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CHURCHILL USES VAST POWERS WARILY

(BY RAYMOND DANTELL)

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to

GENERAL

War Office WAR MATERIALS ARE

Communique MORE ESSENTIAL NOW

한

MARKED ACTIVITY

IN GREECE

LONDON, Apr. 15, Reuter)—A War Office communique just issued announces as follows:

THAN HUMAN HELP

LONDON. The chief difference between the powers Prime Minister Churchill holds and those President Roosevelt is seek-

OTTAWA, April 2-Circles close to the war scene

on Parlia- ing. Iles In the difference inherent in the British and American

ment Bill realize that behind the Canadian government's "sudden governmental systems. The powers Mr. Churchill wields

abandonment of the 30-day military training schenie for youth lies his to use only so long as he uses them in such a way as

the story of Britain's argent need for every kind of war material. please the Parliament and people of his country. That's why

It is no secret here that that take precedence over all rival in- among other reasons, the British, faced with a crisis in their

"Greece.--During Saturday night, story was told in full and careful terests. affairs, so willingly and cheerfully gave: up 30 many of their

our forces withdrew to new post-detail to Defense Minister J. In Since the policy now being ema vital rights, and it goes far toward explaining the paradox of

that tions. Our covering troops inflict-Ralston and Supply Minister C. D. braced is the opposite b why this country remains a free democracy although led by a

ed severe casualties on the enemy Howe on their recent visit over which the war service minister man with all the powers of the dictators of totalitarian States.

who maintained a. continuous

champions, Conservatives charge SEXY. Cities here are full of women pressure on our eastern sector dur and children, after months of

ing this withdrawal. campaigning by the government here is marked activity on the to induce them, to evacuate to the right of our line but there have country, but it was only recently been no serious clashes. In the ministers that the federal war that Malcolm MacDonald, Health centre of our sector, persistent cabinet has placed industry in the

DANISH ENVOY TO US. DEFIES RECALL ORDER

It is equally well known that it it is to be explained simply on is as a direct result of representa- the grounds. his colleagues united

to reject his views. tions made to the Canadian

can

NO EVIDENCE

circles Impartial Ottawa driver's seat of the war effort. discern no evidence to support it. Minister, announced that he had

'German attacks talled largely to invoke his authority to compel owing to our vigorous artillery fire. taking steps to see that no plan Scrapping of the 30-day plan, it is the evacuation of children, whose The weather is extremely cold et compulsory military training generally agreed, is an action of Ls followed that might prejudice deference to British needs, without shattered by bombing from the

output.

reference to any controversy on the point that might have been dividing the cabinet here.

BY COPENHAGEN health and nerves were being with snow.

INDUSTRIAL CONSCRIPTION

WASHINGTON,..Apr. 15 (Reu- atr, ter)-Mr. Henrik de Kauffman, Danish Minister in Washington. has formally advised the" United States Secretary of State, Mr. Cor- dell Hull, of his refusal to recog nise his recall by the Copenhagen Government,

Sollum.

on

WANT WAR MATERIALS Two main points are understood to have been stressed by United Kingdon authorities to the recent missions.

The gain in industrial produc-. 11

tion from the government's new

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U.S. STEEL STRIKE AVERTED

"Libya.This Monday) morning. infantry. supported by enemy tanks, launched an attack Industrial conscription for men Tabruk. At one point, about 20 and women has been discussed at tarks crossed the outer defences. mány Cabinet meetings but there | An immediate counter-attack was

policy undoubtedly will be direct! is no final decision on details, and launched by our tanks, as the re The first is that, although men and substantial. In the first place. It British workmen still have the salt of which the enemy were

trained and equipped would be the four-month training plan will right to strike,, and take days of ejected after sustaining very welcome untrained men are not affect. it is anticipated, some į Mr. de Kaufman signed an at their own expense it is not be-severe losses in both tanks and wanted in Britain now. The second 70,000 men a month, as compared agreement 121 Washington on cause the government lacks power personnel. The situation has been is that war materials of every kind with upward of 30,000 under the Wednesday placing Greenland un to prevent them but because the completely restored,

are wanted urgently,

30-day scheme. der the protection of the United parliamentary system is so de- "Our troops are in contact with

Obviously, Canada's scheme of In the second place, from the States Government and

giving licately attuned to public opinion and have Inflicted considerable 30-day compulsory training could fact of their youth, those affected America the right to estabilsh that the Ministers are reluctant to casualties on advanced enemy' de 'not furnish the trained men which by the new policy either will be air-bases ·inere,

buse them unless the need and de-tachments in

"Pittsburg. Apr. 15 (Reuter)"The the vicinity of

Britain. is prepared to welcome. those who have not entered in-United States Steel Corporation The Danish Foreign Office in mana are clear.

