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War Is One Struggle, PRESENT SESSION OF COMMONS Says Wickham Steed
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that South African mast be ready to Egypt.
forces defend He sees the problem
WILL BE BUSY ONE, SAYS MR.
0. M. GREEN: MANY QUESTIONS
"There is much to be said here today for compelling children to go out of towns," said MR. O. M. GREEN, Far Eastern Editor of Reuter's when he broadcast from London yesterday in the series “NEWS LETTER FOR THE FAR EAST."
of women for war
Mr. Green said that the recent) Mr. Green next referred to the Nast ralds had revived this subject registration and there was a general feeling work. Mr. Bevin had already now that the children should be secured over 100,000 women for re- nt out of the country. At the gistration "in "five weeks and, in moment it had only been made addition, 300,000 gus, of the zu compulsory for children to be eva- year old conscription wass, Lad re- cuated from towns where their gistered at the Labour Exchanges homes have been damaged.
at the last week-end. Many of Mr Green
Germany to concentrate su- perior weapons in a given spot is more formidable than Ger- mán superiority in manpower.
of African defence as a whole” "American industry is steadily Mr. Steed said that one should reducing this German mechanical not imagine that the German am- superiority. We have to remember bition to conquer Africa was as how many men and armoured new as yesterday. There was the vehicles the Germans will need to first sign of it in 1896 and at the carrying on the warfare that the bottom of this German ambition Yugoslavs are still conducting in lay the war of 1892. It was the their mountainous country and same thing that prompted the
was of the opinion them were brides and one which the Greeks may be expected German Emperor's visit to Tangier that children who were sent to the straight from her wedding, accom to carry on in any parts of their and that led to the German de- country which the Germans and feat in the Algericas conference country during the present time panied by her bridesmaids, and had' Italians may occupy.
in which the President of the would have a better chance of im-called out her new name with evi- United States played a part. He provement in every way and would dent satisfaction,
help toward providing the nation Under this scheme most of the understood. as Mr. Franklin Roos8- velt understood today, what Ger- with an A-1 class, instead of a C-3
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COMMONS SESSION
INTEGRAL PART" "Within the general framework of the war the Balkans has to be looked upon as an integral part of the campaign "especially of the
In his opening remarks, Mr. Battle of Africa. In the Near East "The German, plan for the con- our position has been improved by quest of Africa appeared again in Green referred to the new Session "the despatch of Imperial forces to 1911 and war was averted then before Parliament, which would Basta to safeguard com-only by the solemn British warn- jhave plenty to do after its resump- In the same tion of the Easter Holidays. A good munications with Iraq and it is ing to Germany.. satisfactory that the Iraqi Govern-year, General Botha informed the deal of criticism was likely, and ment has recognised the terms of British Government that the Bri- many questions would probably be the Anglo-Iraq Treaty.
tish Navy should be ready to with "But it is in North Africa that stand a German attack, the services rendered, to the
our
Allied cause by Yugoslavia and!
MORE GERMAN TROOPS "Sa General Smuts knows what
raised on the subject of the con- duct of the war which Indicated how closely the Government was being watched now.
Among the questions which were
f.
came
girls would be able to do anything
they propose; but many others who were engaged in important work. would stay where they were.
"The Ministry of Labour had issued a number of suggestions how women employees are to be treated," said Mr. Green. "Whether this is another in- stance of Mr. Bevin's so-called insight into feminine psy- chology remains to be seen." Side-by-side with the canscrip- tion of women a drastic combing out of the hitherto reserved oc-
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Grecce are likely to be most ap- he is talking about when he says certain to come up was that with (cupation was being made by thei parent. In some quarters it is being asked today whether Gen: at South African forces must reference to the situation in Libya Ministry of Labour. Certain classes
Cefend Egypt". continued Wavell was strategically prudent Steed. "Already Yugoslavia and get, tanks and guns and troops
Mr. and how the Germans managed to work would remain untouched ELS being too important to be to safeguard his position in Africa Greece have been fighting the across. "There must have been some
weakened. For some curious rea-IMPERIAL FORCE and at the same time to send Battle of Africa, for if they had serious deficienes in
our Military son the Civil Service was included
In this. not resisted, more German troops Intelleglence," said Mr. Green, “and would have been available for no doubt members will have some- Libya.
thing to say about it."
British troops to Greece.
"On this point. statement broadcast from London by Mr. Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, is worthy of attention. He said that anxious consideration- was given to every aspect of the matter and that the military and government authorities were of the opinion that to desert the Greeks would have been one of the infamles of history.
MORAL FACTORS
"Mr. Menzies had in mind the truth that moral factors were as heavily in the war as military factors. There is such a thing as noble Imprudence. The Greeks showed this when they resisted the Germans and the Yugoslavs when they resisted Herr Hitler.
