THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1941.
Library, Suprellis Certes
"TO CAPTURE OR DESTROY" American Orders To
To U.S. Navy
Answer To
Hitler
BEGINNING FROM TO-MORROW, THÉ UNITED STATES NAVY WILL PROTECT ALL LEASE AND LEND CARGOES TRAVERSING THE SEA “BETWEEN THE AMÉRICAN CON- TINENT AND THE WATER ADJACENT TO ICELAND," SAID THE UNITED STATES NAVY SECRETARY, COLONEL FRANK KNOX, ADDRESSING THE AMERICAN LEGIÓN CON- VENTION AT MILWAUKEE (WISCONSIN) YESTERDAY.
Colonel Knox described the Atlantic Fleet orders in unequivocal language "to capture or destroy" every Axis surface or sub-surface raider that is encountered.
"This is our answer to the type of warfare denounced by every civilised nation in the Hitler's declaration that world,” he will try to sink every Colonel Knox avoided using the ship'encountcred on the
word "convoy" saging that begin- routes leading from thening from to-morrow the Ameri- United States to British can Navy "will provide protection as adequate as we can make it for ports," Colonel Knox ships of every flag carrying Lease
mnd Lend aid supplies."--Reŭter. added.
Since July 7
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TARGET EVERY TANK FOR
FOR
TO-NIGHT
"Target For To- night," a great R.A.F. film in which the leading actors were actual participants in a bombing raid Germany is to be re leased immediately in U.S.A., Canada and Latin America.
on
It is estimated the film will be shown in over 12,500 cinemas in these countries and will be seen by at least fifty million peo- ple. British Wireless.
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R.A.F. AID TO RUSSIA
Colonel Knox's announcement
With a complete self- came near the end of his ad-(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
contained R.A.F. Wing dress, in which he declared that Since the United States' occupa - tion of Iceland on July 7, "hiler Convention in Milwaukee, Colonel and the United States are Addressing the American Legion already in Russia, Britain and the Nazis have been palpably Frank Knox, Secretary of Navy, tosing the Battle of the Atlantic" said that from July 7 American pushing 'planes and still and were therefore forced to at Naval vessels had been keeping tempt to break down the bridge guard on United States and Ice- more help to the Soviet of ships carrying supplies to Bri-landic ships en route to Iceland Union.
tain.
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Lease and the surfe delivery of and Lend supplies to British ports "If Hitler and the Nazis did during that period had "reached not take swiftly successful mea-an all-time high." sures to break down that bridge," said Colonel Knox, "the
defeat
reiterated Colonel Knox
the
sur-
Mr. Harriman interviewed on his arrival in London on an American bomber to make final arrange- ments prior to leaving with his commission for Moscow, said that
can delegation had arrived aboard a bomber in company with M. Ou
A WEEK TO GO TO RUSSIA
EVERY TANK AND tänk part made in Britain in the next week is to be sent straight to the front lines defending Leningrad, Kiév and Odessa.
This token of Britain's all-out aid for the Soviet Union is announced by Lord Beaver- brook, Minister of Supply, in a telegram to all tank factory workers.
His message runs: "The call is for the utmost. From now un tank factories in this country must supply not only the armies of Britain but the needs of Rus- sia, whose soldiers to-day fight in the same shining cause.
"FROM
SE-
CHINA
CONFIDENT
OF U.S.
MONDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 22, THEREFORE, AND FOR A SPACE OF VEN DAYS THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS WILL BE SENT TO THE FRONT LINES DEFEND-
““China:is cotífident that AND ING LENINGRAD, 'KIEV ODESSA.
the United States has mo "There will be no delay. There intention of making any will be more to come. But the tanks you build the next week arrangement at the ex will go forthwith into action play their part in the battle now.pense of China, and that "Come then in the foundries if any discussions are and the forges of Britain, initiated affecting China sembly lines to the task and and her rights, she will be duty of helping Russia repel fully consulted,” said the
to
the engine works and the as
the savage invaders who "bring. torture to mankind."-Reuter.
RULE HTS
of England and the primary pur-Fleet's orders to "capture or de- the junior members of the Ameri- pose of war, would have become stroy Axis submarines and impossible. If they did such an alf-out effort they would ing the word convoy. President add the United States Navy
10 Roosevelt sent a message to the the U.S. who will accompany them their numerous foes.
Legionaires appealing for "what- The announcement of the R.AF. ever sacrifices may be necessary wing on the Russian front has to meet the threat to our national caused intense speculation chiefly
News security."-International
make face raiders encountered," avoid-mansky, the Soviet, Ambassador to ARMY
Grim Choice
"It was a grim choice but the Service. Nazi action in the past few days has left little room for doubt as
to what they will do. A Gér- man 'submarine accosted American destroyer carrying' mail
an
The
to our outpost in Iceland. ehcounter came in broad daylight and the Amèrican destroyer car-
rled identification marks.
"At short range, the submarine -discharged three forpedoes aimed
at the American destroyer. The
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STRIKE TIES UP SHIPPING
'Greer' évaded them and prompt- NINE SHIPS ARE NOW TIED ly attacked the submarine with up IN NEW YORK AS A RE- depth charges," Colonel Knox | SULT OF A STRIKE CALLED BY
continued.
to Moscow.
