1941-03-20 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1941.

Colossal Burden Placed On Europe By Nazi Machine

BUT HE DID STRIKING FIGURES

NOT SAY WHOSE BOUNDARIES

The present nego- tiations between Ger- many and Soviet Rus- sia are concerned with boundary adjust- ments, said the Ger- man Foreign Office Berlin spokesman in yesterday.

The spokesman added that the visit of the Soviet Ambos- sador to the Wilhelm- strasse yesterday was

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matter of usual routine.--Reuter.

ST. LAWRENCE POWER PLAN

A new agreement be- tween the United States; and Canada to begin work on the big St. Lawrence navigation and power pro- ject, was announced in Washington and Ottawa yesterday.

It will be presented to Congress

and the Canadian Parliament

simultaneously on Friday.

Immediate objectives are to in- Inter- erease production of the national Rapids section of the river and provide an outlet for

facilities in shipbuilding

the Great Lakes area. Reuter.

FINE WORK OF INDIAN TROOPS

AN OFFICER OF DIAN ARMY WHO

THE

IN- HAS JUST

RETURNED TO NEW DELHI FROM THE MIDDLE EAST

REVEALED IN COMMONS

THE ENORMITY of the burden placed on the occupied countries by Germany was dis- closed by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, replying to a ques- tion in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon.

Total annual amount of German depreda-

SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR VOTE PASSED

The U.S. House of Representatives yes- terday passed the Bill appropriating £1,- 750,000,000 for the purposes of the Lease and Lend Act.

Voting in favour of the appropriation was 366 to 55.-Reuter.

tion is estimated at £1,150,000,000, apart NAZIS UNEASY

from indirect losses to occupied territories

and burdens on countries for which no estim- OVER RAID

ates are available.

The cash burden, said Mr. But- ler, was about £1,050,000,000 and additional to this were obligations in kind.

Norway had to pay an annual sum of £68,000,000, equal to about 25 per head of the population.

Comparative figures for Den- mark were a total of £26,000.- 000 and 8 per head. for Bel- gium a total of £75,000,000 and £8 per head, Holland a total of £54,000,000 and £6 per head, and France a total of £827,000,- 000 and £20 per head.

In addition, Mr. Butler contima- ed. Germany received amounts

ates were available.

French

Hopes Of

America

ON LOFOTEN

BRITISH REQUEST OF U.S.

Britain has asked for the use of United States navy yards.

This information was given yesterday by the U.S. Secretary for Navy, Col. Frank Knox, in statement to the press.

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The United States Navy had Some facilities which the

Bri- tish might use, he added. but no action had yet been taken in connection with the request, which was made during the past three or four days.

Col Knox declined to ela. berate on the statement beyond the fact that the request had been made.

HE ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNITED STATES NAVY'S FIRST AID TO BRITAIN WOULD BE TO SUPPLY LIGHT VESSELS SUCH AS SUBMAR- INE CHASERS, MOTOR TOR- PEDO-BOATS AND OTHER The Lofoten raid by Bri- VESSELS OF THE “MOSQUITO" tish and Norwegian naval units caused the greatest

TYPE. REUTER

DR. KLEFFENS

alarm among the Ger- DR.

mans, who are constant-

ly fearing a repetition of SEES PRES.

that spectacular exploit.

The German military authori-

of ties are planning to place garri- sons on all of the hundreds of

France's hopes from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Ru- American aid to relieve mania and Bulgaria, but no estin her food shortage, were Norway's burden was the heav-voiced by Marshal Petain jest, amounting to over one-third in a broadcast speech at of her pre-war national income. Grenoble yesterday.

Interesting Reminder

of

The Government, he said, had a heavy task and was specially Mr. Butler recalled that the concerned with the shortage maximum annual demand from supplies and stocks. Germany ever contemplated un- der the Young Plan was £125,- 000,000, or less than one-third of the present French payment.

"We are counting greatly on American aid to relievo the Bhortage," he declared. France was undergoing

great

islets along the Norwegian coast, according

ROOSEVELT

to information from · Dr. Kleffens, the Dutch Norway reaching the Norwegian Foreign Minister, confer- telegraph agency in London yes-

red with President Roose- terday.

If this plan is put into opera-velt just before the latter tion a very large number of Ger-

a brief holiday, man troops will be immobilised. left for

Reuter.

and it is understood the Netherlands East Indies were among subjects dis- cussed.

SWABUE MENACED

House On leaving the White yesterday Dr. Kleffens said he had (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") talked with the President regard- ing the situation in the Nether- Swabue is now threa- lands.

Presi- He praised highly the tened with invasion by dent's efforts for the Allies as well BORIS the Japanese and all pre-as

A further burden, Mr. Butler difficultles and her life was threa- said, comprises exports from tened with still severer measures occupied countries to Germany-but "we are working more and They are obliged to send more producing more."--Reuter. goods to Germany than they re- ceive in return, and the surplus is paid for in "blocked marks" from which no benefit is deriv- ed nor is likely to be derived in future.

Even though the occupied ter- ritories have already been denud-

KING CAVORTS

THEATRE OF WAR SAID YES-ed of most of the readily export- WITH NAZIS

his work in connection with mirable instance of his governing

Reuter. capacity.

parations are being made the Lease and Lend Bill as an ad- for evacuation by Govern- ment offices and mer- chants.

tran-

TERDAY THAT SOLDIERS OFable surpluses, Mr. Butler added.

