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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 13, 1941."

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WAR ALLIES REAFFIRM UNITY Fight To Go On Till Victory Is Gained

St.

James' Petrol

Palace Resolution

A RESOLUTION to continue the struggle against German aggression until victory, and that there could be no peace so long as the German military threat to free peoples con- tinued, was adopted at a meeting of repre- sentatives of all the Allied Governments under Mr. Winston Churchill in London yesterday.

The general war situation was discussed at the meeting, which passe, the following

resolution:-

Rations In U.S.?

Petrol restrictions for

the Eastern States of the

CANON SAW BOMB

FELT BLAST

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL has again been one U.S. appear inevitable, of the "military objectives" singled out with such the Secretary of Interior, scrupulous care by the German Air Force. Mr. Harold Ickes, told the press yesterday.

He hoped to have a plan for the civilian Conservation of oil ready in the next week or two.

He revealed he had asked the Maritime Commission to advise

him which American-owned tan- kers were now flying foreign flags and whether these could be

pressed into service to relieve the Threatened oil famine on the East Coast.

Oil trade fcurce said they were convinced that Mr. Ickes' plan to avert the threatened oll shortage this winter would also Permit continuation

a shipments to Japan.

of

It is estimated that Japan

oil!

is

The City Temple, in Holborn Viaduct, was wrecked by fire. Only the walls remain standing. The interior is a mass of charred wood.

Among other buildings also cathedral, was standing at the damaged in recent raids are door of the practice room when Chelsea Old Church, Guys Hos- the bomb fell. pital and Chelsea Royal Hos. pital-historic home of the Cathedral Closed

Chelsea Pensioners — and two big West End stores--Selfridges and Maples.

Christie's, the also suffered.

The blast

"I and several' others were twizzled round by the blast and auction rooms, deluged with dust and rubble," he told a reporter.

struck the saucer In the savage raid on the night. The bomb

the

transept then of the blitz a bomb tore through dome over

crypt bringing the roof over the north transept plunged into the of St. Paul's, smashed crashing down masses of masonry, which, into the choir practice room in fell near the grave of Nelson under the crypt.

the great dome. shattered windows It is too early yet to know as far away as the south tran- whether the rest of the cathedral sept, coated the floor of the cathe- has suffered fundamentally.

"The Cathedral must be dral with a deep layer of mortar

closed to visitors for the pro- sent," added Canon Alexandar,” will continue in but services Over that portico had been

the crypt chapel as usual.” the words inscribed on Wren's

Many distinguished ministers, tombstone: "Reader, If thou including Dr. Joseph Parker, Dr. scekest hla -monument, look R. J. Campbell, Dr. F. W. Nor- wood, Dr. Maude Royden and Dr. have Weatherhead, Now the crumpled stones, the Leslie D. tiny fragments at lovely stain- preached from the church's great ed glass, the battered woodwor marble pulpit. are a monument to the genius o. Eminent men, Goering.

quith. Baldwin,

of

Britam ther in the fight against oppres- receiving about a million barrels rubble, pulverised brick and stone- Canada, sion, are resolved.

South

of

"The Governments of

Ireland, and Northern Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Governments Belgium the provisional Czecho- slovak Government, the Govern- ments of Greece, Luxembourg. the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Yugoslavia, and representa - tives of General de Gaulle, Leader of Free Frenchmen, engaged toge-

EASTERN GROUP WAR EFFORT

"First, that they will con- tinue the struggle against Ger. man or Italian aggression unti victory is won, and they will mutually assist

each other In

their struggle to the utmost of their respective capacities.

"Second, that there can be no settled peace and prosperity SO long as free peoples are coerced by violence into submission 10 domination by Germany or her associates, or live under threat of such coercion.

Free Cooperation

of enduring peace is the willing

a month from the U.S., excluding aviation spirit. -Reuter.

WAR ON STRIKES IN U.S.

The U.S. Senate, by 46 votes to 25, yesterday ap-

"Third, that the only true basis proved legislation cooperation of free peoples in authorising the President 'a world in which, relieved of to seize defence plants in

of social case

existing or

the menace of aggression, all muy enjoy economic and security, and that it is their in- threatened failure of pro- tention to work together and with other free peoples, both in war duction and where the

A programme of deve- and peace, to this end."-Reuter. management ог labour lopment, which will pro- |

N.Z.

all

vide "substantial assist- ance not only to the Unit- ed Kingdom but to countries in the Eastern Group," was mentioned in

the Commons by the Sup-

ply Minister, Sir Andrew

Duncan, yesterday.

AND CRETE

fail to utilise existing mediation agencies.

The Administration lost the fight against an amendment pro- viding the President could not exercise such powers until metlia- tion attempts were exhausted.

A high member of the Admin- istration said the Government is ready and determined to elimin: from defence industries all persons considered guilty of pro-

Union pur-

The New Zealand Par-ate

He was reporting on the suc- cessful mission which led to the liament yesterday passed moting strikes for subversive in- establishment of the so-called

Eastern Group Supply Council at a resolution moved by the stead of legitimate

poses.

the end of last year to co-ordin- ! Acting Premier, Mr. ate the production of munitions and stores to meet the require- Nash, expressing admira- ments of local and Imperial fight-tion for the courage, ing forces.

tenacity and determina-

South

The Group comprises India, tion of the New Zealand- Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Far East and Easters in Greece and Crete, African colonies, as well as Pales and confidence in Gen- tine and Ceylon..

eral Freyburg.

Sir Andrew Duncan stated the Government of India was now Defending the decision to send proceeding actively to implement the New Zealanders to Greece

Reuter.

SAT UP IN VAIN

FOR FIRST BOMB

Mrs. John G. Wänant. wife of the American Am- bassador in London, is to

the Council's recommendations and Crete, Mr. Nash said he be- make her home in a flat for expansion of war supplies lieved these production in India, Reuter.

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essential from the viewpoint of adjoining the American the larger strategy involved and Embassy in Grosvenor- that if the men were asked to do the same thing again in like cir- cumstances, they would want to

The efforts made by these men had had splendid results which, though 'not, so good as they could have been, were Justified, necessary and worth while.

No Government could have given the subject closer con sideration. Everything was weigh- ed as well as possible in advance, Success might have shortened the war by over a year. - Router.

square, W.

"There, "she' revealed how she heard her first siren in the train on her way to London: after dis- from the Clipper embarking which brought her over the At- lantic, and waited for the bombs that never came.

"We eat to ùp, tili -the vearly ,"she said, hours of the morning,” "expecting Wilt from but nothing happened.

rry,

work, obliterated the portico

the north transept.

around."

including AS- Lloyd George Chamberlain have Canon S. A. Alexander seventy- and Neville five-year-old treasurer of the 'delivered addresses there.

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