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AMERICAN ADMIRATION CYRIL LAKIN
CABLE
FOR BRITAIN: ALL HELP Remarkable
Remarkable Diplomatic & SYMPATHY PROMISED
Activity In Balkans
Events in the Balkans were described by MR. CYRIL LAKIN, B. B. C. commentator, as moving fast when he broadcast from Lon- don yesterday.
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"I can assure you that I never felt more pride in my own people than when I heard the admiration and grest esteem. in which they were held by the American public generally," said SIR WALTER CITRINE, K.B.E., General Referring to the important talks had by Mr. Eden, British For- Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress, when he eign Secretary, and General pul, Chlef of the Imperial General
· broadcast from London yesterday on impressions which he Staff, with high Turkish officials, and the visit of Sir Stafford Crippa, British Ambassador to Soviet Russia,, to Istanbul, Mr. Lakin sald had gained on his recent tour of the United States...
that on top of all this remarkable diplomatic activity came the grave ** I went to the
United knows that, not only in the inter-warning issued by Mr. George Rendel. British Minister in Sona. States in November last at the ests of Great Britain and the
Mr. Rendei told British and there were still a large number of Invitation of the American United States, but in the interests American newspapermen that the responsible men in Bulgraia who of the whole world. It is incum-time for breaking off diplomatic were doing all they could to keep Federation of Labour," said
bent on them to help us with all relations with Bulgaria was very the country" out "of war. Sir Walter. "Subsequently, I the materials in the war in which near and the country was in grave was to go on a tour of the we are involved.
RAPID COLLAPSE danger of becoming a theatre of various cities in the United
Referring to the African căm- NEED REALISED States to talk to audiences of "I endeavoured to stress our Britain neither had the intention. paign, Mr. Lakin said that Italian resistance was rapidly collapsing various kinds."
needs in the way of aeroplanes, nor the desire to violate Bulgaria and those who had Ded into the TWO THINGS
bombers, ships, anti-aircraft guns nor did she wish to draw the
desert were wisely giving themselves "They wanted me to do two and other materials. It was fully Balkan State into the war.
up rather than facing sure death. Bulgaria, went on Mr. Rendel, things-Arst, to describe to them, realised there how deep that need
It was hard to visualise so many The had made the great mistake of as truthfully as I could, the exact was and how urgent it was.
miles away, said Mr. Lakin, the these needs allowing Germans to assume con-wonderful achievements of the how war situation, as we saw it in this question
trol especially in the police but country, and second, to tell them should be met?
British forces, and therefore one could appreciate the words of General Smuts, the South African" Premier, when he said. "A bril- liant campaign and à remarkable performance”.
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what the British Labour movement " had the opportunity "of visit- was doing in 'the prosecution of the ing many United States aeroplane factories and I can only sum up
war.
"I started out on my tour and my impressions by saying that not only did I speak to the conven- there is a steady and constant im- tion at New Orleans, but I visited provement in United States pro- cities in every part of America. aduction. Today there are quarter weat to the East and to the of a million people working in Middle-West to places like Chicago, these factories and in $ few Omaha, and then on to Nevada, months there will be half-a-million Denver, San Francisco and then, workers
subsequently at the invitation of "American aircraft industry is the Canadian Labour Organisation, increasing at a great rate. Fac. I went to Canada.
itories are being built, at an enor
"What I have to say represents mous speed. I take my hat off to the impressions I have formed on the way in which the Americans an extensive tour lasting nearly are setting about their task. They three-and-a-half months. What have a certain amount of 'unei
ployment there. Not so long ago SOMEWHAT MISINFORMED it was eight-millions.
was the tmpression I formed?
only five-millions.
Now it is
"The first was that the American public generally were somewhat
DELAT UNAVOIDABLE misinformed as to our situation in... People say "Why not turn them Great Britain. Their newspapers over to aeroplane production? You were faithfully recording the situa- cannot do that because they have tion, but I felt that they were to have machine tools and the tending rather to exaggerate what equipment necessary for their was happening.
work. So we must expect a certain "I was astounded to find that amount of delay. These workers many people in the United States will need machine tools which take thought that we were on our last a long time to make in some cases legs, that it was impossible for us The people in charge of Amert to go on with this war and that can production are setting them- we would be forced to surrender selves to solve these problems. I at an early date. I tried to dispel have had talks with most of them. I had a talk with President Roose- "The second impression I formed velt, and I found am very sym- was that once the United States pathetic and very receptive in. made up its mind to give us ma- every way. I talked with Mr ximum help. It would be a simple Knudsen and his deputy, who is thing to turn their great resources a former colleague of mine in the to the production of war material, labour movement.
that fusion.
war.