Equally obviously, as testified by dustry or have not achieved key, has averted a strike called by the German-occupied. Copenhagen or- Under laws already enacted per- "Abyssinia.--Our pursuit of the strenuous protests from manufac-posts in it.

Trade Union Congress of Indus- dered him to return to Denmark song and property of all subjects beaten and disorganised enemy 15turers in all parts of the domin-

90,000 A YEAR

trial organisations for tonight by after

acknowledging receipt of of the Crown in these islands are continuing. Many prisoners are tion. "It was threatening substan

wage increase of 10 his report on the signing of the at the disposal of the government, still coming in, including a divitial interferences with war pro- Finally, in the last several weeks granting a agreement,

A man's home technically is no sional commander and a Brigade arction.

the ministry of war services has cents an hour and more liberal longer his castle here. The gov.commander."

Hence the speedy decision of the been suggesting to industry "that holidays to its 240,000 employees. ernment, if it wishes, can order

The increase dates retrospective. war cabinet to scrap the scheme It should be training workers to him to take in those whose own!

when the Canadian ministers re-be substituted for those whom the ly from Apr. il. houses have been razed by German

would take as 30-day plan over

The new hourly rate will give bombs or fires Even trial by jury

worked up through the higher. age the employee a weekly increase of can be suspended under certain

groups. It will be unnecessary now! about four dollars. CHANGE OF POLICY circumstances and there "are men

for industry to take this step. This is the explanation of the in prison now under the Defence

Generally speaking. it is the change against whom no specific are reported to be replacing Ger- government's

of policy

government's expectation that man troops in cecupled France. which well-informed federal circles charge has been filed.

Yet it is doubtful if there has

An Important contingent has al-credit. It is only fair to say, how approximately 90,000 young men NEW ITALIAN NOTE been a single serious instafice a ready arrived at Angers in West ever, that it is at variance with will move into the 21-year-old age TO UNITED STATES suppression of vital civil rights ern France and it is planned to one of the possibly greater inter-group annually. There is the sug-

WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 (Reuter) Soapbox orators still denounce the send 40.000 Italians to occupy ests which Conservative quarters gestion in informed circles that government, capitalism and the Paris. declares the independent favour.

the medical standards may be Italy delivered a new Note yes- war in Hyde Park near the. Marble French agency. but no Italian

The Tories suggest the abandon-made more rigid for the four-terday to the United States Gov- Arch and Instead of attempting to troups will be entrusted with coastment of the 30-day clause is the month plan and that the percen ernment protesting against the The United States has refused hush them up the government protection.

result of the defeat which Wartage of those certified physically seizure of Italian ships, to. recognise the Danish Govern- through Ministry of Information it is also understood that

Detalls of the Note are not pub- the Service Minister J. G. Gardiner at therefore will be lower. ment's action in recalling Mr. de speakers has entered into debate Armistice Commission has ended suffered at the hands of his col-

The understanding is that "the shed but an Italian official said Kauffman and has notified the with them. It is a fact that a its sessions at Wiesbaden and will leagues. A believer in the ultimate government counts on getting no that it further

explained the latter that he will continue to be Ministry of Information speaker is henceforth function in Paris. to importance of manpower in the more than 72,000 trainees a year Italian viewpott regarding the considered as the duly authorised assigned to play the part of gov-which many of its departments are war, Gardiner has been insisting under the plan.

ernment advocate among this already transferred.

that the training scheme should heterogeneous batch of govern- ment critics. And ore of the most

Mr. de Kauffman had previous- ly acquiesced in President Roose velt's plan to purchase Danish ships in United States ports which are being held in United States custody.

