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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 19, 1940.

NANCY

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By Ernie Bushmiller

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"FROZEN" French Ships WOMAN'S Evacuation Of BRITAIN'S

ASSETS

Release By America

Not Indicated

Requisitioned

Will Fly Two Flags For Duration

BRAVERY

Saved Pilot's Life: Wins Award

Children

DEFENCES

As Plantiful As A Summer Crop

Position Explained By Mr. Churchill

NEW YORK, July 18 (Reu-

LONDON, July 18 (Reuter), LONDON, July 18 (Reuter). LONDON, July 18 (Reuter). LONDON, July 18 (Reuter). ter)-Mr. Henry Morgenthau.-The Ministry of Shipping A Corporal in the Women's-Mr. Winston Churchill, an "Reuter's special correspond- Secretary of the Treasury, an- announces that French merchant | Auxiliary Air Force, who anved lawering a question about the ent continuing 21 tour of nounced that the Treasury had ships in United Kingdom ports a pilot's life by pulling him from evacuation of children overseas. Britain's. defences behind the made no plans for releasing the fare being requisitioned by His a burning aircraft and then said:

coastal "front lines," says: funds "frozen" here of the Majesty's Government under the throwing herself on top of him "It is most undesirable that any-

"The lesson of depth has been Countries now controlled by Defence Regulations.

when one of the bombs on board thing in the nature of a large-scale learned from France, and the Ger- foreign Powers, according to a At the end of the war, compensa-exploded, is recommended for exodus from this country should take mans would have to fight all the way place (Cheers) and I don't belleve before they ever got to the streets of message to the Dow Jones tion will be paid for their use, and the Medal (Military Division) that the milliary situation requires or London. which Mr. Churchill told

the ships will be returned to France of the Order of the British Em-justifies such a proceeding, having them we are ready to defend."

pire in the intent R.A.F. list of regard to the relative dangers of

A detailed disclosure of the pre- going and staying, nor in fact is Iparations, even the rate of progress, awards for gallantry.

physleally possible.

is out of the question for reasons of security, but Journeys througli England reveal that defences-rising

risen-are like und

П plentiful summer crop.

Camouflage

agency.

The agency says that Mr. Morgenthau added that the situation regarding French assets in particular was awaiting a decision by the United States Government on broad general policles and determination of the status of the Petain Government.

Washington Discussions

The ships sall under the British

flag, but they also fly the French flag "In token of the determination

of free Frenclumen to participate in the common struggle to liberate France and Europe."

Many French officers and seamen have accepted the British Govern- ment's offer tu remain in employ- ment in these ships under the British

Courageous Action

She is Corporal (now Assistant Section Omeer) Joan Daphne Mary Pearson, of St. Ives, Cornwall.

Mr. Morgenthau is said to have ag. The terms of employment wisaction undoubtedly saved the life of that in the use made of these offers, aspect of the defences in which Hitler

discussed a long-term policy with Srbe the same us for British officers and Frederick

Phillips, nn Under- Secretary of the British Treasury, who recently arrived in Washington: The "Wall Street Journal," re- porting on these discussions, says: "Continuation of the frozen accounts will constitute a de fceto refusal to recognise conquests,""

sepinen.

CONCHIES AND THEIR WORK

No Distinction

been deeply touched

"His Majesty's Government have the kindly The official account of her bravery Dominions and the United

offers of hospitality received from the States. says that her prompt and courageous They will take pains to make sure It is obvious that enmoudage-one the pilot.

Other awards were for gallantry in there shall be no question of the rich must be specially interested-will be connection with the attack on the having the advantage-if advantage used. Already, some of the neatest surprise packets that could be German battleship, Scharnhorst, and there be over the poor.

"The scheme has been postponed, imagined are awaiting any attacker. bombing raids on Libya.

not abandoned, but any further Old fortifications, when Britain was emigration

tion that may be possible as under another threat, are playing the opportunity serves will be regu- their part in the defence system. lated

with a view

to restoring the They are only incidental, however, balance between the classes and not and the key points, where the big

pursuance of any policy

of gund are to be found, are situated in reducing the number of persons in less-known places which would sur- this well-defended island.

prize the Germans a great deal. "Furthermore, the scale of move-

--NAZI TROOPS IN SPAIN

U.S. PARACHUTE to-day that he could not see his way United States in the liner Manhattan

CORPS FORMED

LONDON, July 18 (Reuter), Talking about conscientious objectors, the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuter), Bevin said in the House of Commons American citizens returning to the

forming a National Labour Corps to-day reported that uniformed ment must necessarily be small in] in which they could be enlisted, but Nazis had filtered into every part of number and dependent in time on he deplored any vietin

y victimisation of them Spain.

nava) facillies,"" They declared that they saw Ger- by their employers.

Government Deceived WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuter). He was considering whether or not inan military officers and soldiers

Mr. Churchill-frankly admitted that The War Department announces it was practicable for the difference over-running and crowding hotels In the full bearings of this question that America's

Arst test parachute in pay they got from their company Bilbao, where the influx of Germans were not appreciated by the Govern platoon has been organised, ond is to and the value of soldiers' pay and is said to be so great that "Americans ment at the time when it was first be given a week's expertinental rations to be put into general were forced to live in boarding raised and it was not foreseen that training.

houses or sleep on board ship."

the mild countenance given to the plan would lend to a movement of such dimensions.

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Franco-Canadian Relations

OTTAWA, . July 10 (Reuter).

Old Scores To Wipe Off Among the men of a gun crew, "Reuter's correspondent found a man saved from H.M.S. Courageous, the aircraft-carrier which was sunk early in the war. His brother was also in the aircraft carrier at the time she was sunk, and he too was saved.

"We have one or two old scores to wipe off," he said refectively.

Standing on a high clif later, "Reuter's" correspondent watched a long convoy of ships passing. was over such a convoy that 100 German planes appeared a few days ago. To-day the Germane did not appear at all and the Navy and R‚‚F. held absolute sway.

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