1941-06-12 — Page 9

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Premier's Confident Reply

Continued from Page".

"It is asked, will the lessons, of of General Freyberg, and concur- Crete be learned and will they red in by the Commander of the affect the defence of this island? Fleet Air Arm on the spot.

"Officers who participated in Mr. Churchill continued that 'the thickest of the fighting, in the numbers were small and if cluding a New Zealand Brigadier, they had not been withdrawn they are already approuching this would have been blown off the country. Very full appreciations | aerodrome without having been have been made by the Staff in able in the slightest degree to the Middle East and are being affect the 'course of events. made in more lengthy form.

Coming to the Syrla operation, "This material will be examined | Mr. Churchill repeated that we by the staff here and will be have 110 territorial designs In placed at the disposal of Sir Alan Syria or anywhere else in French Brooke. who commands the territory several millions of armed men in this island, including the Home Guard. Every effort will be made to profit thereby.

GENERAL

CHEKIANG Development Of Wartime

RELIEF

struction caused by the recent Ja- In view of the wide-spread de-

panese ineursions in eastern Che- klang and along the sea coast, Mr Chu Ying-kwang Vice-Chairman of the National Relief Commission, has arrived in Chektang with a large fund of $700,000 for the re- Hef of the refugees."

Meanwhile, the Chekiang Pro- vincial Government has appro

Industries In Fukien

"Fukien is fast developing industries to meet, wartime needs.

Before the war, industry in Fuklen was mainly restricted to' handicrafts on a small scale. However, since the start of the war, government operated industries have been springing up rapidly. At” present there are 4 provincial-operated factories. Besides the "amal- gamation of the 7th and 13th, factories, the 6th, 10th 11th, 12th and 14th are being established and will start operation shortly.

A great variety of articles are) produced in these factories, In- lamps.

priated an additional sum of $200,- chiding vegetable et la Indo-Burmese

000 for the same purpose. ·

It is understood that Mr. Chu will remain in Cheklang for some time „BLATANT PROPAGANDA "We seek no colonies or advan-relief funds.--(Central News).

to supervise the distribution of the tages of any kind for ourselves in this war. Let none of our French There are two facts to be borne friends be deceived by blatant Ger- in mind in comparing what hap-man and Vichy propaganda, pened In Crete aka With what might happen here.

be this would be beying the capa city of their resources for their schemes.

be

France,

was the

the

more

from being beaten down by disor- ganisation of attack, has been In- creasing at very high rate.

"The Battle of the Atlántic is so being well maintained.

These rumours were spread gainst us in the world and a very alarming impression produced,

wares improved paper, ink, resin.

cotton fabrics. sulph! alchohol.

me stone, charcoal, pottery, lea- ther machine tools, sugar, flour

and fertilizers,

average

Immigration

Negotiations

immigration

The total capitalisation of these

SIMLA,” June 11 (Reuter) - The factories is $1,500,000. Sever fa-Raj and the Government of Burma. Lories are already in operation says a communique, are anxious and are employing more than 1.000 if it is possible to reach an agreed workers. Their

business solution on the various problems profit amounts to about $100,000 relating to Indian month.

into Burma. There are sever provincial- As the result

preliminary operated power plants which are discussions, both Governments are at Yungar, Shahsien, of the opinion that a stage has located

Changchow. Stenyu. been reached where personal ne-. Nanping. Lungyen and Klenou respectively. gotiations offer a reasonable pros-

of

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"

Besides, there are a contractors' pect of success worshop. a pharmacy, a printing) The Raj, therefore, has accepted works, and a sawmill. In order to the invitation of the Government. hasten the development of war-of Burma to send a delegation to

Industries, the Provincial Burma. time

has established The Indian delegation will be Government Fuklen Provincial Developmen1 led by Bir Girjashanker Bajpal Company. and" will take over the and the Burma delegation by Mr. control and management of provincial-operated factories.

TEN FACTORIES

the U-Saw. the "Premler.

The question of indian immigra- tion Into Burma has been before the public and the authorities for 'Even before, separa- tion of Burma from India, the to refugees, Royal Commission on Labour sug- gested an enquiry Into Indian Im- migration Into Burma.

Meanwhile, the Fuklen Relief some time. commission, for the purpose giving employment

for the first quarter of 1941 "On the contrary we shall do 50 per cent. greater than in

The output all in our power to restore the free.last quarter of 1940. "Firstly, we rely upon superior dom, Independence and rights of for the month of May was ity in the air. certainly Don

and highest yet attained much greater air power. both ac-

"In a letter I wrote to General than double the monthly rate for Lually and relatively, than was

de Gaulle I said we shall do all the last quarter of 1940. proved sumielent last

In the first place we have, not Autumc. This sustains not only land de- freedom and rights but

in our power to restore France's

It would been overwhelmned by an air at fence but liberates

again

the

tack and our production, so far be for the French to aid in Te- power of the Navy from the

There can thraldom in which it was held storing her greatness. round Creole

be no doubt that General de "Secondly, the

Gaulle, is a more zealous defender scale of cort

of" France's interests than are the required of the Germans in the attack would have to be maltimen of Vichy whose policy is that

of utter subservience to the Oer- "In January. Hitler mentioned plied many times over what was

March as the peak month of his necessary in Crete and it might man enemy.

