1941-07-18 — Page 3

KONOYE FORMING CABINET

Swift Completion Of His Task Predicted

Armed Forces Show Readiness To Cooperate

PRINCE KONOYE, THE OUTGOING PREMIER, WHO HAS ACCEPTED THE IMPERIAL COMMAND TO ORGANISE A NEW CABINET, HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A PLEDGE OF COOPERA- TION FROM THE WAR AND NAVY MINISTERS.

Senior statesmen met in Tokyo yesterday afternoon to choose a candidate for the Premiership, and Marquis Koichi Kido, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, went to the Imperial Palace to report their decision to the Emperor, who with the Empress, had only returned from his country villa 25 minutes earlier.

A little later Prince Konoye arrived at the Palace, whence he later went to see Baron Hiranuma, outgoing Minister of Home Affairs and former Premier, with whom he conferred for an hour.

Prince Konoye at 10 o'clock last night met the War Minister, Lt.-Gen. Tojo, and the Navy Minister, Admiral Oikawa.

The con- ference is understood to have resulted in a complete agreement of views.

Another conference was called; later when Mr. Kenji Tomita, the Cabinet, chief secretary, was; present,

committed to a high condition of defence and political continuity acsuredly will remain. "The work

already done

KONOYE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS

Prince Konoye's suc- cess in forming a third Cabinet is reported to be very promising.

The War Minister, Lt-Gen. Tojo, and the Navy Minister, Ad- miral Oikawa, are re- ported to be remain- ing in the Govern- ment.-- Reuter.

ITALIANS

SPITFIRE HOLD UP

GETS TWO

MAYBE 3

TRAIN

SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"

THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY DECIDED

TO HOLD THE TRAIN CARRYING THE OUSTED AMERICAN CON- SULAR How a British fighter REMO

OFFICIALS AT SAN UNTIL THE AXIS pilot destroyed two out of DIPLOMATS EXPELLED FROM four aircraft is told by AMERICA DISEMBARK AT the Air Ministry service.

LISBON.

news

SAIGON DENIES DEMANDS

The French Military, naval and civil authori- ties in Saigon deny all knowledge of

any im- pending arrangement allowing Japan the use of naval and air bases in southern Indo-China, aS suggested in foreign press comment, which is characterised as tenden- tious.

The possibility of such an accord in the immediate future appears precluded by the absence of the Governor-General und the majority of his staff, who are on a short trip of inspection in northern Cochin-China and Cambodia, and by the departure of General Sumita, head of the Japanese mission, by 'plane for Tokyo.

The Governor-General con- firmed this week to responsible quarters that Indo-China had not received

any demando whatever from the Japanese regarding the wee of facilities outside Tonkin.

The fall of the Konuye Cabinet The step was taken at the re- has aroused lively speculation in The Spitfire pilot tackled four quest of the Nazis, it is stated, Saigon. Generally it is thought ME109's over the English Chan-owing to the fact that the "West this Government represented the

rule, nel yesterday afternoon, destroyed Point," in which the Axis diplo-ultimate in military

and sailed 24 the possibility of a resurgence of travelling, hours late from

the business interests is not im- New York. International News Service,

possible, although the reasons for the fall and the nature of the new Government are "anybody's guess."--Reuter.

is a

Primee Kenoye was previously | promise of greater things in visited by Mr Yoshiye Saito, futura. Foreign Ministry adviser,

the

"AT THIS MOMENT CHANGE THERE

OF

A

two of them

and sent a third mats spinning towards the sea from 12,000 feet.

IS STILL IT IS EXPECTED PRINCE LIVELIER TRUST THAT THE KONOYE WILL RESUME THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT WILL FORMATION OF THE NEW MEASURE UP TO PAST PER- CABINET TO-DAY.

FORMANCES AS WELL AS RISE ΤΟ NEW HEIGHTS."- he REUTER.

will

Unofficially it is predicted will finish during the day and the installation ceremonies follow at the Imperial Palace this evening.

After Prince Konoye's depar- ture, Baron Hiranuma conferred with Kozo Ota, member of the House of Peers and chief secre- tary to the former Minister of Communications, and conversed for 30 minutes before returning to Baron Hiranums.

Army And Navy

Meanwhile high officials of the! War and Navy Ministries held separate conferences--talks liably indicating that the armied forces are ready to cooperate with Prince Konoye's efforts to form a new Cabinet.

