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FIRST NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST. ESTABLISHED 1845.

No. 32,159

THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1941

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Freedom Of Seas STAND-UP

Declaration

NEUTRALITY ACT

NOT SEEKING REPEAL

SLOGGING

Impresses Britain MATCH

(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)

"PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS CLEAR- President Roosevelt was ED THE DECKS FOR ACTION.” THESE to hold a special press WORDS OF ONE LONDON SPOKESMAN YES- conference late yester-TERDAY SUM UP THE GENERAL IMPRES- day afternoon, at which SION ON THE PRESIDENT'S BROADCAST, he was expected to clear WHICH IS WIDELY REGARDED BY THE PUB- up the question of con- LIC OF BRITAIN AS GIVING THE HEAD OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT POWER TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING.

voys.

Mr. Stephen Farly, the Presi- dent's secretary, announcing this in the morning, was told by re- porters that the President's speech

Attention is naturally paid in London to left some confusion as regards the President's declaration of the freedom of “THINK HE the sea, which is interpreted in London as not

the convoy issue.

HE REPLIED:

WILL CLEAR THAT THIS AFTERNOON AND I RATHER HE DID IT."

LORD HALIFAX

AND J. M. KEYNES AT WHITE HOUSE

President Roosevelt yesterday invited Lord Halifax, the Bri- tish Ambassador, and Mr. John Maynard Keynes, the distin- guished Cambridge

economist, WOULD only extremely important but also as fresh evidence of the President's unusual political astuteness.

Replying to a question whether the President's plea to ali citizens to put defence first meant that the! time for debate was over, "Certainly, Early replied:

speech will continue."

Mr

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REMARKING THAT WHILE THE SPEECH REPRESENTED "80 PER CENT OF THE JOB," HE SAID THE PRESIDENT STILL HAD ABOUT "A 20 PER CENT CLEAN-UP TO DO."

Neutrality Act

tention of asking for repeal of the

dering its revision.

SUPPLY SHIP HARD HIT

Five armed trawlers President Roosevelt has no in- were escorting a German Neutrality Act and is not consi- supply ship of approxim- ately 5,000 tons, which The President made this clear

in was struck twice by heavy Washington last evening, to clari-bombs dropped by an fy certain outstanding questions R.A.F. Coastal Command

at a special press conference

following his fireside chat.

President Roosevelt added he aircraft off Brest on Wed- was not at present considering any executive orders to imple- nesday.

ment his proclamation of a state The supply ship was left list- of unlimited national emergency.ing and settling down after the --Reuter.

Boys Caused

pilot of the British 'plane esti- mated his second salvo "torpedo- ed" the ship below the water line.

All the armed trawlers opened fire but the aircraft was hit only twice.-Reuter.

E. AFRICA VICTORS

Tragedy GET K.C.B.

A VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL

DEATH WAS' RETURNED AT

At the time of the controversy over material aid for Britain, Pre- sident Roosevelt cut the gordian knot by the simple solution of the Lease and Lend Bill.

TO-DAY HE HAS DONE A FIMILAR THING ON THE SPE- CIFIC AND POSSIBLY CON- TROVERSIAL MATTER OF CONVOYS.

White House.

to

the

Purpose of the en- gagement, however, was not disclosed. Reuter.

EUROPE TO HAVE ANOTHER COINAGE

Europe is to have one more

Authoritative military circles in Cairo yesterday summed up the Crete battle as follows:-

THE BATTLE IS CONTINU. ING ΤΟ DEVELOP AS AN INTENSIVE STAND-UP SLOG- GING MATCH, AND FIGHTING IS HARD, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA BETWEEN CANEA AND MALEMI.

The situation is somewhat cb- scure and it is difficult to get accurate reports.

More Germans are arriving ail the time and our troops, holding a line of more or less continunus positions, are being borne back by their attacks.

There aro a certain number

Retimo of Germans In

and

Heraklion.

Fighting at these two points is isolated and not of importance where compared with Malemi,

the main effort is concentrated. The troops concerned are most- ly New Zealanders and Austra- British-Reu- with some

напѕ ter.

He has not gone into detail more but instead, and much Important, he proclaimed the coinage as part of Hitler's "new own coinage system. broad and fundamental policy order."

and of the seas,

everything in

of freedom this embraces this respect! Predictions in America that

the Axis powers would not like the President's speech are seen in London as very accurate, not only because of the positive promise.

but also be- of aid to Britain

of its vivid and striking analysis of Hitler's technique of

Reuter. aggression.

cause

Unofficial Reaction

[SPECIAL TO."CHINA MAIL") The London newspapers splash- ed President Roosevelt's speech, while thousands of Britons went to bed early so as to arise in time to hear the address.

The declaration of a national thousands emergency thrilled

of listeners In hotels and the 'humblest homes, as well

as

those who listened in in shel- tere.

First unofficial reaction is that the U.S. is rapidly approaching entrance into the war and that she will prevent Germany from In recognition of the taking the Azores, Dakar, Green- THE INQUEST YESTERDAY ON recent successful opera-Vantage from which an actual Iceland or any other points THE VICTIMS. OF FIRE: ON, A TRAIN IN WHICH BOYS FROM tions in East Africa the attack could be launched on the AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE THE King has ordered the fol western hemisphere.Interna

tional News Service. CATHOLIC SCHOOL, INCLUD. ING TWO SONS OF THE BEL lowing promotions in, and GIAN/PREMIER M. PIERLOT appointments of the Godwin-Austen Colonel Harry Edward de Robillard Wetherall and Brigadier-General George. The Coroner said he had come Order of the Bath:—

Cunning-| Stuff Corps..

LOST THEIR LIVES, AN

to the conclusion that the fire To Knights Commander, Major- Edwin Brink, South African started through lighted matches General Alan Gordon and cigarette ends being thrown ham and Major-General William Knight Commander of the Bri- about în fun and mischief by the Platt

boga, but he did not attach blame Companions

to any of them.”“Reyter WICH ISLU

Major-Géneral

Bath,

Read

tish Empire, Major-General Lewis Maclesfield. Heath, Indian Army. **** Reuter,

The cur- be called Kuka rency unit will "From now on." says the Rome which will be equivalent to one Radio, "Croatia is to have her dinar."-Reuter.

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