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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 26, 1941.
Rumanians Routed Controller of Stores Free French Cabinet QUEEN'S
оп
At Odessa
Gives Evidence
FROM PAGE ONE
Announced
FROM PAGE ONE
FROM PAGE, ONE
nilowing for the Crimea being three ments for July and August, you have wide and varied experience in the times the size.
deposited a sum of $58,000.--Yes, service of their country. German Claims
And all your withdrawals from the The Commissioner for War, Gen- BERLIN, Sept. 25 (UP) Bank were in round Agures. This crat Legentilhomme, was the first Authorisel German circles to-day account not only referred to A.R.P.French Army Chief openly to defy asserted that the Luftwaffe, German work. It included the whole of my the armistice and was a passenger on arilliery and storm troops have al-business.
the Empress
of Britain when she was ready smashed the backbone of res I am not saying that it doesn't, bombed and, sunk by German air- sistance of the Soviet constal batter-But it is strange that all your with croft. ies, naval artillery and field positions drawals were in round figures Yen, on the outskirts of Ler
He was formerly Governor of that
is no because the withdrawals Djibuti and commanded the British "According to grad. main Soviet opposition is now com always drew a round sun.
sources, the vere for payment to workmen so I and French forces In Somaliland
when France collapsed. ing from the countless Batteries of
And you put it into your cash ac- The Commissioner for Foreign artillery of various calibres as well count, I supposed? No, there was no
M. Maurice de Jean, was Secretary 'kung in the fortress of Leningrad Bank. I simply put the money in Berlin for nine genes. At the out-
(break of war, M. de my pocket.
Jean returned Other sources stated that they ara But besides your workmen you to
to Paris
and becaine confidential not able at present lo compare the ef- must have other bills to pay such na secretary to M. Daladier and then to feet of the bombing of Leningrad with cement and so on?-No, I only sup- M. Reynaud. Since his arrival in Warsaw and Rotterdam, but they plied the labour, nothing else.
Britain, he has been head of the Free pointed out that Leningrad's buildings
French Diplomatic Service. are primarily bullt of wood which ormila the conclusion that the devnslation will exceed anything thus for in the war.
Finnish Operationa SPECIAL TO THỂ "TELEGRAPH" WITH THE FINNISH ARMY, Svir River, Sept. 25 (UP)—Major Gen- eral Talvela commanding the opera
tions between the Aunus and Svit
Rivers told the press to-day that he refused to predict whether Finnish troops would advance beyond Svir River "because this question is not only
of a military but a political character.
"We have taken
a number of
And you have no account in any book as to how you paid out to your workmen this huge sum of i money? It is in the payment
book.
This book starts from the middle of April, 1941?I commenced work at that time.
Paid Out $63,000 have paid out 303,008 to workmen. This statement shows that you is that correct?—Yes.
And that amount will be found in
Admiral Muselier Vice-Admiral Emile Museller has commanded the Free French Noval and Air Forces since July, 1940,
Professor Reno Cassin founded the French Union of ex-Servicemen and has been secretary of the Free French
Cabinet to M. Mandel Minister of the Empire Defence Council.
M. Andre Diethelm was Chief du Interior, when Frence collapsed.
Captain Dargenlleu is
priest in
the payment book? No. This pay- ment of $63,000 was not confined civil life. sclely to the workmen at the A.R.P.
tunnels.
But this book says A.R.P. tunnels?
bridgehends across the Svir River-Yes. mainly because we want to safeguard the $83,000 was paid to the A.R.P. Do you know what proportion of
-workmen?-$40,000 odd,
what we have gained so far," he de- clared.
life. During the Dakor incident last year he was instrumental in pre- venting the capture of General de Gaulle's envoys. He recently toured Canada, explaining the Free French movement to the French Canadians. Socialist Journalist
M. Hans Hnuck is a well-known
He told the "United Press" corres- Your savings account showed a Socfailst journalist and propagandist. pundent that all traffle on the Mur-balance at the end of July of $25.02. M. Alphand was an attache in the mansk line between Leningrad and it that so?--I think so, but once I Vichy Embassy in Washington Jast Petroskoi has been blocked since started the other account.I gave up year. September 9 when the Finnish troops
this one.
M. Rene Pleven served at the Air reached the railway.
Me Bellamy: In your contract Ministry in Paris at the outbreak of with Kin Lee, are the prices oll based war and afterwards was second in on per lineal Loot except cement charge of the French Air Mission to concreto for walls?
the United States. Wilness: Everything is measured
Neutrality Repeal Message Expected by lineal foot.
FROM PAGE ONE
ferring to the Administration's failure to invoke it in the Sino-Japanese conflict "By retaining the law, we indirectly are consenting to Ger- many's claim that she controls part of the Athantle," he declared,
Empty Statute
Air Commodore Valin is a specialist ia night flying. The French Govern- Except cement concrete for walls ment sent him to the Near East in which were measured by cubic yard?, 1035, and later to Brazil on a special No, everything by, lines! foot. mission. From there be came to Bri- Then, what do these two characters tain to join General de Gaulle. Y. C. mean?-Cement concrete walls were to be measured by cubic yard. When I said no just now I thought you meant the building of walls with stones.
man of the Urban Council.-Yes.
