1941-07-30 — Page 34

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 30, 1941,

REPLY TO ARMS DRIVE CRITICS

Mr. Churchill's Survey In

Survey In The Commons

After-Dunkirk Effort Surpassed

that Ume of almost superhuman effort.

Cancelled Out

DEALING WITH THE situation in arma- ments filling factories, the Prime Minister, in his statement in the House of Commons yes- terday on war production, said the position was not as it was in the last war, when there output is quits. But it has had to be an intense effort to feed the guns from day to day.

We were piling up satisfactory reserves with no immediate outflow.

to

Coming to the more general intent of the United States charges of slackness and ineff- see that our people get food and

ciency in factories, voiced in the to keep the sea lanes secure recent debate, Mr. Churchill which food can be brought. quoted Sir J. S. Wardlaw-Milne, who said Britain was only work- ing up to 75 per cent. of its pos- sible efficiency.

THIS SENTENCE.

Great Arrangements

by

"It may be said that one-third more workers and one-third more 10

be remembered that all adverse factors have been cancelled out.

"We made in the last three months more than twice the field-guns that we mado Im the

Dunkirk period, Muni- tions are half as much again, "The combined programme of Merchant and Navy shipbuilding now in active progress is bigger than in any period of the last war although work now is Im- measureably more complex than then.

HITLER'S STAR ON

THE WANE

a

Speaking on nationwide hook-up, the National Broad- casting Corporation commentator, Kalten- born, declared: "In the past six weeks Hitler has done his best and has shown his best, and from now on he is a declining star."

-Reuter.

"We had; many devastating stoppages and strikes in the last war. In the last two years of It nearly 12 million days were Fost through labour disputes. "During the whole course of this war--23 months-we have lost less 'than two million days.

SOUTH AFRICANS WARNED

All avoidable public and private spending should be avoided and discourag- ed, Mr. J. H. Hofmeyer, Union Minister for Fin- ance, told South Africans in a speech at Johannes- burg yesterday.

Although there was nothing inflationary about the Union's in- creased note issue since the out- break of war, which went natur- ally with increased business ac- tivity, there was more money available for spending than was required to finance the production and transfer of available goods,

he said.

"In aircraft it is foolish to calculate by numbers of machines because of the difference of time in man-hours needed to produce

imported ments that have been made to

them.

"I know the

great

arrange-

90 "But the increase, even above

SAID MR. CHURCHILL, HAD BEEN send us food in variety and morej WRESTED FROM ITS CON- interesting qualities (cheers) TEXT. IT WAS SERIOUS WHEN I do not think I need be told IT WAS BROADCAST APART I am helping Lord Haw-Haw. substantial. The increase since

FROM ITS CONTEXT.

He had to think of its effect In Australia, where party poll. tics were pursued with robust detachment.

Mr. Hofmeyer appealed to in dividuals to exercise rigle econo- my especially in the purchase of goods, to seek cheap substitutes for high priced arti- "I am anxious to have the lat- cles and to abstain from the pur- the first period of a year ago, is est intelligence. I received in- chase of fixed property at inflat-

formation a few minutes before ed prices. "If he never gats any

this Government took more

office is began to speak that there was no consolation than he gets from enormous.

stoppage of work of any kind me (laughter) his fuck will be, "I should be proud to tell arising from a trade dispute in any as hard as his deserts.

the House but I am not going part of Great Britain. to do so because the enemy does not tell W8 their figures, which we would like to have.

"Every effort is being made to supplement food, and I share the hope of the Ministers of Food and Agriculture that our diet in! 1942 will be more stimulating and energising than that of

1941.

Brunt Of Fighting Australian troops were bearing with great distinction much of the brunt of the dghting in the Middle East and it must have "I wish it to be known all over been very painful to Australia to the United States how encouraging, be told

that Britain

was only is their action.” making a three-quarters' effort to put the proper weapons in their hands.

Dilution And Dispersal

to

are

IN AMERICA SUCH A STATE-

Mr. Churchill also referred MENT WAS MEAT AND DRINK dilution, TO THE ISOLATIONISTS.

He proceeded: "It is estimated Americans were asked to pay that one-third more people are higher taxes, to give up food, to working on war industries than a alter their daily lives, to reduce year ago. Many of them their holidays and to go without trainees and dilutees. pleasures of all kinds, in order to "It would not be wonderful if help Britain, and they were deep-they failed to preserve the same ly disturbed when they were told level of output per pair of human on what seemed to them to be a hands than that achieved by skill. high British authority that Bri-ed craftsmen a year or 18 months Lain was only making a three- ago. quarters' effort to help herself.

WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS WHETHER THIS STATE- MENT WAS TRUE.

Of What?

Two questions arose: whether it was 75 per cent, and 75 per cent of what?

after Dunkirk, when our people

Spurred On

Serious Warning

He foreshadowed steps to con- trol profiteering and the enforce- ment of price control.

Reuter.

AGGRESSIVE PATROLS

"When I look on the whole tum- ultous scene of this ever-widening war I think it my duty to give "You must be content with my serious warning to the House and assurance that progress and ex- country to be on guard equally pansion on a great scale are against pessimism and against continuous and are remorselessly optimism. spurred on,

"There are no doubt tempta. tions to optimism. It is a fact WERE UNFAVOURABLE OUR mighty Russia, 80 thor- | OFFENSIVE PATROLS FROM oughly and treacherously aa- TOBRUK CARRIED OUT ONLY saulted, has struck back with | LIMITED OPERATIONS such magnificent strength and ING THE NIGHT

This has been accomplished under the fire of the enemy and under air assault which ffltler was led to believe would shatter our industry and reduce us tu subjection.

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at least as

Bombing Power

pro-

that

AS

LOCAL CONDITIONS

OF

DUR- JULY

courage and brought a prodi- 27/28, SAYS YESTERDAY'S gious and well-deserved siðugh- | CAIRO COMMUNIQUE. ter on the Nazi armiċa.

"In the frontier area, as a re- "The United States, the great-sult of our aggressive activities, est single power, is giving us aid enemy counter-patrolling has on a gigantic scale and is advanc- temporarily

both increased

in

ing in rising wrath to the very numbers and in the areas cover- verge of war.

ed.

successful clash

on

"It is a fact that German air In one superiority has been broken and Monday one of our patrols cap- air attacks on this country the time being have ceased.

for tured some German prisoners

almost together with two mechanical transport vehicles and two motor- cycles. Reuter.

Battle Of Atlantic

boing won, is, partly from Ameri- the Atlantic, although far from "It is a fact that the Battle of

can intervention, moving progres- sively in our favour.

C.N.A.C. FARES

Mu

Aviation

"It has been done In spite of the difficulties of dispersion. It has been done without the sacrifice of quality and has gained both actually and rela- tively. "Now air battles are develop- ing again in scale and intensity, we can claim that our fighters are much ahead of the "Then there are the air raids, by enemy as when we defeated bir which the Germans expected to a year ago. smash our resisting powers. There were extraordinary blitzes at our ports and manufacturing centres, restrictions of the black-out, in- "As

to bombers-British tation, which all played their de-account American--we have dou- terruption and delays of transpor-duction alone, without taking into laying and dislocating part. bled our power of bomb discharge "The remedy and counter-men-on Germany at 1,500 miles range. through when possible with such ing in American reinforcement, we is so much safer than two or three sures. proposed and carried "In the next three months, tak-

"It is a fact that the Nile Valley extreme vigour by the Supply De- shall double it again, and in the months ago. partment, with Lord Beaverbrook, next six months after that we shall as Minister of Aircraft 'Produc- redouble it.

"It is a fact that the enemy has The China National tion, in the van, took the form of

lost his pretence of theme and Corporation "We have

and the Eurasia dispersal.

ploughed up the land and by the grace of God in moral and intellectual degraded, have obtained permission to doctrine and has sunk even deeper Aviation Corporation, it is learnt- we have been granted the great-ation and bankruptcy: that almost charge a 50 per cent. increase in est harvest In living memory, all his conquests have proved tares on perhaps the greatest harvest

the Chungking-Hong burdens and worse. ever known.

Kong, Chungking - Kunming, "ALL THIS MASSIVE TOWER- Chungking-Lashlo, "We lost much equipment on ING. OF

Chungking FACTS, ON the beaches of Dunkirk. Our food WE ARE ENTITLED TO DWELL, runs, beginning from August 1. ̧ WHICH Rangoon and Kunming-Rangoon is rationed, our meat reduced. We MUST NOT LEAD. US FOR A we give instances of dispersion to 20, have been bombed and blacked- MOMENT TO SUPPOSE THAT

The Chungking-Kweflin and the Chungking-Chengtr3; fares THE-WORST 18 OVER, "BUT "All this was achieved at the

EVEN IN THIS

it is remain unchanged, and "The formidable power of Nazi learned that SEVENTH QUARTER

decisión has cost of production

OF THE Germany, the but it has WAR OUR TOTAL OUTPUT OF munitions they have made or for passengers coming to China

vast destructive been made regarding the fares! placed us in a position, when we paid the cost, where we are WARLIKE STORES HAS BEEN captured, the skill and ruthless- from Hong Kong or Rangoon immune from mortal damage to THE OUTPUT IN THE CORRES direction, the prostrate conditions

NEARLY TWICE AS GREAT AS neas of their centralised war Central News, our aircraft

production and in other branches of

PONDING SEVENTH QUARTER of so many peoples munitione

under their from enemy air raide.

