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BIG OIL TRANSACTION WITH JAPAN QUERIED IN COMMONS

No Information On Recent Revision Of Customs Dues

LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter)-Asked whether in view of the closing of the Burma Road for the supply of war materials to China it was proposed to cancel the sale of 1,000,000 barrels of oil to Japan made in April, 1940, by the British Government-controlled Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

·Mr. R. A. Butler stated in the House of Commons yester- day that he had nothing to add to the reply gwen by "the Minister for Petroleum on April 23.

Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Llb.):' Could anything be more grossly unfair than to supply Japan with oil to attack China. at the same time that China is refused permission to receive it by the Burma Road?

THE TIENTSIN AGREEMENTS

Provisions Being

Observed

LONDON. Aug. 22 (Reuter-In the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. L. C. Hannah asked questions regarding the operation of the agreement respecting the Police, silver and currency at Tientsin of June 10..

Mr. R. A. Butler replied that the Consul-General. at. Tientsin reports that the Police agreement was working smoothly.

The provisions of the sllyer and currency agreement. are being duly observed. ·

As regards the silver, arrange- ments were made for sale of an amount approximately the equiva- lent of £100,000 and the proceeds will be expended on famine reller in North China. The rest of the sliver remains under seat in vaults ot Chinese banks, where it has hitherto been stored,

PRESS ATTACKS

GEN. FRANCO

TOASTED

Cordial Reception To Algeciras Governor

GIBRALTAR, Aug. 22 (Reuter) -So cordial was the atmosphere on the occasion of the visit of the Governor of Algeciras, General Grandes, that the reception sche- duled to last 40 minutes was ex- tended to 90 minutes.

The Governor of Gibraltar. Gen Sir Clive Liddell, toasted General Franco and General Grandes rats- ed his glass to His Majesty King George VI,

The ceremony which is a normal Tone in case of a newly appointed Mr. Butler: His Majesty's Governor, assumes" particular in- Government, as announced by terest in, the present circumstance; the Minister for Petroleum on and Spaniards near the frontier April 23, has said that it is construe the friendliness of con- not their policy to interfere Franco is pursuing

meaning that General a policy of with the commercial activities showing that he is now being of this company.

over-borne by Germanis penetra- tion efforts.

Mr. Noel Baker (Labour): Is not most desirable that Govern ment should avoid the charge of ravouring, in effect, put an off sanction on a victim of segression while continuing to supply a most important war requirement Japan?

To

tact as

CABLE

GIBRALTAR: KEY TO THE MEDITERRANEAN

ENEMY PLANES AT

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940. -PAGE 7

ROYAL AIR FORCE WILL TAKE MAJOR PART IF ITALY. INVADES EGYPT

LONDON, AUG. 2 (REUTER)~THE R· A, F, IN THE MIDDLE- EAST, reinforced to repair the loss of the partnership with the. French Air Force, will have a major part to take should" Italy_in- vade Egypt, writes Reater's Air correspondent.

· Bombers will strike immediately if Marshal Graziani's 300,000 white and native troops, new massed in Libya, moved - across the frontier.

Troop concentrations, are dim.

cult to hide in the desert, Long BOMBING RAIDS

supply columns, necessary to keep the army going on the long trek to the Nile delta, would be par- ticularly vulnérable, Enormous quantities of water and petrol will have to be carried

INTO

GERMANY

R.A.F. Pilot Tells Of Poor Opposition

There is no water at all locally for the first 150 miles journey.

R. A.. F. raids have already LONDON, August(Reuter)-- greatly Increased the Italian First-hand comments on RAF. dimculties in organising adequate bombing flights into Germany supplies of these liquids so essen were given yesterday by Squadron tial for their march. The R. A. F. Leader F. R. Eeare, who was ro

also be the eyes of the de-cently awarded the D.F.O. fending armies to a bigger extent He said that the marshalling than ever before in desert war yard at Hamm, which is so often mentioned in Air Ministry-com- Constant-air-reconnaissance-muniques a tremendous...target," will keep the British and which accounts for the frequent Egyptian troops posted to the British rats. The Ruhr is bristl- minute with the way the war ing with targeta.

GREAT HEIGHT

fare OVER MALTA-

(Reuter) —

GIBRALTAR, Aug 22 (Reuter) down in the sea when Gibraltar -An enemy raider was brought

was attacked by two successive

given General Grandes warship

The-gur salute which was waves of enemy planes last night.

„Bombs" "falling on the rock In MALTA,- Aug. especially pleased the visitors, who the second raid caused on out-Enemy aircraft few at a great re aware that in wartime gun break of fire which was quickly height over Malta on Wednesday control without 'afternoon and they were engaged salutes are not normally rendered brought under

General St.Clive Liddell will causing any appreciable damage by AA batteries-and-gfters make a return visit to Algeciras There were no casualties.

which went up. next week.