AIRACOBRA PILOT
PILOT MCDONOUGH.
There was rejoicing in the whole of British Africa. Progress in Eritrea and Abyssinia was satis factory and British forces were now within 15 miles of Keren.
The remarkable thing about the whole campaign, added Mr. Lakin was the co-operation be- tween the air force and the navy and these combined operations would always be a classic,
Turting to the Far East, Mr. Lakin remarked that developments
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were imminent and the Japanese Mr. Matsuoka's offer "to restore and that they could have been si had declared that the Indo-China peace not only in Greater East the spot at the critical moment of authorities must reach a decision Asia, but anywhere in the world."
on Tokyo's Anal proposals in the dispute with Thailand. The order for, the evacuation of Japanese residents from Indo-China may be an Indication that hostilities are about to begin. or it may be an- other war of nerves to bluff the French into agreeing to conces-
In an article which appeared on the back page of our issue yester-sions, day regarding the performance of the Bell Airacobra (P-39) during a recent test Alght a picture of Air Chief Marshal "Sir Huch
caption of Pilot McDonough who, 'Dowding inadvertently bore the
appears in the picture above!
JAPAN'S NEEDS French Indo-China, added Mr. Lakin, had dh. area of 286,000 square miles and produced many things that Japan needed.
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"Mr. Churchill told the Jap- anese Ambassador, for the be- nefit of Mr. Matsuoka, that in the
cause for which we
are fighting we are not concerned with territorial, trade, or 1- terial gain, and, therefore, there can be no question of á compromise or parley," sald Mr. Steed. "The House of Commons cheered this state- ment loudly. Our people cheer- ed it too because it is exactly what we feel and think."
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the German threat to Bulgaria.
"On the other hand, it is increas- ingly evident that Herr Hitler's troops are now moring into Bul- garia and are preparing to take. control of the whole country. If they have been slow to do this.) the weather in the Balkans and the Danube.floods may bave had something to do with it. It would not have been nice for the German advance to get caught in a snow-
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"Without knowing what the Turks would đỏ, and without
Yugo acquiescence of Slavia, such a move would have been fatal
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On the Least and Lend Bill. Mr.
COLD COMFORT Lakin concluded, two important Mr. Steed next referred to the statements were made in Washing recent speeches made by Signor:
"The new office is functioning GIFT. FROM CHINA
Thursday night, ↑ Mr. Mussolini and Herr Hitler. He said
very smoothly", said the official Stephen Early President Roose that the Itallans would have found
spokesman of the Immigration LONDON, Feb 28 (BWS)-The velt's secretary, said that
Office:when questioned by a Hong- Mr. very cold comfort when Signor Minister of Aircraft Production Roosevelt would continue his con- Mussolini declared that although
kong Dally Press reporter yester- "I tried to show them what a "Of course, one of the outstand-acknowledges the gift of an air-ferences with the War, Navy, State Italy had had a few bad smacks
day regarding the new premises difficult thing it was for a country ing things is the goodwill of the craft of £10,000 from the British and Treasury departments and in the eye, she would regain her make
"So now Herr Hitler is trying to opened at Queen's Buildings, like ours whose production is or labour unions in the United States. Community in China.
Yugo-Slavia toe the line. "The new premises", went on there would be no delay in making position with the help of Herr For the moment Yugo-Slavia's the spokesman, "house the Pass ganised for peace time to suddenly They have the American Federa-
Hitler. Nor would the Italians find attitude is uncertain, and it is not ports once and the Accounting. have to turn our aeroplanes and tlon of Labour and the Congress of Universities in Italy are shortly Mr. Roosevelt himself stated consolation on being told that known what the Yugo-Slav army Department. guns and tanks and to build war- Industrial Organisation, commonly to be closed as the majority of the that he confidently expected the, Signor Mussolini and Marshal
I can assure you thinks about it, but, in the mean-that there is now no delay when ships and all the paraphenalia of known as the CIO. These have students have volunteered for ser- passing of the Bill, which he said Graziani had really meant
while. the Foreign Minister of
anyone apply for the return of nimble fellow had not been ve
to sign a pact of friendship with days too early for them. The re- Hungary who is a member of the branch offices he found that those When our reporter called at the
Axis.