30=

Financial circles generally in- terpret Prince Konoye's accept- ance as indication that no im mediate changes arc pending regarding domestic and Inter- national policies.

this

Financial and industrial leaders

that urge

third Konoye Cabinet should immediately un- ́ ́dertake:--

AMERICA'S

BLACK LIST

This pilot said afterwards that not one of the three Germans he fired at returned a single shot.

"I was flying at 20,000 feet and surprised the four ME's at 17,000 feet.

"I got into the best position to fire at one of them and my first burst went straight into the cockpit, The aircraft caught fire and went down.

"In less than ten seconds I was Aring at the second and he just blew up.

A WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT home but I caught one up and "The other Huns then made for REGARDING THE BLACKLIST-attacked him from the side. ING OF LATIN-AMERICAN "My bullets went into his tank FIRMS AND PERSONS, BEGINS: and blew the back of the cockpit "AS A FURTHER BTEP, IN to pieces. He went straight down, VIEW OF THE UNLIMITED and streaming glycol and lumps NATIONAL EMERGENCY, IT IS of wreckage PROCLAIMED BY THE PRESI-British Wireless.

blew off him.” DENT THAT HE TO-DAY HAS ISSUED

A AUTHORISING THE PROMUL

PROCLAMATION

GATION OF A LIST OF CER. TAIN BLOCKED NATIONALS." The list consists of certain per- benefit of Germany and Italy, or sons deemed to be acting to the nationals of those countries, and persons to whom the export directly or indirectly of various articles or materials is considered

the interest

of

DIVERTING

FACTORIES

TO WAR WORK

FURTHER DETAILS OF RE- SULTS OF THE CONCENTRA-

detrimental to natlonal defence.

The list was, prepared by the Secretary of State, the Secretary Firstly, to increase the produc- of Treasury, the Attorney-Gen- tion of war industries by stricter eral, the Secretary of Commerce,TION ON NON-ESSENTIAL State control of the coal, oil the Administrator of Export Con- INDUSTRIES WERE MADE

and chemical industries,

of a

Secondly, enforcement new programme of fiscal and monetary management,

"Thirdly, stricter control of food to protect the nation's standard of living

Cautious Calm

The resignation of "the old]: Cabinet was received by the Tokyo Stock Exchange with cau- tious calm though shipping shares turned weak.

KNOWN YESTERDAY.

trol and the Co-ordinator of com- mercial and cultural relations Most rapid progress made is in between the American Republics. the carpet industry, in which the The list is a result of long and lack of raw material has made it intensive investigations by the probable that as many as 10,000 interested Government agencies, workers will be released for It will be subject to periodic ad- direct war work and more than ditions or deletions. Router.. half the firms making carpets.

closed.

V FOR VICTORY SLOGAN

In the pottery Industry there has been great success in carry ing out the scheme and it is ex- pected some 4,000 workers will be released. This industry is, however, performing useful "war work" as many undertakings make fine China which has a. ready market in America.

of

The King and Queen yesterday The Japan Times and Adver- saw how British workers are tiser" editorially deolared: "Out adopting the V for victory" of the change in administrative slogan when they visited two fac ́Largest individual number machinery will we feel confident, tories which are worlding for the workers released for more vital emerge a Cabinet inheriting the Ministry of Aircraft Production work come from. spinning and character and force of the one and the Ministry of Supply. | weaving. Here some 50,000 out Which Prince Konoye and his Atithese factories their Majes-of a total of 250,000 operatives eminent chlet colleagues built up. ties saw the letter "V! chalked will be released, and a great deal “Some new faces will be seen on machines of all kinds which of factory spaco made available and new talent added, yet the are turning out armaments, for war Industry. British Wire- policy of a strongly united State British Wireless.

less.

are

FATAL ACCIDENT

Private Leonard Roberts, Middlesex Regiment, driving an army truck, No. 4189, along Tai- ; po Road near Nam Chan Street,

MAISKY

at 8.25 p.m. yesterday, knocked APPLAUDED

down a Chinese woman, aged 48, The woman was taken to hospital, but died before admission.

THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR, M. IVAN MAISKY, WAS SUR- ROUNDED AND. CHEERED BY A LARGE CROWD WHEN HE LEFT A ROYAL ALBERT HALL In Nathan Road, yesterday, an CONCERT IN LONDON LAST elderly Chinese Wong Fui-ling, NIGHT. had his spectacles Mok Yin, 30, who was, however, leading Russian composers, and snatched by The orchestra played music by arrested by a passerby, and sen-, during the interval Sir tenced to

Henry three months' hard Wood, who conducted the first labour by Mr. H. C. Macnamara part of the concert, chatted with at Kowloon this morning.

M. Maisky in his box. Reuter.

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