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August 23, 1940.
By Walt Disney.
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FACTS: The Japanese Navy consists of 9 capital ships,
6 aircraft-carriera, 38 cruisers, 121 destroyers, 58 mubmarines. The United States Navy has 15 capital ships, 5 aircraft- carriers, 37 cruixera, over 200 destroyers and 87 submarines. The Dutch East Indies squadron is small but still intact ----2 cruisers, & destroyers, 7 submarines and some coastal boats.
The size of the French squadron in the Far East at the present is not divulged-nor is that of the British China atalion.
The Royal Australian Navy comprisca 7 cruisera and 4 dextroyera,
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JAPANESE Army leaders
JAPANES
have agreed that the Army ball adopt "an atti- tude as strong as iron and rush for its obectives" in connection with the "present golden opportunity" in the Fast East.
This is the latest indication that Japan, for all her pledges of non-involvement in the European war, intenda to take advantage of Allied- preoccupations to spread her influence to parts of Asia other than her immediate field of operations in China.
The war in China has been used no Д cover for her claims од French Indo-China and now for her claims on the British Empire Japan demanded
Empire.
NEW
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NEW LALIDONZA”
demanda
Japan
the conation of supplies to Chiang Kai-shek's Govern- ment through both Indo- Burma- China and tho Chungking road. She has followed this up with the statement by the Japaneta Foreign Minister, that the uniting of East Asia and the South Scas in single Japanese-controlled sphere is a "natural conclu- sion." The possibility of Japan declaring a "Monroe Doctrine” is being discussed in Shanghai.
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There are five Western Powers directly affected by these Japanese claims: U.S.A., Great Britain, Aus- tralia, Holland and France, The richest parts of the
INTO "No. 10" I WALKED
By EDWARD G. GAYLER, “Sunday Dispatch” Finance News Editor
MY job often takes me to
Government offices in and around Whitehall, but I cannot claim to be so well known as to gain easy entry to such high places:
I am accustomed to following the usual routine adopted with callers, and either have a fixed appointment or send in my card in the usual .way.
The other day I
I went to the Treasury to collect the National Revenue Returns and to seek infor- mation about the sale of the new War Bonds. It was my first visit since the regulations against Fifth Columnists were tightened up, and I quite expected to have to show my identity card and other papers to prove my bona fides.
ON the contrary, desplie a chalk- ed notice at the door saying "All Passes To-Do Shown," I just walked up the steps, told one of the porters that I had come for the Treasury Returns, and went straight in.
The porters did not know me, and I did not know them. I went to. the room where I know the Returns would be handed out, and did not *see a single person on the way, I could have wandered about the building at will.
- When I got the Refarns, I was told that I had to inquire at No. 10, Downing-street about the War Bonds.
I certainly could not hope to be allowed inside No. 10 itself.
HOWEVER, I left the Treasury, walked. 60 yards down Whitehall, and turned into Downing-street.
Ioalked to No. 10 and knocked at the door:-- Having explained the
reason for my call. I was admitted, and waited in the hall while the porter went to find somebody who could deal with my inquiry.
While he was gone I was alone
in the hall, except for one pulice-
man.
Thus was I allowed to enter the very nerve centre of Britain's war effort. I might have been an armed traktor for all that anyone knew.
What damage I could have donc In a few minutes! The direction of our war effort might have been thrown into hopeless confusion.
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WHEN I left Downing-street, went back to the Treasury again, but--this time I Was Not Challeng- cd At All I walked straight through the building without hindrance.
How different from Nazi Ger- many! But how much more dop- gerous. The Prime Minister and Jils Cabinet, and the chiefs of Government Departments, are - na vital to our war effort as our planes, our Navy, and our Army.
Whether they like it or not, they must be subjected to a constant vigil,
This slackness in protection shocked me, and I feel it is my duty to draw public attention to the danger of allowing unidentified people to enter No. 10. Downing- street, the Treasury, and other vitally important buldings in this "It is imperative that the lives of
way,
· our loaders should be uz adequately ,protected as are our aerodromes, our coastline, our raflidays, and ⠀ our food ships:
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French and Dutch Empires fall in this "Japanese sphere.
U.S.A.
