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PROBLEMS
February 19, 1941.
BRITAIN'S FOOD British Estimates For Coming Year are Higher
milk.
FROM PAGE ONE
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter)--Considerable increases in the cost of running cerinin Government departments appear in the 1911 estimates in a vote "on account" presented to the House of Commons to-day.
go on for a long time. We have also Dual Purpose Crops, "With these things we can got all the energy, food and health that we need. We have asked farmers to produce those crops which will make our dairy herds and cuttlo as Iltile dependent on imported food as possi-estimates ble-beans, kale and dual purpose
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Foreign Office estimates are £834,769 compared with £ATA,- 917 for the present year.
Office Dominion and Colonial
India-Burna up. aro services are estimated at £2,180,743) against the estimate for the present; year of £2,110,319.
The estimate for broadensting is, for the coming year, £5,000,000 against £4,700,000.
C.-in-C., India Sees Veterans
"Carrots have become part of the national diet. Our supplies of fruit,
Raising Of Recruits from other either homb-grown
BULANDSHAHR, Feb. 15 (Neu- countries, will not be more than Go
A number of departments present per cent. of what they have been in ihe
post, and therefore the im- only a token vote for expenditure, ler)ld soldiers greeted Lieut-Gen. portance of the carrot is very clear to including the Ministries for Aircraft Claude Auchinleck when he attended Production, Economic Warfare, In-tie Soldiers Board Meeting, and re- those who are considering the pro-formation, Shipping and Supply. plying in Urdu to an address of wel- blems connected with vitamins In the
The Secret Service is represented come (wherein it was stated that
General Auchinleck's
leck's leader- national dict.
in a token vote for £100, while the under
take a full sharo
In estimate for the year is £1,300,000,
revenue depart-
air force These civil and ment estimates for the coming your were undefeated and the air force total £534,208,535 compared with was gaining in strength. The enemy
In Africa had
been rouled, and vic- £522,542,580.
tory was certain. He added he had seen many Indian soldiers in the they were cheerful and well looked after.
Carrots And Onions The Ministry of Agriculture has arranged to plant 30,000 acres of carrots this year. I do not know whether onions are part of the national diet or not, but the scarcity of them has at any rate provided a national joke. I have asked for the planting of 14,000 acres of onions."
Dealing with the maintenance of existing stocks of pigs, poultry ond cattle, Lord Woolton said that it was very important that we should not at- tempt to maintain more cattle in this country than we could successfully feed.
Powdered Milk
In conclusion, Lord Woollon re- marked that he had arranged for the Importation of all the powdered milk that we could get from overseas, and we were holding this country's pow- dered milk so that in the event of an to emergency we would be able secure a supply of milk to the public. It had also been decided to bring in oranges to thin country to the greatest extent of our capacity.
Tokyo Recognises Dutch Government
FROM PAGE ONE
England in order to conduct the negotiations with the Netherlands East Indies," the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs said.
After a reference to Thailand and French Indo-China, Mr Ohashi ad- mitted that the southward polley belug contemplated by Japan would "differ" variously according to places, while the substance of the so-called lending position (of Japan). would also change variously."
Outcome of European War "I would not like to discuss such
possibilities as Britain being defeated by Germany. Supposing, however, occurs, one may
that such ease
current financial ship India C-in-C sald that the
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His Excellency expressed pleasure at the Board's assistance in the rals- ing of recruits.
The Meeting was followed by n THE British have a secret demonstration of the manoeuvrability of humour, and striking power of tanks, on which weapon-a setisc based on mutual understanding, the old soldiers were invlied to ride.
This, one gathers, is the great dis- submarine for six Nazi closure survivors who roam across Canada after the wreck of their U-boat in Alm eple of 19th Parallel," the Canndian life and adventure which the Ministry of Information has invested £25,000.
In
This represents only a proportion
is understood.
Springboks Congratulated
NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Reuter),--The
of the cost of the picture. What the South African Air Force operating in fuli cost, will be Mr Michael Powell, the Middle East received the follow- the director, was unwilling to dis-ing telegram of congratulations from close, but there are ample funds, It Air Chief Morshal, Sir Arthur Long-
[more:
The Commander in Chief, the In Bergner Part
R.A.F., Middle East. Best congratu- Elisabeth Bergner with whom cerations to the South African Air Force tain sequences were nimed in Conn- da. Is definitely out of the picture.n But the Bergner misunderstanding, to success in the offensive now taking according to Mr Powell, has not cost place. I am following their activities
with great interest." more than £1,000.
