SHOCKINGU.S. Press On
FAMINE
Millions Starving In North China
The desperate food shortage even caused the peasants to uproot. wheni stalks, thus spolling the spring
The War
Alliod Victory In Coal Dispute
"The decíalon does appear to ro- present an Aliled victory. Any con- traction of the supply of food-stuffs
Wednesday,
BRITISH
ARMY
HONGKONG telegraph
ESTIMATES
War Minister's Confidence In The B.E.F..
Welles Still Secretive
Hush-Hush Talk With
Winston Churchill
of the Mr. Winston
were mest secretive regarding their
LONDON, Mar. 12
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" (Reuter) the Anglo-Italian
LONDON, Mar, 12 (UP) PEIPING, Mar, 13 (Reuter). Commenting on
the "Baltimore Sun"
While the House of Commons -According to reports from settlement,
kald: Central Hopel, famine conditions
was considering further contra- exist there and a major tragedy
LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter).{band control measures against looms as the people are already
In Introducing the Army Es- the United States to-day, Mr. at the starvation level,
and materials which have been flow-timates in the House of Com Sumner Welles was conferring They are living on
ing from Italy to Germany would the bark trees and are even eating the com- strain. The evidence availnai sug said it would be improper and Admiralty,
subject the Reich to an additional mons to-day, Mr. Oliver Stanley with the First Lord mon earth, which is causing many
gests that the British have scored a undesirable for him to attempi Churchill. deathu.
point of considerable importance in to forecast in war, as his pre- the economic warfare."
The "Providence Journal" ridicules decessors did in peace, what task the German use of Tuesday's Anglo-the British Army might be call- German western front clash for pub-ed upon to fulfil in the future. Faming And Floods
llelty purposes. This is a new way Conditions are especially bad to conduct
Whatever it might be called war, and although it around Pootingtu, 'while the whole may be none of our business in the upon to face, he said, the Army district between Paolingfu and Tien- United States, there is no reason why had not yet been subjected to the tiain is now ascertained to be a we have to like it. The armies are famine area. Parts of this area are propagandists, the attacks are made me intensive test as the Navy still inundated by last year's flood more with words than with weapons, and Air Force.
and it is
a fair guess that the broad- casting equipment was set up before the order was given for the rald and that the sole purpose of the 'rold was to provide a broadcasting opportuni- ty."
Turkoy's Position
crop.
waters.
The people have to find means of living without garnering fresh crops until September.
After recalling how the idea of a Continental Army had been bitterly opposed in Britain, Mr. Stanley sald that the nature of events which led up to Munich showed some of them that if a conflict were not absolutely Inevitable It was dangerously near, It was obvious that in any clash ing side by side with France in the cause of liberty and Justice.
Therefore the security of France would be bound up with the security and integrity of this country.
Migrations are afoot from some of the districts. The position is mude desperate by the fact that the pea- sants have no food reserven, these having been commandeered either by The Chichgo News" snys: "Tutto come, he said, we should be fight- Chinese guerillas or Japanese forces.key, though outwardly a dictatorship, 4,000,000 Face Starvation Is a country of liberal ideas. In fact, The number facing starvation fol- all the Near East sees a vast differ lowing last year's flood was 3,000,000 ence between the Imperialtom of the democracies and the dynamle expan- In Hopel and 1,000,000 in Shantung.
A total of 12,500 villages were de-sion of Germany, Italy and Russia. vastated in 'Hopel and 5,000 in Shan- tung. It is
is probable that the worsen were agitating against Britain Ing conditions, which have reached a elimax this spring, have increased the number threatened with disaster. families In Pelplus. the poorer have cut down from, tree meals to one a day.
PROLONGING
"Even the Amba, who not long
and France, are now definitely siding with the Allies. They see that the British and French are milder thin what is called the dynamism of the totalitaris powers. They feel that Britain and France are the protection against totalitarian expansion.
The "New York Times" says: "If the Finnish war should end, the situation would simply revert to the situation prevailing last November. worse of
GOVT.'s LIFE The Alles would be no
Bill May Shortly Be Introduced
**Even
Need For Great Army Then it become clear that our re- sources in Man Power and our great industrial strength demanded that we should produce an army on a scale rufflelent to ensure our security and be worthy of our position at a great power.
Mr. Stanley then referred to the decision decision taken fast year to equip the Army on
Continental scale.
March 13, 1940.
RUSH TO
BUY WAR LOAN
Will Absorb Nation's Genuine Savings
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH".
