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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 15, 1940..

Concern

American

Over European

Relief

FAMINE EXPECTED IN NAZI-RULED STATES

EARL DIDN'T

LIKE MEAT

The Earl of Powis, of Powis Castle, Welshpoot, WHILE 50 PER CENT. of America and 99 per Montgomeryshire, apply- cent of those in Washington are talking war and ing to Welshpool Food defence, the departments of commerce and agricul- Control-Committee-yester- ture are trying to get ready to discuss, at least, one day for permission to of the biggest questions that arises during warfare: change his butcher, said↑ "What about relief?”

three of his family had suffered supposed poison- ing.

Before this problem can even be approached, another question must be asked and answered: How The ground of the application

far can Adolph Hitler go in feeding his captive peoples?

The only answer you'll get around Washington 'is "Not very far." In the first place, it's anxio- matic that where war goes, famine!

GERMANY'S

follows. Industry and agriculture WISHFUL

bęcome paralyzed and what there

is is turned into keeping the con- THINKING

quering armies conquering.

GRAIN NOT HARVESTED

WORLD

was unsatisfactory arrangements for transporting meat from. New- town to Welshpool:

He said peat came in lorries which, he was informed, were often dirty, Carcanda were pil- ed on top of one another with no protection from dust and flies.

He did not know if the suppos- ied poisoning'was caused by the

meat.

in

The Food Officer, Mr. Ben Dav- jies, told the committee that, ac-

cording to the Government's in-'- IN EFFORTS TO CONVINCE structions, as there was no com- This war-or the total phase of THE

SHE IS IN Aplaint against the retailer, the ap- it-began before Belgian, Dutch POSITION TO BLOCKADE BRI-plication could not be granted.

TAIN, GERMANY IS RESORT- and French housewives had a

The committee agreed, however, chance to start their vest home!!NG TO PUBLISHING GROSS-that conditions of delivery

EXAGGERATED FIGURES Welshpool called for improvement, industry of canning. The grain LY

THE AMOUNT OF SHIP and it was decided to draw the was not ready to harvest. There is OF scant reason to believe that these PING SHE HAS SUNK.

attention of the Divisional Food Yesterday's German High Com-Officer to the matter and to ask peoples will fare as well as they

that welshpool Town Council to re- did in the months and years folimand communique claims

Germany has suk 4,329,213 tons quest their sanitary inspector to lowing August 1914.

merchant shipping since the make periodic inspections. outbreak of war. This figure is more than four times the total of In the next, ten years, appro-British shipping sunk up to July can the balance be- ac- ximately five and a half billon 1, nor dollars was spent on world re-counted for by neutral shipping!

In fact, lief as a result of war. In Bel-sunk at German hands.

Herbert Hoover's since Italy came into the war, the gium alone,

enemy can ill afford talk of mer- rellef commission--the

For the amazing charity organisation chant shipping losses. that ever arose out of a holo-combined losses. of Germany and caust spent nearly one billion Italy by capture, scuttling or dollars feeding 10,000,000 people sinking now amount to. 1,120,000 ping, alias Li Ying-chung, 27, ac- tons and exceed total British countant of the Li Man Hing for four and a half years. shipping losses.-British Wireless. tailor shop, was charged before

And here's what happened after of that fateful month.

most

Mr. Hoover and his aides got permission of the British to run the blockade; got an agreement from the Germans not to can- fiscate relief food. and clothing, set up 5,000 committees in the conquered territory and 2,000 more scattered over the world as procurement groups.

FAMINE IN RUSSIA?

JORDAN ROAD

FREE-FOR-ALL

Jordan

POST OFFICE

PROSECUTES

Li Hang-yik, alias Li Tan-

Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C this morning, with receiving a postal packet containing a finger ring; at the General: Post Office; on: July 12, knowing that it had been. obtained by false pretences.

Mr. Leo D'Almada, Senior, pleaded not guilty on behalf- of.. the defendant.

The "free-for-all" in

It was alleged that the packet, Road

on Saturday, night had a with the ring, was obtained from sequel before Mr. Q. A. A. Mac-he John. Wo. and Company, Port- fadyen at Kowloon this morning, land, Oregon, U.S.A., by false.

Even if the Nazis could show when Li Hon, 20, cobbler, was] pretences. the same genius for reconstruc-[charged with wounding Yanj

Mr. D. Fitches, assistant sup- tion in the lands they have taken Hing-cheung.

erintendent of mails was present over as they have for blitzkrieg, The Chinese including accused or the G.P.O., while Detective, the problem still is one that may were arrested after the fight but Sergeant J. R. Sykes is repre- have the Americas gasping before one was released owing to in- senting the Police.

the world' can be righted.

sufficient evidence.

The case was adjourned till

. Into the hat from which they The wounded man is still do July 18:

must draw the answer, govern- ment officials are tossing these factors:

и

F

1. France, which couldn't take card of a comparative håndfull

tained in hospital,

The case was adjourned for three days.

MATSHED ROBBED

NEWFOUNDLAND GOVERNOR

CARRIES ON

of Spanish refügees baföre the Mr. C. W. E. Bishop, of thel The King has approved the war" started, now is overrün Public Works Department, has extension of office from one year with more thân. `8,000,000 hame-reported the theft of a watch and from January next of Vicen less, hungry: people.

other articles, valued at $57, trom Admiral Sir Humphrey Walwyn. 2. Spain is unable to help. a matshed at Repulse Bay yester-as Governor and Commander-in-

¡day. -

Chief of Newfoundland.—Reuter.

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3. All of the Balkan surpluses are-being absorbed to feed the arniles.

4: It's rumoured now that Russia is faced with; another famine::

5. England, though its reserves are plentiful, has been terribly hard hit by the loss of foodstuffs from Denmark of Holland.

PLAN RELIEF 'PROGRAMMES

6. Denmark and Holland, with have to start slaughtering their

supplies of foodstuffs shut off, will)

livestock immediately,

7. Finland still needs relief. So does Norway. And because of the blockade, Sweden

enters the tragle picture, tou.

CHANCE UNITES FAMILY AS SHIPS MEET

THE CAPTAIN of a Belgian merchant ship sailing towards Antwerp in the hope of rescuing his family from the Germans boarded another ship at sea to ask for news and found on board his wife and three children.

This dramatic reunion was des-wanted more information, so I So far, there have been only cribed when a party of Belgian went on board one of them. isolated suggestions. in officiali 'Washington circles of a major re-

but lief programme

fact

are

"When I got on board, the first people I saw were my wife and three children. All my other relatives were there, too. Thay had, osoaped by reaching- another port when they could. not get a ship at Antwerp. The captain's wife said when

refugees arrived at Tilbury. tho The Bélgian skipper on the that two departments day of the invasion was in a ⚫ mapping out the French port. possibilities on reams of paper is "I wanted desperately to get nn indication of their certainty to Antwerp with my ship," he that the question will arise short-said, 'but I was not allowed to gu

I was held up for day after day the German-bombers first appear- So far the survey of present while news came through or Gered over. Antwerp nobody took conditions Indicates that the com- man bombing..

muelt notice because they had modities required will be almost At last they let me suil, but I been sean so often. Then, -with-~- the same as in the world war and felt it was too late. On the way out warning, the bombs began to abbut the same that the Red Cross I met two ships. I signalled then fall everywhere. There was no is now purchasing in its relief for news. They told me: Antwerp attempt to bomb only military drive.

Harbour had been mined. Ilobjectives.

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