"It was with noble L prudence of this kind that the Greeks and the Yugoslave made good their claims to stand in the front ranks of freedom and there is no-one In Britain who would not have felt ashamed if our own forces had been withheld from standing by the Greeks..
The Battle for the Middle Eastį may soon begin and we are pre- pared for it. I notice that the German papers are now expatiat Ing on the great difficulties of
desert warfare. In eastern Libya now the Germans and Italians are on the defensive while their post- tions have been pounded by the Royal Navy and the British. Aus- tralian and South African airmen
BATTLE OF AFRICA
"In East Africa the refusal of the Duke of Aosta to surrender
"This is the framework in which we must place the fighting in thei
in Near and Middle East and North Africa. Into another angle of this framework we must put the German intrigues to gain con- trol of Spain..
"This could not hope to succeed without the complicity of the Vichy Government and. these factors bear directly on the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of Britain, and less directly they bear ON the safety of North and South America.
udvisera realise this.
*President Roosevelt and his It is not for nothing that the President has put fast craft at the disposal of the Royal Navy. It must be re- alised that this war cannot be locallsed-It la one struggle. It is ope action and one action only and it can have but one end, un- less freedom is to perish from the earth.
A REPLY
"Those possibly fortunate and
BUDGET INEQUALITY The Budget was another subject on which criticism was probable because of its inequality, as far as
LAND DRAINAGE WORK"
IN MALAYA
SINGAPORE, Apr, 25 (Reuter)—
Mr. Green referred to a debate just before Easter in which Mr. The Australian Imperial Force in Lloyd George had suggested that Malaya is, now complete in every Parliament should give £100 mil-detall "with the arrival at the non for land drainage. This might naval base of further consider-
reinforcements appear too high, but, as three-and-aple
yesterday
#
it bore on the very classes it was three-quarter million acres were afternoon.
now open to cultivation, they need- The reinforcements are Auxi- supposed to assist.
Mr. Green quoted the instance of led further improvement. The ob- llaries to those troops already a married man with three children (vious solution was to bring back here and are as fit and cheerful being left with £724 out of an an-some of the Italian prisoners who as the main body of Australians nual income of $1,000 while were basking on India's coral sands which preceded them in February bachelor with the same income was and to put them to work on this to safeguard the defence of Ma- left with £619,
land, where, he felt sure, they laya in the event of war in the would be much happier working on Far East. the fields
"It is an old and just com- plaint that marriage and the "family are penalised by Gur present system of Income Tax," said Mr. Green, "and some con- sideration will have to be given to those classes that parti- cularly deserve consideration in such circumstances.”
They were met by prominent
sad It was hoped that Mr. R. S. Hud-naval, military
air force son, the Agriculture Minister, would officers headed by the Q-in-C, Far not allow this question to mould East, Air Chief Marshal Bir Robert in the pigeon-holes of his office. Brooke-Popham. He was the only man of whom everyone today, even the farmers, spoke well.
CONVOYING OF WAR MATERIAL
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G.O.C's GREETINGS Major General Bennett, 0.0.C Australian troops in Malaya, has sent a message of greeting from the ALF. to the President of the Returned Sallors and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia, in which he said: "Should war
come
to Malaya, you may be assured that the Second Australian. Im- perial Force stationed here will strain every sinew to maintain perhaps privileged spectators who ourselves nor let us alone because
them by "We have gone a long way and the high standard set have pictured this struggle from we attempt to placate them. In all of it with the support of over-their fathers in Gallipoll, Pales- afar may Imagine that we in Bri- the philosophy of the conquerors.whelming publie opinion,
tine, France and Belgium,”
NEW POST FOR MR.
tain
ceive our mortal peril. In reply and wherever it looks easy and
are too pblematic to peran attack is justified whenever We have acknowledged our
I would like to quote another serves the purposes. passage from the broadcast by Mr.
FULLEST EXTENT
Menzies. He said: 'Since I came "It is high time that the re- here I have, both in London and maining free countries arm to the elsewhere, found myself physically fullest extent and, in the briefest shaken and almost deafened by time humanly possible, act for Every new the intense aerial bombardments. their preservation.
destiny Just as much as the destiny of the British Empire and the ultimate victory of the conquered peoples of the low countries and Scandinavia, of France and the Balkans are at stake.