-All bombs on the first formation The Malta Fund to purchase fell into the sea,

AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE

FORCEFUL POINT

Mr Butler: I agree that there is force In that point. The Govern- ment is always willing to acquit themselves of such a charge. If Mr. Noel-Baker will refer to the an- swer of the Minister of Petroleum way he will see that there are certain special, considerations involved in this particular transaction.

Mr. Butler added that he was ready to put to the Minister of Petroleum. the points raised by Mr. Mander and Mr. Noel-Baker-

TRADE RESTRICTIONS

LONDON, Aug. 21 (Reuter)-Re- plying to Captain Alan Graham In

Mr. Hannah asked what results the House of Commons yesterday. had accrued from the representa- Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary tions made to the Japanese Gov-1 for Foreign Affairs, said that Lord ernment about the fallare of the Halifax had no information of any focal authorities to suppress anti-recent revision of customs tariff British manifestations in Jap-for the Japanese-occupied parts of anese-occupied areas in China.

Mr. Butler replied. "Anti-British manifestations at the present

China.

Capt. Graham also asked whe- ther any satisfactory reply was time are confined almost entirely received to the representations to to Press attacks."

the Japanese Government respect-: ing the restrictions imposed on the

RELATIONS

of communications.

"You, my friends in theTM Philippines, have also made admirable progress in the de- velopment of your resources and industries and expanding your network of communica tiona,

Central China.

RED CROSS SUPPLIES

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the lascars grabbed the deceased man's belongings the moment his body was removed. One snatched up.. his pillow, ar- other his sheet, another blanket. These will no doubt be hired_on_another_voyage_to_un- suspecting deck passengers at 50 cents a time!!

his

The third day out-Sunday- the ship found itself in the path of a typhoon. In spite of a fall cargo, she pltched and tossed like a cork' in 'a running brook. A strong wind hitting her cross-wise ripped off the the tarpaulin coverage over the fore-deck, exposing the deck passengers and their be- longings to thedevastating' effects of a terrific shower of rain that followed.

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fighters has now reached £7.000.

Imports Into Britain Totalled £689,500,000

In First Seven Months

LONDON, AUG. 22 (B.W.S.)—PUBLICATION_OF_THE BOARD OF TRADE FIGURES, SHOWING THAT DURING "THE SEVEN MONTHS ENDING JULY, Imports into Britain amounted to 1698,500,000, Including · £268,000,000 worth of foodstuffs, offers eloquent commentary on the German efforts to convince their people that Britain is on the verge of starvation.

Nazi Radio yesterday asserted that the "total blockade" announced on Saturday would complete the starvation process in the not too distant future.

-As this "blockade" has for £2,500,000 higher than in July last many months been as "total" year.” as the Germans are capable | of making it, the threat arouses no concern here.

Exports to North and South America which have been in- creasing steadily, reached the highest level in July since the outbreak of the war.

"And the enemy has not the smallest prospect of interrupt- ing the abundant flow of our supplies from overseas."

is going from one sandfield the German blackouts good and Squadron Leader Beare conaiders

another.

The R. A. F. In the Middle East searchlight and anti-aircraft. DT- is now grouped under one supreme position accurate, but opposition. command and the Air Oncer of German fighters at night is Commanding in-Chief is now able nothing to worry, about, to take decisions, such as the re- inforcement of one part of the command from another which, if seperate commands which were in force before the outbreak of the war with Italy still existed, would have had to be referred to England.

The British machines are so good and strong that they can come home with holes in them even against particularly accurate/anti-aircraft fire.

The Squadron Leader, referring to attacks on factories in

Milan and" Turin, considered Italian opposition pour.

CHIEF RESERVES Squadrons at present stationed

DESTROYERS ATTACKED in Irak and Palestine are two of LONDON, August 22 (Reuter)— the chief potential reserves for Owing to adverse weather condi- the main theatres of the war in ons, no bombing ‘operations were the Near and Middle East.

carried aut over Germany Egypt also has her own air force Tuesday night. states an Air and Its fighter pilots are now in Ministry communique. position for the defence of Cairo It adds: "Daylight attacks were and Alexandria, Other Egyptian carried out on Tuesday and yes- air force personnel have carried terday on serodromes in enemy- out a certain amount of recon, occupied territory. Attacks were also made yesterday by aircraft naissance already.

of the Coastal Command on two enemy destroyers in the North Sea. One of the destroyers WAS damages.

"We suffered no losses in these

There is evidence that the offensive strength of the Rhodesian and the South African Air Forcep operating

in Kenya is growing. Strong attacks on the enemy in Abyssinia and Somaliland, such as

ranean.

