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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1941. -PAGE 5
Sober Guarded Warning To Japan: Duff Cooper's Impressions In Far East
SINGAPORE, Sept. 16 (Reuter)---A sober guarded warning to Japan that today she is "one isolated Power facing over whelming superiority" in the Pacific and the declaration that seemis therefore hardly bellevable that the one Axis Power in the Pacifi world will deliberately bring down on her head the concentrated wrath and fury of all the Allied Powers that stand firmly united on this side of the world" were made by Mr. A. Duff Cooper in a broadcast to London from Singapore yesterday concerning his first impressions in the Far East.
Mr. Duff Cooper stated that the stressed that there was only one Pacific Ocean was the biggest Fower pledged to the Axis while ocean in the world, being vaster those supporting the Allied esase than all le lands at the world; were a formidable array. combined and it may well be that Examining these Powers in dr! the Pacific world will play a great tall, Mr. Duff Cooper made the Let part in humus affairs than the following comments:
"China
world of the Atlantic"
four hundred Pil- Analysing the sluation in neon people in whose hegls c Pacific today. Mr Duf Cooper
Britain's Oldest Man Dies At 112
Mw patriotism the fruit aggression a new sense of unity.
new passionate determination te maintain their independence and drive The invader from thelt shore."
GLORIOUS PAST
"Netherlands
East Ingles those beautiful fertile lands which the Dutch have governed so ad- mirably Dutchmen who have already demonstrated by land, sea and air that they have not forgot
remorseless, al- which
WAS KEEN STUDENT ten their glorious military past."
OF YOGI
on: Asta."
Liverpool "United States Woolton shadow
-*Russ!& most invincible fighter Britain's oldest man, Mr. Altred sprawls ever half of Europe and ¡Charles Nunez Arnold, died
Monday aged 112 at the
a gigantle Convalescent Home In
of 130,000.000 people; He was a keen Student 01 Yog who are pledged to the destruc- and attributed his long e and tion of tyranny looms behind good health to the study of Yogi the British Empire." and "moderation in all things." "The British
Mr Arnold, who was left an or whole forces are phan at an early age, was brought port the Allies up by an uncle in London.
Empire whose pledged to sup- with the back-
ing of Australia and New Zea-
with vigour.
Mr. Arnold was Ørst destined land, young nations
to be an operalle singer being a Courage ala viston of a great
He future,"
many
¦ contemporary of Jenny Lind
then took up journalism, touring These Powers. continued M: The world and working for
Duff Cooper. are "formidable." A newspapers He was correspon-year ago they were in a doubtful dent in three wars and found him. position Russia being connected
self in many tight
corners
spoke French. German,
Hr
with the Axis
help the cause Justice."
and
The
United
Dutch. States being much less ready to "liberty and
-00
Spanish Portuguese and was casionally heard on the B.B.C
He was presented with two gars by King Edward VII when he was Prince of Wales. had coffer with Disraeli and tea with Charles Dickens.
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COMPLETE CHANGE However, Mr Duff Cooper Con-
"the whole situation cluded,
has undergone a complete change there can
be no doubt what the result will be when so many na- recently. Lions
arc united together and Hospital. ready for whatever may con.
See
OUR SELECTION
of
KAYWOODIE
PIPES
in a pleasing variety of shapes
The WING ON
CLro
Exports Of U.S. War Supplies To Nations Fighting The Axis
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Reuler) - President Roosevelt report- ed to Congress that actual exports of American war supplies to nations fighting the Axis under the Lease and Lend programmE Lotalled $190.447,670 to Aug. 31.
This figure represented expenditures for weapons supplies actually sent abroad. Mr. Arnold was, unt
The President added, however. living in Saint Pancras
that defence articles transferred London.
Including some still awaiting ship. but was evacuated tc Mr. Dull Cooper paid a speelal ment amounted to an Liverpool during the Battle
of tribute 10 China's London.
resistance. $35.948.701, while various services. He celebrated his 112th After calling Russia's masnin- for example, birthday, two months
repairing of war Reuter.
and other
additional 168 DEATHS
ago. says cent stand of 12 weeks against the ships. an additional $78.169,377. FROM T.B.
de-
Germans. Mr. Duff Cooper clared "The Chinese, one of the
Furthermore, expenditures
CANBERRA, Sept. 16 Reuter- most peace-loving peoples of the articles for services not yet finish-IN A WEEK
Conversations are proceeding here world, have also aroused wonder between the Australian and by their success in withstanding Netherlands East Indies authori les four years of aggression by aj for an interchange of Ministers be-highly modernised efficient and tween Australia and the N.E.) warlike army."