who were waiting there had to
war
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the Bill law,
to
declared themselves as being ready/vice in the Army, states a London involved the defence of the whole smash up General Wavell if that yugo Slavia has gone to Budapes his or her deposit".
to collaborate with the Govern jment provided the Government gives them official recognition. I
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of democracy....
think that is a reasonable claim. BRITAIN'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM: EAGER RESPONSE FROM COLONIES AND DOMINIONS
"You may have heard that there are strikes in the United States, but don't get an exaggerated opinion about these strikes. They are very small and not sufficient to disturb American industry at all."
port now was that Marshal Graziani is being kept a prisoner.
lni a plece of his mind.
in Rome after telling Signor Musso- "Nevertheless, the visit of Mr. stand as there was not even a
Eden to Ankara must have had bench provided. its effect. In "There may be more ructions inj
the psychological Rome." said Mr. Steed, "and there test. Herr Hitler is not having
certainly has been ruction between things all his own way. Nor is New Govt. Scheme To
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"I can assure you that I have never felt more proud of my own people than when 1 heard the admiration and esteem in which they were held by the American public generally. always tried to show them that we were not ballt in any part- cular herpic mould, but that we
Signor Mussolini and
it "comfortable in Germany itself. "We do bel ́eve as a nation that we are fighting for right against were just ordinary people try-
Franco, to whom Signor Mussolini Bir Archibald Sinclair, the Air might, for freedom against tyranny. for good against evil and once ona has sent a bill for £61,000,000 as Minister. recently read out a letter ing to meet a great emergency
LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter begins to study one's mind in that light it must carry us very far,"
the cost of his intervention in the written by a German living in the an appeal to dockers to "help with courage and fortitude.
Rhineland which admitted that beat Hitler was made by Mr. sald MR. O.. M. GREEN, Far Eastern Editor of Reuter's and formerly Spanish Civil War." "Whether we could endure this
Editor of the North China Daily News' Shanghai, when he broadcast
the district had been visited by Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, Commenting rightly depended, firstly, on the
from London yesterday in the series entitled, "Far East News Letter."
Herr Hitler's British bombers over forty times who announced in London yester depth of faith in our race. We had i
beer hall speech. Mr. Steed sald There is evidence that these at-day a new scheme for dock la Mr. Green referred to the timely young airmen cold-blooded mur-that Herr Hitler made no direct tacks have been so consistent as bour made every effort to prevent the section of the Hongkong Broad-arrival of the Australian troops in derers which the Nazi airmen have reference to the invasion of Bri-to make a deep impression on the will improve and speed up work- world being drawn into this hole-casting Studio, Gloucester Build- Singapore and the eagerness with become? he thought is utterly tain. All he did was to warn the German people". caust, but once we were in the waring, second floor, shortly before which Colonies and Dominions repugnant and that is because we British that the Germans would
get from the American people.
GREAT GOODWILL
"I spoke a moment ago, of the admiration in which were held in America.
our people
I cannot
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A fire broke out in the Chinese
midnight last night
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the Merseyside - which
ing conditions. we had no alternative.
"Secondly, I tried to show that
were rushing to the Mother Coun- think of our own young people to meet them wherever they touch the Mr. Steed concluded that above The fire was detected by a try's side. our people had learnt to
day as we have never thought of Continient of Europe, and that dur all this, Mr. Churchill's statement to build watchman when he saw smoke!
INDIA'S BESPONSE
them before." themselve up into a determined pouring out of the studio,
ing March and April there was to the Japanese Ambassador was the Vote Given Without spirit of unity, and thirdly, their
He pointed out that as the sup-
"OLD SCHOOL TIE
be naval warfare of a magnitude Teatest event of the past week." The fire was put out before the
Britain would fight on with grow-
A Division that Britain did not expect. confidence in the help they would arrival of the fire engines.
piles and equipment of the Aus- Mr. Green went on to discuss the |tralian troops had come from Aus- controversy which had been raised "We don't doubt Herr Hitler's ng vigour until she had purged LONDON, Feb. 28 (Heuter)
tralia herself.