LONDON, Mar. 18 (UP)-On Make sure the third floor of the Bank of England, in A huge room crowded with green baize tables, of a fa small army of clerks are busy opening mail and receiving public subscripitions to Britain's £300,000,000 War Loan.
Both Mr. Churchill and Mr. Welles
A most interesting feature of the talks.
It is believed, however, that the loan is that its amount has been care- First Lord brought up the questionfully gauged in order to mop up of American shipments of rubber and genuine saving of the general public. copper io Russia through Mexico and the Philippine Islands..
Nearly £500,000,000 Savings
These savings are estimated at be- tween £400,000,000 and £500,000,- 000, of which 100,000,000 is already secured through National Savings Certificates.
This is in contrast to the old 6 per of 1917, which cent. War Loan reached
total the staggering Sir John Simon. £820,060,000 in actual cash.
large portion of this was advanced by banks to customers, with a re- sult that the loan had a highly in- flationary effect upon the banking and currency structure.
Earlier Conforances Earller, Mr. Welles had conferred with Mr. Clement Attice and Mr. Arthur
Greenwood, the Labour Lenders, and with Sir Archibald Liberal leader. He Samuel, the luncheoned with Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. Chamberlain had an audience with His Majesty the King this morning. It is believed they referred to Mr. Welles' visit.
Mr. Welles will see Captain An- thony Eden, the Secretary of State for the Dominions, nfternoon.
on Wednesday
Promotions
In R. A. F.
Daring Pilots Are Rewarded
LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter).-A "The B.E.F.," he added. "is in
|llet of over 200 Air Force temporary France and the wisdom of the de-promotions is published.
of
cision to send it there is not, ques». in the matter of Russian supplies for tioned by anyone. Germany than they were then when "Starting in a comparatively small they were confident of victory."
wny
our Army is rapidly growing. A great army is World Press Views
In the process formation with which we shall pro- LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter)-Mr.gressively take a bigger and bigger LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter).—Re- | Raymond Gram Swing, the noted
part of the burden of war from the plying to a question as to whether or American commentator, says:
shoulders of our Allies, the French, not It was proposed shortly to intro- if the Finnish war ends, the amount who.in the early days of the war duce a B to prolong the life of at help, economic or military, that had to bear such a very great part Parliament, Earl Stanhope, In the the Soviet can or will deliver to
of this burden." House of Lords, said the Government Germany is questionable." was well aware of the necessity of ennsidering this matter at no very distant date because the life of the present Parliament came to an end in November next.
He, however, was not in a position to-day to make any statement on the matter.
Statement On Evacuation Continuing, he said that there have been a very big scheme of evacuation in the present war and a really large number of big cities had lost a num ber of people. No one could possibly say whether these people would eventually go back to the cities.
If the war went on for some time they might realise the attractions of the country and stop there, he con- cluded.
R.A.F. BOMB U-BOAT
paper,
"Vourull,"
The Belgion asks: "Has Karl Marx been annexed by his blood-foes, burners of his capital? Why not?
Expansion Continues
Leaders are
of ^
The 1940 War Loan bears interest at the rate of 3 per cent.
Allies Hold Up Aircraft Orders
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U.S. Won't Sell Their Best Machines
WASHINGTON, Mar. Thirty-four Wing-Commanders be- come Group Captains, 133 Squadron (Reuter).The apparent delay promoted Wing-Com-in placing the new $1,000,000,- manders and 52 Flight Lieutenants 000 Allied aircraft order in the become Squadron Leaders.
United States is reported to be The new Wing Commanders
insubstantially attributable firstly clude Andrew Douglas Farquhar, who was recently awarded the D.F.C. for to the strong pressure which three successful attacks оп enemy the Allies are reported to be bringing to bear on the United States administration to give Allied aircraft orders preference over the United States' own re- quirements.
atremft.
OR.
of
Heroes Of Last War Most of the new Group Captains distinguished themselves in the last war. They include Mr. Stanley added that it was well
Gayford, who was in charge the long to bear in mind that whereas a Since August,general decision to rearm was taken
distance record fight in November, 1938. the Bolshevists and the Nazis are
by this country in 1930, the decision friends and common foes of Sucial to equip the Army on the present ists."
scale with masses of modern equlp- warfare necessitated was only taken
year ago.
