1941-05-27 — Page 35

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 27, 1941.

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ROOSEVELT SPEECH UNDERGOES REVISION

Dramatic War Developments Alter The Tenour

IN THE LIGHT OF THE RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS ABROAD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS REVISING THE SPEECH WHICH HE WILL DELIVER TO-DAY, STATED. THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE SECRETARY, MR. STEPHEN EARLY, AT THE WHITE HOUSE YESTERDAY.

When President Roosevelt's address was

originally scheduled a fortnight ago, Mr. N.Z. GUARD Early warned reporters not to build it up as extremely important.

FOR KING OF GREECE

Yesterday, however, he said: "I can tell you the President will be engaged through the day into the night and most of to-morrow in revising his speech in the light of the rapidly FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY changing conditions abroad.

"Don't ask me to go into de- tails because I can't. You will get them when: you gel the Speech "

tha

will

AN EXPRESSION OF THANKS AND DEEP APPRECIATION

EIGHTY-NINE MILLIONS ON A.R.P. SHELTERS

The Select Com- mittee's Report on national expenditure, issued yesterday, states that civil de-

fence, including

A.R.P. shelters, amounted to £89 mil- lions for the financial year ending March 31,1941-Reuter.

TRAMCAR PICKPOCKET

BRITISH NAVY'S STRENGTH

While the loss of H.M.S. Hood must not be minim- ised, the British Navy has 15 capital ships against a nominal roll of 12 avail- able to the Axis fleets.

But of these 12 only eight are now effective. Italy having lost her two 35,000 tons Littorio class battleships, one at Taranto and the other

at severely damaged Matapan.

Of her Cavour class only two are available at the present time, one having foundered at Taranto and une being damaged.

Of Germany's six capital ships (two them being the "pocket bat- tleships Lutzow and Scheer), Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are still in Brest where they have received considerable attention from the R.A.F.

the Of the British battleships oldest is Revenge, completed in 1915, and the newest is the Prince of Wales commissioned in 1941.- British Wireless.

U.S. SHORTAGE OF FARM WORKERS

MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEA- LAND FORCES AND THE AR- RANGEMENTS MADE BY GEN-

Sentence of six months' hard Among those whom Presl ERAL FREYBURG, NEW ZEA- dent Roosevelt has consulted on LAND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF labour was imposed on Chan Man, the drafting of the speech was IN GREECE. FOR THE SAFE 23, by Mr. G. T. Lowry this morn- Robert Sherwood,

OF plav-CONDUCT

THE KING'S

ing, for stealing $95 from a medi- wright, who has assisted with PARTY DURING THE DEPAR- |cal student, Tsoi Fuk-lam, on Voeux important

tramcar in Des pronounce-TURE FROM GREECE, IS CON- board a

| Road on Sunday. VEYED IN A PERSONAL LET- beTER FROM THE KING OF THF MR. PETER WITH HELLENES TO

According to Det-Sergt. J. Mac- at FRASER, NEW ZEALAND | donald, Tsoi bourded u tramenr in Des Voeux Rond Central near the PREMIER.

Sincere Company at about 1 p.m. On Sunday. Shortly afterwards, he

The U.S. Draft Director, Mr. discovered that a sum of $95 was Hershey, yesterday asked local pocket. boards to consider the deferment missing from his jacket saw defendant

pass of farm workers engaged. in, the Mr. Fraser spent Saturday nightle then

another production of food vitally, needed on board a New Zealand hospital bundle of banknotes to

He kept watch and As for national defence in B letter Mr. Early added he would

also inspected a New person.

from Secretary of The first contingent of Italiar ship and

Agriculture not be surprised if reporters

convalescent depot, soon as defendant got off the tram

in Wanchai, he summoned a Wickard saying there is a shortage were querying him about other prisoners of war arrived in Syd-Zealand

Police constable. The other per- of farm labour and food produc- Berlin decpatches before Presley yesterday and were sent to speaking to the men on their -

defendant son to whom

tion must be maintained. Inter- dent Roosevelt talks. Reuter. Camp in the country, says Reuter.periences.-Reuter.

national News Service.

other When a reporter informed Mr. Ear y that the

ments. German Foreign Ofice

commenting on was not

The address, which

internationally. Admiral Rucder's convoy inter- broadcast view. Mr. Early declared: "I have he translated into probably

Reuter. got the idea that Berlin to-day Is į least six languages. trying to do anything it can to beyloud the President's speech and i to anticipate something for you gentlemen between 100 and Tuesday night."