TWO MORE DEATHS SINO-PHILIPPINE trade of Third Powers in North and Monday morning saw the sea in kinder mood and by" sunset, that Mr. Butler, replied that Lord part of the China Sea was like a It is recognised that the occupa-j »

The DAILY TELEGRAPH, com-have, just been delivered, may be Halifax was asking for a report on mirrored pool. Few of the passen-tion of the French coast has en- Continued from Page 1

the matter.

gers who gazed at the full moon abled the enemy to wage an inten-menting on the food situation in expected to increase as the re out by tapping our underground

rising over the placid waters knew slied war on the British ships relation of these figures says, equipment of the bombing sque- mineral resources, developing our

that a second death had occurred passing up the Channel yet, in "Actually we know from official drons of these two Empire air Industries and opening new lines Mr. T. E. Harvey (Independent) among the deck passengers. This July, about £87,000,000 worth of sources that our food stocks are forces becomes more "complete,

drew attention to the acute need time it was a woman and it is be-goods were Imported.

substantially higher than they The R. A. F. at Aden will share in this determined bid. to pul- in China of further Red Cross sup-lieved she died of diabetes.

have been before. plies and surgical instruments and

FURTHER FACT Entry into Hongkong was delay-

"Merchant shipping tonnage un-verise Italy's new hopes for com- drugs for the civilian population ed by heavy seas encountered on

A further fact emerges that from der our control is greater than at mand of the Red Sea, as also plse- and asked whether arrangements Tuesday, but when the vessel even- |the trading areas still open to the outbreak of war.

where the R. A. F, will do their best could now be made for supply of tually steamed into the "Harbour Britain, imports in July showed 10

to shatter Italian dreams of the these materials to China via the of Fragrant Water," with some 300 per cent. increase this year com-

seizure of the Suez Canal and the Burma Road.

command of the Eastern Mediter voyage-tired passengers, all dressed pared with the last and the value "The economic development of Robert Craigle, the British Am-disembark, a hint of delay in

Mr. Butler replied. that

Sirup, with luggage packed, ready to of exports to the trading area was our two countries can only be of bassador to Japan, had approach-landing made itself felt. mutual advantage, culturally and commercially. We cannot help it

Some "nosey" passenger dis- because we are such close neigh material and was endeavouring to had occurred that morning among to Red Cross covered that yet another death bours. You will realize how close obtain an early reply. we really are if you remember the

the deck passengers, and that, as Medical stores could pass by the the cause of death was suspected fact that it takes only five hours Burma Road but the difficulty was to be cholera, the ship would be by Clipper from Manila to Hong for petrol to distribute. the stores in quarantine for the night-and kong and, only a few more hours, in the interior of China.

so it was! to reach the wartime capital of China, Chungking, by air.

SIGNIFICANCE OF STRUGGLE

"Another factor which has drawn our two countries closer and closer together is that even the average man-in-the-street in the islands realises the signficancë

of our three years struggle against an aggressor whose ambitions are so well known to the world. What-

ever difficulties we are facing, we are determined not to lay down

ed the Japanese Government about the importance

Release Of

805 Aliens Authorised

TYPHOON TROUBLE

Next morning the typhoon pre-

vented

any communication be-

eongs and games, their only ex-

Britain's Offer To India Is. Rejected

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operations“

MINISTERIAL WARNING LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter)— Broadcasting last night. Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Air Minister-warned the comtry...” against relapsing into a mood

of complacency as only a small fraction of Germany's heavy bomber force had yet been en" gaged and the danger of inya- sion and mass air attacks had not yet passed.

Vigilance, energy and sacrifice of convenience and even of rights and liberties, were still urgently necessary to frutrate an invasion.

Then all the emergenty measures which restrict the liberty of

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT subject would disappear with the

OF PHYSICAL TRAINING & RECREATIVE WORK

FOR BRITISH YOUTH

:

passing of the emergency, and the new offences under the Emergency · Powers Act and the extraordinary powers entrusted to the executive would vanish with the advent of victory and peace.

Sir Archibald continued that we.. had every good reason for abun

dant gratitude to our friends in America for their moral sympathy

and material support but it was

on ourselves that we must rely:

The more we rely on ourselves and the more strength and resolu tion we play here, the more help we shall get from outside."

Sir Archibald said that since August 8 we had lost in defence and in extensive operations over Germany, 194 aircraft against the Germans 709.

