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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 5, 1941
TONIC
HEARTENING FOR THIRD YEAR
THE AIR MINISTER'S speech on Wed, nesday is regarded generally by the press as a most heartening tonic for the start of the third year of war but a warning is given that the greatest danger to Britain at the present time is the possibility of an unjustified feel- ing of complacency.
The "Manchester Guardian" says: "Though the German armies straddle, over enormous and menacing territories of Europe' the war continues to show developments which were never contemplated as part of the German plan.
"As Sir Archibald Sinclair showed in his speech, last year's Battle of Britain in the air has been transformed into this year's Battle of Western Germany with not the slightest prospect of that second battle developing to the German advantage.
"The Luftwaffe, which was able to decide so much in Poland, has der'ded nothing in Britain and is now unable to protect Germany itself.
"Another disastrous and un-
contemplated turn for Germany has been the sea affair. As Sir which has lately borne the
Archibald showed it in the Axia
HERRIOT
& VICHY CLIQUE
The unflinching opposi- tion to the Men of Vichy of French statesmen who guided that country be- fore the capitulation, is "Ninety-two vessels amounting illustrated by an article to 468,000 tons were destroyed
brunt of commerce destruction
a' sca.
or damaged during July in the in an American magazine | North Sea, Adriatic and Medi-written by M. Edouard terranean and a further 52 ships Herriot.
of unknown tonnage also suffered. That process as we know from later reports has been continued in more recent weeks.
Besides being Mayor of Lyons for 35 years, M. Herriot has been "Commerce and transport raid-head of the French Government, ing is a weapon which has been
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NEW TAX UNDER STUDY
IN SHANGHAI
The Shanghai Muni- cipal Council is un- dertaking the creation of a special advisory committee to report on a tax on business similar to that now in the French Conces- sion. The measure is
to designed
raise funds to help the Council in clearing up the huge deficit await- ing the Taxpayers An- nual Meeting next April. Internation- al News Service.
NAZIS
STRANGELY
FRANK
turned against the enemy who other Governmember of several AN
and whose
himself designed to draw such office before the capitulation was great advantage from it,
"Nevertheless"
"Nevertheless nur satisfaction gives no ground for complacency, We shall have German night! raids to meet again and the Rus sian heroism will not bring final victory for Bri'ain.
that of President of the Chamber.
Even if the aim is only
His reward for protesting to glorify the manner in
against the surrender and sub-
servience of Vichy was summary which the German High dismissal roa the mayoralty. Command is able to deal
In the article Herriot proclaims with the difficulties con- the belief that Britain and France fronting it in the Russian are complementary nations toge-
ther destined to defend liberty campaign, an article in "There can be no complacency and human justice. He also re- the German newspaper while in the face of inevitable cognises that such people as the Wiener Tageblatt" re- their love of country and free-veals in a curiously frank
nightly losses we are producing British are invincible thanks to trained pilots much more rapidly than the united factories of Bri- tnin and American can produce
. it's equal to a fine liqueur" aircraft for them to use against
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STAND BY SIR SULTAN AHMED
dom.
manner the problems of "Though Vichy is not mentransport and supply to
tioned directly by him, the 'plain Implication of the Her the Nazis' eastern forces riot protestations Is
that partly resulting from the France's true mission has been thwarted and rerounced the Darians and Lavals have usurped authority her,' says the "Dally graph."
by Russian. "scorched earth" who policy.
over
our
Tole. The article, which is dated the end of August from German head- quarters on the eastern" front, "In this country we' do not says: "Contrary to all experiences judge the French people by the arising from the war in the West set of rulers whom they had and in Norway, no resources are no hand-in choosing. We re- found in the conquered territory. THE RECENT cognise the true spirit of FOLLOWING
Apart from the fact that the Russians RESIGNATIONS FROM THE former allies and still unalienated
destroyed absolutely everything, not even water can VICEROY'S EXECUTIVE COUN- friends in such men as M. Her-
be used and all water has to CIL BY MOSLEM MEMBERS; A riot." British Wireless.
be sent up our' fighting troops. STAND HAS BEEN MADE RYĮ
"The poverty of Russia exceeds SIR SULTAN AHMED, WHO ON
all
expectations and THE EVE OF ASSUMING
gigantic army now fighting there. OFFICE AS A MEMBER OF THE
must rely on provisions entirely COUNCIL, SAID:
sent from Germany. This is an especially difficult task owing to the enormous distances, and very bad roads while railway lines had been destroyed.
Mussulmans in India."
الايا
V
TAFT NOT APOLOGETIC
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
our
our
"In accepting the Viceroy's offer to succeed Sir Muhamad Zafrulla Khan I did nothing that is at all a contravention of the decision of the Moslem League; for I am even
"A further-problem is housing now convinced that I have done nothing which will be in the least
our troops during the winter as prejudicial to the best interests of Mr. Brendan Bracken, the Russians have destroyed prac
tically every farmhouse and Sir, Sultan Ahmed contended his British Minister of Infor- even huts
High "At the same time our Command la faced with the problem of placing sufficient quantities of petroleum at the disposal of tank units, the Luft- waffe and transport services. Consumption is already glgan. fló-gnd... "Increases every day. with the deeper penetration Into. Russia.
appointment, which was necessed an
tated by Sir Muhamad's resigna- tion, was wholly unconnected with
Executive Council-Reuter.
yesterday extend- invitation to the
any scheme of expansion of the United States Congress to send a committee to study the application of Lease and Lend material.
CANADIAN WHEAT
CARRY OVER
Mr. Brücken warned that "hon- est criticism is welcomed but no "The High Command is there- The Dominion Bureau of Statis-peace-mongers will be allowed," fore extremely busy with the tics at Ottawa estimates that the and asserted that the British organisation of supply lines to total carryover of Canadian wheat Government would not object if front line troops and in finding in all Canadian and U.S. positions the group proceeded to Germany, the best means of protecting them. at July 31, 1941, amounted to In Washington, Administration "THIS LATTER IS A MAT- 480,083 691 bushels. The total is by Senators and opponents of the TER OF URGENCY AS SUR- for the largest amount of Cana- Roosevelt foreign policy joined in PRISE ATTACKS AGAINST dian wheat ever carried over from rejecting the invitation QUIL SUPPLY COLUMNS HAVE one crop year to the next, having Senator Taft said: "I plead RECENTLY INCREASED AND exceeded last year's record carry guilty to being a peace-monger so TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES over of 300,473,405 bushels by the invitation: does not apply to CONSEQUENTLY BECOME 179,010,220 bushels. British Wire- me." International News Ser- DAILY MORE SERIOUS." less.
vice."
BRITISH WIRELESS.