Hood Sinking

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International News says the President spent most of Sunday drafting his momentous fireside chat.

Speculation prevails that the President will vigorously chal- lenge Berlin claims that the Hood sinking and the Crete operations "have won the war" for the Nazis, and high Government officials ex- peel emphasis will be laid on the fact that as in the past, the pre- sent war will not be won by any single battle.

ING THE EFFECT OF THE.

ITALIAN PRISONERS ARRIVE IN SYDNEY

Mr. Fraser

to Cairo returned un Sunday night after a two days" visit to New Zealand war wound ed in Egypt.

SINKING OF 'HOOD'

STIRS AMERICA

THE SINKING of H.M.S. Hood near Greenland, while grimly dramatising the Battle of the Atlantic, CONGRESS LEADERS' has driven home the following facts in the OPINIONS CLASHED REGARD- minds of U.S. naval and diplomatic circles: HOOD SINKING ON PUBLIC Firstly, if H.M.S. Hood was being used for con- OPINION IN THE UNITED voying, it is evident that other British capital ships, so badly needed in other theatres of war, must have Some said it would spur agita- been similarly employed to minimise the loss of others believed it would solidify ships and supplies from the United States.

STATES.

tion for U.S. entry into the war,

sentiment against the use of the

U.S. Navy to

Ships to Britain,

means

[

British Navy. Therefore, the convoy munitions

the spread thinly throughout seven seas, needs the assistance of the U.S. Navy.

Powerful Link

DEEP SHELTERS TO

BE, BUILT

Senator Joshua Lee said: "It! Secondly, the naval engage-

The Select Committee on Green- that Britain's lifeline is ment occurred between

National Expenditure states in its being strained. A powerful link land and Iceland

the athwart In that chain has now gone.

main artery of Britain's Atlantic: Report that plans are in progress "We should put our defence lifeline and

for the provision of deep shelters 80 close to the effort on a 24-hour basis. American defence zone that Rear for about 30,000 additional people we don't stop up our help to Admiral Yates Sterling, ex-Chief and 18 out of 20 shafts have been Britain we will be fighting of U.S. Naval Staff, said that it begun. It is hoped the programme Hitler's forces alone some day.""awakened American concern for will be completed by next winter. Senator Clark, an opponent of the approach of V.S. entry as a "shooting part- Hemisphere." ner," said he did not believe the Hood sinking would change the determination-of-the-American. people "to, stay out of the war," and declared the anti-convoy forces were strengthened by the Hood sinking, \\

war in this

British Wireless.

Consequently, the question. -arisos---whether the_German. THAI PREMIER

Navy is patrolling. Greenland merely to raid British convoys, MAY VISIT JAPAN or to prevent the United States from

accupying Greenland: The Thai Premier. Major- Anti-convoy circles said the

"affectively as an advanced General Pipula Songgram, may go Germans. would certainly fire on naval base of operations, to Japan after the National Day U.S. warships if they convoy

Thirdly, while Germany's other celebrations which, are being held munitions: ships and. U.S. warships' hattleships Scharnhost and on June 24, says the well-inform- would certainly shoot back, thus Gneisenau have been forced to ed Thal daily "Promuenwdn" beginning war. International abandon harassing work and quoted by Reuter.

News Service.

Playwright's Aid'

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effectively prevented from ro- R.A.F.. Euring raiding by the

the need for strengthening the British Navy by the U.S. Navy is Chan Yung, 45, was sentenced "President Roosevelt is 'devot- The last Gallup poll showed a to one month's hard labour/by And mora tima te prentrotib bare majority favouring U.S. .con-Mr. H G Sheldon, K.C., this his fireside chat than any speech voying. The loss of HM/S. Hood morning, for stealing wood from I can recall," his secretary, Mr. may profoundly affect American the Coffed Plantation-Sookunpoo,

Stephen Early, told reporters public opinionContral News on Saturday-

the money, ran away.

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