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Churchill Asks For General Election

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Mr. Churchill said he would have set the Pound free under regular and necessary safeguards rather than the present rigid method of pegging the exchange at the very lowest rate conceiva- ble.

This is what we did in 1931, the last time we had to clear up the Socialist financial mess." he said

* do not think the idea of of the liberation

the

Pound should be ruled out by any government which can command confidence abroad," he added.

He believed that great strength still resided in the Sterling Area That had to some extent been proved by the many countries -"which roughly as they were used and tile though they were con sulted" had had to conform to Lino HONG

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A free Found would impose less severe drain on living con- ditions and labour.

In reaching its true level it would afford a girdle for Europe and the Sterling Area and would give an effective sense of econo- mic as well as political associa- | tion, Mr. Churchill stated.--United Press and Reuter,

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1940)

Chiang Still The Logical Leader

Devaluation Of West

German Mark VELENA

Bonn, September 28 Des Moines, Iowa, The Allied High Commis- ..September 28. sioners announced an agree- Lieutenant-General Albert [ment early today after an al- C. Wedemeyer said here yes-most continuous 18 hour ses-

Chiang sion to recommend terday he, believed

the de- Kai-shek still the logical man valuation of the German West to free China of Communisan. mark to a new dollar rate of

23.8 cents. "Chiang Kai-shek is a Chris-

tian, and an honest and sincere West Germany's government man." General Wedemeyer said in an interview with the Des Moines anmced within a few hours of Die High Commissioners' agree- Register and Tribure." He stopment that they had deferred a ped in Des Moines to visit friends.recision on the acceptance te-

Con- The General expressed

cause of dissatisfaction over cual adener that some day non-Com- prices munist forces would regain tou trol of China.

it may be a long time-how long will depend upon outside influences-dut forces opposin totalitarianism ultimately will win out," he said.

Lacked Spirit

General Wedemeyer declined to a view as to whether express greater American financial an military aid would have enabled the Nationalists to turn back the Communist invasions. But the Nationalists might have done it.

them

The agreement Оп devaluation had been held up for several days by the French objections to the German proposals to devalue by 25 per cent, based on the in- terests of French steel pro- ducers who import German coal

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The French, it was understood, had asked for a twenty per cent devaluation only.

Coal Exports

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countries Importing They didn't know what prejudiced by the devaluation.

were not they were fighting for..

"The Communists from the Germany must either main.... North had the spirit. And they sent their representatives across marks for coal exports or adjusti

tain the present price in Deutsche the river to spread their ideology the external and internal prices An Extraordinary General

among the people there."-Ass0-50 that the differential betwee Meeting will be held at 6 pmciated Press.

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EX-SOLDIER EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF GERMAN GIRL.

The German Chancellor, Dr. Adenauer, said today that the price of coal for the home mar-

kets would not be increased.

Dr. Adenauer told a press con ference that the German Cabinet is expected to have another dis- cussion with the High Commis- sioners today, and pending this did no regard the suggested

rate as final.

London: September 23. William Claude Hodson Jones, aged 31, former member of the British Liberation

Arms was executed at Pentonville today.

Jones, a farmer, was sentenced to death at the Old Bailey on September 8 for the murder of a 24-year-old German girl, Wat- Laut Lehman, in a wood at Re-cussion, with the Germans had tenburg in June. 1945.

The jury made a strong re- commendation for mercy but it

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They had asked the Allies for a larger devaluation, he said, and he felt that no adequate dis-

preceded the Allied decision.

The present Deutsche mark is

was announced yesterday that worth 30 United States cents-- the Home Secretary had decided Reuter. that

sufficient ground to justify any interference with the due course of the law.

Reuter

CONVAIRS ON- KUNMING ROUTE

PERMIT TO MOVE COFFINS IN S'HAI

Shanghai, September 28. The Communists now require a permit for the movement of coffins.

Travelling time between Houg Kong and Kunming has been

The requirement was believed by reduced by about one-third with

same to be a safeguard against the placing of Convair-Liners by the Central Air Transport Cor-

the use of coffins to smuggle arma to the countryside or transport poration on this air roule.

An official

announcement by spies out of Shanghai. the company yesterday said that

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Bights ta the Yunnan provincial capital from Shanghai because of the scarcity two to three, operating on rues and high cost of petrol. Twenty days, Thursdays, and Sundays

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TURIN STRIKE

Rome, September 27.

A one hour strike of 16,000 tex- tile workers in the Turin district has been called for Wednesday morning, Astra, the Italian news agency, reported today.

The work stoppage is to protest against failure of the owners to begin negotiations for a new con- tract, the report said.-Associated Press,

Amman, September 27. A gunpowder store explosion: which killed 13 people yesterday was 'stated today to have been due to an accident-Reuter.

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his

out diamonds would cause

to be limited to ‹ three losses tricks at the worst, with one each in clubs and hearts plus either one or none in spades.

A FRETTY FALBE-GARD ONE OF THE prettiest false cards possible is that which you can make, on infrequent occa sions, when you read that your partner has a trump holding that So, on winning the second trick threatens to be dangerous. When he scored the diamond A and K, the declarer seeks to establish a then led a. third diamond. Eis ruffing situation in the dummy, original plan had been to ruff carly play by you of your highest with the spade 8 and hope for card in the suit to be ruffed may an even break of the diamonds. make the declarer believe he is But East upset him by putting the second diamond. in danger of an over-ruff if he the Q an uses a small trump from the Now sure that an over-ruff dummy. If that lures him into pended, he decided to prevent

by ruting with the spade K ruffing with a high dummy trump your partner may then be en- When East followed suit, he de- abled later to score a trump trick cided he bad been foxed. To which otherwise would be im- save the day, be then tried the beart Q finesse, which the K passible

a club, but won.West returned a that made no difference. He was certain to take two trump

S3943 HK S DJ 94

SK 6 HQ J 9 6 2 D 10 6 CJ 874

CAK93

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tricks with his J-9, thereby beat- S8 2 ing; the contract-thanks to the H10 8 7 4 way his partner had bamboozled

South into using the spade W EDQ8 2

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SAQ 10 7

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25 Charge with

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26 Pastor.

Yesterday's Crossword

ACROSS

125

1 Played a

part

2 Breaks ofL.

3 Flow from 4 Ditt 5 Periodic

bayment. Take small bites.

7 Come out

Down

...

10 Follow,

14 Egg-shaped

15 Handled.

16 Shady spots.

17 Chase

Tell-tale.

21 Reptile.

22 Roguish

23 Hurry,

Scimitar, 7 Apic Scoot, 4 Mood, 5 Twinge, 5. Re-

8 Opposing, 10 Crator, 13 Rotates, gret & Preter, 11 Roomy, 12 15 Ague, 17 Fermint, 18 Smelted Table, 14 Bedate, 15 Ambit, 16 20 Tyre, 21 Radiate, 26 Totter, 27 Unite, 18 Storms, 19. Erects 22. Recalled 28 Gemus, 29-Suspense, Dodge, 23 Atone, 24 Erase, 25

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