America is directly in- terested (1) because of her important trade and industrial connections in China (2) because tho with Philippine Islands their important naval base, Manila, are only 400 miles from China; (3) because the naval base at Guam, in the Caroline Islands, would be included in Japan's claim to the "South Sea."
GREAT BRITAIN
We are directly interested (1) through the Japanese claims on the Burma-Chung-
Trials of
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king road; (2) because we have large possessions in Borneo and Malaya; (3) be- cause we have large invest- ments and trading interests in China; (4) because Singa pore, our main naval base in the Far East, would be threa. tened by any extension of Japanese influence in Indo- China.
AUSTRALIA
Although Australia is perhaps, not directly includ- ed in Japan's claims to the South Seas it has long been feared that, Japan looks to Australia for a profitable field of expansion, and any extension of the Japanese Empire would be a menace to this continent.
FRANCE
Although France has been defented in Europe, the terms of the armistice left the French Eastern Empire intact. But Indo-China is now cut off from help from Europe and must rely for support either on America or Great Britain.
of an
Evacuee
HONGKONG EVACUEE: If they come down tails I'll be bust.
(Australian national gambling game "Two
played by tossing two pennies into the air heads win, tails lose.):
HOLLAND
The Dutch East Indies offer the richest prize of all in the Far East-especially for 4 nation like Japan, which depends on constant oil supplies for its WRI machine. America at once declared itself against any alteration of the status quo
in these islands after the Nazi invasion of Holland.
U.S.S.R.
There ia one other Power interested in claims of the Japanese-Russia. Though Russia is not terri- torially affected in the pre- sent area of debate, any change in the balance of power in Asia would directly interest the Soviet Union. Russia has constantly up- ported China against Japan's aggression.
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clear. What remains to be seen is whether concerted action can be taken against the Japanese claims or whether
more
"appeasement" will be tried to stave off difficulties. The situation is reminiscent of Europe from 1936 to 1938--but with this difference: Japan has laid all her cards on the table. She has stated her ambitions en bloc and at one time---not piecemeal, with false pro- mises of "no more territorial ambitions" in Asia.
No more
trade with
France
ALL tmde between
Great Britain and France has been stopped by Government order. What does that mean to us and to France?
In the last normal trade year, 1938, we imported French goods worth £33,638,000, and sold France nearly as much.
There was this striking differ- ence, however, in the character of of the trades. What we bought were mainly luxury goods, which we should learn to do without now, Anyway; what France bought of us were mainly essentials of every day life.
Coal, for instance. That was our biggest item of export to France, 8,155,000 tons of it in 1938, worth £0,540,000. South Wales will be sorely hit by the loss of this trade.
Other big single items were; machinery, £1,427,000; vehicles, £590,000; woollen goods, £578,- 800; chemicals, dyes, etc., £735,000 all things that France will and it hard to do without and very *difcuit Just now to get from
Germany,
-On the other hand, we shall miss, but can do without, the 1,880,000 callons of wine (value £1,400,909), and the 507,000 gallons of brandy (£950,000) the French sold us in single year. In the Sgures above, by the way, champagne alone accounted. for 488,000 gallons (£910,000).
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£1,000,000 worth of fresh fruit and vegetables we had from France. can be grown in our own gardens, Women will have to do without Paris fashions (France used to send us about £700,000 worth of wear- Ing apparel a year), hats, cosmetics, scents, lingerie, pure silk stockings, and cut Bowers-all of them blg items in the trade returns.
The taste of Camembert and Brie 'cheeses, of crystallised fruits, and many other good things to: cat wa aball, alsoʻ miss until the war is over.
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SPORADIC RAIDS ON ENGLAND DO LITTLE DAMAGE
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ALTHOUGH HITLER HAS TEMPORARILY ABANDONED HIS AERIAL BLITZKRIEG AGAINST ENGLAND, OWING, IT IS BE- |LIEVED, TO HIS ENORMOUS LOSSES, ENEMY BOMBERS CONTINUE RAIDS ACROSS THE CHANNEL IN SPORADIC FASHION.
It is officially announced that four German planes were shot down by the R.A.F. yesterday. }
This, says "United Press," ↑ brings the total German lossÒS around the British coast ainco June 18 to 1,002.
