1940-12-05 — Page 35

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 5, 1940

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POWERFUL NEW AID HINTED

American Officials Confer In Washington

Financing Looming Prominently

IMPORTANT NEW AMERICAN MOVES TO HELP BRITAIN APPEARED IMMINENT YES-- TERDAY AS THE SECRETARIES OF AT LEAST THREE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DE. PARTMENTS GAVE INDICATION THAT FUR- THER AID IS UNDER IMMEDIATE CONSI- DERATION.

Mr. Jesse Jones, Secretary of Commerce and Federal Loan Administrator, said in Washington yesterday that Britain is a "good: risk."

Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of Treasury, revealed that Sir Frederick Phillips is arriving to meet Treasury officials.

U.S. LOAN TO BRITAIN MOOTED

With Lien On Gold Output

A proposal was made a few days ago for a loan to Britain by the United States of £625,000,000, with a lien on Empire gold production over the next five years as security, reports the "New York "Herald-Tribune.”

This proposal, says the paper, was made by Mr. Eccles, chair- man of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank, at a private meeting last week of bankers, industrialists and econo- mists.

Another report, as yet uncon- ** firmed,... · says that the United States will shortly release thou-

..

Simultaneously Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, told his press conference that the Govern-7 ment is giving consideration to all phases of the shipping ques- tion in connection with aid for Britain.

Observers had scented some. thing in the air on Tuesday when a special conference was ⚫held which brought nine of the ..miost Important Government

officials together.

EARLY MORNING AIR RAID WARNING IN LONDON-Photo shows workers leaving a public air raid shelter in London after the All-Clear" had been spunded. (Copyright, Fox).

BRITAIN

THAILAND

IL DUCE'S

GETS HER AND INDO-CHINA DREAMS

COMMUNICATIONS FADING SUSPENDED

3,000TH

Three similar extraordinary In the 14 months of meetings have been called in re-

cent months and it is notable the war, #Britain and her that a major step to aid Britain Allies have together ac-

followed quickly.

Financing Problem ·

counted for over 6,000 enemy 'planes. This The first meeting preceded the preceded facilities for Britain to sale of destroyers the second figure does not include increase air force orders by 12,000 "possibles" or "probables.” release of Flying Fortresses.

'planes

the third preceded the

to

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To date, British anti-aircraft gunners have shot down over 400 Britain's financing appeared enemy planes over Britain - 300 to be the dominant subject:of the latest conference, and Sirby day and over 100 by night.. Frederick Phillips' visit

The total number of enemy Washington is expected to help planes shot down over Britain is clarify the altuation.

now. 3,000. This total was reach- There has been some demanded on Monday when two Messer- for Information on Britain's exact schmidts, wore shot down for the status.

105s of only one British fighter, the pilot of which is: safe.

“Britain Taking

· 60 Per Cent.

Manufacturers, for example, sands of tone of merchant ship-. want to know whether it is

Ding to Britain.

This total does not include 25 enemy 'planes destroyed by the Royal Navy and the Fleet Air Arin around our coasts..

fly

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British losses over Britain total 820 planes — or more than a 3 to 1 victory. Bener stil;

16 pilots were saved to Another source of

again —— a vic、ory of 71⁄2 to concern. chas Sbeen the future of the

Hitler's worst months were "American- export trade it Bri- tish" resources are allowed to

financially safe to accept further The United States Maritime orders and if the millions they Commission, which yesterday au-have spent to handle British or- thorised the Black Diamond SS. ders w'I be repaid. Company to sell to Britain four cargo-ships, is expected to offer 15: laid-up ships for sale. to Bri- itain in a few days. — Reuter.

PEIPING TENSION

A proclamation threat.

become exhausted.

Reu-

August, when 1,088 enemy planes we.e tougnt down, -ana Sepiem ver, when 1,071 German planes The British Empire now takes were snot out of the sky 60 per cent. of United States ex-er. ports and a sudden complete col- lapse of these would be a heavy flow to the American: national

economy, Reuter,

BRITISH LOAN TO CHINA?

CHINESE PREPARING OFFENSIVE

Ceffective action” to crush lawlessness in Pei- ping was issued by the Commander-in-Chief of} the Japanese Army in North China yesterday. recent US$100,000,000 loan to preparing for a large-scale. gen

The Indo-China authorities have an- nounced that all cable and wireless communication --be- tween Indo-China and Thailand has been suspended ex- cept by cable via Singapore, according to a Japanese report from Hanoi yester- day, Reuter.

RHINE LINK HEAVILY

Britain has neglected nothing to ensure that Egypt's defences are im- pregnable, writes the edi tor of the Cairo newspaper "Al Misri," who has just returned from a tour of the Western Desert.

Mussolini, he writes, gave Mar- shal Graziani his most able and the experienced desert fighter lask not only of securing Italian domination of Egypt but also of conquering the Mediterranean and the Red Sea,

The strong andafences of the ¿Briljah. farese-hoya Raused this edream toɑmelt,away.

If in Albania Italy is already. yielding, under Greek blows, she will snap asunder in the Western Desert. Reuter.

BOMBED LAND TAX

MANNHEIM AND LUDWIG- "SHAFEN;" WHICH ARE LINKED ACROSS THE RHINE BY ONE

COLLECTION

IN RICE

"OF THE MOST IMPORTANT RHINE BRIDGES WHICH IS USED FOR RAIL; ROAD AND FOOT TRAFFIC, WERE..AT- TACKED BY @BRITISH, BOMB- ERB ON TUESDAY NIGHT, VIN

Collection of the Land SPITE OF UNFAVOURABLE Tax in rice instead of cash WEATHER CONDITIONS;

In both towns fires and explo- is expected to be enforced sions were observed.

The RA.F. also attacked a blast next year, according to furnace plant at Essen, while the official "Central Daily

other, formations bombed the

Dunkirk Invasion port,

News in Chungking.

Defence Council; while details ware: approved at fa medfing of hot Executive Yunnan-Nov, 19, after which Mhe Finance Ministry accided that the Land Tax for: 1979 4841 should be collected in rico.

GWEATHER REPORT

Daytime attacks. were made on aerodromes in German-coupled The proposal, - it states, was northern France on Tuesday. One adopted in principle at the July The Chinese press in Shanghai British plane is missing Reu-meeting of the Supreme National TEJONG-To-day that the Chinesa ter. Close on the hee's of America's High Command is feverishly

China the British. Government is gral counter-offensivo L next | This follows the assassination reported to be considering a Spring... of a Japanese Infantry colonel in | £6,000,000 credit to China, ^ac- More than 500 trucks recently the city's main street by an un-cording to Chinese: preas des- arrived from America are now The Royal Observatory reports. The Chinese daily estimates known Chinese on Saturday.. patches in Shanghai this morning, stated to be rushing military supe that the anticyclone remains over that the total national Land Tax, Since then tension in Pelping Previously Britain had granted piles to the northern and south China, Japan; and the neighbour Including Japanese occupied areas,

**|China" a" £3,000,000 Idan. 6

ing seas, pressure being highest is about $200,000,000, 5According Another Chinese report says Every effort is being made to over Morigolla and Manchuria for the 1015 budget, Land." "Tax negotiations for a huge loan from provide the Chinese forces in all The typhoon is situated about totalled 90,000,000 thels, or one- Britain to Russia are proceeding Areas with adequate quanude. 1300 miles south-west of Mamilanfth" "or the total national re- Ismoothly. Reuter,

lof war material:-Router.

Pmoving west..

venuo,--Reuter,

has been acuto.

The proclamation states that various Japanese and Chinese or 'gans will be used to suppress dis-

orders-Router.

ern fronts, solo