Glynis Johns (17-year-old daugh ter of Mervyn Johns, the actor) now has the part.
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STOCK EXCHANGE Japanese Bonds Recover Still Further
were firmly held.
LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter).—On the Stock Exchange to-day, dullness persisted. Gilt-edged holdings re- TOKYO, Feb. 18 (UP)-A memcovered their early losses and Kafirs ber of the British Embassy stated to-day that he was unable to com-
Industrials were dull, while tex- ment on the report from Shanghai lies, breweries, steels, stores and to- that the President Pierce had been baceos were all lower. requested by the British Embassy to Losses were also recorded in lins, stop at Kobe to pick up British rubbers and oils and there was some
Imagine that the Netherlands Gov-evacuee he had received "conflict-selling of home rails.
reports albut this."
quest by the President Lines is pre- sumably due to the fact that the Pre- sident Plerce is scheduled to sali from Yokohama on February 20, which would allow evacuees sum- elent time to board the vessel there.
ernment will remove an eventuality arrangements for negoliations might be made in keeping with the possible The reported rejection of the re- steps to be taken by the Netherlands Government.
"As
matter of fact, however, the other party is the Netherlands East Indies Government and there will be no difficulties so long as the Nether- | lands. East Indies exists in making actual dealings regardless of how its home Government emerges from the European poblems," Mr Ohashi added..
Japan Worries About Unity
FROM PAGE ONE
order
British Shipping Situation
FROM-PAGE-ONE-
Japanese bonds recovered still fur- ther.
Wall Street was very quiet.
Chiang Kai-shek's Appeal To Chinese
the
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CHUNGKING, Feb. 18 (UP).-In
on broadcast A nationwide seventh anniversary of the New Life Movement, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek urged Chinese in the occupied zones to climinate gam- bling and oplum smoking which the Japanese pre-eng
-encouraging.
He said: "While I am confident the supplies reaching Marshal Graziani, Japanese will soon be driven out, we utmost to drive out naval vessels have acted as water-must do our curriers lo our froups and have simultaneously the gambling and The Generalissimo declared, that Japanese' elements of any schools of transported an embarrassingly large opium smokers." thought such as Communism, liberal number of fallan prisoners, who
fell into our hands with such obvious the total Japanese casualties are now Individualism, Ism,
or Nazismo
1,700,000 mien. the pleasure and relief. to effect Fascism In
The Na
Navy is now carrying out ideological unity of the Japanese similar operations in support of our nation
Stressing the inherent virtues in South African troops and air force the Japanese people, the spokesman units, who have penetrated Italian naid that such virtues transcend mere Somaliland and have already
de- tured Kismayu and are ideologies. After the national
northwards," fence security bill and the peace preservation law revision bill are will be enacted, strenuous efforts made to unity thought in Japan and diffuse the virtues of the imperial Way, the War Office spokesman re-
marked.
National Service Finally, Major-General Tanaka dis. missed the charges made in some cir- In cles that the proposed reform internal systems is all tinged with Communistie ideas or that the Nation- al Service Association cmbodies Totalitarian or Communistic tenden- cles.
While admitting the necessity of controlling "conspiratory element" in connection with the reformist move- ment, the War Ofice spokesman, however, warned adherents to the "status quo" that they are destined to lead to self-destruction.
U.S. Harbours Closed To Foreign Ships
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visiting Chairman Teh, of Mongolia, accompanied by General LONDON, Feb. 18 (Reuter).The Li Shou-sin, Commander-in-Chief of Admiralty announces that the mine- the Mongolian Army, and Mr Shoji sweeper Huntly has been sunk. The Kanal, supreme next of kin have been informed.
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adviser to the Government, paid ¤ call on Lieut-Gen. Hidek! Tojo, War Minister, this afternoon.
also They were
received by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Yosuke Mat- suoka,
Later Prince. Teh and his suite were the guests of honour at a dinner párty given by the Foreign Minister.
Lawlessness In S'hai To Be Committed CHUNGKING, Feb. 18 (Central News)-In order to cope with the growing lawlessness in Shanghat, the has Counci Shanghai Municipal
Russian decided to strengthen the Battalion of the Volunteer Corps by creating a new unt
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