O. K. YUI?. CHUNGKING, Apr, 25 (Reuter) With the early departure of Mr, | Wet Tao-ming, Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, who was recently, "appointed Chinese Am- "Herr Hitler cannot allow our bassador to Vichy, for France to
to General Cunningham shows In-1 have been fortunate. Thousands conquest makes available: to the supplies and food to reach Eng-assume his post. It is learned that ·
of others have been killed and more aggressor greater resources for use land. He will be defeated if they Mr. Hsu Mo, Vice-Minister of For- directly how much importance Hen Hitler attaches to the Battle thousands injured, but yet I have against the remaining free peoples do. We cannot allow our goods to eign Affairs, will be appointed
a whisper of Our aid to the resisting nations of Africa. The explanation of the never heard even
defeat Duke's refusal is that he was pro-
The war has come very is not a mere crusading of a world be sunk in the Atlantic. We shall secretary-General of the Executive near home to the people of Great benefactor, but based on the de- make our promise good to give ald bably "ordered, rom Berlin and
It is also reported that Mr. O.K. Rome to hold on as long as pos- Britain, but when they see it the finite knowledge that every free to Britain. We must see the job Yui, former Mayor of Greater nation everywhere is a bastion of through. All this is needed for our Shanghal, will be appointed Vice- strength to all remaining free
Minister of Foreign Affairs, peoples, everywhere.
sible to prevent the release of are unafraid'.
British
in troops for service Libya or Greece.
"General Smuts clearly understood this when he said
"This is true", concluded Mr. Steed, "and all we ask of our dis- tant well-wishers is that they too should be unafraid.”
Huge Enemy Force Routed
In Drive On Kinhwa
CHUNGKING, April 25 (Central)~~The Japanese engaged in the Cheklang 'offensive sinée April 19 met their first major re- : verse south of Chuki, on the Cheklang-Kiangx Railway, 36 redles south of Slaoshan and 71 miles north-east of Kinhwa, yesterday, according to military advices.
With Kinhwa as their objective no fewer than 10:000 Japanese troops made simultaneous thrusts southward under the escort of squadrons of planes from Hengshanskih, Wangchiatsing, and Pal- towehen, points around Chuki. at dawn yesterday
BITTER ENGAGEMENT · ↳
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"Forty million Britons in their heroic resistance, have converted their 'island into a huge armed base out of which proceeds a steady stream of sea and air power.
"It is not water that bars the way, it is the resolute determina-
tion of British seapower and Bri-
tish arms. Were control of the
be beaten if they do." We must Yuan, *--*
own safety. This is our fight.”
Whole Effort Empire Is Making Towards Building Britain's Naval Strength
"In war-time we do not, for obvious reasons, announce the ad-
seas by the resisting nations to beditions to our various fighting strength," said MR. H. C. FEATHER- lost, the Atlantic would no longer BY, B. B. C. naval commentator, in a broadcast from London yes- be an obstacle, rather I would be
Con
come a broad highway for the queror moving westward..
"Our protection would enor mously be lessened."
terday.
Mr. Featherby said that it was only now that they had heard about the new battleship Prince of Wales but she may have been" ready for action, long before. -
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HUNGARY FALLS INTO LINE
Govt. To Expedite Jewish Problem
|ernment would follow the policy of his predecessor, Count Teleki,
and that steadfast friendship
Expressing confidence of the
There had been additions to a further 50 together with seven ultimate telumph of freedom and BRITAIN'S naval strength in all big destroyers and one dozen justice, Mr. Hull concluded by say classes of ships and new ships motor torpedo-boats. ing that there could be no tem- which had been laid down were CANADA had told us of two big porising with lawlessness or with coming on rapidly. The Chinese who had made ade-, recaptured by the Chinese.
destroyers and 80 corvettes and s disregard for the elemental righta quate preparations started an en-
Mr. couple of dozen M, T, B/BR
towards our great friends (Ger- Among the additions, of a nation.. veloping attack when the Japanese
Featherby mentioned-five 8,000-ton In INDIA and SOUTH AFRICA,
many and Italy) would be the - NAZI PROCESS reached, a point about three miles Barly yesterday moming a Jap-
LONDON, Apr. 25 Reuter) zeynote of their foreign policy British Wireless adds that Col. cruisers and 20, new small des-M. T. B.'s were also in hand, east of Anhwa, 18 miles south or anese column from Chuk pushed
All this was apart from the help Himgary is falling into line with Dr. de Bardossy said that the Chuki. Bloody fighting raged un-eastward to Chenghsien. It was Navy, after reviewing the Nazi !
Frank Knox U.S. Secretary of the trovers
"We don't know how many ships in ships which was coming from Germany of the Jewish question government would strive to ex til 1 pm, when the Japanese were intercepted by the Chinese to the process of encircling the United we are building forward but of-AMERICA. Mr. Featherby con-
This was indicated by Dr. Laslo pedite the solution of the Jewish routed, and fed pell-mell back to west of the town. After a bitter states and American measures for clal statements have shown the cluded that all this added to the de Pardossy, the Hungarian Prime problem which could be thoro Chuki. Heavy Japanese casualties fight, it was defeated and retreat aid to Britain said: "Having gone work being done overseas, added unknown quantity of Britain's Minister, when he announced the no longer were inflicted and large quantities ed to Fengklao, north-east
Jews must be preven thus far we cannot back down. Mr. Featherby.wo
strength and gave emphasis to the Government programme to Parlia Chuki.
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