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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941.

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BRITAIN GIVES GUARANTEE

Use Of Lease And Lend Materials

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THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - FIRM ASSURANCES RESPECTING THE USE OF As the result of the MATERIALS RECEIVED UNDER THE LEASE Anglo-Soviet action AND LEND ACT, AND CORRESPONDENCE not only considerable food Iran, Germany will lose BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS HAS supplies but will also be BEEN PUBLISHED AS A WHITE PAPER

deprived or substantial and boxwood. quantities of cotton, jute

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A Ministry of Economie War- day that the Germans would, lose Tare expert said in London yester- 10,000 or 20,000 tons of cottori a

Under yesterday's date, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, sent the United States Ambassador a memorandum in which he stated that all materials which Britain ob- tains under the Lease and Lend Act ́are re-shown by the fact that Jews in That supplies were short was quired for the prosecution of the war effort. Germany have been deprived of

take

action to

The British Government has crimination against United States taken, and will

continue to Arms. ensure that these goods are not in any cuse diverted to the furtherance of pri- vate interests.

Lease and Lend materials sent to Britain "have not been used for export, and every effort will be made to ensure that they will not be used for export, subject to the principles that where complete physical segregation of Lease and Lend materials is impracticable, domestic consumption of the ma- terial in question shall at least be equal to the amounts received under the Lease and Lend Act.

No goods obtained on Lease and Lend terms will be sold at uncontrollad prices.

Thus the general arrangements as regards the issue of Tease and Lend goods fits into the British, Government's policy

or stabilia ing the price of foodstuffs policy to which the Government contributes £100,000,000 per year.

The correspondènce ends with a letter from Mr. John G. Winant to Mr. Eden, stating that the lat ter's memo will be transferred to The British Government have Washington for the United States' not applied and will not apply any Government's information. materials similar to those supplied under Lease and Lend in such' at way as to enable their exporters to enter new markets or extend the export trade at the expense of

U.S. exporters.

The U.K. export trade is res tricted to the irreducible mini- mum necessary for the war effort.

Special List

No materials of the type whose use is being restricted in the Unit ed States on the grounds of short supply, and of which Britain ob- tains supplies from the Unit- ed States, either by payment or of Lease and Lend terms, will be used in export with the excep- tion of the following:

Firstly, material which is need- ed overseas for essential war sup- plies for ourselves and the Allies and which cannot be obtained from the United States.

Secondly, small quantities of such materials needed as compon- ents of exports which otherwise are composed of materials not in short supply in the United States.

Thirdly, repair parts for British machinery and plant now in use long

and needed to complete installa- tions under construction, so as they have alrefidy been tracted for.

con-

(Steps are being taken to nre- vent the export 'except to the Em piré and Allied territories of such

goods which do not come within

the categories mentioned above.

Distribution

Materials similar to those pro-

Act which are not in short supply:

vided under the Lease and Lend in the United States will not be

It is explained in officiel quar- ters in London that the assurances are neither a reversion of Britain's export policy, nor do they mean & drastic restriction of trade.

year.

the major portion of their bed- linen.

SESSA TORPEDOED

Roosevelt Speech

AND SHELLED LEADERS

The State Depart- ment disclosed ..in Washington yesterday that the Sessa" was both torpedoed and shelled by the sub- marine, presumed to be German, without warning while bound from the United States to Iceland.

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CONFER

President Roosevelt yes- terday completed the ad- dress on foreign affairs

Three survivors of which he is to deliver at 2 the "Sessa",

q.m. (G.M.T.) on Friday Dane, Swede and 'Por-" at the White House. tuguese.-Reuter.

BRITISH GENTILITY

Germany's lack of jute would. be even more acute owing to the loss of tranlah jute, filtherto exported

the to Germany in form of Hessian and jute bags. Boxwood, which the Nazis also obtained from Iran, la one of the few woods quality for use in the hand-filling. of sufficiently good

af shells and bonibs and is also used in

the manufacture of mathematical instruments,

and tool handles. Reuter. cogs

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AMBASSADOR INJURED

WITH VICHY

The President emphasised the importance he attaches to the speech by increasing its length and he will now speak for 25 minutes instead of 15 as originally planned.

the

President Roosevelt completed

speech at his Hyde Park (N.Y.) home just before leaving in a special train for Washington. - HE ASKED HIS SECRETARIAT TO ARRANGE APPOINTMENTS IN WASHINGTON LAST NIGHT OR TO-DAY, WITH MR COR- DELL HULL (BECRETARY OF

When asked whether these proposed talks had any cơnnéo- tion with the ratio pabah the President's secretary, Mr. Han eett, replied: "You might make your own deductións!".

WE SZLAKON ENN STATE), COL...KNOXV (NAVY "INS VIEW OF THE VICHY SECRETARY) AND MR. STIM- GOVERNMENT'S BITTER HOS- SON (WAR SECRETARY). TILITY TOWARDS GREAT BRI TAIN MR, GEORGE MANDER, LIBERAL JIN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A DEEPER, BREACH WITH VICHY IN FAVOUR OF The President is accompanied THE FREE FRENCH.

by his wife. Mr. Harry Hopkins, MR DREXEL BIDDLE,

U.S. Mr. Anthony Eden, Foreign Lease and Lend Supervisor join- AMBASSADOR TO THE ALLIED Secretar however, pointed out ed the train at New York-] GOVERNMENTS IN LONDON, that there were no diplomatic reper WAS INJURED, YESTERDAY lations between Britain WHILE WATCHING AMAN- Vichy, and Britain recognised, as leader of all Their effect, at most. would OEUVRES BY THE ROYAL General de Gaul be to hasten certain restrictions NETHERLANDS BRIGADE IN Free Frenchmen,

· Mr. Eden added, ""I do not see which would have had to be THE MIDLANDS.

