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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 13, 1940

STOPPING OF AMERICAN LINER: GERMANY PUTS FORWARD AN ODD EXCUSE

DOMINION OFFER TO TAKE CHILD REFUGEES

LONDON, TO-DAY.

IN CONNECTION WITH A SUG- GESTED EVACUATION OF CHIL- DREN FROM THE UNITED KING- DOM TO THE DOMINIONS; MR. GEOFFREY SHAKESPEARE, SAID IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YES- TERDAY THAT ON BEHALF OF THE U.K.

HE GOVERNMENT THANKED THESE GOVERNMENTS FOR THEIR OFFER TO TAKE A NUMBER OF CHILDREN.

An inter-departmental committee has been formed to consider the offer, and the most urgent consideration is being given to the whole situation. As soon as practicable arrangements have been made, announcements will be made giving addresses to which applications or enquiries can be sent. In reply to a question, he agreed that the principle of nomination by of which children will go to homes friends or relatives was one on which good administration can be founded. -Reuter.

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THERE HAVE BEEN TWO amazing developments as a result of the stopping of the American "re- fugee liner" Washington by a submarine off the Portugal on Monday...

It is officially admitted in Berlin that the submarine was a German U-boat and the "explanation" is that the German Government had not been told that the Washington was calling at Galway (to which she was proceeding from Lisbon when stopped).

This statement has been supplement-did not know

what the rest of the

ed by the German Radio, which states world knew for days and what its own that the U-boat commander thought at radio stations had also known for first that, the ship was British and days!-Reuter. which states that it was "incorrect" to say that the U.S. Government had notifled all the Governments cerned that the ship was returning home via Ireland.

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"The German Government did not learn until yesterday afternoon that the ship was calling at an Irish port in addition to Bordeaux and Lisbon," said the German Government Radio.

It is pointed out in London that at 11.15 p.m. B.S.T. on June 7 the stated that the Hamburg Radio

Washington was to call at an Irish

port...

At 6 am. on Monday, the official

German Radio also said that the Washington was calling at an Irish port.

But yesterday afternoon the Ger- man Radio, with unparalleled impu- dence, was asking the world to be lieve that the German Government

U.S. AIRCRAFT SUPPLIES TO ALLIES (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Washington, To-day. Over 250 naval bombers have been delivered in Canada in the last 24 hours for the use of the Allies.

Large numbers of Army fighter planes are also being sent-Havas.

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GARIBALDI'S CURSE

London, To-day.

on

broadcast speech Italy's declaration, of war, the Minister of Information said that Garibaldi, : the heroic Itailan, registered the debt of his country to Britain when he called down a curse upon any Italian Govern- ment 'who, in the future, should fight against the country that had saved her.

This curse was contained in a letter of April, 1854, and is cit- ́ed in Garibaldi's Autobiography:- “England, is a great and powerful, nation, Independent of auxiliary ald, foremost in human ́pro- gress, enemy to despotism the only safe refuge for the exile in Europe, friend of the oppressed; but if ever England should be so circumstanced as to :require the help of an ally, cursed be that Italian who would not step for- ward with me in her defence. -British Wireless.

THREE REASONS FOR HIGH HOPE

London, To-day.

MR. HERBERT MORRISON, Minister of Supply, in a speech last night said that in the past month there had been marked and material increases in output.

On

Monday he made an order bringing 1,463 works under the Ministry's control.

"We are steadily and swiftly reducing inessential produc- tion and putting across plans for the allocation of material as between civil and war needs and as between less and more urgent requirements," he declared.

Mr. Morrison continued by saying that this was far more than a mili- It was a struggle for tary struggle.

the world's, Europe's, and perhaps soul.

"We must not let the enemy frighten or depress us by his screaming and banging," he said. "France must, and will be saved. She will save herself by her own efforts and will be saved by every ounce and atom of help that Britain can bring to her aid.”

Reasonable Hope

He said he had three reasons reasonable hope:

1. The appreciable and steadily growing material help from America. 2.That Britain was fully awake and would mobilisé as never be- fore under a leader .worthy of her. 3-Although slow to action, the British went into action and show- ed a resourcefulness, inventiveness and knack of adapting odd and un- suspected means to great and expected ends.

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"The British have the power draw down achievements almost from the empty air," he continued.

"All this was seen in Dunkirk. I for commend it to you as a portent. In

that sign we shall conquer."

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War Speed

Mr. Morrison said millions of men and women in Britain are working harder than they ever worked in their lives before but the men and women standing at benches and lathes are not tired and overdriven galley slaves but. eager defenders of their own democra- tic freedom.

They cannot, of course, make up in a few short weeks the gap caused by Germany's 'long lead over us in war preparation, aggravated by the losses In Flanders.

"The task is harder and longer than that but we can take courage from the spirit in which it is being tackled.”.

Mr. Morrison concluded with an ex- hortation to work at war speed until the war is won-Reuter:

ROSSO CLOSE ON HEELS OF SIR STAFFORD (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Moscow, To-day. Signor Rosso, the new Italian Am- bassador to Russia, arrived here yes- terday, shortly after the arrival of the new British and French Ambassadors.

Havas.

BATTLESHIP TO BE LAUNCHED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA-MAIL") New York, To-day. The $70,000,000 battleship "North Carolina will be launched to-morrow (Thursday). She is of 95,000 tons