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GENERAL

COMMONS ON STRENGTHENING DEVASTATING ATTACK

BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC FRONT ON CHENHAI| TAIERCHWANG

FOR A TOTAL WAR

Hitler's Position Not So Rosy-Mr. Greenwood

LONDON, AUG. 8 (REUTER) — THE GOVERNMENT HAS DIRECTED ITS ENERGIES SINCE ITS FORMATION TO STRENGTHENING THE SINEWS OF WAR. DECLARED MR. ARTITUR GREENWOOD,, MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO IN THE WAR CABINET, INITIATING A DISCUSSION ON ECONO- MIC ORGANISATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTER- DAY.

He began: "It was clear in the very early days of the new government that a tremendous and growing"borden rested" on Britain. I do not think, however, that the outlook today should daunt us...

"To achieve victory as swiftly as may be, our fighting forces must be adequately provided with the sinews, of war and the people must be kept in good heart. The Government has direct- ed its energies to strengthening the sinews of war,

"Planes, tanks, guns and muni- tions of war each call for varled skill and a large variety of mater- lals, drawn from the four quarters of the earth...

war

"In a normal year this coun- try exports Some 30,000,000 tons of coal to the continent of Euorpe. None of that henceforth will fall into the

"The arena of the

hands of Germany. has widened by the increased range of "aircraft and the war has become

"As regards oll, of 20,444,000 tons normally consumed throughout a total war in which the term Hitler's "territories per annum, he non-combatants ceases to have can hope to produce

or procure any meaning. War of this kind not more than one half, - and the complexity involving the

against the destruction of fac tories from the air with plans for rebuilding and for moving of re serve plants.

10,000 CHINESE

HOMELESS

HERO

Kiangnan, a stali town on the BANNER PRESENTED

He recalled his statement on south bank of the Yung River, July 11 in the House of Commons sustained the heaviest damage TO GENERAL KWAN regarding De organisation to during the recent Japanese attack deal with purchases in North on Chenhal, across the river, ac-General Kwan Lin-cheng, jamed CHUNGKING, Aug. 8 (Central) Ameries through the Canadian cording to a report received by Chinese army commander who dis- and United States channels follow the association of Kiangsu, Che-tinguished himself in the fighting ing dissolution of the Anglo-French kiang and Shanghal organisation:

Resident in Hongkong, states Cen-arrived in Chungking froin

at Talerchwang and elsewhere, has trai News,

the front.

The new organisation had been actively at work for some weeks.

Merchants

пож

In

The town, which bore the brunt The United States Government was of the Japanese onslaught, now engaged in an effort of na-lies in ruins, the report says. tional rearmament and mobilising the west gate area all the houses American Industry for that pur-have been reduced to a sham pose.

bles.. ORDERS IN U.S.

Many of the inhabitants «havei While, therefore, but a few been killed while no fewer than months ago Britain was placing 10,000 have been rendered home-

In honour of his arrival a wel- come meeting was held last night

Association of China, and other by the People's Foreign Relations

organisations,

A banner was presented to him.

orders with American industry to less and destitute, Charity Whereabouts

Or

Of Belgian Government

Butler, Under Secretary for For- eign Affairs, aald that Lord Hall- tax was awaiting certain informa- tion.

In the meantime, he said, ne preferred not to give a detailed

supplement the deficiencies in the ganisations are now doing their combined Allied production, they utmost for their relief. had now the need to embark on a KUNTOW SHELLED much more extensive programme CHUNGKING, Aug. 8 (Central) which must be relationed to the Japanese gunboat resumed American national defence pre-shelling of the Chenhai coast in DONDON, Aug. 8 (Heuter parations

Cheklang yesterday morning,Asked for Information on the pre- Therefore the House would rea- About 700 shells were hurled at sent whereabouts and attitude of duy understand the complexity of Kuntow, east of Chenhal. Most the Belgian Government Mr. R.A. the question involved in the task of them fell short in the sea.. of the British Purchasing Com-

Two Japanese gunboats steam mission in New York,

ed near Chunshan, an Island "At the same time we need both the Tungting Lake in north Hu in New York and London to co-nan, on Tuesday, and fired ashore GREAT STRAIN whole population calls for econo-

ordinate, our requirements with with naval guns and "These are mere pointers to the those of India, the Dominions and guns. Chinese shore batteries re-reply

machine mic organisation on a scale un- known in the past and I am pre-nimself economically. If and when supplies.

situation in which Hitler finds our allies, who must look to us for piled and pared to admit, not yet fully the pinch comes as it will sooner

forced the enemy achieved in the present."

