1938-03-03 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1938

BRITAIN'S HUGE ARMAMENTS BILL MAY BE EXCEEDED Next Year To Be Peak Year Of Production CUMULATION OF WAR RESERVES PROCEEDS ON LARGE ISCALE

London, To-day.

Army accumulation of war reserves is proceeding on a large scale, says the White Paper on defence.

Stages of design and development have already ended, or are within sight of completion, in res- pect of nearly all major articles of armament and equipment.

CHANCE OF PERSHING RECOVERY

Tucson (Arizona), To-day.

General Pershing, who has been dangerously ill for the past few days, spent a fairly restful night and the doctors now state that the immediate danger ap- pears to have passed and there is a chance he will recover.-Reuter.

JAPANESE CLAIMS IN

A certain amount of equipment, including modern SHANSI

vehicles, have already been issued to the Terri- torial Army.

1

GAS RESPIRATORS

A large proportion of the

gas

Shanghai, To-day. The Japanese claim that their

the

GEN. DE LLANO

DENIES GIB. THREAT

London, To-day.

The Duke of Alba, London re- presentative of General Franco, yesterday handed to the Foreign Office a Note which gives the authentic text of the speech deli- vered by the insurgent "radio general," Queipo de Llano, in which he referred to Gibraltar.

It had been reported that de Llano, had said: "Gibraltar will fortunately soon cease to be a lair

of pirates, which it still is to-day.” The Note delivered in London

New types of aircraft being de-. A training school for air raid livered to squadrons have shown a precaution officers is being opened. forces in west Shansi have cap-yesterday consists of an emphatic high degree of performance.

tured the towns of Sanfenpu and denial that General de Llano make Laoyenpu, the latter being

the remarks attributed to him.

All the General said, it is now former headquarters of General

be strong since her periods of weak- Ho Chu-kuo.

ness had always had most fatal consequences as, for instance, the

and

are

The number of types of aircraft are being progressively reduced.

SHADOW FACTORIES

alleged, was that Spain must

Equipment, including many new respirators to supply the whole ci- improved types of armaments instruments, has fulfilled all ex-

vilian population are already avail- pectations,

able, and the balance will be avail- and deliveries proceeding satisfactorily.

able by the end of the year.

Elaborate. preparations to cope with the consequences of air raids They claim that they are pursuing period which followed the Spanish have been launched, especially in the retreating Chinese towards War of Succession, when Spain regard to the outbreak of fire. Paoteh, on the north-west frontier lost Gibraltar.-Trans-Ocean,

There are schemes to ensure the of Shansi. efficiency and operation of the

While driving car No. 3244, in various transport services and The Japanese ascribe their rapid Pokfulum Road yesterday, Mr. Ken- maintenance and distribution of success to their mastery in the air, Inedy Skipton knocked down a Chin- food supplies and oil supplies. claiming that all Chinese troop con-ese, Tang Hui, aged 42, who ran

Regarding the cost, the Estim-centrations were harassed day and across the road and ates for the current financial year night by aircraft.

was struck Planes also by the handle of the door receiv The defence programme involves provide for expenditure of £284,- played an important part in drop-ing injuries to the elbow and head. provision for additional storage 000,000.

ping provisions and ammunition by He was admitted to the Queen Mary and accommodation for all Ser-

parachute. Trans-Ocean.

Hospital. vices, entailing heavy expenditure. Recruits are entering in greatly increased numbers.

Six shadow factories for air frames, air screws and bombs have been started or will shortly do so.

There are now eleven air ser- vice flying training schools.

Eleven thousand recruits entered for the Navy in the first nine months of the 1937 financial year. There were 3,600 more army re- cruits in 1937 than in 1936.

CONCESSIONS GRANTED

NEXT YEAR'S. COST

For the ensuing year, provision is made for £352,000,000.

President indications are that the programmes in hand are likely to involve defence expenditure in 1939 in excess of the provisions in the 1938 Estimates..

· Future expenditure will parti- cularly depend on the degree of success which attends the Govern- Many concessions were granted, ment's efforts to achieve some and a record number of 45,000 re-peasement in international affairs. cruits were obtained for the Ter- .ritorials,

The strength of all ranks in-. creased by nearly 18,000.

1939 PEAK YEAR

ap-

The White Paper concluded: "It Two new infantry battalions and must be expected that even on the one new tank battalion were form-assumption that 1939, as now ed.

seems probable, will be the peak Arrangements- with the Govern year in defence expenditure, total ments of India will enable the con-expenditure on defence over the tinuance of mechanisation of five financial years 1987/41 will ex- cavalry regiments.

A.A. DIVISIONS

In connection with defence against air attack, two anti-aircraft divisions have increased strength by 345 officers and 9,000 other ranks between April and De- -cember last year.

ceed the £1,500,000,000 mentioned in the White Paper of February, 1987.”—Reuter.

their HAEMORRHAGE OF

THE BRAIN

Milan, To-day.

A bulletin issued by doctors who attended Gabriele d'Annunzio dur-

The balloon barrage scheme was successfully started, and most of the material has already been de- livered.

Recruiting of auxiliary person-ing his illness, states that the poet- nel will start in May.

warrior died from haemorrhage of

A chapter of the White Paper is the brain. devoted to measures to protect the The patient's condition was hope- civilian population against air less on Monday evening, and in the raids which the local authorities course of Tuesday, d'Annunzio be

will undertake under the guidance came steadily

Trans- of Government.

Ocean.

worse,

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