Richard Keileti, who led the record breaking night and was awarded the
The "Gazette de Lausanne" says: nent and ammunition which modern D.F.C. recently for leading British "When listening to the German wire less Arab talks, one will almost be- lleve that the Arabs desire nothing so carnestly as the collapse of the preliminary realisation of their - democracles as the most essential pirations. The truth is very different. The entire Arab peoples, from Atlantic to the Caucasus, from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, are on the side of the democracies in the present war."
planes in the Heligoland Bight alr light, is promoted Wing Commander, The expansion of the Brlish Ex-as, is also G. H. Stalnforth, former halder of the world's air speed record. peditionary Force in France con- British troops in France to-day wo
K. B. Lloyd, who in 1998 was in tinued, he said, and the number of
command of the five Air Force Rying about double what they had in Octo-
boats which covered 30,000 miles--
Germans Worried
The Gothenburg "Shipplog Journal" says that the German coal-position is better but the potato position is bad. Theatres, cinemas and restau- LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter). The rants are full of people distracted by Air Ministry announces that during worries. The churches are full, a reconnaissance flight over Heligo-showing an unbroken and an Increas land Bight and the estuaries yestering opposition to de-Christianluation. day, aircraft of the RA.F. Bomber
It is rumoured that the Kultur Command successfully attacked a Agreement between the Reich and the German submarine at the entrance of Soviet is saiming a combined struggle against the churches, especially the Catholle churches.
the Schilling Roads.
The submarine was seen to be hit by at least one bomb and is belleved to have been sunk.
of
The "Popolo Roma" makes a front page feature of the departure three Italian ships from Deal with long message describing the large
from the shore.
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Hanover Becomes and sympathetic crowd watching
Prize Ship
ber. Every day saw some increase In their strength.
the longest formation fight ever undertaken-is among the new Group Captains. he
Mr. Stanley sald that when recently visited France the troops had already experienced some six or seven weeks at continuous snow and
He visited a great part of the lines along which we are engaged in. put- ting up defensive works and he was. struck by the amount of work accam- plished and the amount of work nearly completed.
Energy And Confidence
Almost directly after his visit can- ditions improved and he had no doubt but that recent weeks had shown an increased strengthening of our position,
"Wherever I went in all ranks I was Immensely struck by the atmosphere of energy and conf- dence." (Cheers).
"I was immensely struck too with the relations between the French and English in this war as compared to the last,
Important Chief Of Staff Talks
ANKARA, Mar. 12 (Reuter) The presence of the two Allied Air Chlefs of the Middle East at Ankara lends added Importance to the recent meet- ing of the Turkish Supreme Wor Council.
At that meeting, the Couneli made an exhaustive study of the country's defences and was satished with the measures already taken and planned, Two two Air Chiefs arrived last
head of the Turkish Air Force.
Saturday for conferences with the
mother country from the necessity of doing so.
All these were
substantial very contributions for watch this country was grateful.
In this connection, there are strong indications in official quarters here that the Army and Navy departments would oppose delaying their own ex- pansion programmes.
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Want Latest Models Secondly, the delay is due efforts of the Allies to obtain the re- lease of certain of the latest models of the United States' warplanes.
Official quarters hint that the latest released for foreign models would be
only when the United States have sale only still better
ter machines in sight, Although
the authorities have de- cided to
to release the new 400-miles an hour Curtiss P40 fighter, at least seven other types, which are at pre- sent being manufactured under orders from the United States Air Corps or which are ready for production, have been withheld for export.
Italy And Her
Interests
Must Be Focal Point Of
New European Peace
ROME, Mar. 12 (Reuter)-The veil of secrecy which has hitherto surrounded the conversations be- tween Sigmor Mussolini and Herr von Ribbentrop was yesterday partially
"The conversa-
The paper says: "There could not be a more unexpected or spontaneous
"In the last war we were. Allies.
200,000 Volunteers Enlist lified LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter)-The manifestation of sympathy than this.
for us but loyal In this war we are friends.” German steamer, Hanover, which was acknowledgment of the understanding
Nothing remains
But, he said, the majority of the i d'Italia an article in the "Giornale A.A. Units' Monotony
The article says: set on fire by her crew in an attempt and intelligence of the British Gov-
personnel of the expanded Army had to avoid capture,, has been towed Into crnment for not taking this modest
got to be provided from these islands tions ranged over the entire European Turning to the Army at home, Mr.
and it was to the Military Training neid and over the fundamental ques- port as a prize.
question of fact, the motive of the Stanley said that anti-aircraft units Act that they would have to look in tion of war aims and the establish-
comprising thousands of men were the future for the main source ofment of an enduring pence. LONDON, Mar. 12 (UP)-The The "Messagero" features themoved out even before the declara-supply of personnel for the Army. Better Peace Than Last One Admiralty to-day announced that British fights over Vienna, Praguetion of war to war stations where It was to the general satisfaction "It was stated that the essentin sevan per cent, or about 300,000 tons and Munich.
that the country had decided They had had to live in a constant side by side with this new system object of war must be to conclude a condition of readiness and, owing to cn which ather Continental armies beller peace than the previous one. the nature of their deployment, they had always been
German Shipping Lossas
of German shipping has been seized
or scuttled since the outbreak of war.
