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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 20, 1940

LORD "LOTHIAN'S INVITATION TO U.S.

"WE WANT EVERYTHING YOU CAN SEND US"

us,

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Newhaven (Connecticut), To-day.

“WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU for the help you have sent for arms, aeroplanes and machines. We want everything you can send us, as quickly as you can send it," declared Lord Lothian, the British Ambassador, speaking at Yale University yesterday after receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

"If we can hold on until Christmas we can prove that Hit- ler, with all his brutal violence, cannot break our spirit or conquer our island.

"We shall, I believe, have turned realism and honesty in looking facts the tide. For Hitler cannot go on in the face instead of for silence or for ever. The issue will probably be evasion. decided this year, in six months, and not next year or in two years or three years.

"We-in the British Empire are not downhearted. Our people will give a "The outcome of the struggle will good account of themselves if Hitler's affect you almost as much as it will legions attempt to effect a landing, for affect us. For if Hitler gets our we believe the independence of Bri- fleet or destroys it,

bastion of the whole❘tain is literally the last foundation upon which the security freedom in the world to-day." of both our countries has reated for 120 years will have disappeared."

British Sea Power

Lord Lothian pointed out that as long as the British fleet was able to guard the English Channel, the Straits of Gibraltar and other waterways, ́America' hud no serious-problem of Atlantic defence but "the security of the Americas would be entirely dif- ferent if these exits and bases were held by a great imperialist power un- friendly to Democracy or to the Monroe System.

Reuter.

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS

London, To-day,-

for British overseas trade returns May show the totals of both imports and exports at a higher level than that obtaining in May, 1939.--

Total imports were £105,552,962

"We in

Britain shall certainly compared with £109,983,390. in April and £78,509,294 in May last year. fight to the end to defend our coun- try because the real Maginot Line Total exports amounted to. £45,499,- 645 as against £48,299,823 in April defence of the British Common- wealth, as of America, is that Great and £42,273,350 in May last year. Re- Britain should continue; as an in-exports fell to £3,213,913 from £4,- dependent power with its fleet based $34,290 in April. and £5,012,363 in

May last year. on the British Isles.

"I am sure that only if we are beaten down and the greater part of our fleet sunk, will the remains of it leave home to assist in the defence of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and other distant parts of the Commonwealth in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere. -

Question Of Days

"It is now only a question of days, or at the most of a few weeks, before Hitler seems likely to attempt to do in Britain what he has already done to France.

Figures for the five months of the year are imports £522;309,387, show- ing an increase of £156,250,608 over the corresponding period of last year, and exports £213,706,329, giving an increase of £17,299,220 compared with the first five months of last year.---- British Wireless.

U.S. NAVY EXPANSION

Washington, To-day."

Mr. Carl. Vinson, Chairman of the House of Representatives naval affairs "He will attack us from north, committee, stated yesterday that the east and south by aeroplane, and | $4,000;000;000 naval expansion pro- Invasion.

gramme recommended on Tuesday by the President's ap- "I don't want to give a pessimistic the House has impression at all. I only plead for proval.-Reuter.

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