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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 4; 1941.
POLO CLUB
EFFECTS OF
GYMKHANA THE ECONOMIC ON NOV. 1 WAR ON HITLER
Club
REVIEWING THE EFFECTS OF THE The Hong Kong Polo Gyinkbuna in aid of the B.W.OF ECONOMIC WAR ON GERMANY AT THE which was postponed from Jast May, has been arranged to take] CLOSE OF THE SECOND YEAR OF THE WAR, place on Saturday, November 1.
There will be a jumping com- ECONOMIC EXPERTS IN LONDON SAY THAT petition for China and Austra fan CIVILIANS AND NON-ESSENTIAL INDUS- ponies, six Jumps, show Jumping| conditions.
Entries will close on Saturday,
|TRIES OF OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND OF October 25, and will be accepted up GERMANY ITSELF ARE NOW FEELING THE
to that time. Entries should be ad- PINCH ACUTELY.
dressed to the Hon. Secretary, Hong Kong Polo Club, Whitfield Barracks, Kowloon,
It is probable that political and economic Facilities for practice jumping considerations will make it difficult for the and schooling may be arranged at' Whitfield Barracks on application German leaders to reduce much further the fee for each pony will be charged amount of food and raw materials available either to their own civilian and consumer industries or those of occupied countries.
to the Hon. Secretary. A nominal
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CENSOR QUESTION BY M.P.
AN ALLEGATION THAT LET- TERS FROM PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY ARE BE- ING CENSORED IN BRITAIN
The extremely thorough looting crease if their present rate of these countries in 1840-1941 material expenditure Is makes it necessary for the Gertained. mans now to supply them in many cases with food and materials.
of
main-
Striking Evidence
of
German military requirements The most striking evidence (for example, labour in defence the blockade's effectiveness comes works) have also in some cases from a German source, the econo- conflicted with economic require-} mist Josef Winschuh who wrote ments (for example, agricultural] in the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zei- 14, 1941: "Our IS CONTAINED IN A QUES labour) in occupied countries. The tung" on May
whole German machinery of ex- ability to continue the war lies TION WHICH SIR WILLIAM
ploitation is weakened further not only in continental reserves DAVISON (CONS.. KENSING- by active or passive resistance in and in the production capacity of TON) WILL ASK IN THE
the Europe but also in Russia's na- HOUSE OF COMMONS SHORT-Western Europe fostered by
knowledge of Germany's Eastern | tural possibilities of supply to preoccupations.
LY.
us
we
He will ask the Minister of In
"At present we are already us- formation, the result of his
Oil, rubber and some ferro-al- in-
nust quiry into complaints that criti-loys and non-ferrous metals and ing our serves and cism of the British Red Cross in vegetable oil are European, not see to it that they are replaced and enlarged. Everything must letters from prisoners of war to only German, deficiencies.
be done not to lose the advantage relatives in Britain have
No amount of preparation blacked out by the British censor ingenuity can increase European we had at the outbreak of the and in what circumstances. and production. or synthetic capnelty, war."
questions
about
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problems
by whose authority this action has thereby making their been taken. Several welfare of prisoners of war afe down for answer in the House of Commons,
one of labour and administration theas much as supply.
Lords,
Lord
Russian Campaign
the
In the House of Mottistone will suggest to th Russian campaign is of great im- Government that the non-allotted | portance, pay of prisoners of war should be treated as savings and credit- ed to them at 2% per cent. in- terest.
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NEW NAZI CAMPAIGN OF TERROR
In this connection, 100.
reducing Ger- It is
and rubber man stocks of oil, raw materials; it emphasises dif- ficulties in transport which among Germany's most
arc
serious
Reuter.
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