Mr. Biddle received a splinter in what more we can do.” made in any case,

the leg and hand and was the first

Mr. Mander then suggested that That was being done to coun-casualty to be treated in anam- Mr. Eden should consider going the propaganda used by bulance which, with two mobile further, and recognise General de tion as the GOV. isolationists and others which is canteens, were recently, present Gaulle's causing damage to the British ed to the Brigade by the Ameri- ernment of France. No answer cause in America.-Reuter.

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LEASE AND LEND STATEMENT

IN THE COMMONS

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AN UN- DERTAKING REGARDING THE USE AND DIS- TRIBUTION OF LEASE AND LEND MATE- RIALS

Questions bearing on the matter were put

in the House of Commons yesterday. One

and

of all EQUIPPING

THE FORCES

SCHEDULE OF U.S. SUPPLY NEEDS

INDIANS ARE SENDING IN A WIDE RANGE OF SUGGES LIONS AND INVENTIONS AIM- DD AT IMPROVING THE PRE- SENT EQUIPMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES, AND ALSO 'INCREASING THE USE OF IN- [DIAN #MATERIALS IN THE

MANUFACTURE OF WAR MA-. TERIALS.

The special committee formed The U.S. Supply Friorities and for the purpose is now investigat- Allocations Board has instructed in their usefulness. It is stated Its exécutive director, Mr. D. M. the committee feel that the im Nelson, to work out a complete portance to India, of the growing schedule of the nation's milltary use to which Indian materials can and civilian requirements in an be for the manufacture of stores effort to solve problems pertain and equipment for the armed Ing to shortages of materials and forces, cannot be too strongly em- the expansion of production fact-phasised.

ties,

to the Further suggestions and inven- plan will incorporate The

tions by Indians are invited.--- needs of the U.S. Army, Navy and House b Air Force and such goods as are, to go to Britain and other coun- tries covered by the Lease and" Lend Act. Reuter.

RAILWAY

GAOL CHIEF STRIKE

ATTACKED DELAYED

Mr. Harold Barrett, Chief Om-

THE THREATENED, AMERI-

member asked to what extent it was Govern- -ment's policy to reduce exports from Britain cer at Stanley Gaol, was the vic CAN RAIL STOPPAGE HAS to states other than the U.S. in order to obtim of an attack by prisoners yes- BBBY DELAYED SPRESIDENT terday. He received a wound in ROOSEVELT HAS ORDERED tain the maximum temporary advantage the les necessitating detention in THE CREATION OF A BOARD from the Lease and Lend Bill.

used for export in quantities grout- er than those for which Britain Another member asked for as- produces or buys from any source, surances that goods obtained The Memorandum then goes on under the Lease and Lend Act or to deal with the distribution in the goods of a similar nature PEO United Kingdom of Lend and duced in Britain-are not sold in Lease goods and states that the foreign markets in competition remuneration received by the dis- with American merchants. tributors is controlled and will be

Export Trade

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Mr. R R Stokes (Labour) as- serted several trade associations

circularised the had already

members urging them to refrain from the export trade on account

hospital CTBAN

BARBIE OF FIVE MEMBERS TO INVES- Major Willcocks, Commissioner TIGATE RAILWAY WAGE DIF- of Prisons, told the China-MaiFERENCES. that investigation of the incident was proceeding. The circum- stancas-cantiot for the moment, be disclosed..

WITHOUT PERMITS

This in effect delays, the stop- in accordance with the as it Railway Labour Act a strike must. be delayed at least 30 days after the report of the Investigators has been handed to the President Reuter.

Two boatmen and three shop no more than a fair return"" for When the Government spokes- of delay in announcing agreement fokls were each aned $10, or three services rendered.

man stated that an announcement between Britain and the US. and weeks hard labour, by Major 4. 45'S TO REGISTER The arrangements rigorously ex- on the subject is pending, the asked whether It was Govern- N. Macfadyen this morning for clude any opportunity for specula- | Labour member, Mr George mont's intention to abandon the unlawfully boarding a British The Ministry of Labour and tive" pront by private interests Strauss, interposed to asle who- export trade. "

ship at Kowloon Wharf yester National Service announces thut doy and dedling in Louse and Lend goods. ther Government was aware that The Parliamentary Sucrotary" They were on legitimate bust- ployment Order all men born in under the Registration for Em-

terop It was hess and the police prosecutor 1098 whatever their present em- the Intention to hold that if they had applied for ployment will be required to re-

trade

permits they would have been gister on Saturday next-British

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No Discrimination

In the distribution of Lease and Lend goods, there will be no dis

condiderable damage" was being dong by allegations Inspired by Mr. Wate Nazi sources that Britain is using certainly the Lease and "Lend" Act in the abandon way suggested above, knekter.

given