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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
November
1940
Flying Fortresses For U. K.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Reuter).—The United States Army high command has given Britain priority on the delivery. of 26. four-engined Dombers nt present at the factory of the Consolidated Aircraft Company at San Diego, California.
Simultaneously the high command announces that negotiations are un- der way for giving Britain, 20 four- engined Boeing bombers of the Fly- ing Fortress type' which are already completed. The former machines are reported to be very similar ta the Flying Fortress,
both
# range of 3,000 niffing-gapuble
Aircraft Com-
The Consoldated, ombers have
pany's
Just begun
• coming.
off the production
ints and negotiations now completed will enable Britain to take first de- liveries. In fact it is understood that the first deliveries were made to Britain last Saturday.
More Destroyera WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Reuter), A new British request for overage American destroyers is likely to be made by the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian, as soon as he returns to Washington. Fifty destroyers is the number mentioned by well. informed quarters. Lord Lothinn has been In London to consuli his Government and expected back before the week-end,
SUBSTITUTE FOR TUNG OIL
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SAN FILANCISCO, Nov. 20 (UP),— Paraffine companies to-day announced the development of a substitute for tung oil, and estimated that its acceptance would Eve American farmers $20,000,000 a year.
The announcement sold the-new product can be sold for 13 cents per pound compared with the 25% cents for tung oll.
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India's Enormous Munitions Factories To Supply British Eastern Armies
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LONDON, Nov. 20 (Reuter).-Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for India and Burma, recalled India's great part in the last war when she put over 1,500,000 trained men into the field to fight on many fronts.
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India could do that again provided that equipment was there. There was no scarcity of recruits, he added. a distinguished setting for Indeed, some 25,000 of those who had offered themselves had had to be temporarily put off while the announce- ment of 300 vacancies in the Indian Air Force Reserve attracted 18,000 applications, all of which came from
the political aspects of India, furnish far more than her own re-spirit of British Industrial organisa- volunteers.
co-operation To quote only a few tion as displayed war especially arising from the Govern-quirements. The expansion of Indlo's
ment's decision as announced earlier..Instances, she had sent overseas with the war effort. Provides effort, however, depended and
The British White. Paper, be 100,000,000 rounds of small arms Discussing the moral and spiritual illustrated would continue to depend, on equip-affirmed, was not made in a half-anununition, 400,000 rounds of gun aspect. Mr. Amery said that by the packed in Outlining what India had already hearted or tentative sense. Even if ammunition, 1,000,000,000 sandbags, main issue there were certainly the independence of India was 1,000,000 pairs of boots and 35,000 divergencies among the leaders delightful achieved and intended to achieve in declared to-morrow, India would for tents.
Indian opinion whatever other differ- and neatly expanding the fighting forces, Mr. many years have to rely on the "Broadly speaking, India is aiming ences there might be. They kriew
Rophan Amery said that the army in India British frame-work in the Army and
in co-operation with the Dominions that the defeat of the British Empire ed. These
consisted in peace-time of 100,000
Air Forces. It was inconceivable that extra wrap- pings BST men of the Indian Army and 50,000 those forces could be Rut at the dis-and Colonies east of Suez, at meeting and the victory of the dictators would easily
British troops, but it was now being posal of an entirely new executive all the needs of our armies in the leave India defenceless against removed to
of disclass original pack beneath if desired expanded no a Arst step to a force responsible to the Legislature elected Middle and Far East to whatever evitable aggression from every quar-
number or something like 500,000 men, train- for a very different purpose.
divisions that may be ter by land, sea and air. They knew raised there."
mere: they know It would mean the IN DISTINGUISHED CONE BOTTLE
ed, equipped and mechanised on a He regretted that Congress had re- In India iiselt, arrangements for end of all their cherished hopes of modern scale.
jected a great opportunity to assume As first step, over 100,000 recruits real power and responsibility. There the training of additional skilled constitutional progress within India had already been taken on, of whom was still, however, nothing to pre-workers was being taken in hand and and in India's relations to the out- a large proportion by now were fully vent the responsible leaders of India it was hoped to train an additional side world.
Mr. Amery spoke appreelately of trained,
thinking out among themselves the 10,000 men in the next few months. New officer cadet units for both terribly difficult and complex prob-
Instructors At Hand the generous contributions to the Bri-- and British cadets had been [lem of India's constitution. We were Indian
An additional supply of competent tish
effort which poured in established and there had been con- only too willing to welcome and Instructors would be sent to India spontaneously from Indians in every inued multiplication of schools for promote any such action.
while young Indian workers would walk of life from the ruling Princes advanced training in all branches of
be brought England werk side to working men. military knowledge and the use of
by side with British workers so that now weapons,
they could learn the most up-to-date methods as well as something of the
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Mechanical transport of the Indian Army too had been brought up to from 5,000 to 32,000 vehicles-a Digure which would be doubled next
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Of this force, added Mr. Amery, 00,000 were already serving overseas. Gurkha fighting men from Nepal and forees of the ruling Princes had come to the Indians' aid.
What India Supplied
Over a wide range of war supplies, added Mr. Amery, Indin could
.
De Gaulle Offer To
Vichy Rejected
Turning to the Indian Air Force, Mr. Amery sald that Indiane hod
VICHY, Nov. 20 (Router)-The proposed exchange of Top Hat novelty. Ob- taken naturally to flying and only eight important prisoners of wit between General de Gaulle and tsinabin in black, more urgent demands elsewhere pre-
vented the development of the air Vichy has been refused by Vichy, according to a communique force comparable with the army. issued by Rear Admiral Platon,Minister for the Colonies.
The Royal Indian Navy also was). being expanded.
The offer was inode by General de
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Concluding, Mr. Amery gave de Gaulle, leader of Free French forces, Lashio-Kunming Mails
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talis
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20 KUNMING, Nov. (Central and export trame in war material, che lined featuring gay and equipment of all
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General de Gaulle's prisoners who News): Successful arrangements realistic travol Hems needed for the equipment of
Sore believed to include at least one have been made by the Directorate Generni of ese
Posts labels. Boxer ob her army, she had already supplied Admiral, were taken when Libreville with the British authorities in Burma tainable in either more than half but there was still in Gabon surrendered. In his tele- for routing the incoming and outgoing abundant room for further expansion gram, de Gaulle said, according to mails via the Burma Road with which was being carried out.
Vichy, that he made the offer because Lashio as the postal junction. The Political Aspect
he believed his eight followers were first batch of Incoming malls has al- Mr. Amery Anally answered some in danger of being sentenced to ready left Laahlo for Kunming and is Bilette criticisms made in the debate about death by court marital.
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