"The United States and Canada ing damage.

vessels to withdraw after suffer- or later in a 100 different direc-have been SERIOUS PROBLEMS "

our two most impor- tions, it is more than doubtful tant potential providers of Turning to the economic post-whether the subdued people of material." tion of the enemy, Mr. Greenwood Germany and other lands will ör said: "Bitter. In his latest speech. will not be able to stand the strain. painted a rosy picture of his Yet we must not for a single mo- economic strength. He also said fent under-estimate the power that his total supplies for the jurrayed against us. Army and Air Force are consider- ably greater than before the at- tack in the west. Tha; no doubt is true, as of course it is true of this country. But Hitler is beset by serious problems within his swollen boundaries which will in- tensify as days go by.

J

Gave been

Later a number of Japanese warsteam

boats appearing in the western part of the lake were

SAFEGUARDING CONSUMPTION fired upon and repulsed by the Continuing, Mr. Greenwood said Chinese. Two of them were sunk. it was necessary for efficient con-

PUPPETS REVOLT

avoided

+

FURTHER TRAWLER

CASUALTIES

LONDON,' Aug. 8 (Reuter)It is officially announced that casual- ties the HM trawler Marsona were one Oficer killed, one of duct of the war that the consump- According to reports from Ho" cer and 10 ratings missing and "The German mind and strength guarded and unnecessars hardship revolted against the Japanese and wounded

tion of the people should be safe-nan, two more puppet units have presumed killed and six ratings devoted to one single

Joined the Chinese. One of the Casualties in the trawler Finis- urpose preparation for the

"The rise in the cost of living is unit under the strongest and most terrible fight-less than the rise in prices gen-Chang-Chi tung and a clash with rating killed and eight missing.

command of terre are one Officer wounded, one g force the world has ever seen. erally. Our object is that prices the Japanese Wultien (near "The loss of both vessels were "The German economic system of necessities should be kept down Binyang on the Felping-Hankow previously announced. has been tor some years" on a war and we are spending considerable Railway in south Honan killing "Hitler boasts that his food sup-we have not yet felt the full krunt

rooting. We must remember that sums to do that,

TRAWLER MINED a number of Japanese. The other plies are guaranteed for as long as

LONDON, August 8 (Reuter) "The policy of anchoring prices unit under the command of The Admiralty announce that the the war lasts. I wonder.

ut Hitler's blow. I fancy

"We have proved that we are continued. We believe by these in north. Honan. -**

of essential commodities will be Wen cheng revelted at Huahsien mine sweeping trawler River that as the war draws on, Hitler

for war purposes as the capable of becoming as efficient means that we shall ensure the

Clyde, bas been sunk by an enemy dictator. unimpaired health of the nation

reports reveal that mine. *** Japanese troops started another Next of kin of the INCREASED EXPORTS

drive toward Helatung, west of have been informed. Lungchow bear the Kwangel

will not be happy, as a condition of famine. for which his aggres- sion and conquest are responsible

has condemned considerable areas of his newly-seized territory.

COUNTRY DEVASTATED

but we are still in the process of the change-over from peace to

war economy. We have got to!" "We have taken steps to

make the

J

Kwangsi

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at

best of our resources Crease exports and we will do French Indo-China border. a few which must be directed to the na-everything we can properly do in days ago. The Chinese cut them "A multitude of refugees have tional life and effort necessary for that direction. But in the present into several groups and drove trampled on growing corn. His a victorious conduct of the war circumstances. It is clear that the them back. tanks have devastated much of and the maintenance of a nation possibilities of increased exports Chinese, troops. along Manning- the country-side and his own spirit. crops are not very good this year. Next spring he" will begin to feel the pitch of the food problem even more seriously than now." He Government do not intend

21

TOTAL WAR

"We intend to win this way.

are not too TOSY.

Yamchow highway are pressing "It is important that we shoula toward Yamehow, inflicting many use foreign exchange as far as we casualties upon the enemy. The can for the purchases of aero-

to planes, munitions. etc., abroad.

will continue" the making of war allow the limit of Its prosecution At the same time. we need to re material but some of his chief in-to be anything else than the whole tain a propertion of skilled labour dustrial areas and aerodromes resources of manpower, Industrial on the production of commodities have suffered very heavy punish-capacity. finance and ioreign for expert in order that our sup. ment.

assets at our disposal To achieve plies for foreign exchange may be "O refineries, stores, railway the maximum. effort we must mamtained, Junctions, marshalling yards, plan our economic strategy with docks, and ships have been and the view the best co-ordination things essential to the consump