FAMILIES
•
A soldier's children suffer more as to how large an establishment than he does when he is punished Britain intends to send and how by pay deductions.
Because of this an attempt is to many American made bombers' and fighters will participate in the he made in the House of Com Russo-German conflict.
móns to have the system: abolish- ed.
According to the Air Ministry, the Wing includes pilots and ground crews, though the number of squadrons is hot disclosed International News Service. ·
AIRSHIPS TO GUARD BOSTON
Captain Glenvil Han, MP for Colne Valley, Yorks, is to raise the question in the House.
He will tell of the case of nine Mrs. Rhodes, mother of chlidren and wife of Private R.. H. Rhodes, of the East Lancs Regiment, whose family allow ance was reduced by 14s, a week after her "Husband nud absented himself without leave, "I believe the regulation should
THE SEAFARERS INTERNA- Airships Will guard Boston Harbe altered, if not eliminated"
OF NORTH TIONAL UNION Too Broad
AMERICA, WHICH BEGAN ON bour against submarines, Cap- Captain Hall told the "Daily tain Charles Rösendahl, naval Mirror." "Punishment should fall SATURDAY,
dirigible expert, disclosed yester on the man alone, and not on his Pointing out that the Navy Department immediately publish- In an interview on Monday- Mrday in Boston (Massachusetts). wife and children."
Six "blimps" will be statiohea ed all information about this in- John Hawk, National Secretary of
at the new dirigible base at cident while the German Govern the Union, said that the strike
south Weymouth guard the ment countered by saying that would spread to many other ships the "Green" fired the first shot, now at sea when they reached approaches to the Harbour
Interviewed, Captain Rosendahl Colonel Knox said: "The whole port.
said that 48 non-rigid blimps issue is far too broad to make
have been authorised and that money for 27 had been appro- priated. Reutér
the question who fired the first The strike been called to en- shot of great importance, but,force the Union's demands for an he added, he wanted to refer to adequate war bonus" for its it because ̈* wit offered a members. chance to that curious or
ganisation, The America First The demands affect all ships Committee to tell the bound for Axis or Allied ports, American public that in its fudg- snid Mr. Hawk in
ment it was more likely that the German U-Boat Commander was telling the truth than the Ameri-
manded
*** can naval officer who comm
theGreer."
Important Fact
Saturday.
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INDIAN LABOUR RESOLUTION
DR. GRADY IN INDIA
Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr. Quo Tai chi, yester- day, in commenting on the discussions between. Washington and Tokyo.
Commenting on the report that the discussions were only ex- said ploratory, Mr. Quo Tai-chi he thought it would be difficult to find a
common basis of settle- ment.
Mr. Quo Tai-chi also referred to the Churchill-Roosevelt, de- claration and the principles of the Nine-Power Pact which China had accepted.
The American Ambassador, Mr. Clarence Gauss, called on Mr. Que Tai-chi yesterday morning Reuter,
HARRIMAN ARRIVES
LONDON
WHEN MR. AVERELL HARRI MAN, HEAD OF THE UNITED STATES MISSION TO MOSCOW, ARRIVED IN LONDON BY AIR LAST NIGHT, HE WAS GREET- ED AT THE AERODROME BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR. ANTHONY EDEN,
The Minister of Supply Lord Beaverbrook the Under-Secretary from Air Captain S. F. Balfour, the American Ambassador, Mr. J G. Winant, the Russian Ambassa dor. M. Maisley, and the Russiaur Dr. Henry Grady, Pre- Ambassador-to Washington, M sident Roosevelt's special other prominent persons, were also Oumansky, together with many economic investigator in present.
the Far East, is expected Mr. Harriman was accompanied Committee of to arrive in Simla to-day by three members of the United
V.
The Executive
States Mission, Admiral W. H the All-India-Trades s Union
It is understood that one of the Standley, Major-General James Council, claiming to represent.
main objects of his visit will be to Burns, and Mr. William Batt- of - BURMA EXEMPTION over 150,000 workers, passed A
resolution in Bombay yesterday discuss with the Indian Govern- the United States Office of Frọ- (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") welcoming the move of the ment the possibility of increasing duction Management Reuter. This is an important fact for
SUMMER TIME IN tish Trades Union Congress to supplies of certain Indian mineraln the American public to digest: that Mr. Cordell Hull, United States set up a Joint Anglo-Soviet to China.
Dr. Grady has already visited we have in our midst an organisa- Secretary of States has announc-Trades Union Council to inten- tion of American citizens who on ed, in Washington, that the Bur-sify the anti-Fascist struggle and Singapore, the Philippines und the question of veracity had de mese Government has agreed to safeguard the interests of the the Dutch East Indies to study clared publicly that they prefer the exemption of all transit taxes workers and condemning tho at possible co-ordination of produc red to accept the word of a pira-oh Lease and Lend goods to China, titude of the All-India Trado, tion and supplies of raw mater- last night. Clocks were put back
ter message from Cairo, the Far East-Reuter. tical murderer of women and chil over the Burma Road,Interna Union Congress in the matter, lals by the democratic powers of an hour at midnight, says a Reu-
Router, dren on the high seas engaged in! tional News Service.
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