Motives Of Creation Of Japanese National Defence Headquarters Analysed
CHUNGKING, Sept. 16 (Central)-The creation of the National Defence General Headquarters announced in Tokyo by the War Office recently has no direct hearing on the China war; otherwise it would have been created after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilt- ties. observed the Chinese military spokesman at his Press confer ence yesterday afternoon.
War Health Mystery
Created at
1 time when the Washington Conversations Were progressing. the spokesman sald
ed amounted to $162,000,000
for
approximately
The President calculated that "through the month of August the total dollar value of defence articles transferred and defence services rendered plus expenditures for other Lease
and Lend purposes" amounted to about $487,000,--
OOD
casts
of
Or a totat of 292 TUBERCULOSIS reported to the local Health Authorities for the week ending Sept. 13, 168 deaths. from this disease have been re- gistered
Figures for other notifiable in- fectious diseases are as follows. chotera 19 cases, Ave deaths; diphtheria four cases; dysentery
Mr. Roosevelt said, "Planes, 61 cases, 21 deaths; enteric fever tanks, guns and ships had begun 25 cases, ten deaths; to flow from our factories and
The number of Infectious di- yards and the flow will accelerate seases notifes for the 24 hours, from day to day until the stream ending midnight, Sept. 15 influded becomes a river and the river torrent engulfing this totalitarian tuberculosis 37.
a cholera, 5; dysentery 13: and
tyranny which seeks to dominate the world."
Tokyo may want to create the im- NAZI-CONTROLLED pression that Japan is determined to fight the United States if ne- cessary, thereby hoping to extract favourable terms from
LONDON~~The United States is more sending to Britain a committee of America, Amerlean medical men to try and find out why the people come through the winter's with better health than in
CZECH PAPERS BOYCOTTED
The spokesman noted that the LONDON, Sept. 16 (Reuter)-As have creation of the Headquarters was an expression of their indignation blitz timed with developments on the at the attitude of the
thers on A.R.P. and fire watching. epidemics would sweep Britain like a prairie fire,
FEWER CASES
Over the week-end the following cases were notified:-cholera, 7; dysentery, 6; enteric tever. 2: and tuberculosis 42.
Wheat For Iran
LONDON, Sept. 16 (Reuter)--
$15
German- years of peace.
the Russo-German front where Lenin-controlled Czech newspapers in the grad and Klev are being threaten-German "CzechTM Protectorate," Medical men generally are com-cd. The spokesman surmised which are increasingly contempt Quantities of wheat, sugar and pletely baffled by the nation's therefore that the Headquarters uous in their references to thetes, running into hundreds of tons, fitness. They feared that after might possibly have been created real Czech lenders arid have are due at Bandarshahpur from nights of crowding In air Tala with a view to paving the way for adopted towards the Soviet Union India for sale to the proper au- shelters and exposure to all wea- a Japanese attack on Elberia. and the United States, an alti-thorities in Iran, it was announced
ANTI-WAR ELEMENTS
tude ever more violent than of here... Last but not the least, the the newspapers published in the spokesman said that another mo- Reich itself, these newspapers are Iran are retraining from buying British and Russian forces in tive behind the creation of the to be boycotted by the population, locally any foodstuffs such In fact, there have
Headquarters may be the suppres-ya Reuters Diplomatic Corres-wheat and sugar of which there is been fewer ston of anti-war elements and in- pondent.. cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria, ternal dissensionists so as to main-
La temporary shortage and instead, pneumonia and typhold fever, and tain peace and order in Japan ing London, the Czechs for
According to information reach-these two Governments are actual- only half the number of deaths Proper, Korea and Form080.
aly exporting such necessaries to from influenza. -Whooping cough
whole week will retrain from buy Iran ------ and meningitia have alone. Beon Propor, Korea and Formons under jany Czech newspaper.
In placing the garrison of Japan ing, reading, borrowing or opening Boviet vessels are carrying to rather more prevalent than usual. the Headquarters of which Gen.
Iranian ports, via the Caspian Britain's
doctora offer Otoso Yamada is Commander-in fourth anniversary of the death of forces but also flour, sugar, cotton The boycott began yesterday, the Sea, not only supplies for Russian various explanations of the my-Chief, and the Army and Air Force M. Thomas Masaryk, the first Pre-and plece. goods for sale in Tran. stery among them the dispersal under the of densely populated areaA.
same command, the the Chinese military spokesman no-
sident of Czechoslovakia, Improved system of health super- ticed that the Navy is not subject.
It is stated here that the frat What is very significant is the consignment of 48,000 tona vision, the spready, of education to Yamada's control. On the other fact that the Blovak population sugar, ordered from the Nether in proventive measures, fewer peo-hand, the spokesman remarked, had agreed to boyoost its own lands East Indies through British ple at "the pictures" and in other the Headquarters is directly res Cerman-controlled newspapers for Land Dutch interests. has already public places.
ponsible to the Japanese Emperor. the same period."
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