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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 16, 1941.

U.S. DECLARATION OF ECONOMIC WAR ON AXIS

HITLER TO

NAZI SYSTEM PUT ON

INTRICATE

SMASHED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)

NEWS-

A SHOW

MUSSOLINI ANSWER: TO ROOSEVELT

Besides at once adopting "effective" retaliatory summon

Hitler will shortly a European Coun- cil on

the lines of the Allied Council held at St. James's, according to re-

ALL THE LONDON SUNDAY PAPERS SPLASHED ON THEIR FRONT PAGES UNDER HUGE HEADLINES PRESI-ports being put out by DENT ROOSEVELT'S FREEZING OF AXIS FUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES.

The

·

"Sunday Despatch"

declared:

"America has struck a new blow at Hitler,” while the "Sunday Express" called the Pre- sident's action "an order that may be the prelude to war.”

FOOTBALLERS IN THE R.A.F.

in the

be to

ان

German sources, it was learned in Ankara yes- terday.

All Tri-Partite Pact signatories, as well as representatives of og pied countries, will be present Soviet Russia will also attend, it was stated, and State invitations are to be sent to Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

Thus the remaining European outside Hitler's "New countries Order" are to be roped in.

The objects of the Council are to make social, politicial and eco- nomic arrangements for # "Newi Order" in Europe." Reuter

measures

against America, the Italian Government has ordered an imme- diate census of all Unit- ed States property in to Italy, according Rome Radio's Italian broadcast.

This is evidently Mussolini's

response

and

to President Roose- velt's action in freez- ing all German Italian assets in the United States.---Reu-

ter.

LONDON WELCOME

BEAUFORT

ATTACKS CONVOY

While the Royal Air Force were striking several telling blows against German inland and: shipping targets by day and night, there was little enemy activity over Britain during the week- end.

Following the destruction seven Nazi raiders in scattered attacks on Friday night, Britain was almost raid-free on Saturday night and again yesterday when a single enemy 'plane dropped bombs on the coast of East Anglia.

The bombs did some damage but none was injured, says the Air. Ministry.

An R.A.F. Beaufort torpedo- carrying aircraft attacked an enemy convay off the Dutch coast on Sunday afternoon. A supply-ship of about 6,000, tons was hit by a torpedo and pro- bably sunk.

One British 'plane is missing.- Reuter.

ITALIANS

The freezing of Axis assets in the United States may be partly aim- ed at the operations of the intricate system established after

The top football teams the R.A.F. are, it is claimed, first World War by which found at a town in the north Germany has held a grip England.

They have the players and the on certain United States trainers. They certainly have the industries and has reap-enthusiasm. Throughout the sea- son 28 teams play in inter-Ser- ed rich profits, according vices matches-16 R.A.F. elevens. to officials of the Depart-and 12 from the Army. And every wing team boasts two or three ment of Justice in Wash-rst-grade professional players. THE STEP TAKEN by the U.S. Govern-

The chief stalwarts are Cpl. ington.

Officials said the President's Dodds, Scottish International, who ment in freezing assets of Germany and Italy drastic order has placed the used to play. for Blackpool, Cpl. in the U.S.A. is regarded in authoritative prisoners in the African Sunderland; Aircraftman Steven- circles in London as a very welcome indica-campaign are captured or even surrender on the inside forwards in the country; tion of tresh preparedness on the part of the

field.

United States finally "at war Burbanks, an International economically" with the Axis.

Large Sum Cut Off

from

son of Everton, one of the best

Cpl. Lowe and Aircraftman Wal- By including German -owned lace of Hamilton Acas: Cpl. Mac- of Huddersfield; Cpl. in- Fadyen patents and Nazi-controlled ternational patent agreements in Duffy of Celtic; and Cpl. Beard- the multitude of financial instru- shaw of Bradford City. ment henceforth to be rigidly The Sports Officer says:

without "Here we have, controlled, the President has cut

FOR U.S.A. MOVE ASK "LET

Administration.

US IN"

Not

all our

Italian

Two officers took train to Alex-

camp, then asked if they could go

andria, inquired for the prisoners' inside!

This happened a month ago.

President Roosevelt's order, which will involve assets estimated at nearly £100,000,- 000, will have the effect of depriving Ger-They boarded the train without many and Italy of access to free exchange. of

any

harvest $15,000.00 ers in the country. To select one

continuous

Aircraftman

paying their fare, saying were prisoners.

they

At Alexandria they asked, n patsor-by where the camp was and searched an hour to find

It.

off from Germany an estimated doubt the finest selection of play- annual derived from royalties and divi-particular man would be difficult. dends.

