BRITONS TALK OF WAR POSSIBILITIES CALMLY
London, September 26.
Britain's hasty roarming against the possibility of war has left its citixons in a state of shock, or in the words of the Daily Mirror: "Calmly be- wildered and apprehensively steady." Doctor Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, summed it up in a speech in the House of Lords: "This country has had a great shock in the last few days because for the first time it was realised there is a possibility of wor."
ex- planes and sighting ant-laircraft At least two last war servicemen, reminde by the guan,
A. V. Defence Minister, Mr. Alexander that they were still subject to
The Air Ministry sald eight more, recruiting centres for BAF Instant call, said volunteers reserves will be open-
ed by October 1
to take in ex-
they were getting their uni-perienced ground staff forins cleaned and pressed.
The Royal Air Force siled n
colunteers for radar instructions and other devices
·For
spotting
MINISTER GIVES ASSURANCE
Unamotional Talk
the war falk
Anong
Toleen were kept at conversational level in traditional British calm.
At higher level, the discussion Jess pointed but equally disesert Financial clretes (grom,
the problem of transition from consumer production
partial
wns
military preparedness.
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The country has been told that temobilisation of Be Armed forces is to be slowed, the Army. Navy and Air Forces are to he greatly increased.
Londen, September 25. The War Minister. Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, said here tonight that there was "no dan-mimist Daily Worker, which said:
With one exception the news pers approved rearmament, The exerplion was the Com
"Every extra urmaments
penny spent an is at the expense of
ger of war at the present tine" and advised his audience not the working people. It is inking to be panicked by the talk of stood out of their mouths, robbing
war.
dustry
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1040.
THE LOOK of anguish on this Shanghal pedicab dri. - ver's face as he haggles with
* passenger shows the fare offered ha been too to.
One Incident In Shanghal's "cold war" (Story below)~~ AP Photo.
Shanghai's Cold War
them of thele houses, denying in "While our purpose is to pro-
lis vitally needed man mole pence, we cannot ignore the power, hitting at exports need for preparing the most ades storing up future unemployment quate defence for our prople," he by cutting down capital expend-The
Unemployment seems to be the very least of the Governinent's worries. The task
added.
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understand
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alarm about the call up of reser vials. Some people have got the delen that we are going to call up everyborly. We are not going to do anything of the sort."
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Shanghai, September 26. Government curtailment of patrol supplies to private motorists, to conserve foreign change, has started a "cold war" between Shanghai's travelling public and the city's pedi- cab drivers.
Pre-powered
pedicab
Support For Freedom Of Information Conventions
Paris, September 25.
The United States has mustered support to get throo controversial conventions on freedom of infor- mation approved by the United Nations Gen- eral Assembly, American sources said today.,
The Amerleans ore leading the Informed sources here express- drive to get the conventions ap-ed a guarded optimism that the proved in the face of strong op- several controversial amendments position, chiefly from the Soviet introduced by the Economic and Union and its satellites.
Social Council'e recent nesalon in- Omelols here said that France to the 'convention on the rights in showing an equal engerness of foreign correspondents, will be and many
other delegates are
removed by the Assembly. rallying to support the move.
The future of the conventions was threatened last month when the seventh session of the UN Economic and Social Courick In Geneva voted to pass them along to the Assembly without any re- commendation
The council kaj boen ernested. to approve them, but the Soviet Alibuster prevented considera-
tion of any but, the first conven- tion which concerns the rights of foreign correspondents.
Also referred to the Assembly without any recommendation were the UN declaration of Hu- man Rights and the convention on genocide,
Good Concensus An. American delegation's spokesman sald today that the United Stater will support the Human Rights" document as it now stands. The United States would prefer some changes, but the delegation was described as feeling, after iwo years' work, that the declaration represents a good consensu4.
Two of these amendments in- troduced by Mexico and Colom- bin, were described by the Am- rican delegation as "emasculat-
convention.-United: Ing" Press.
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US Requests Ceiling On UN Costs
Paris, September 25. The United States will ask the United Nations General Assenibly to place a ceiling on UN costs and authorize a token reduction of the share allotted to the United States for the coming year, it was learned today.
Budget officials have again pro- posed that the United Sintes pay 39.89 per cent of the year's cost, which Secretary General Trygve Lie estimated at US$33,409,000.
Members of the American dele- It gives the rights in the fells gation agreed that the U.S. should of race, religion, oninton, political continue to beur the greatest Betion, sex and marriage, The Anancial burden until the rest of Soviet
that the world' is in a better economic Unloa stated while some of the articles of the condition. The Americans decld- declaration were acceptable, the cd, however, to press for a token convention us whole, was un-reduction down to one third of satisfactory,
the total-United Press.
TODAY
Im-
ONLY
Mr. Shinwell told his audience
The Government says it cannes that "plans will be lense shortly, but these will not interstimate the cost of the arma ment programme and will have fere with our economie recovery.
to submit the bill later "I do not believe there is any
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that material requirements in this The public. bearing in mint fy, and 1 do not think that any
freeze af other country wants to fer thencial year will run £50,000, the Governinen:
000 but added that that Agure wouki probably grow. It estimut. Priers the August 10 level, has prediletable vehicle,
been slow in recognising their front wheel is a heavy weight led 89,000 từ 10,000 workers wili | new demands. be diverted from production, verbal baltle
fest shot."--feuter,
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It therefore would seem pilots have been quick to take possible to fix perlien fares at advantage of the increased de- August 18 level or for that mand for
their services by matter at any level, siner when 1 mins pedicab fares automati- Hiking their fares
calls go up 100 per cent until the sun comes out again.
The pedicab itself is Art in
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It oft The result is a that takes place balance at the first push of the The London Times weighed the daily on hundreds of fronts perta),
According to an eyewitness, a the dilemma: throughout the eily.
costs and posed
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"To ignore the duty of self de Like the unfolding contrap- plicab driver has been seen to fence is to court attack. To ation he drives, the performance jump from his moving vehicle to wallet lying on the tempt too much is to risk bring-of a pedenb driver is nearly pick up
unpredictable. Perhaps this is in Street. His vehicle, still moving THIS IS KADIO HONG KONG roding the whole structure down,"
swung ground and No ready answer was found by part due to the fact that three savagely chattung t A frequency of 845 kilomyeles It rezond end at 1.5.2 megayera per this newspaper but it cinphasised different drivers handle the pedi- pinned him beneath its wheels.
that Britain should not try to cabs over a 24 hour period. Each Sonse Of Hearing walk alone: Neither defence nor man gets eight hours in which Passengers who narrowly es 12. Bally ProReme Summary recovery can he attempted except ; to make enough to buy his bowl¦
in concert with other countries." of rien.
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Nairobi, September 25.
It was disclowd tolay that the British Admiralty has been ask- od to supply ships for an East African Naval Fores with how- quarters at Mombasa,
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If the day's operations prove proffible he can sincken off in Most peculiar of all about the eharges for fares towards th pedleab drivers, residents say, end of his shift. Vice-versa Is their acute sense of hearing driver who has had a bad day when a high fare is offered and has charge low fares to get their deafness when a low offer
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