Gi must limit. Importa tu

JOURNALIST TOURS DUSSELDORF

will continue to be targets for our and co-operation of all the aken-tion and productive services. Damage Wrought By

deadly bombing planes night by cies concerned.' night, week, by week, more heavily

been

At

the moment our shipping position

Mr. Greenwood then detailed the is not too bad. The capacity has

R.A.F. Raids

as our bombing strength increases. new arrangements made for com- not been very seriously impaired, neutral journalist who has been

"His output undoubtedly hassideration of a

LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuter)—A number of ecʊnu-hut we are bound to recognise that allowed to see some of the results very seriously interfered mic problems and co-ordination of our ports and our shipping will be of the bombing of the Thyssen with. It will be difficult, if not their economie effort, saying that among the main objectives of the works near Dusseldorf reports that impossible, to repair the damage each main group of proflem, wis enemy's attacks. to productive enterprises, lines of dealt with by a sub-committee

communication, etc., for a

COD- composed of members of the War

siderable time. He will need to

Cabinet and the ministers in

cerned.

'PRUDENT MEASURE

he was told that the works and vicinity have been ralded 28 times

draw more and more on his re-charge of the departments con- our country make as much as we the past three months

"It is prudent therefore, that and Dusseldorf 18 times durinɛt serves and the more vigorously he prosecutes the

War the more rapidly his stores will disappear.

...E FOREIGN SOURCES

OVERSEAS COMMODTILES

can of those foodstuffs and mà- Factory officials told him that terials as can be readily stored to 20,000 workers went to air-raid build up our stocks against the day

shelters during the raids and

PLAN FOR LABOUR Mr. Bevin declared that there was a plan for labour and that the plan was working.

later so that" workers can make up for sleep lost during air raids, UGLABORATORY HIT " on

One of the most important fie-when our capacity to import may many German factories start work "He will and it increasingly dif- tore the effectiveness of their not be so great, "ficult to replace the losses. Mea-economic warfare was to deal with sures have been taken to ensure the serious problem of surpres that Hitler shall not draw susten-overseas. commodities in such a ance from foreign sources: Not way as to make them an only Germany but the controlled tage to Britun and a disadvantage territories will be unable to carry to the enemy. on trade on any scale with the outside world.

*The blockade operates over a wide area which must become more and more, impoverished as its trade arteries are cut Hitler will continue to seize all food, and materials he can from the over- run-territory, but once he has de- spolled his victims, his suppiles will either cease or become less plentiful.

HITLER'S BOAST

advan-

The collapse of France great- ly increased the diffienities of production and "we will give complete priority to those e- sential weapons of war which will provide maximum, resist. ares to the enemy in the shor- test space of time. There is need to keep in our minds the pasibility of a long war.

He said that a thousand miners, thrown out of work by a collapse. had been used to increase the power of the Navy by speeding up the construction of gun-mountings and other things..

WARM WELCOME

He saw a laboratory, which was badly damaged by one bomb dur-

g 23-hour rald on June 16.

German air force officers told him that an area of 1,000 yards had to be cordoned off? around any K.A.F. bombs which did not explode.

He was also told that plans have been made to move 40,000 work- Hitler would get a far warmer raids are intensified.

ers to new quarters if the RAF welcome than he otherwise would fiave done....

Mr. Bevin added that while the

"Priority has not worked as Government were doing all they over to war economy because war well as it should, but having bad could to train men for industry economy itself had to be adjusted to make this great spirit for im- they were not getting all the help to rapidly changing strategic and "Hitler boasts that he possesses mediate war purposes we are now they might from Industry itself, tactical consideratons. unlimited quantities, of iron. Iron considering further measures to He concluded: "While we may He could not announce the broad he possesses th great quantities ensure as far as possible that make mistakes in judgment, we are ambitions of a large-scale econo- arid he probably has no need to matérials, plants and fabour are planning towards securing final mic plan. fear a shortage of aluminium. But effectively used to carry

out the victory.”

AIR ATTACKS

SCALE OF EVENTS -

his coal situation is different and production programme,”

WAR ECONOMY- his supplies : henceforth will be

The vast scale of events must seriously short. He may sit upon

Mr. Harold Macmillan, Parija be borne in mind and the first de- mountains of iron ore but as he Mr. Greenwood then dealt in mentary, Secretary to the Ministry, finite plan was to give every sinew has, hot the coal whereby it can detall with the Industrial capacity of Bupply, replying to the debate, of our strength to preparation In be snerted, it will not be of first and organisation and said that said Government's task was even the next few weeks and months. Class military value:

provision had also been made more complicated than turning (Cont'd Page 7, Col. 7)

casualties

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