LONDON, AUG. 22 (REUTER)-MR. HERWALD RAMS- tween ship and shore... With the WARDHA, Aug. 22 (Reu- BOTHAM, President of the Board of Education," In the vessel moored to a buoy, the paster)-The Congress Working course of a statement in the House of Commons on physical sengers passed the day in sing Committee passed a resolu- training for youths, announced that he had decided to set citement being the sight of a ves-tlon rejecting the Britain's up a small directorate to secure further development of sel of about 1,400 tons, which latest offer outlined in the physical training and recreative, work among the young. broke its moorings and drifted, Viceroy's recent statement. people of both sexes. dragging its anchor in a whirl of

The resolution calls upon. The directorate will work in close co-operation with muddy water. LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter) For a time the vessel took the

the people in India to con- the Board of Education and the War Office and will be The House of Commons met wind broadside and developed a demn the attitude of the Bri- concerned mainly with the young between the ages of 14 this morning for the final sit-steep list; but soon righted herself tish Government by holding and 18. "In these critical days, with war ting before adjourning for a and lay alongside the British ship, public protest meetings and The House would be aware raging in "Asia and Europe, wise.

which 765-roughly riding the fery other methods. statesmanship is reeded. Του

that there was a great and surf t the 70 m.p.b. gale as the The Home Secretary, Sir John wind whistled through her trim-Viceroy's statement was wholly op- people in this country for The resolution declares that the growing desire of the young people of the Philippines are in- deed fortunate in having at the tions on the subject of aliens and

posed, not only to the principle of helm such a capable statesman, as said that up to last Tuesday even-that were moored alongside the dish Government, but also to the alcal training and recreation Passengers from the several ships democracy acclaimed or the Bri- further opportunities for phy- President Quezon, whose keen ing over 3,000 cases of interned wharves yesterday were not able best interest of India, and, there-to enable them to attain a The work would be done. in the ped on two points in South-East

our arms until our war alms are realised.

foresight and masterly grasp' of. realities enables him to steer the ship of state through such troubled

waters," Gen: Wu "cozcruded. ....

"The Chinese people confidently believe that under the leadership of your President. Quezon, the friendly relations which have al- ways existed between China and the Philippines will be further en- hanced."

short recess.“

Anderson, answered several ques-

mings.

allen refugees had been examined to land until long after, 10 am. from July 31 Of these 832 were

found not to be within any of the FRENCH FRONTIERS

categories."

."...

CLOSED LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter)-A

Inquiries were in progress to verify the statements made in over 1,500 applications for re- lease and in 805 cases release

message from, Zurich states: that had actually been authorised.

the Germans today suddenly closed Sir John Anderson regretted that the frontier between occupied and he was unable to exempt Pales unoccupied France.. tinian subjects as such from the No trains, vehicles or pedes LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuter)-His provisions of the Allens Order al-trians were allowed to pass the Majesty the King has just inspect though he was prepared, in special frontier. ed a Midlands aerodrome manned cases, on recommendation of the. The Lyona Radio states that the by Polish airmen, and he spoke to police, to exempt individual Pales Vichy Government has cancelled many of them. This unit have, tinians from the provisions of the all meetings of the County Coun between them, accounted for 23 Allena" (Restriction of Movement) cils as a precaution against them enemy planes, One Polish pilot Order.

** being used as a means for political has six Nazi planes to his credit

l'agitation.

VERY FEW. ATTACKS LONDON, Aug 24 (ReuterÁT Air Ministry communique says that enemy attacks during the night were very few and one small scale.

High explosive bombs were drop

War Co-operation of the "Vilice was needed otherwise. the scheme might be very, short of people competent to train the young people In. physical and recreative ac- tivity

or advising the country to do so. fore, Congress cannot be a party higher standard of bodily closest collaboration with the local England where some damage was to accepting the Viceroy's proposal atness and to make a full authorities and, from enquiries he caused to gas and water mains in

had made, the local authorities & coast town and also to a ratl contribution in the service of would greatly welcome assistance way line, further inland. their country..

which he (Mr. Ramsbotham) would One" bomb fell on a Hillside. SEVERELY HANDICAPPED

be able to give them through this slightly wounding a soldier. There was no intention of ignor- [ scheme.

At the present moment it is ing wider interests in the youth

known that this was the only SHANGHAL, Aug, 22 (Reuter) creating a new movement, based

casualty during the night, a Measure have been instituted pro-exclusively on physical training. LONDON Aug. 22 (Reuter) The hibiting the import of Bank of The object will be to strengthen German Government has sent a WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Reuter) England notes into the United the service to youth on the physical note to the British Government The State Department in á Kingdom, advises the British Em-training side, where It was at pre-about the treatment of parachute monthly report showed that Bri- hassy here in an official statement sent most severely handicapped. troops should they land in Britain tain has received over $24,000,000 today.

Answering questions, Mr. Rams-territory. The note was received worth of arms which were export- (Full detal's will be found in botham denied the suggestion that in London yesterday through the ed from the United States in Julý the Government notice appear- quasi military organisation was offices of the Swiss Government and nearly half as much as for the ing on Page 6 of this issue) to be set up.

and is now being considered.

previous six months

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