"It did not take much mtelli-effort against us on the sea. We Infiltration were to to be exposed to attacks gence to see that the into Syria, by the Germans and on a scale never before, dreamed were. rumeurs of "We shall not be lalled by those

their Intrigues in Iraq constituted of and there

the whole hundreds of U-boats and masses of two arguments

a very great danger to int ang undue j' sense of security. An attack by eastern flank or our defence in the aircraft to be used against us. parachute troops and gliders may 'Nile valley and the Suez Canal.

kened to Incendiary bombs "The only choice before as ir which. if not quickly extinguished the theatre of war for some time encourage One by one, may lead not only to has been whether to serious fires but to an enormous the Fre French to attempt conflagration.

counter-penetration by themselves ranean. which were or whether at a heavier risk In month of May was the best month making and wood-sawing: Capl delay. to prepare

considerable we had for some time on the At-talized at $300,000, they employ force, as we have done. It was also antle. Prodigious exertions some 700 refugees. helds and in the mobility of our in Iraq before any serious advance to protect ships and these

The Industrial Co-operatives in Our necessary to restore the position were made to bring in cargoes and

In view of its fertile soil and exer- Futlen are also being developed rich resources, General Wet L

Under the direction of the Pro- nuang. Chairman of the Honar "It is much easier to sink shipsvincial Co-operatives Administra Provincial Government, is taking "Our relations with Vichy and Nothing will be stinted and not the possibilities of an open breach than to build them or to bring tion, there are 118. Industrial co-

positive steps to

develop the with the Vichy Government evi- them safely across the ocean

operative units engaged in yarn- "It is nat true that Germans dently raised

"It is a most astonishing fact spinning. oil pressing, paper-max-western Honan for over 100 miles.

Funiusban, B hill straddling the military and clothed their parachute troops who strategic significance

these that in the month of May we sanking. construction works, and boat of attacked Crete in New Zealand movements to the very highest or captured or caused to be scut-building. They have a membership uniforms. I gave that report to point.

tled no less that 257.000 tons of of 2.591 persons and a total share UP for reclaiming the area in order the House as it reached me from "Finally, and above all, the for-

enemy shipping. although they capital of $17,702. the C-in-C. Middle East, but he

present us with a target which is now informs me that the mistake Egypt by the

midable menace of an invasion

perhaps one-tenth as German Army arose from the fact that para- chute troops, after landing at an Italian forces. with this position

Cyrenaica supported

point, drove a humber of New Zealand walking wounded before

in Syria, has very nearly gone.

them and along with them

GERMAN POISON their attacks and consequently the

LI

MANY IMPROVEMENTS We are making many improve-

ments in the defence of

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forces which will be employed in Syria could be made. upon that and on other tasks.

a

cry

moment will be lost..

In

1

of

in

has established ten refugees fac "Apart from the losses incur- tortes engaged mainly in cloth red in the fight in the Mediter-weaving. knitting, yam-spinning,

serious, the soap-making. rice-milling. Hour

tions have not failed.

great

The Southwest Office of the

DEVELOPMENT OF

FUNIUSHANG

Detailed plans are being drawn

to make it suitable for production enterprises such as afforestation, farmung, animal husbandry and as Chinese Industrial Co-operatives secriculture (Central News). we present to them. by large

Headquarters has also established "While they sneak from port to three branch offices at Yungan. port under the protection of their Changting and Pucheng respeci

air umbrella and make short, furtively which have organised 47 co- DARLAN BROADCAST across the sea, we tive voyages from port to Port operatives with a membership, of maintain our 577 persons. They are engaged fr

"The German poison was spread arose that they themselves ing throughout the country and world wide traffic with never less mining. were in New Zealand uniform. the revolt in Iraq, perhaps begin-then 2,000 ships on

not

less than 40 in the

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or dress-making, chemical works, food night made no mention of Britain danger of parachute troops in war, so take the necessary

zone provisions, making cultural artior events in Syria. measwes toi on any day. long as they are dressed in the correct the evil, but we must

cles, carpentry and masonry.- "Yet the losses inflicted upon (Central News). distinctive uniforms of their coun rejoice or give way to Jubilation them in the month of May were try: This kind of fighting is how. while, we are engaged in opera- in the nature of three-quarters ever, bound to become very fierce tions of this dimiculty and when for the losses they indicted on us. as it breaks out behind the fronts the reaction of the Germans, still and lines of the Army and the fremains to us

SEA-BORNE INVASION

Basrah, having only just land- civil population

This also has a bearing on the ed Kirkuk, and Mosul 'were "It is very easy for

Critics, possibility of a sea-borne invaston enemy hands, Mr. Churchili ther turned to without troubling too much about because destruction of enemy- ton-

"All has now been regained. We Syria, when Mr. Hore-Belisha in resources and even without sense nage is proceeding at a most rapid are advancing into Syria 111 vited him to say something about of time, to clamour for action, now and satisfactory rate.

force. Our front 없습 Mersa the Air Army co-operation.

"Nor need these solid grounds Matruh, in the Western Desert, is Mr. Churchill declared that in cursory examination of the Atlas, for thankfulness and confidence unbroken and our defensive lines the last year, the great need was but the House will best guard its fall upon us when we look at the there are stronger than ever. to multiply fighters and bombers. own dignity and authority by re- aspect of the war in the Middle

is almost im-known.

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