1941-08-27 — Page 5

By BUD FISHER:

PAINT REMOVER?

BOY, YOU SURE UNDERESTIMATE THAT STUFF!

PREMIER'S SALUTARY WARNING COMMENDED

VOLUNTARY DRIVE FOR DESTROYER

FUNDS ARE TO BE COLLECT

ED FROM DUTCH SUBJECTS

AND FRIENDS FOR THE PUR REPLACE THE DUTCH DES-

CHASE OF A DESTROYER TO

TROYER JAN VAN GALEN."

WHICH WAS LOST LAST YEAR

DURING THE GREAT BATTLE FOR ROTTERDAM

COMMENTING ON world reactions to the Prime Minister's broadcast "The Times" states that Mr. Churchill's reference to the Japanese menace has received universal sup- port outside the Axis countries.

After citing the Japanese protest it con- tinues: "The peace that her spokesman pro- fesses to desire is at her command with the goodwill of both the great powers of the At- Fantic declaration. But the policy of appease- ment, which consisted in accepting fair words as security for action, will not be applied again to the Axis or any of its adherents.”

la a broadcast announcement of the shee which is the spontan-i eous idea of the Netherlands East) "The Times" deals with Nazi' while retaining sufficient force to Indies Prince Bernhard of the "indignation at the insistence [on] keep them impotent is a solemn Netherlands sand the collection disarming aggressors," and adds pledge that the power thus 5- would be conducted tlu ough the "By appealing to force in a world sumed shall be wie ded in no sel- medium of his Fund and that the struggling to escape from its do- fish spirit. destroyer would be presented to mination Hitler has thus compell- Queen Wilhelmana on the orrasioned peace-loving peopics not only of her birthday.

to gather to themselves but main- It would

totain it for so long as may be neces- collect the money 61⁄2 million sary before international justice guilders during the course rican be made secure by other this year but he hoped to inform means.

be the intention

the Queen on August 31 of the, "The moral responsibility national presentation.

that will be thus forced upon them is The “Jan van Galen" sank in the heavy indeed and the deep signí- river near Rotterdam after 31 feance of the Anglo-American de- German dive-bomber attacks butelaration lies in the mutual pro- as many of the crew as were able mise to bear it together. continued the light on land.---Bri- Lish Wireless.

OUR 10-MINUTE

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Assumption Of A Mission

"The disarmament clause of the eight points if logically and morally inseparable from that which disclaims any Intention to bring about the coonomic ruin of the German people, de- claring on the contrary that 'it is not in the interests of the world and of our two countries that any large nation should be unprosperous,'

"That clause implies that the two English-speaking powers. which events have already made trustees for the future of so many wronged peoples, voluntarily un- dertake to extend their trust so as to secure the real welfare of those now arrayed against them under false leaders whom they are de- termined to over-throw. This is the assumption of a mission." British Wiceless.

VICHY MINISTERS IN PARIS

Four Vichy Ministers and a number of high Vichy officials have arriv- ed in Paris, according to

message received Berlin yesterday.

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The Paris newspapers suggest the object is to discuss with the local French authorities the ques- tion of combating "terrorism" as well as the reorganisation of food distribution.

The Vichy party included the Minister of Interior, Pierre Pucheux the Finance Minister, M. Bouthillier, the Minister of Communications, M. Berthelot, the Minister of Food, M. Charbin, and State Secretary for Health Huard, together with a number of

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