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ORDERS IGNORED

Mr. de Kaufman declared that he had not notified the Danish Government in advance of h Intention to sign the Greenland agreement. He added that he had

ignored orders from Copenhagen to lodge a protest with the United States Government against the seizure of Danish ships.

Danish Minister in Washington.

Act

NEW AMERICAN interesting things about the Peo-

BOMBERS

RECORDS BROKEN IN FLIGHT TO BRITAIN

ple's Congress held here was that It could be held at all in a ration engaged in a life and death strug- gle with a powerful enemy.

FREEDOM "OF SPEECH'. This congress, arranged" with

Communist help, had for its avow- LONDON, Apr. 1s (Reuter) ed am the establishment of â number of new-type United States "People's Government" which four-engined flying fortresses have would negotiate peace with the reached Britain from the United enemy and it was held without States, beating all records in their the slightest interference by the flight across the Atlantic, writes police or the Home Qmce. al- Reuter's Air correspondent.

They are known as Boeing B17c and are the first deliveries of this advanced type to be received by

the Ministry of Aircraft Produc-

tina

HEAVY BOMB LOAL

though a word from Herbert Mor-

rison would have squelched it and conceivably prevented any news- paper from mentioning the fact..

Italian Soldiers To

Police France

LONDON, Apr. 15 (Reuter) Italian troops in lauge numbers

ported their conversations seas.

Japanese Aircraft Cannot Match U.S.. British

Or Italian

WASHINGTON, By Clipper) :-The Japanese have not one home-built warplane that could stand up for three minutes to frontline equivalent from the United States, Britain, Germany, or even Italy or Russla, in the opinion of Capt. II. C. Blard. British air ace.

Capt. Biard, who has made a study of the growth of air power in the leading countries for the last 30 years, said that the best of the Japanese planes is only of "half-breed."

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WE PAY HIGH PRICES growing weight of the RAF There is less likely to be public kind but would look like yester- Chinese war. Japan has managed,

WANTED KNOWN bombing offensive.

outcry against laws which have day's beer against the British Sun- to import an altogether surprising for all gold and silver "articles. of British, American, Jade diamonds, jewels, watches, The new Bocing is a development been debated and argued in the derland or the American Curtiss quantity

Experienced Book-keeper, Want than of the first flying fortress from Commons.

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obsolete types, m engines. The engines are import-

WE PAY HIGH PRICES to fly from Britain as far as Arctic Even in peacetime & British ed. This machine carries six men

CERTAIN SHOW Norway, the pre-war Poland or the heel of Italy power over foreign affairs than an not fast as we know speed, its the only

eastern border of Prime Minister exercises greater and a heavy bombload, but it isThe Nakajima fighter is about for all gold and silver articles, Japanese-built and gold bars, diamonds and Jewels, and back. It can carry a very American President,

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WE OFFER HIGH PRICES for ity or even a strong minority, the builds fghters, bombers,

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ON EASTER SUNDAY te powers with hardly any ap- the war is won or lost it will be is industrious, keen, as fond of his MALTA, Apt. 15 (Reuter)-Apreciable change in powers to deal his glory or his reproach, for while copybook as a German, but with- large number of German aircraft with foreign affairs.

Parliament has power to oust him out the German pliot's dogged dropped many bombs when flying President Roosevelt once

com- from office it is unlikely to do so, courage, or the British or Amerl- over Malta in waves during Sunday pared himself to a quarterback for several reasons. One is that can fiver's daredevil inspiration. night, getRA.

calling signals. Mr. Churchill is, he knows the temper of his own "The war in China has shown In one area, a few civilian quarterback and captain of the people. He is not likely to go too that the Japanese airman can fly

were demolished but no team as well There are many far in using the powers they have well or fight well-but they can take 50 bars. casualties. In other areas there Ministers in his Cabinet but it is given and can take away. An-not do the two things at the game was slight damage.

he who has the final word on all other, perhaps stronger. reason is time. They fall down, even before matters of major policy whether that if Mr. Churchill went there is the ancient Chinese warplanes, they have to do with improving no one in sight to take his place, lifted off the scrapheaps of half conditions of life in the shelters Japan Chronicle),

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