THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941.
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BRITAIN GIVES GUARANTEE
Use Of Lease And Lend Materials
White Paper Another
Published
Door
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN Closed
SESSA TORPEDOED
AND SHELLED
· THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT: FIRM)
ment As the result of the ASSURANCES RESPECTING 'THE \USE OF
in MATERIALS RECEIVED UNDER THE LEASE Anglo-Soviet action AND LEND ACT, AND CORRESPONDENCE not only considerable food Tran, Germany will lose BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS HAS supplies but will also be BEEN PUBLISHED AS A WHITE PAPER, deprived of substantial
and boxwood,
| fare expert-saïd in London yester-
Under yesterday's date, the Foreign quantities of cotton, jute Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, sent the United A Ministry of Economic War- States Ambassador a memorandum in which day that the Germans would lose he stated that all materials which Britain ob- 18,000 or 20,000 tons of cotton a tains under the Lease and Lend Act are re- quired for the prosecution of the war effort. Germany have been deprived of
The
British Government has crimination against United States and will continue to firms. action tu ensure that case
taken, take these goods are not in any diverted to the furtherance of pri- vate interests.
Lease and Lend materials sent to Britain have not been used for export, and every effort will be made to ensure that they will not be used for export, subject to the principles that where complete physical segregation of Lease and Lend materials is impracticable. domestic consumption of the ma- terial in question shall at least be equal to the amounts received under the Lease and Lend Act.
No goods obtained on Lease and Lend terms will be sold at uncontrolled prices.
year.
That supplies were short was shown by the fact that Jews in
the major portion of their bed- linen.
Germany's lack of jute would be even more acute owing to the loss of Iranian jute, hitherto exported to Germany in the form of Hesslan and jute bags. Boxwood, which the Nazis also obtained from Iran, is one of the Thus the general arrangements few woods of sufficiently good as regards the issue of Lease and quality for use in the hand-filling Lend goods fits into the British of shells and bombs and is also Government's policy
of stabilis- used in the manufacture of ing the price of foodstuffs —
mathematical instruments,
cogs policy to which the Government and tool handles.-Reuter. contributes £100,000,000 per year.
The correspondence ends with a letter from Mr. John G. Winant to Mr. Eden, stating that the lat- ter's memo will be transferred to Washington for the United States' Government's information.
The British Government have not applied and will not apply any It is explained in official quar- materials similar to those supplied ters in London that the assurances under Lease und Lend in such aare-nefther"a reversión of Britain's way as to enable their exporters export policy, nor do they mean a to enter new markets or extend drastic restriction of trade. the export trade at the expense of U.S. exporters.
The U.K. export trade is res- tricted to the irreducible mini- mum necessary for the war effort.
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Their effact, at most, would be to hasten certain restrictions which would have had to be made in any case.
That was being done to coun- teract the propaganda used by isolationists and others which is No materials of the type whose causing damage to the British use is being restricted in the Unit-cause in America-Reuter. ed States on the grounds of short supply, and of which Britain ob- tains supplies from the Unit- ed States, either by payment or of Lease and Lend terms, will be used in 'export with the excep- tion of the following:
Firstly, material which is need- ed overseas for essential war sup- plies for ourselves and the Allies
HITLER SHOWN UP
In a letter to the "New!
and which cannot be obtained from York Times," Dr. Foster
the United States.
such materials needed as compon
9. V
AMBASSADOR INJURED
M.
OIL SUPPLY TO NORTH! AFRICA
Asked in the Commons yester→ The State Depart-day about oil supplies to French North Africa, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Warfare recalled dis- cussions which had taken place. between the British: Government," the U.S. and the French ·authari- ties relating to shipments of ur- gently needed supplies to French. North Africa.
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.
of
Three survivors the "Sessa” are a Dane, Swede and Por- tuguese-Reuter.
BRITISH
GENTILITY
WITH VICHY
Mr. Dingle Foot said it was the British, policy to ensure that quan tities of oil imported by French North Africa should not be suffi- cient to allow the maintenance of an accumulation of large stocks. Distribution, Mr. Foot added, was carried out under the supervision of United States observers. →→ British Wireless.
RAILWAY STRIKE DELAYED
“IN \VIEW OF THE WICHY
THE THREATENED AMERI- GOVERNMENT'S BITTER HOS CAN RAIL STOPPAGE HAS TILITY TOWARDS GREAT BAI BEEN DELAYED AS PRESIDENT TAIN" MR. GEORGE MANDER, ROOSEVELT HAS ORDERED LIBERAL, IN THE HOUSE OF THE CREATION OF A BOARD COMMONS YESTERDAY OF FIVE MEMBERS TO INVES URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO TIGATE RAILWAY WAGE DIF- MAKE A DEEPER BREACH
FERENCES. WITH VICHY IN #FAVOUR OF THE FREE FRENCH.
