THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 28, 1941.
BRITAIN'S NEED STARTLING
FOR FASTER FREIGHTERS
JAPANESE REPORT
TWENTY THOUSAND
RE-
GULAR CHUNGKING TROOPS HAVE MOVED INTO BURMA RECENTLY. IN ORDER то STRENGTHEN THE BRITISH DEFENCE THERE, SAYS THE SEMI OFFICIAL JAPANESE AGENCY MENTIONING "AU- THORITATIVE REPORTS."
There is a lack of confirmation
the report from other sources.
It is understood that the arrival FII Burma
A COMPREHENSIVE review of British shipping problems was given by Lord Rother-of wick (formerly Sir Herbert Cayzer), Pre-of Chungking troops sident of the Chamber of Shipping, at its An- nual Meeting in London yesterday.
Lord Rotherwick urged the building of faster cargo liners. While appreciating that the need for maximum new tonnage had im- pelled Government to order large numbers of slow vessels, it was no use building such ships if their slow speed exposed them unduly to enemy attack.
Only after 18 months of Wal hud Government turned their at- tention to the faster cargo liner type
A fast ship, he claimed, could do two voyages for one of a slow ship, and would be less strain on the service of the already over- worked destroyers, as fast ships would not need convoying.
Lord Rotherwick advised а constant review of shipping to ensure that fast ships were not
uand on less dangerous services that slow ships could perform;
was cafried out in accordance with a secret Anglo-Chinese military alliance concluded in Chungkung last month, says the Japanese re- port. Reuter.
BURMA PILOTS
The first batch of acting pilot Meers to complete training in the Burma Volunteer Air Unit course left for India yesterday for more advanced training, says communique issued in Rangoon,
Another con plement pilot offlcers is under training in Burma,
Reuter.
MUSSOLINI'S APOLOGIA
of
IN WHAT APPEARED to be an attempt to ex- plain away the serious reverses recently suffered by Italy, Mussolini yesterday issued through the Ste- fani agency a long list of armaments which he sent to General Franco during the Spanish Civil War. ship spent in passing through An accompanying statement by base for France and Britain danger areas; and cut to the the diplomatic correspondent
i
of against Italy while revolutionary minimum unavoidable delays the agency says: "The figures in- reasons demanded Ital an Fascist under war conditions.
dicate how important was the intervention for a system modelled contribution to Spain which, com.jon it. - Reuter.
this would reduce the time each
Every Day Counts
Every day counted for victory and precious days should not be lost handling cargo or in repairs or awaiting convoy.
ing immediately after the power-
ful effort made in Eth ons, doubt CONTROL IN CEYLON
less struck a blow at Italy's war potential.
IMMIGRATION
Institution of a passport
and
"These two big drafts on the strength of the armed forces were There should be equal prior made while other nations were ity with the Army and Aleable, on the contrary, to devote all Force in the supply of guns and their means to preparing for war." visa system, together with a sys. machine-guns to merchantships Explaining the reason for ila- tem of permits, is envisaged to enable them to defend them-lian intervention in the Spanish two bills coming up before the selves against air attack.
(civil war, Stefani's diplomatic cor- Ceylon State Council orrTM“ Lord Rotherwick said ship respondent says that it was ne- 4 aimed at controlling the immi-. ewners should be able to purchasecessary "for reasons of national gration of non-Ceylonese. Government ships as
partial revolutionary and Mediterranean | solution of replacement problems. policy."
it
At present the only
National shipping
being
and
replaced was Government reasons made it
March
Hitherto passports have not been required in the case of certain Mediterranean immigrants to Ceylon from India, necessary. he Burma, the Federated Malay
shipping and the only shipping continued, to prevent Spain from States and Straits Settlements.~~~~ building was Government build-ecoming a military and naval Reuter, ing.
Nationalisation
The present policy would re- Fult in the bulk of tonnage being Government-owned if the war
lasted a long time, and raised the issue of national sation.
To enable ship owners to plan ahead and remove the existing uncertainty in this regard, Gov- ernment should frankly stale whe- ther nationalisation was their in- tention.-Reuter.
The Chairman of the Trades Union Congress General Council Mr. George Gibsen, was received by
the King at Buckinghani Palace yesterday. British Wire- Jess.
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