THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 23, 1940.
MR. DUFF-COOPER'S BROADCAST TO EMPIRE
London, To-day..
"In the firing line men from all over the British Com- monwealth of Nations are fighting with won- derful gallantry and grit,” said Mr. Alfred Duff- Cooper, the Minister of Information, in a broad- cast to the Empire last night.
"The British Expeditionary Force," he said, "will yet show the Germans to their cost of what the men of the British Empire are made..
"The Royal Air Force have played
a heroic part. When the history of NO REASON
this battle comes to be written, it will perhaps be recorded that the men of the R.A.F., from far and wide in the British Commonwealth, saved France and England and all we hold precious from disaster and defeat.
"To-day the situation is perhaps graver than at the time of the last war. That does not mean defeat is on the horizon but the gravity of the position does mean we must steel ourselves for news of reverses
and
that the call of the dangers of war has been brought much nearer those
whose duty ilea in the British lale.
"We know there is no bound to Hit- ler's lust for world power and we know in what contempt he holds all non-German races and peoples, espe-
cially those of Africa and Asia.
United Resolve
"I know the people of the British Commonwealth will play their part as nobly as the people of these islands.
"We hear with as great a pride as you feel of the deeds of men from the Dominions, India and the Colonies in the fighting areas.
"We feel behind
the us not only weight of the vital supplies the Em- pire can send but the power of the United resolve from every quarter of the British Commonwealth to through to victory.”—Reuter.
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FIVE NAZI TRANSPORTS SUNK
London, To-day.
It is learned in London that at least five German transports and supply ships have been successfully sunk in the past ten days others sunk by mines.
FOR
PESSIMISM
GEN. SMUTS Pretoria, To-day.
During a speech at a civic reception in his honour yes- terday, General Smuts, the Premier, declared there was no reason to be pessimistic and asked the public to suspend judgment.
He added: "Our army is intact. There has been no great defeat.
"The new methods of warfare that have been tried have done much that has rather upset our applecart but our armies are there. You still have the best fighting army on God's earth.
"The principles for which we are › fighting-liberty, self-government, freedom and the existence of small nations are worth any number of armles.
"They are our reinforcement and they will see, us through."-Reuter.
PRODUCTION COUNCIL
London, To-day.
The Minister of Labour is to be given the responsibility of supplying the labour required for the munitions programme and he proposes to set up at once a Production Council consist- ing of representatives of the chief Government departments concerned with munitions supplies--the Admiral- ty, Ministry of Aircraft Production
Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Labour,
and Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Mines, which would be presided Germany has now lost more ship-over by the Minister without Portfolio,
Mr. Arthur Greenwood. ping through Allied action than Bri- tain has through German action.
Total German mercantile loss is 820,000 tons, or one-fifth of pre-war tonnage.
War wastage and British losses are more than made up by capture, churterings and new construction. Reuter.
MANCHUKUO BANS
FEDERAL $ RESERVE NOTES
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”) Hsinking, To-day.
The Manchukuo Government has forbidden the further use of Federal Reserve banknotes in Its territory. Between three and four million dol- lars of these notes-are at present cir- culating in Manchukuo; they were brought there in payment for staple produce smuggled into North China from Jehol and aorth Hsingan. Havas,
MR. GREENWOOD AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
London, To-day. Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio, was received in au- dience by the King at Buckingham Palace last evening-British Wireless..
The first meeting of the Munitions Production Council was held last night. -British Wireless.
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