This in effect delays the stop MR. DREXEL BIDDLE, U.S. Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign page as, in accordance with the AMBASSADOR TO THE ALLIED Secretary, however, pointed out Railway Labour Act a strike must GOVERNMENTS IN LONDON, that there were no diplomatic re be delayed at least 30 days after WAS INJURED YESTERDAY Jatlons between Britain and the report of the investigators has
WATCHING MAN-Vichy, and Britain recognised been handed to the President. WHILE 'OEUVRES BY THE ROYAL General de Gaulle as leader of call Reuter. *NETHERLANDS BRIGADE IN Free Frenchmen.. THE MIDLANDS.
Mr. Eden added, “I do not see what more: we can do."
Mr. Biddle received a splinter in
Mr. Mander then suggested that the leg and hand and was the first casualty to be treated in an am- Mr. Eden should consider going bulance which, with two mobile further; and recognise(General de canteens, were recently present-Gaulle's organisation as the Gov ed to the Brigade. by the Ameri- erfïment of France. No answer can people -Heuter.
was returned-Reuter.
LEASE AND LEND STATEMENT
Kennedy, one of New IN THE COMMONS
Secondly, small quantities of York's leading physicians, ents of exports which otherwise notes that Mr. John Cuda- are" "composed of materials not in short supply in the United States.ny, the former United
EQUIPPING THE FU
FORCES
INDIANS ARE SENDING IN
A WIDE RANGE OF SUGGES- 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. AM.
The special ..committee formed for the purpose is now investigat- in their usefulness. It is stated the committee feel that the im-
"use" to "which"Indian materials' can
portance to India, of the growing be for the manufacture of stores. and equipment for the armed forces, cannot be too strongly' em-
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN States Ambassador to Bel--THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AN UN- Thirdly, repair parts for British machinery and plant now in use gium, in an article, des- DERTAKING REGARDING THE USE AND DES and needed to complete installa-cribing Hitler's appear- tions under construction, so long ance, "unwittingly gives TRIBUTION OF LEASE AND LEND MATE-hosised. as they have tracted for!
renewed currency to the RIALS. Steps are being taken to TC- falsehood that Hitler was vent the export except to the Em-blinded by gas in the last pire and Allied territories of such goods which do not come within War." the categories mentioned above.
Distribution
con-
Further suggestions and inven- tions by Indians are invited-
Questions bearing on the matter were put Reuter. in the House of Commons yesterday. One member asked to what extent it was Govern-
Dr. Kennedy writes This ment's policy to reduce exports from Britain MR. HSU IN
statement has been merely apart
of the character built up by the Materials similar to those pro Fuenter. In 1935 I was told by vided under the Lease and Lend one of the greatest medical men Act which are not in short supply in the Reich that in 1932 he had in the United States will not be himself investigated Hitler's off- used for export in quantities great cial medical war record.
er than those for which Britain
to states other than the U.S. in order to ob- tain the maximum temporary advantage from the Lease and Lend Bill.
Andther member asked for as-
Export Trade
Mr. R. R. Stokes (Labour) as
SYDNEY
"MRE-ASU; »FIRST (CHINESE | MINISTER : TO... · AUSTRALIA, PRÉSENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO LORD GOWRIE, THE GOV-
WHERE FIVE HOUSES HAVE BRNOR GENERAL, ON SEP TEMBER 18. AT CANBERRA
produces or buys from any source. "It consisted of one hospital ad-surances that #goods obtained The Memorandum then goes on mission, with the diagnosis hyster under the Lease and Lend Act or to deal with the distribution in the ical amblyopia. or blindness due goods of a similar nature pro-serted several trade associations United Kingdom of Lend and to hysterical fear reaction. Induced in Britain are not sold in Lease goods and states that the 1834 my friend found that this foreign markets in competition had already circularised their ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED TO remuneration received by the dis-record” no longer existéd.”
with American merchants, tributors is controlled and will be no more than "a faft return for services rendered.
members urging them to retrain ACCOMMODATE A PARTY OF from the export trade. on account 34, INCLUDING NINE CHIL- "When the Government spokes- of delay in announcing agreement DREN 45'S TO REGISTER 、 | man stated that an announcement between Britain and the U.S., and The arrangements rigorously ex-
on the subject is pending, the asked whether it was Govern-The Sydney "Daily Telegraph, clude any opportunity for specula-. The Ministry of Labour and Labour member, Mr. Georgement'sintention to abandon the in a loader on the arrivals of Mr tive profit_by" private interests National Service announces that Strauss, interposed to ask whe-expoti trado,
fsu and the U.S. Minister, Mr. dealing in Louse, and Lend goods, under the Fegistration for Em- ther Government was aware that
Nelson T. Johnson, says, Wa ployment Order all men born in considerable damage was being The Parliamentary Secretary, want to see every Pacific country 1006 whatever their present em done by allegations Inspired by Mr. Waterhouse) replied it was stand courageously and uncom- ployment will be required to re- Nazi gources that Britain is using certainly not the intention to promisingly against aggression ag gister on Saturday next British the Ledse lind Lona Act in the abandon the export trade-Reu- the herole people Mr. Hau repre-
ter Wireless,
way" suggested aboyo,
Noa Discrimination
n the distribution of Least-af -thero will