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"Prompt Counter-Measures" To Lend And Lease

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American Aid On Way

[SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL"]

Immediately after Pre- sident Roosevelt signed the historic Lease and Lend Bill yesterday he or- dered the iminediate re- lease of a large quantity of Army and Navy war materials to Britain and Greece.

The President also announced he would ask Congress for $7.000,- 000,000 to carry on the prograinme of aid to the Democracies.

THE PRESIDENT WENT ON TO SAY HE WOULD MAKE A FIRESIDE RADIO CHAT ΤΟ THE NATION IN THE NEXT WEEK TO EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT HE PROPOSES TO DO UNDER THE PRECEDENT-SHATTERING BILL.

He indicated that some ship. ments of wan materials were virtually on their way to Bri tain, President

revealed that the Administration is mov- ing with all speed to get imple- ments of war abroad, and

that

Roosevelt

Army and Navy officials concur- red in the early dispatch of equip- ment from their supplies.-Inter- national News Service.

AT BRITISH DIPLOMATS

IN ISTANBUL

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}

Six British diplomats were injured in Iston- bul last night and three Turks killed when two high-power- ed bombs exploded in quick succession in the Pero Palace Hotel.

The bombs were on apparent attempt to Mr. assassinate

George Rendel, Bri- tish Minister to Bul- garia, who had just arrived in Istanbul after closing the Le- gation in Sofia.-In- ternational News Ser- vice.

CHINA FRICTION EVOKES U.S. DISPLEASURE

REUTER'S WASHINGTON correspondent ca- bling to-day says that the continued friction between the Kuomintang and the Communists in China is disturbing Americans.

and

In an editorial under the heading "Bad News From China," the "New York Times” says that dis- quieting news from China in recent weeks has been the continued friction.

This quarrel cannot be dismiss. ed by wholly condemning either side, the paper declares, and re- calls that the Communists have fought vigorously against the Japanese and that their immeif Chine is to be saved with diate objectives are democratic, our help from Japanese and Axis

American sympathy American aid-unhappily smal for than it ought to be has been given in the hope that China will become not only free but démocratie...

Matsuoka Journey Connected With American Attitude

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL'O

SIGNATURE BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT OF THE AID BRITAIN BILL HAS ROUSED SHARP REACTIONS IN BERLIN, DESPITE THE FACT THAT PASSAGE OF THE MEASURE CAME AS NO SURPRISE.

Nazi officials close to the Wilhelm-

strasse declared that the Lease and Lend Bill BRITAIN'S was "basically aggressive” and hinted vague-

ly that prompt counter-measures would be DESTROYER taken by the German Government.

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]

UNITED HOPES THAT THE STATES WILL SEND ANOTHER DESTROYER CONTINGENT TO

ΤΟ ENGLAND EQUAL

THE FIRST BATCH OF 50, WERE EX- PRESSED BY A BRITISH NAVAL EXPERT IN LONDON LAST NIGHT,

The German authorities also connected SHORTAGE the impending visit to Berlin of Mr. Matsuo- ka, the Japanese Foreign Minister, with Axis Alliance anticipation that President Roose- velt would push the Bill through, and declar- ed that with the United States finally commit- ted to undisguised alliance against Germany, they must look to possibly dangerous reper-cept two of the latest arrivals are cussions in the Far East.

Indicating that the passage of the Bill would result in accelerat- ing German plans for a blitzkrieg against Britain, with intensifica- tion of the campaign by U-boats and aircraft against shipping en- tering the German blockade zone, the Nazi spokesman declared: "President Roosevelt will Soun realise that many billions of dol- lars are being squandered for nothing."

Italian comment was more real- istic.

Italian Comment

The influential official Rom2 newspaper "Messagero," declared in an inspired comment: "The abandonment of neutrality by the United States will strongly in- fluence the course of the war.

"IT WILL RELIEVE ENG- LAND," SAID THE JOURNAL, "FINANCIALLY AND INDUS- TRIALLY," THOUGH IT WILL ALSO POSSIBLY "STRENGTH- EN LATIN-AMERICAN RE- GIONALIST MOVEMENTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES."

Matsuoka Trip ....

·Berlin declared last night that the forthcoming trip of Mr. Mat- suoka will involve military dis- cussions between Japan, Italy and Germany, and a high French au- Mr Matsuoka is going to Berlin thority in Vichy declared that as part of an Axis scheme to bring

Similarly, Chiang Kai-shek's control, its embattled leaders will about a Russo-Japanese non-ag- Government has its virtues and have to forget their divergent gression pact and to suppress all its taults, but one thing should objectives and settle their present | Soviet ald to China. be made clear to both sides. dispute peaceably-Reuter,

Opinion in Vichy, however,

He said he destroyers needed curtain re-equipment but all ex-

now in service and there is now scarcely. a convoy arriving in England without at least one ori- American destroyer as

International News Ser

does not support belief in suc|ginal cess of Hitler's schemings.

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