But I'd tip

Second, to prevent liquidation young

The opinion is expressed this to play for will directly deprive them of in the U.S.A. of assets looted by He has also deprived the Re'eb Deverall who used

they can pay duress and conquest; for the first time in 23 years of Reading. But for the war he'd means whereby

for sabotage and espionage un-

Third, to help curb subversive strategically important royalty, be a real top-notch star."

In another case an officer accom- The leading team in the inter-1 dermining the security reports issued under the foreign

of the activities in the U.S.A.

Provision, is made to exempt, panying a convoy of 500 prisoners League has won 12 western hemisphere. patents pool agreements with Ger- Services

greatly disturbed when, man industrial interests, by which games. Drawn 1. Lost 2-with It is also regarded as having through the medium of general was

at half-way, he the effect to some extent of licences, Finland, Portugal, Spain, counting them the Nazi High Command has 80 goals for and 17 against. been able to keep a

These Service matches are preventing them in future financ- Sweden, Russia and Switzerland. found only 499 No one knew Exemption will be conditional what had happened to the other. check upon confidential develop-playing to what are probably the ing their purchases all over the

But on arrival at their des ments and production in United biggest gates in the country at world, particularly in Russia and on receipt of adequate assurances

tination, the officer was sur- from the Governments of these States war industries, Interna-present. And the entire proceeds Japan.

President Roosevelt's order, countries

general that the

prised to find his charges num tional News Service,

go to R.A.F. benevolent funds and

This time no ofia which has been taken in view licences will not be used by bered 502. local charities.

could' explain how the extra of the unlimited national emer- them or their nationals to evade

of the order.

Italians had aneäked in among gency recently declared by the the purposes President,

the prisoners. is a logical conse- British Wireless. quence of the earlier decision to freeze U.S. assets in some cupied countries. Earlier orders 14 countries, affected assets to the estimated total value being about £1,125,000,000.

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ACADEMIC ACTION

ITALY'S RETALIATORY AC- TION IN FREEZING AMERICAN ASSETS IN ITALY HAD BEEN FULLY ANTICIPATED.

CASTLE PEAK ROAD ACCIDENT

Apparently having lost control No official comment has been of the bicycle she was riding. made in Washington but it is 23-year-old Chinese girl swerved generally considered that Rome's and crashed into a car driven by action is largely academic since Mrs. F Hollands, of No. 64, Moun- the existing Italian currency retain Parish, near the Laichikok gulations already prevent Amer- Prison. Castle Peak Road, yester- icans from withdrawing invest-day afternoon. ments from Italy

Main-Purposes

Countries

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the

covered by extension of the order to all occupied countries are Albania, Austria, Czechoslovia, Danzig and Poland.

Main purposes of the new

EX-BANK CLERK

IN AIR THRILLS

A young ex-bank clerk fra

--w Zea-

land now-serving as a sergeant pilot in a With the assistance of Mr. D. order may be summarised as: famous fighter squadron in the Western Desert is in hospital after a series of specta- cular escapes in the past two weeks.

The same applies to Germany. Taylor, Mrs. Hollands conveyed First, to prevent the use of American. assets in Italy are the injured woman to the Kowloon financial facilities in the U.S.A. estimated at $142,000,000 and, Hospital, where her condition this in ways harmful to national de- those in Germany at $427,000,- morning was stated to have im- fence and other Administration

Reuter.

proved.

interests;

000,

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"In the first I found myself on the landing ground with my air- craft destroyed," he said. “Ger- mans armed with Tommy-guns were only half a mile away.

"I was got out of that by squeez- Ing into the cockpit of a Hurri cane with another pilot who flew me 300 miles to safety.

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craft and I began to lose altitude,

"The elevator control bagan to mlsbehave and I was skimming along the top of the 'ollffs trying to shake off the Germang whan I saw the outer defenoda k of Tobruk.

"Just as safety seemed within reach my aircraft flattened out into a dive and burst into flames, which were licking round my legs before I could clamber out.

"A day or two after my return I was ground atraffing an enemy landing ground, and had set fire to two German aircraft, when a "I thought I was still in enemy couple of Breda gun shells hit territory and dragged myself to a my radiator.

cave where I lay for hour Fames poured into the cockpit parte, of English troops out, and two ME109's were hot on my skirmish took me into Tobruk tall. One got a burst into my alt- British Wireless,