Did Not Get Inland
The German aircraft in yesterday's raids operated singly.
None of the enemy planes succeed- ed in penetrating more than a few miles bejang the coast and no bombs
were dropped on land,
ITALIAN
BASES ATTACKED
CAIRO, Aug. 22 (Reuter).
Two RAF fighters were lost. the-To-day's communique states that during the night
pilot
of one parachuting to safety.
crew of a 1,119-ton steamer
The crow which arri day Kome miles off the const by a Nazi torpedo-bomber. The plane dropped bour. both its torpdocs, but missed their mark.
arrived at an Irish port yester of August 19-20, RA.F. told of an unsuccessful attack bombers raided Tobruk Har-
Meanwhile, the RAF. attacks on
Germany continue with undiminish
ed fury.
R.A.F. Bomb Oil Plant The Air Ministry announces them thus:
Naval oil tanks on "the foreshore, which were the main targets, received direct hits.
Other bombers attacked with success the landing · grounds at "Further attocks on enemy oli re- Tobruk and el Adem. fineries were carried out last night Three Italian bombers were although the weather conditions were seriously damaged during a raid on unfavourable. The chief targets were Sidel Mini yesterday. One was the important Brabag refineries at set on fire and exploded. A second Magdeburg and the Dourag installa- | burned out. The third had its wings
at llanover.
blown off. Coan and Abbeville our mir-
There were
☐ number of near which craft bombed the serodromes causing misses,
probably caused explosions on the runways and land- damage to other aircraft. ing grounds and setting the hangaru · Planes Return Safely
batteries afire. Searchlight
WITC All our bombers returned safely. extinguished by gun fire.—
"Our aircraft also raided Bomba Di "Attacks were also made on the the Libyan coast. A
direct hit wILE airdromes at Quakenbruck near registered on a seaplane jetty. Hanover and the Island of Texel.
Aircraft of the Southern Hiodesian "Railway centers were bombed 10 and South African squadrons carried the Ruhr and Rhineland. Bombs out humerous offensive recon- were dropped on a tunnel between naissances in Italian Somaliland. Nieburg and Verden, Hanover, as o supply train entered.
"Only one of our aircraft failed to return."
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
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At Mogadiscio, direct hits were registered on the jetty of one hangar, while at Merka one. Caproni aircrati on the ground was damaged.
Direct hila were also registered on buildings.
Raid On Desla The RAF. also carried out heavy | bombing of the Italian air base at
Dessin,
Direct hits were scored on the aerodrome and buildings.
All our aircraft returned. Heavy bombing attacks were also Harry Ore and J. R. M. carried out on hangars and railway station at Diredawa. Direct hits Smith in Two-Piano Recital were observed.
Opposition from fighter planes was
was shot down.
Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Pre-encountered, and one of our aircraft quency of 845 kc's and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 pm, and 8-11 pm. on 9.62 m.c's, per second.
Н. К., Т.
12.15 Short Service of Interces- sion.
12.30 A Chopin Programmé, 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.
1.03 Variety with Turner Layton. All God's Chillua got Rhythm, To-morrow is another Day: Sandy Wins the Football Pool; Foxtrot Medley 1, Fast
Slow Tempo, 2. Tempo: A Little Dash of Dublin, Kiss Me Goodnight; After All These Years.. 1.30
Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce-
ments.
1.45 Jack Harris' Orchestra.
2.15 Close Down.
6,00 An Hour of Variety,
7.00 Closing Local Stock Quota- tions
7.03 Dance Music
7.30 London Relay-The News. 8.00 Local Time Bignal, Weather Report and Announcements...
8.03 Compositions of Bach. 8.20 Studio Two Piano Recital by Prof. Harry Ore and J. L. M. Smith,
out im- fights into
A French crew carried portant reconnaissance enemy territory.
1. Sonnia
a Duo Cemball in D Minor (Pasquin! 1637-1710); Variations on a Theme by Haydı (Brahms).
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8.45 Light Orchestrs Selections. 0.00 p.m. London Relay-The 9.30 London RelayWorld "Af- fairs"--Wickham Steed,,
9.45 Selections from Lichi Opera 10.13 Compositions of Dvorak 11.00, Close Down,
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