Ten Japanese warships, ALL NATIONALITIES FORMED! the total annual less to the West-

sports and an aircraft carrier, have AN EXCEEDINGLY HIGH en occupied territories may still KING BORIS OF BULGARIA been observed in the vicinity. OPINION OF THE

Planes from the aircraft car- INDIAN be estimated at about £100,000, HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN

000-Reuter.

SOLDIER.

men fro2:1

Indian oflcers, such as Garh- valis, Baluchis, Mahrattas, Sikhs, Pathams and Madrasis, including Dehra Dun and also Viceroy's commissioned officers, all did exceedingly well and com- pared very favourably with these from other parts of the Empire

Reuter,

A

AGENCY

MILITARY EXERCISES BYrier have been carrying out re- GERMAN ARMOURED DIVI-connaissance work and bombing] SIONS, ACCORDING TO THE communication lines.

Swabue was also bombed.--Our BULGARIAN NEWS QUOTED IN A SOFIA DES-Own Correspondent. PATCH ΤΟ

THE GERMAN NEWS AGENCY YESTERDAY,

in King Boris also took part operations by German air squa- drons yesterday when he was ac- Hitherto no suggestion companied by his brother, Prince

Cyril, and the

OIL DISPUTE WITH MEXICO

TWO-OCEAN for a fair and equitable Minister, General

settlement has been made Reuter. NAVY VOTE by the Mexican Govern-

ment in connection with

FOR SENATE eign oil property.

the expropriation of for-

APPRO.

Bulgarian War Daskaloff.

COMMUNAL CLASH AT DACCA

FORGED NOTE CASE SENTENCE

unlicensed

U.S. NAVAL CRUISE IN PACIFIC

COMMENTING

ON THE "TRAINING CRUISE" OF FOUR CRUISERS STATES UNITED

DESTROYERS TO AND NINE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEA- LAND PORTS, COL. KNOX, U.S. SECRETARY FOR NAVY, SAID YESTERDAY THAT THE UNIT- WAS "VERY ED STATES

WITH TOUCH CLOSELY

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no 'ves-

Mo Fut-fong, 24, huwker, was sentenced to three AUSTRALIA AND GREATLY IN months' hard labour by Mr. G. T. SYMPATHY WITH HER ASPIR- Lowry this morning, for unlaw-ATIONS."

With

of those ful possession of two forged $10

the exceptions notes of the Hong Kong and whose movements had already Shanghal Bank, one $10 note of been publicised there were the Chartered Bank, and a $1 note more United States. naval

sels in the south Pacific, he add- This statement was made in the Nine are reported to have been of the Hong Kong Government. THE U.S. SENATE

Detective-Sergeant J.. Mac- Fed.

the Antipodes Those in PRIATIONS COMMITTEE YES. House of Commons yesterday by killed and 87 wounded in com- ĮTERDAY UNANIMOUSLY AP. Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary munal clashes in Dacca arising Donald, said he ralded No, 34, Tai would return shortly to Honolulu,

Street on Tuesday, at-Reuter. PROVED THE $3,447,000,000 BILL for Foreign Affairs, replying to a from a bazaar brawl which led to Yuen

about 5.15 p.m. When entering, TO HELP FINANCE AMERICA's question.

Mr. Butler was further asked, Police later fired on a mob at- he saw defendant take a packet TWO-OCEAN NAVY.

"When is this unfortunate affair tempting to set fire to a shop, from his pocket and throw it expected to be settled?”

and nine were wounded.-Reuter. from the 1 He replied: "When a sugges- tion is made to us for a fair and equitable settlement.”—Reuter,

The Bill, which provides for the construction of six new-type battle-cruisers, has passed the House of Representatives and the Senate begins consideration jto-day.-Reuter.

INDIAN CONFERENCE

jand

ADMIRAL ESTEVA

...IN VICHY..........

arson.

verandah. He sent

ENTRY OF JEWS INTO PALESTINE

a Chinese,detective out to pick it forged up, and in it were the

the banknotes montioned in charge,

ROOSEVELT HOLIDAY

President Roosevelt was

AUSTRALIA'S NEEDS scheduled to leave Wash-

Mr. G. Hall, Under-Secrotory for the Coloniar, disclosed in the 49BECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"ington yesterday on a A military conference-of-rulers

House of Commons yesterday, The Australian Minister in brief holiday.

Te- " He was to embark on the yacht representatives of States! maintaining Indian State forces Admiral Esteva, Resident-Gen- that hitherto permits have been Washington, Mr. Casey, is

The yacht will be. discussed in New Delhi yesterday eral of Tunis, arrived in Vichy issued for 700 Rumanian Jews to ported to be compiling a list of Potomac at an unnamed port in

Australian requirements for the Florida. matters relating to enhancing the yesterday to confer with members go to Palestine,

ac- Mr. Hallforeshadowed the prosecution of the war under the escorted by two destroyers. value of the State forces' cooper of the French Government,

cording to the Swiss radio quoted possibility of similar action re- Lease and Lend Bill Inferna-All details of the trip are be

ing "kept secret-Reuter, by Reuter,

garding Bulgarian Jews-Reuter, tional News Service.

ation during the war. Unanimous décisions were reached,Reuter.