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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1040.
BRITAIN TO SLOW DOWN RATE OF DEMOBILISATION
THREE SERVICES
Pago 11.
BELOW STRENGTH FJB-29's To P&O B.I. E&A
London, August 24...
The British Cabinet today is reviewing itu domobili. sation policy. It was reliably learned that demobilisation would be slowed.
Difficulties encountered in recruiting for the new Territorial Army, the tense European political situation and the unexpected drains caused by developments in Malaya are among the main causes.
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Fastest Jet Fighter
مرد
Langley, Buckingham,
August 24. Britain's islost jet fighter, 'the Hawker N7/40, had its Araf public test at Langley at well over GDC miles per hour.
Detalla of
the spead and range of the aircraft are stil segret. it is kotloved that it, can fly faster and farther than any comparable Jet zire craft. Teeloned primari- ly & Darrhur barne fighter.
has feldug
wing Reuter,
Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign miles per hour,
And Another new Minister, who is taking part in type of jet fighter, the "Gloster," the defence talks, announced is undergoing tests, before Parliament rose last month that retcases might have to be slowed In view of the international situation, Prom sent releases from the Army are at the rate of 20,000 per month.
Since then, service chiefs and political quarters have besa warning that the Army and Air Force are far below strength - one termed "suleidtally" low. The regular Army was said to have only one-third of the neces- fury strength and Lord Moniga- mery (Chief of the
Imperl General Staff) lust week predict- ed that Britain could not expect to have a national Army before 1051.
New Jet Bomber Official sources;
also siated that the re-equipping of the Air Force's fighter command interceptor squadrons with the tatest jot types had been com pleted.
- High speed bombers continue to constitute one of
P.I.-JAPAN TRADE ON
TO Stay In Britain
Washington, August 24.
It was learned tonight that plans are being made for building a special depot, in England for major overhauls of the American B-29 Super- fortress bombers now station- ed there.
It was believed in best-inform. ed quarters that as long as the cold war" continues, the Super- forts are in England to stay,.
INCREASE an Adr
Manila, August 25. The volume of trade between the most urgent needs at pre-the last seven months totalled Japan and the Philippines in
sent.
the bomber
23,000,000 pesos.
Re-equipping of
if the present rate of tradé con- force with jet bombers had to be tinues the total may reach 50,- postponed until the new types 1000,000 pesos by the end of the have been fully tested and the year, which would be 27,000,030 present bomber force of Lancas- more than in 1941.
A
Government
agency-the fera is considered out of date. Philippine Relics and Trade Re- According to the latest Gov- Experts predicted the appear-
habilitation
Administration-is ernment White Paper on defence ance at an unspecified date of reported to have received 3,290 rarlier this year, it was provided what they termed a Jet bomber tone
one of that the
galvanized fron sheets total strength of th of exceptional performance. Bri- from Japan worth more than 2,- armed forces should fall from fish reports also indicates inten-000,000 pesos, for ideal distribu- 040,000 at the end of March this sive work in progress by scient-tion, and another large shipment year to 716,000 by March next ists at a secluded your. The Army was to have station for the development of ly. The coining shipment is said experimental of the same product is due short- bren reduced
from 345,000, the Navy to remain atjectdes-United Press.
$43,000 to gultiert high altitude rocket pro-to be worth close to 2,000,000 145,000 und the Air Force re-
Ipesat United Press. duced from 201,000 to 228,000.
Naval Research TRADE PREFERENCES ·
Meanwhile, strong
attention
is being focussed on Intensified research and development. in the fields of the Navy and Air Force.
AMERICA OPPOSED IN PRINCIPLE
British naval attaches from pli over the world were reported to have been attending a two-week conference
nt the Admiralty to The iscuss and study objectives.
future, chief
Geneva, August 24.
United States is still strongly opposed in prin- ciple to all trade proferences, Mr. John Leddy, a United States dëlogata to the 22-notion Trada and Tariffs Conference, said hore tonight.
The B-20's began arriving at East Anglian bages last month on à "training progromma "
United Aines Air Foren Head- quarters insisted today that this is Force spokesman conceded that the "training programmb" will out the winter. almost certainly continue through-
But best Informed; sources, in Washington said, they repre sented the pwarkand America's most affective wes-
It is significant that. Fingland has now taken the place, of Ger- many as the centre of the "train- ing programme"
for United Europe-Reuter. States Air Force bombers
pon of counter-attack...
CHINESE TRADE WITH P.I.
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COMPANIES
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL S.N. CO.
· B#, "CARTHAGE"
due 10 a.m.
28th Aug. from
alls Srd Sept.
10.v. "TREVETHOR"
London via Colomba & Straits, to London via Straits Colombo
solls 13th Sept. for London .... vio.
