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December 21, 1939.
Safeguarding An Hemisphere's Neutrality U.S. TO PATROL
WITH 500 BOMBERS
By JACK JOHNSON
"United Press" Staff Corespondent
SEA
WASHINGTON, · (U.P.)~The administration may ask Congress for 500 air dread- naughts, outstripping the famed "Flying Fortresses" in speed and cruising range, to enable the Army Air Corps to meet the needs of a Western Hemisphere defence policy, it was reported authoritatively.
Plans for the new air, pro- or a litle larger than the present purchasing progranimes from delays suid that Im-esulting from a deluge of forelko gramme are in tentative form, super-bombers but
proved motor designing would lower orders which may be placed. If the and, if tially approved, may be fuel consumption, thus leasing arms embargo is repeated. submitted to Congress early in cruising range. Ins
was adition, t
The Joint Acronauiten! Board, the regular session along with suld that improvements in wing and composed of the top-ranking offers other emergency army requests other designing: would add to their of the army and navy ale branched, to meet unforeseen expenditures probably would cost around $200,000 ing on goverment orciers to staply speed and operating range, They has asked plane manufacturers works as a result of the European war,feuch,
The new plans, which would cost The long-range, high speed boaber the board with full detalls concern- Ing contracts and negotiations with about $100,000,000 (31), would be has been advocated recently by Army foreign governments for planes, parts addition to the July 1, 1841 "goal"fair chieftains as a vital need in a of 5,500 plates authorised by the last hemisphere defence polley, They and engines. ression of Congress in the $300,000-have Deserted that similar develop- The information, it was explained, 1000 aviallon expansion prograinme.ments by soreign powers have in-would keep the government informed Work on this programme is being creased the facility with which at on latest foreign plane developments, facilities at domestic believe lacks muld be made on the Americas. production expedited. Oficiuls Now that I will be completed seven or They argue that foreign air pro- plants available in an emergency. eight months ahead of schedule, press must be matched by planes and safeguard American milliary which would enable the Army to capable of operating over vast dis-plane orders from delays, place additional orders for the new tances from the Army's chain of It was disclosed simultan cously "super planes" without "crowding" bases extending from Hawall to the that die Army Air Corps has been aircraft manufacturing facilities. Pananu Cinal, and from New Eng-participating in the neutrality patrol
land, through Puerto
the with navy and coast guard ships and Informed quarters told the "Unite canal. Such a force would be e-planes. Press" that the projected nerial
"Oleints said that army planes had bombers would be better than theential in crushing attemple of an
to establish enemy
air bares thal been ordered to participate in ob- engine lying might menace prezent 12-ton four
the United Statcsservation activities whenever re- fortresses, which have ፡፡ cruising security. it was said.
quested by the other services and speed of more than 265 miles hourly
emphasised that the planes are ca- and an operating
2,000 radlus of
Kaging only in "observation" work, miles each when lunded.
The disclosure that an additional which, it was said, is affording army U.S.$200,000 EACH farmada of powerful bombers is under plots a chance to practice operations under "most realistic These sources described the pro-consideration came as the Army and over water Jected craft as "about the same sizej Navy moved to protect their plane conditions."
Rice to
ADDITIONAL ARMADA
The Western Hemisphere, omitting Canada, held at Panuma a conference of 21 American Nations In- tent on what to do about war. All of the Nation have declared neutrality. They met to defend their neutrality.
