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Daisy Brand
Australia's Choicest
BUTTER
NO FREEZE-EVADING DEVICE Japanese Doing Wishful
Facts
Behind
EIGHT NAZI **FIGHTERS
Barter Plan Report DESTROYED
SUBMARINE CACHALOT LOST
The Admiralty in London announced last evening that the submarine "Cnchalot"
(1,520 tons) manded by Lt. H. R. B. Newton, D.S.C., is overdue and must be considered lost.
com-
Enemy broadcasts seem to indicate that the entire company of "Cachalot" have been. rescued and prisoners of war. Reuter.
are
THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT WAS ISSUED IN LONDON LAST NIGHT ON REPORTS OF A BARTER TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND` JAPAN:-
"Rumours of negotiations for a barter trade agreement between Great Britain and Japan seem to have risen out of a communi- cation to the Yokohama Specie Bank of in- formation as to banking machinery which they would be permitted to use in connection with any movement of goods which might, éx- ceptionally, be licensed in future,
"The position is that in order to ensure that the effect of the freezing order will be fully main- tained, frozen funds will not be released to finance exports to Japan.
ports will be made to clearing account, the balance on which will be available only to pay for licensed exports.
Strict Limit
"Arrangem+0ts are, however, being made to secure that if in any particularly case it is dê- olded to license imports,
'the limit of tunas available ori pay. ments for such licensed Im-clearing account.
"Export licences will be grant- ed for approved goods only within
AMERICA URGED TO ENTER CONFLICT
"Similar arrangement's Bro being made in other parts of the Empire,
"Maintenance of diplomatic and consular representation will be-financed in a similar way." Reuter.
Thinking
Thinking
Eight German fight- ers were destroyed by R.A.F. fighters in offensive operations
WAD WILL
WAR WILL LAST YEARS
over Northern France Mr. Menzies---
yesterday morning, it is learned in London.
Six R.A.F. fighters are missing but the pilots of two are safe.
-Reuter.
Credits
To Soviet
A warning to Austra- lians against compla- cency and slacking of effort and a declaration that the war would be a task years long, was ut- tered by the Australian Premier, Mr. Menzies, in an address to Sydney businessmen yesterday-
Warmly praising Russin Mr. Menzies said. "Thank God for what the Russian army has done, is doing and is going to do."
Praising Government control The question of United of prices, profits and interest States credits to Russia
rates, Mr. Menzies said "this. would continue after the war and was part of the new order. was raised at a press con- ference held in Washing-He added that historically it which was being built already. ton yesterday by the was true that no country with a Secretary of State, Mr.population of seven millions had Cordell Hull, according to had undertaken in this war. a Washington despatch to Reuter. the Dow Jones Agency.
undertaken as much as Australia
millions
the question of extending credits Mr. Hull conceded the difficulty to Russia was up to the Secre of Russia paying on the spot for tary of Treasury and the Federal Japanese Wishful ... more than $40 millions worth of Loan Administrator
materials since the Soviet Union. As against only $40 only had that amount in the US. held by Russia in the U.S., Soviet He recalled, however, that Rus- requests- for equipment are put as There is no confirma-sia had stated that all purchases high as over $1,000,000,000 by
would be paid for and said that some reports Router tion in. authoritative circles in London of re- ports emanating from The National Director of the Japanese sources that
A call to abandon the "defend America" and "aid Britain" slogans andadopt a policy of full par- ticipation with Britain to defeat Nazism, was re- cently cabled from London to New York by Mr. Evarts Scudder, liaison officer of the Committee to Defend America.
FURTHER DENIAL OF DEMANDS
Foreign_press reports
Committee "replied: -"Our
Our pro- trade negotiations either HAVE
gramme urges full participation have been or are about to to win the war and organise the
open between Japan, Bri-
peace.
"We will only have the right tain and the N.E.I.
to a vigorous voice in the estab-
lishment of world justice if we The stories probably owe, their are willing to make a contribu- origin to Japanese wishful think- tion, whatever the sacrifice, to Ing, but have no foundation in winning the war."
Mr. Scudder declared the Com- mittee reaches, 15,000,000 Ameri cans and has never been so full of life: Reuter,**
that Japan has presented Soviet
various demands to Thai- land and has fixed an eight-day time limit were denied in a communique broadca over Bangkok radio last night
THE COMMUNIQUE REVEALS
Raid On
Berlin
THAT THE CHARGE Soviet planes raided
D'AFFAIRES OF THE JAPAN-
fact.
It may be recalled that M. van Maak, the Netherlands plenipo- tentiary who had been conducting the negotiations with Japan, re- signed about a fortnight ago on his functions coming to an end and has not been replaced-Reu ter.
Business Lunch
Lord Beaverbropke lunched with President Roosevelt and Mr. Harry Hopkins in Washington yesterday
Reuters
It is presumed they discussed expediting the flow of war sup- ESE EMBASSY CALLED ON the Berlin area on Mon-plies to Britain, and possibly ald THE THAI PREMIER TO DENY day night, according to to Soviet Russia. THESE REPORTS.GAPANTAL Besides, denying the reports the communique, reaffirms that Japanese-Thal relations at un
edhe Router
Moscow radio.
lin, where fires and Incendiary and high explosive were observed, bombs were dropped on military. All the Soviet pla
tundio ili habiendxes via Were safely to bare
explosions
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