Another 25 per cent is bottled up
dispute; on principle."
in neutral ports or is remaining tied Nazi Planes Bomb
up in German parts except for trade
with Scandinavian countries.
Stock Exchange's Steady Session
LONDON, Mar. 12 (Rouler).The Stock Exchange was quietly steady throughout the sesalon.
Main Interest centred on the new war loan. Although there is no de- finite indication yet of the reault, it
Lightship
LONDON, Mar. 12 (Reuter)-The crow of a lightship some 30 miles off the Norfolk coast report that there
were two attacks by Nazi planes on their vessel yesterday. but all missed the lightship.
Altogether 18 bombs were dropped,
British Steamor Sunk SPECIAL, TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Mar. 12 (UP)The Gardenia (3,745 fers that the loan's success is certain. tons) sank in the North Sea to-day Thousands of applications from fallowing an explosion, presumably small investors have already been as the result of enemy action, received.
The crew of 32 have been landed Wall Street was atendy.
on the East Coast,
is sinted in the best Informed quar- British slcamer
500 MOSLEM PILGRIMS LOST IN THE DESERT
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH❞
DAMASCUS, Mar. 12 (UF)-Five hundred Moslem pilgrims on Syrian their way to Mecen have been lost in the Arabian, desert. camel desert patrols and, heroplanes have searched
, for them-24 hours successfully.
The caravan left Hedjaz nearly a month ago. Members who have been found starved and exhausted near. Palmyra stated the caravan lost lis way, and 300 camela died, whereafter the caravan was dispelled in a burning sand storm.
they had been ever since.
had had to live in conditions of ex
treme isolation and monotony.
Many thousands of them, he said, were on the same spot on which they had stood since September.
All must pay tribute to the way
in which the men engaged in anti-
..
aircraft defence have stood this hard test, he said.
Empiro's Assistance
Mr. Stanley proceeded to say that
the country appreciated The very valuable assistance they had already received and would continue to re- celve from the Dominions, India and the Colonies.
The Canadian troops had been in this country for nearly three months and were now well advanced in their
that
we rulsed that
should continue with our old system of voluntary recruiting which had produced some of the finest armies the world had ever seen.
that about Mr. Stanley added 200,000 volunteers had been enlisted since the beginning of the war, They hoped to provide skilled men who were needed for the Army'r expansion without having to call on skilled men so urgently needed in
civilian life.
Avorago Ago In 25
At present, he said, the average age in the Infantry was 25 and that of the other regiments was over 20. The age structure at the moment was satisfactory and the stiffening of the older men was sufficient but it was a situation which required con- None, he said, could fail to bo stant watching. Impressed by their physique, intel- ligence and obvious keenness.
training..
The fine traditions of the Indian Army were represented by the Indian troops in France to a greater' extent In the Near East where the Austra- Han Imperial Force and the New Zqaland Special Force would," he thought, be worthy successors of the Anzac Corps of the last war.
Je announced that various im- provements had been made in the scheme for dependents allowances in order to meet criticisms,
On He said he had decided substitute for the term “gumarried wile." The words suggested by the Archbishop of Canterbury "married dependent living as a - wito,"
Vero
lie said that the Union Defence The general changes in the depen- Forces had been, reorganised with in dents allowances scheme would apply view to the defence. of South Africa equally to the Navy, Marines and and South African Interests In Airforce. Africa.
He concluded by expressing con- Southern Rhodesia and the African Aidence that the sons of those who elonies had produced their own con- were victorious 23 years ago would tribution while the Colonial Empire repent their fathera triumphs.
relloved the said..
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"Italy re-affirmed that this is not possible if account is not taken of her legitimate interests and rights fellow- ing the line of a vast European con- struction, which was made the point of departure of the Axis and the Italo-German alliance."
The Tribuna emphasises that Italy's position is unchanged.
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