Ambassador, Mr. Laurence Steinhardt, was present.
BREAD RISE STOPPED
in-
The threatened
in the price of
In Washington, the Soviet Am-crease bassador, M. Oumansky, and Gen-
eral Golikov, head of the Soviet bread in Canada has been purchasing mission, and Colonel averted.
Repin, his assistant, visited Presi- dent Roosevelt at the White House to discuss American aid to Russia, - Reuter.
LUNCH WITH SIR ́ STAFFORD CRIPPS
This was stated by Mr. Mackin- non, Trade Minister, in Ottawa yesterday. announcing that the wheat processing tax of 15 cents a bushel ended yesterday and will not operate in the new crop year. Lapsing of the tax, Mr. Mac- Mr. Harry Hopkins lunched kinnun said, would avoid an in- in with Sir Stafford Cripps, British crease in the price of bread Ambassador to the Soviet, before Canada which had been threaten- his second conference with Stalined shortly, the tax having heav- In Moscow yesterday, Reuter. ily affected bakers.--Reuter.
STIRRING APPEAL TO PEOPLE OF UKRAINE
- A STIRRING APPEAL to the people of Ger- man-occupied Soviet territory to exterminate the Germans has been made, according to a despatch to the Soviet official news agency from the front.
The message reads: "Marshal Budenny, Com- mander-in-Chief of the South-western front, and M. Khrouchtchov, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Ukraine, have made the following appeal to the population of German- occupied Soviet territory.
"WE ADDRESS OURSELVES communications, blow up dumps TO THOSE WHO AREABLE so that no single gramme of
grain is left to the enemy,^2 TO HANDLE ARMS.
“Move as much as you need JOHN GUERILLA DETACH- for the near future and destroy MENTS, CREATE NEW LINES, the rest. Destroy plantations of ANNIHILATE THE HATEFUL, industrial crops, beetroot the GERMAN TROOPS, EXTER- hour of our vigtory is at hand," ́ MINATE THE FASCISTS LIKE " 'Make every effort to fight the enemy and exterminate.
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