Consultation is invoked as provided for in the Declaration of Lima, adopted at the English Pan- lest American Conference December. Section Three pro- vides for consultation "in case the peace, security or territorial integrity of any American Re- public is... threatened by acts of any nature." Prompt applica- tion of this procedure, within three weeks after Europe plunged into war, is in itself a milestone of Inter-American solidarity. Agenda items at Panama open the entire range of continental rula- Lion L There are three main topics: 1 Neutrality-single or joint action. 2. Protection of the peace of the Western Hemis
of the phere-t keep war out American markets for goods cut off from Europe and Asia; to finance
Inter-American trade; am to prevent war dik locations like those so disastrous En Latin America in 1929-30.
mare
| Canada remales officially outside the Pan-American--family:- but London and Washington recently have recognised Canada's special position. President Roosevelt de- clared at Kingston, Ontario, un Aus. 18, 1938. (bat the United
would! States
defend Canada against attacks by any foreign power. This guarantee was re- affirmed by Mr. Roosevelt, and approved in a statement by the British Ministry of Information. Just before the Conference. The results achieved nt Panama, shows tremendous mins since 1914 in unity of the Americas. As the accompanying map shows, the nation were divided during Just 113 years the last war, after Simon Bolivar, South from America's "Liberator" Spain, called the first embryonie
Conference Pan-American
at
Panama, in 1820, his work al- tained full stature in the same city.
Latin American Alignments 1914-18
Diplomatic Relations With Germany Broken. ||Ecuador_Dec7,1916.
2United States Apr6,1917. 3Cuba Apr 7, 1917. 4 Panama Apr: 7,1917. 5Dominican Rep.Apr 12,1917| [6Bolivia Apr 13,1917.
17 Peru Oct 7, 1977. BUruguay Oct. 7,1917. 19Brazil Oct.26,1917 ||0Guatemala Apr. 23,1 918. Nicaragua May7,1918. ||12Costa Rica May 24, 1918.
13Halti July 15,1918.
14 Honduras July 19,1918.
Neutrals ISArgentina 16 Chile 147 Colombia :18El Salvadort
19 Mexico 20 Paraguay 21 Venezuela
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Mr. T. V. Soong Attends Chungking Meeting
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London, Dec. 20. Speaking on the first short wave national broadcast conducted by the
The numbers of refugeen and The national financial conference- Australian Government, Mr. R. G. Menzies, Australian Prime Minister, destitutes accommodated in Govern- originally scheduled to be held in declared that Australia had decided, ment camps in urban and rural areas Hongkong will now be convened in Chungking according to a report in because so many strange things are are given officially as follows;
the Central China Daily New Bakd about Australia by some pro-
In urban areas, civilians.-King'a
Mr. T. V. Soong, Chairman of the the to speak for herself.
Fark 1,358 for
week ending Board of Directors of the Bank of Although 12,000 iniles from December 10, as against 1,302 on China, arrived In Chungking from rope, Australia was involved in December 9; Matauchung 1,083 as Hongkong yesterday, to attend the the European war and was acting in uraiast 1,078 and North Point 1.420 conference, it adds. The conference co-partnership with Britain.
will discuss the currency problems many began the wor and was carry as against 1,418.
and decide on
for the afabllination of commodity prices and readjustment of Inland financial conditions, the report concludes
Ger-
In rural areas.-At Kam Tin 1,864)
mcnsures
Inland Credits
ing it on in order to conquer people In urban areas, oldiers. In other than her own-the Czecho- Slovaks and Poles, and who know hospital eleven on December 16, same number en December and Matau- what the others will be to-morrow,
It Geraiany's only rule was mil chung 726, as compared with 730, nry power, then no small nation in
The Chinese banks in Shanghai, Europe is secure, and once Europe Is under the overlordship of Ger- 1,012 on December 9: San Ule Ling have decided to suspend extension of business housea of many then no small nations in the 600, an compared with 18 and Gils credit loans to
intanil areas cwing to lack of com world could feel secure.
Culfing 173, as compared with 377. "We In Australia
munication facilities, anys Sin credit the outstanding because we are indissolubly bound to The grand total on Dcember 10 Wan Pao,
arc
fortunate,
on December 16, us compared with
a very great Power whose interests wat 7,840, as compared with 7,500 on loans being collected by bank re and ideals aro ours and who will pro- December 9, showing a decrease of presentatives In the Inland cities, the
20.
report adds Router. teet Las I nécessary.”—Reuter.
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