Straits Colombo &
Suez.
m.y. "TREWELLARD'
hmt: "DILWARA"
que 16th Sept from UK and Contin
ent via Biralta. Balls 18th Sept. to Shanghai & Japan. due 23rd Sept. from U.K. via Straits mils 30th Sept. for U.K. via Straits,
dua mid Oct; trom UK. & Continent
vin Straits.
M.Y. "TRESILLIAN" ·
1. "CANTON" due 28th Oel.
+
from London via Suez, Bombay, Colombo & Straits.
salls 20th Oct. for
1.N,
"CARTHAGE"
due 22nd Nov,
In
sails 20th Nov,
Manila, August 25.. Mr Nick Osmena, son of ex- President Sergio Osment, who: jas returned from a visit to Shanghof, sald today that the: Chinese currency reform would have a stimulating, effect on Sino-Philippine trade.
However, he said, Lime effect would not be felt immediately In view of the limited volume of trade between the two countries. Mr. Osmena has, the impresion They were under-
that Chinese businessmen ere x¤- stood to have decided to concen- trate on
luctant to invest in the Philip-. research in anti-sub- marine warfare and developmen!
pines due to the belief that there. of medium carriers as
is anti-Chinese buses for
ese Tealing here. He jet fighter planes.
Mr. Leddy was referring to and would not give us any trading
said he told them the Filipinos. "British reports, said destroyersmally presented to
the United States request, for advantages, in the islands, were not anti-Chinese and were willing to attract Chinese who hay be rebuilt on revolutionary feronco yesterday, that she be
the con-Leddy said.
America is asking permission permanent nature and contribute would establish business, a. lines for escort purposes.
They
of the 21 other nations applying to also quoted tacticians as saying permitted to naval jet fighters would eventunt ferentes for some of her Pacific and trade to accord the exports of ly supersede land-based fighters, trust territories, formerly man because of the vulnerability of dated to Japan. Funways ashore.
introduce pre- the Reneral agreement on tariffstation, rehabilitation.
a
these islands duty-free entry into market for Philippine lemp. in He also said there' wni. Did the United States as well as to China, but the demand was held
them The request, he said, was aimed include
In preferences Jown by Nanking policy limiting. The latest naval jet-propelled at helping the population
which the United States already imports and encouraging native and fighter, a "Hawker," intended as covers an "entirely insignificant grants to the Philippiries.. Industries to supply the country'a a carrier-borne plane, is officially amount of trade."
needs-United Press. reported to be powered by 0 The Islands chiefly concerned single Rolls-Royce Nene jet en-vere the Marlashes. The intend- gine with-a-speed exceeding 000 fèd preferences would be 'one-way
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"The trade of thoat inlands is to small that to grant them these preferences_would... dam- age no other country and the preferences would greatly help The population," Mr. Leddy tald,
"The two commodities chiefly exported are copra and coconut
SECRET QUESTIONING
Washington, August 24, House investigators today)
jell. We hope that the Tariffs Con- questioned ex-Communist Louis ference will allow us to import Budenz in secret in, an: effort both these commodities duty to find out which of the two tree, and also to apply to their key witnesses; in their, search coceanut dll the preferential toxes for Reds in the Governinění Liİ on processing granted 10 Philippines."
the telling 'les. “
The sub-committee chairman, Mr. Leddy added that America Richard M. Nixon, slid that was also seeking the authority Budenz was called to lestify, in Islands eventually into a Customs Union with some other United States territories.-Reuter,
Leaves Hong Kong—1.30 p.m. Saturday, August 28 of the conference to include these
(Steamboat Wharf)
Loaves Macao-3.30 p.m. Sunday, August 29
(No. 12 Wharf)
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(inclusive
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Argentine Meat
Buenos Aires, August 25. Argentine ment shipments. to England will drop to the lowest of the year In September when only 10,000 tons are booked for Export.
Packers attribute the drop to
secret session on what he knows, if anything about the House group's investigations He fieclined to say, what informa- lan Budenz is presumed to have, Budenz, former editor of Shar Communist Helypaper Dally Worker, left a few years bid to return to the Catholic Church.
The two witnesses who gave contradictory evidence ans, Alger diss, ex-State Department, om- cint and Whittaker: Chambers, former Communist who he now senior editor, of Time Magazine.
United Press.
LIRA WILL STAND
"'normal Blackness in September due to the non-availability of slcert" an to "the reluctance of
Rome, August.25.... producers to sell cattle, until the Italy is not to devalue the Ira Government
pays the promised the Treasury Department stated higher prices to thein." Some today, kources said that Argentina" has It. denied recent unsubstantiate reached the conclusion that she èd rumours, that devaluation, whe had better not “put all her eggs under consideration. Official lu: one basket” find' seck other finanzini cifclè, addas: tim" tag markets where she cền get better | Government's Intention was al- prices than those from Britshi- ways to, maintain the stability of Mäsociated Press,
the lira Reuter."
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