THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941.
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BRITISH UNDERTAKING
Use Of Lend And Lease Materials From U.S.
Government Another
Policy
Door Closed
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AN UN- DERTAKING REGARDING THE USE AND DIS|Anglo-Soviet action in
TRIBUTION OF LEASE AND LEND MATE- RIALS. DETAILS WILL
PUBLISHED SHORTLY.
BE
As the result of the
Iran, Germany will lose not only considerable food supplies but will also be deprived of substantial quantities of cotton, jute and boxwood.
A Ministry of Economic War- fare expert said in London yester-
Questions bearing on the matter were put in the House of Commons yesterday. One member asked to what extent it was Govern- ment's policy to reduce exports from Britain day that the Germans would lose to states other than the U.S. in order to ob-year. tain the maximum temporary advantage shown by the fact that Jews in from the Lease and Lend Bill,
Another member asked for as- surances. that goods obtained under the Lease and Lend Act or goods of similar nature pro- duced in Britain are not sold in
HITLER
foreign markets. in competition SHOWN UP
with American merchants.
When the Government spokes- man stated that an announcement on the subject is pending, the Labour
Strauss, interposed
In a letter to the
"New
18,000 or 20,000 tons of cotton a
That supplies were short was
Germany have been. deprived of the major portlun of their bed- linen.
Germany's lack of jute would be even more acute owing to the loss of Iranian juts, hitherto exported to Germany in the form of Hessian and Jute bags. Boxwood, which the Nazis also
SESSA TORPEDOED
AND SHELLED
The State Depart- ment disclosed in Washington yesterday that the "Sessa" was both torpedoed, and shelled by the sub- marine, presumed to be German, without warning while bound from the United States to Iceland.
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Three survivors of the "Sessa" are Dane, Swede and Por- tuguese.--Reuter.
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AMBASSADOR INJURED
BRITISH GENTILITY WITH VICHY
“IN VIEW, OF THE VICHY,
· GOVERNMENTS- BITTER-HOS- TILITY TOWARDS GREAT BRI- TAIN,”. MR. GEORGE "MANDER, LIBERAL, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE Á ̈ DEEPER “BREACH WITH VICHY IN FAvour of THE FREE FRENCH.
Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, however, pointed out that there were no diplomatic, re-
látfons between Britain and Vichy, and Britain recognised General de Gaulle as leader of all. Free Frenchmen.
Mr. Eden added, "I do not see what more. we can do.”
Mr. Mander then suggested that Mr. Eden should consider going further, and recognise General de Gaulle's organisation as the Gov- ernment of France. No answer was returned.—Router.
NETHERLANDS THE MIDLANDS.
BRIGADE IN
Mr. Biddle received a splinter in U.S. the leg and hand and was the first
MR. DREXEL BIDDLE, obtained from Iran, is one of the AMBASSADOR TO THE ALLIED casualty to be treated in an am- few woods of sufficiently good
·GOVERNMENTS quality for use in the hand-flunK WAS INJURED
of shells and bombs and is also member. Mr. George York Times," Dr. Foster used in the manufacture pl
mathematical instruments,
cogs one of New and tool handles-Reuter.
to ask whe-
ther Government was aware that Kennedy, considerable damage was being
done by allegations inspired by York's leading physicians, Nazi sources that Britain is using the Lease and Lend Act in the notes that Mr. John Cuda- way suggested above.
Export Trade
serter several trade associations
READY TO
hy, the former United CONSCRIPT
States Ambassador to Bel-
Mr. R. R. Stokes (Labour) as-gium, in an article, des- GIRL had already circularised their cribing Hitler's appear- ance, "unwittingly gives
members urging them to refrain from the export. trade on account
of delay in announcing agreement renewed currency to the between Britain and the U.S. and falsehood that Hitler was asked whether it was Govern- ment's intention to abandon the blinded by gas in the
export trade,
Secretary,
war."
last
The Parliamentary Mr. Waterhouse, replied it was certainly not the intention to Dr. Kennedy writes: "This abandon the export trade. Reu- statement has been merely a part
ter.
EQUIPPING THE FORCES
of the character built up by the Fuehrer. In 1936 I was told by one of the greatest medical men in the Reich that in 1932 he had himself investigated Hitler's off- cial medical war record,
"It consisted of one hospital ad- Imission, with the diagnosis ‘hyster- ical ambloyopia.' or blindness due to hysterical fear reaction.
INDIANS ARE SENDING IN 1934 my friend found that
A WIDE RANGE OF SUGGES-record no longer existed." TIONS AND INVENTIONS AIM- ED AT IMPROVING THE PRE- SENT EQUIPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES, AND ALSO INCREASING THE USE OF IN- DIAN MATERIALS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WAR MA- TERIALS.
The special committee formed for the purpose is now investigat- in their usefulness. It is stated: the committee feel that the im- portance to India, of the growing use to which Indian materials can be for the manufacture of stores and equipment for the armed forces, cannot be too strongly-cm- phasised.
Eunther; suggestions and inven- tions by Indians are invited- Reuter,
In
IDLERS
longer any use against the indif ference of thousands of well-to-do
Appeals to patriotism are no
young women who go to Harro- gate and other "safe area" resorts to dodge war work as well as bombs.
"We shall get to grips with the problem when women about thir- ty have to register," Mr. W. H. Stephens, manager of the Har- rogate office of the Ministry of Labour and National Service, told the "Dally Mirror."
"Then we shall at least be able to tackle them, individually. "At present we cannot do any- thing about these women.
"We know they exist and we this have appealed to their patriotism.
but without much success."
AIR DISASTER
DUE
IN LONDON,bulance which, with two 'mobile YESTERDAY canteens, were recently present- WHILE WATCHING MAN-ed to the Brigade by the Ameri- OEUVRES BY THE ROYAL can people -- Reuter.
LOCAL
NEWS
ONLY HONG KONG
NEWS IS CONTAINED
IN THE 16-PAGE
TO ERRORS "OVERLAND
OF JUDGMENT
ERRORS OF JUDGMENT were mention- ed by Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Air Minister, in the Commons yesterday in giving the re- sults of the investigations into the two fatal
were lost.
MR. HSU IN crashes of Atlantic aircraft in which 44 lives
SYDNEY
MR. HSU, "FIRST CHINESE MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA.
Sir Archibald said that the first accident is attributed to an error in navigation which caused the aircraft to strike a mountain un- PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS der conditions of bad visibility,, which were not, however, such as to have justified can- cellation of the flight.
TO LORD GOWRIE, THE GOV ERNOR-GENERAL, ON SEP TÉMBER 16, AT CANBERRA §
WHERE FIVE HOUSES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE A PARTY OF 34 INCLUDING NINE CHI
DREN.
The mountain is many miles the captain, firstly, in taking of from the track which the aircraft along the wrong runaway, pre- should have followed, and from sumably through an oversight the evidenco-available, it is impossecondly, in allowing the aircraft. The Sydney "Daily Telegraph, sible to explain how the error oc- to swing to port with the result in a leader on the arrivals, of Mr., cured.
that is left the runaway, and took Hsu and the US. Minister, MI The navigation Instruments to the grass, and thirdly, not Nelson T. Johnson says:
"Washadi boon tully, and entisfactorily shutting off the enginos want to, sec,ovory Pacific country, mosted, and the aircraft was pro-mediately this had occ stand courageously and uncom perly, Inspected before the fight. | In neither case was promisingly against aggression, us Their inspectora" finding in the denso of negligence the heroic people. Mr. Hsu repre- case of the second accident is that the authorities, of st sents."Rcutor.
as duo to: bad judemmat by mechanical defec
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