Churchill, Prime General Warell's by Col. Bingham on the question power and will to do this" said Europe and the world of Nazism Mr. Winston
| Minister, for the fist time since Army in Libya had largely drawn of the "old school tle. The fact Mr. Steed, "but we, too, have the and Its desolatoin.
he formed his administration, and continued to draw its sup that great captains of industry and power and will which have in- Aden had its first air raid on piles from India, India was now captains of the army had risen creased in determination since the
| yesterday asked the House of Thursday after nine weeks.
Commons for a vote of confidence No making about 90 per cent. of her from the ranks was stress that too much. I can tell damage was done and there were war requirements from uniforms point, he said, and went on to state
AMERICAN SUPPLIES and received it without even the PRETTY PIECE OF WORK casualties. states a London
FOR SPAIN
formality of a division, that the scholarships and reduced message.÷(Special)
Mr. Steed then returned, to the India's strength, continued Mr..fees which were now offered by subject of the visit of Mr. Eden ROME, Feb. 28 (Reuter)—The
The Lai Ching Art Collega (Prin- Green, was growing rapidly, When the Royal Naval College had open and General Sir John Dil to An American Commission, which is to STOCKHOLM. Feb. 28 (Reuter) the war broke out the recruited up a way for the boy of limited kara. He said their arrival coin-distribute food supplies offered to
cipal: Prof. Pao Shao-yu) will A two-engined German bombering
hold an Exhibition of Chinese offices were almost flew over the south coast of the whelmed with recruits and many or a public schoolboy.
over- means to attain to the standard elded with a pretty piece of work (Spain by the United States Repaintings by its past and present..
by the British forces in the Medi- Cross, has arrived at Cadiz with pupils to be held on the second island of Skaakenoon, yesterday, hundreds of thousands will be Mr. Green next turned to the terranean in the capture of Castel the Arst load of supplies, sayanoor of St. Francis Hotel, Queen's according to an official statement ready very shortly.
question of religion and said that Oritzo. The Turks were quick to Madrid telegram to the Stefan Road Central, Hongkong, on Satur a noticeable feature in London understand the symbolical and agency. newspapers in recent times was the military meaning of the capture
day, March 1, until Monday, March This consignment will be shared publication of religious articles of this island and they showed it out between the towns of Cadiz, 1841. daily from 10 am to 8 The Sunday congregations in when they gathered in their Seville and Barcelona. Churches had grown bigger and thousands to meet the British more thought was being paid to visitors to whom they gave religious education in schools, fol- tumulous reception.
you of the goodwill shown to me on every hand, not because I was what I was, but because 1 repre-. sented a people who were enduring hardships with a fortitude which commended itself to the American people.
"I think I am right when I saw that the American people were very deeply impressed with the Justice of our cause. There is no hesitation or doubt in their minds about this worth of our resistance to Nazi ar- gression. Everybody was ready La promise every help to us, short of actual entry into the
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but I am speaking of the American
issued here, The bomber was driven off by anti-aircraft fire,
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"These are things" remarked
Mr. Green, "which the Nazi Fuehrer cannot ignore in spite his bombastic speeches. Most people do not trouble now to read his speeches. We are aware that he will "not · stop short of anything to pall de down."
Mr. Green referred to the cold- blooded horrors which the Naz
The Meet of the Fanling" Hunt (airmen had inflicted on Britain's
public as a whole. I repeat that and Race tomorrow, at 2.45 p.m. civil population and asked, "Would the American public generally will be held at Kidney Hill,
we wish to make our splendid.
lowing appeals by the Archbishops
of Canterbury and "Tork,
"The war has tended to draw together all those who call themselves Christian för, the furtherance of what they Be- Ilove in," he conchided.
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The wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on U.S. AIR CRASH
Thursday, Feb, 20, of M. Guy, de "Nothing can have helped to ATLANTA (Georgia). Feb, 28 8chompre, Free French Leader in neutralise the German campaign (Reuter-Casualties in the Eastern the Far East and representative of in the Balkans so much as the Airlines plane crash is now given General Charles de Gaulle, and fact that the British Foreign Becre-as zeven kiled and nine injured. Miss Evelyn Middleton, of Tientsin, tary and the Chief of the Imperial Among the dead is Democratie China, M. de Schompre only re- General Staff are able to move) Congress. representative William ceritly left Hongkong for Bingapore about the Near East as they liked, Pryon of Maryland.
after a visit here of a few days.
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