Therefore there is what is known as a Tender Board here? Yes.
And normally all tenders are sub- mitted to them for decision7-Yes.
Is that all that was followed in practice? Yes, so for as local stores
The Chairman: That is all we're quire from you at the moment.
Witness: I hope you will make still further inquiries. to clear up are concerned.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Reuter). In the House of Representatives, the Mr Roy Woodruli (Michigan) de- clared that the "President was going to give Congress an
agree with the Presiden unity to
maiter.
Ins that been followed so far as Chairman: You may rent the A.R.P. assured we will do that.
is concerned?---Thai |cannot asy. There are services and The next witness called was M stores and in services unless the William John Anderson, Controller, tender ut before the Board, i
would not know about it.
that the Act should be repealed," Mr Wood- of Stores. rull added: "The Neutrality Act is
The Chairman: How long have
Mr Anderson: I have been hold- ing the substantiated post since June, 1939.
the merest shell of an empty Statute you been acting as Controller of which the Government do not intend Stores?
informed Every to es ·
member of
every informed
ob- rver in Washington knows that President Roosevelt has not left a vestige of the Neutrality Act violated in spirit if not in letter.
Ragged Remnants
un-
Services are like the P.WD.
What do you mean by Services?—
Not Brought To Board's Notice
Let us confine ourselves to stores. What are the functions of the In your loiowledge..?—In my know- Controller of Stores? The functions ledge I cannot say that stores not
Imitted to the Tender Board. If the
purchasing for Government...
when he feels that the
the
President and his
are
Board? Yes, I do know,
Can you give us an instance
or
of the Controller of Stores are to do purchased through me had been sub- "Judging by President Roosevelt's i As far as control of stores is con- Director of A.R.P. wants, for instance, past performances, it would matter, cerned, you are really the purchasing to purchase sandbags, he may make little to him whether Congress did or agent for the Government of Hong- his own arrangements to obtain ap- did not modify or repeal the rugged | kong?--Yes.
proval from Government direct, in remnants of the Act because Pre- What is the normal procedure for which case I would not know if the sident Roosevelt himself in effect re- the purchase of stores? Imported lender has in fact been submitted.
of peals, modifies and amends statutes stores are normally bought throughm asking you, as a member
know. to suit himself
Tender Board if you Crown Agenta, of the Colony, whether there had been any tendera occasion
Cores It.
Stores made locally are bought by for purchase of stores in connection 19 mistake for the American contract for a period of time. Pre- with ALP. work which were not people to be misled into believing viously. It used to be one, year but brought to the notice of the Tender that an issue confronts Congress in since the wor
what the sense that the Neutrality Act, called three-month contrac anaemic as it is, has preinistrators purchasing by contract? We collect The only tenders that I know which
What is the nor
normal system of instances of what you do know?-- from proceeding as they pleased in all the information and estimates of called for ARP stores and which the conduct of national-preparedness, the stores that we require, after were not submitted to the Tender. administration of the Lense-Lehd Act which we make out the necessary Board were those to which, I believe, and the so-called defence of the schedules and the they are ad-approval was given by the Govern Western Hemisphere.
vertised in the "Government ment. A Dead Ai
Act
Gazette." "The American people ought to understand and most of them pro- bably do understand that when the yes President issued in a world-wide broadcast his famous order to the Navy to shoot on sight any German Under General Order 400, sec Don't Know What To Say or Italian submarine, surface raider that in stores which may be purchas of aircraft, he himself shot the deed in the Colony, unless the estimated crepit Neutrality Act right through cost is less that $200, they are to be the vitals and it has been, of course, abtained by contract after ns dead as the dodo since."
In writing or verbally?—In writ- Tenders Called. For
I believe. ing, And then tenders are called for?ng about? I am speaking of Sir Which Government are you talk-
Geoffry Northcote and also General
Are they called for in the "Govern-Norton. ment Gazette? Yes.
tenderThat is correct,
I take it then that the Government.
has power to over-ride the Board if
it wishes? I don't know what to ray. public Do you know anything about the purchase of pleks and shovels for the
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If, however, no tenders are mado A.R.P.?—I do, a briefly what you do STARTING #667 NEW York, Sept. 25 (Reuter).-or the Government has grounds to Can you tell Fifty-six per cent. of Americans apsive or unreasonable, other ar-here which I have submitted to Dea-
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ac-tenders will be submitted to a Board slon). cording to the latest Gallup poll, of not less than three persons ar- I don't want the whole statement Thirty-four per cent disapproved ranged by the Government. The though I would like you to refer and ten per cent, were indefinite. Treasurer in ex-ofcio Chairman of to it from time to time. What I want The survey was made approxim- the Tender Board and the other to know is briefly what you know ately 11 week after President members are the Postmaster-General, about the picks and shovels. Tenders Roosevelt's brandcast on the protec- the Controller of Stores and the head were invited for the supply of 10,000 tion, of, convoys.
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