OF THE LAST WAR, AND HAS yoke, the resources of so many "Workpeople may

have to be EQUALLED OUR OUTPUT IN lands which will be made to moved from their homes, plant THE FOURTEENTH, OR CUL- some extent available to them may have to be shifted, and MINATING PEAK QUARTER, all these restrain rejoicing "Next,

allowance must be domestic affairs have somehow to OF THE LAST WAR. made for the very severe change be adjusted, often at great sacri- In diet of heavý, manual work-fice or hardship. ers, which is far less stimulat- "It is a marvel what has been

Mr. Churchill proceeded: take a datum line of three months worked to the utmost limit of their powers--men fell exhausted at their lathes and working men and women did not take off their clothes for a week at a time.

"ARE WE WORKING AT ONLY 75 PER CENT. OF THAT? "There are a fow reasons why we cannot maintain Inde- the Intensive personal effort of a year ago.

finitely

"This is a matter of life and death to the aircraft industry.

45 Sub-Centres

"A great British firm was dis- "If we are to win this war, and persed into 45 sub-centres. I can I feel solidly convinced that

there

shall, it will be largely by staying 30 or 40 sub-centres. power. For that purpose must be one day in seven of rest as a general ru'e, and there must be one week's holiday yearly.

"We have relaxed to that ex- teat since Dunkirk: if we had not done

'so we should have had serious crash.

Diet Problems:

dono to overcome these grievous

out.

An Achievement

ап

no

ed effort of the whole British Empire that that great combina- tion of about three-quarters of · the human race against Nazism will

and come-into-vehement dynamic life.

forbid the slightest relaxation,

Invasion Season Ing than a year agboy

"When our new factories become "It would be madness to sup- "Except for our fighting

Utmost Endeavour ser- and novel difficulties: (Cheers). available and when the Minister of pose that Russia or the United vices we have been driven backĮ "DESPITE ALL TROUBLES Labour has completed His task of States are going to win this war "For more than a your we have to a large extent. from the car- THE: MINISTRY OF SUPPLY collecting workers from unessen- for us

been all alone: all' alone have had nivorous to the herbivorous which OUTPUT IN THE LAST THREE tial Industries, we must produce "The" Invasión season la at to guard the treasure of mankind. may be satisfactory to dietic-MONTHS HAS BEEN ONE- more, but to reach a level in two hand. All the armed forces. scientists, who

"Although there may be pro- would like to THIRD GREATER THAN IN years which was only reached in make us all live on nuts, but it THE THREE MONTHS OF THE the fourth year of the last war; is]

have been warned to be at con- found and encouraging changes in... has produced a definite effect on DUNKIRK PERIOD.

cort pitch at September I and the situation` our own final and an achievement which deserves the output of heavy workers:

to retain the utmost vigliance | commanding, responsibilities Pre- "Although our Army, Navy something better tlian flouts and mdanwhilež

main undiminished, and we' shall "We want meat in imince and and Air Force are larger, the jeers: (Cheers)::

more

"WE HAVE TO RECKON only discharge them by continuing choooo Ministry have one-third more "WE ARE TOLD HOW BADLY WITH A GAMBLER'S DES- to pour out in the common cause gratify. Lord people working in factories and LABOUR IS BEHAVING FROM PERATION: YET WE STAND the utmost endeavours of our despite the dislocation of black- A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HERE, STILL THE: CHAMPION. strength and virtue and, if need

foundries, and

Why should Haw-Haw?

"Will Lord, also bear outs, dispersion and so on, each NEVER::DID÷A DAY'S WORK IN }: -“If we full, all fall, and if we be, to proffor: the last drop of our

of

In mind the statement Mr. man is turning out on the whole THEIR LIVES (LAUGHTER fall, all fall together. It is only heart's blood. (Loud cheers) Hopkins the other day of the cach day as much as he did in AND CHEERS).

by a superb, intenso and prolong-1 Reuter, -