DEBATE ON Cuba's Plan
BUDGET Effect Of New Taxes
For Colonies
In New World
On Big Incomes
To Become Republics LONDON, July 25 (Reuter).
Or Be Annexed -On resumption of the debate on the Budget in the House of
HAVANA, July 26 (Reuter). Commona to-day, Sir George-Against the United States plan Broadbridge said that the city for a collective mandate, the of London would approve the Cuban delegation at the Pan- Chancellor's proposals and give American Conference is urging them support.
that where action is necessary, the colonies of European bell- gerents in the New World should be temporarily entrusted to the care of a neighbouring nation to be agreed on by the Conference.
Control Of Production Mr. Clement Davis, Independent Member, discussing the problem of alling the gap between revenue and expenditure, said that the
Budget was not enough, and it was no more than a few bricks when a whole wall was wanted to fill the gap. The main solution must come through the control of production.
All labour and capital, equipment, stocks and materiala not required for the maintenance of the standard of living
for health necessary
and morale must be used for defence
purposes.
Production of non-essential goods should be prohibited and the ex- penditure on essentials rationed, and the tremendous surplus capacity thus created must be employed by the State in war production or exports.
Mr.
Herbert, A. P. characteristically bumorous speech
protested against the tax on books.
Government Replies
***MIT Crookshank, Financial Secret- nry to the Treasury, replying sald that comments from the United Stoics and the Dominions showed that outsiders were Impressed not unly by the size of the budget the Chancellor was asking the House, to approve but also by the way
speech was received, showing as it did the determination of the British people to defend the country,
Mr. Crookshank pointed out that while a year ago half a single men's income was taken from him if his tuxable income was £17,000,
now half would be taken at spproximate- ly £5,500.
What was left 40 the taxpayer now, was, in practically every case, half of what was left last July.
For example, in the case of un me come of £25,000, what was left lasi July after the deduction of all taxu- tion was just under £12,000, but
-Under the proposal, the colonies are to be absolutely free to decide whether they wished to set them-
Friday,
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Goering Helps Our Red Cross
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LONDON, July 25 (Reuter). --Field Marshal Goering has helped the Bellish Red Cross financially.
No, ho has not gone generova or anything, but 350 gulneas were raised in London to-day by auction of two books formerly owned by the Field Marshal.
Both are heavily marked witla a blue pencil by his own little hand.
One of the books is entitled "Secrets of the Elders of Zion."
3,000
selves up as new republice, or be AIRCRAFT
annexed by another American nation.
Checking Propaganda
to
The various plans for checking attempts inspired from abroad establish "unacceptable" systems of government in the Americas do not Include military measures, but one proposal calls for curtailment of privileges enjoyed by diplematic and consular representatives.
The
formulation of economic measures to curb foreign Influence in the New World will, it is believed, be postponed until the delegates meet
at Washington.
A MONTH
American Plodge To
British Govt.
WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuter),—Mr. Henry Mor- genthau atated to-day that the United States has pledged "every facility" to enable the British Gr vernment to buy 3,000 air
R.A.F. Carry craft a month in addition to the
On Despite Bad Weather
LONDON, July 26 (Reuler), An Air Ministry communique ways that heavy rain, thunder storms and sovere icing condi- tions hampered our bomber operations Inst night.
Emden,
Despite als, dlocks at Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg, air crait factories at Wismar and Wen- zendorf and seaplane bases at Borkum and Texel were attacked,
All our aircraft returned safely,
huge orders previously placed.
The new arrangements would re- new quire the construction of factories artd the British have promised to pay for these factories and their output,
The Treasury and the War and Navy Departments were in complete agreement on this commitment.
The production members of the Defence Committee. Mr. Signius Knudsen, he said, would work out the details.
Plenty Of Moncy
The new factories would give the United States capacity to build for in excess of the 50,000 aircraft annually, as mentioned by President Rooseveli in his defence message on May 15.
Remarking that "the British seem to have plenty of money Mr. Mor- genthau added: "The sums involved
now the amount left was just under MR. BUTLER AND are colossal."
£0,000.
Intensifying Blockade
New Measures To Be Adopted
LONDON,
(Reuter),
July 25 "Reuters" lobby correspondent states that Mr. Hugh Dalton, Minister for Economie Warfare, is expected to announce in the House of Commons next Tuesday more comprehensive check on goods which may be in- tended for the enem
enemy or that con- stitute enemy exports.
It is believed that the blockade will be simplified by the extension of the navicert system over a very much wider arcu thu at present.
Facilitating Neutral Trade This would have the effect of facilitating neutral trade while teasing nuval forces for other duties. Under the new scheme, vessels are likely to and that approach to many. ports hitherto free or exit from such parts carrying eneiny experts will be difficult unless a navicert has been
-obtained in advance.
Protection Not Wanted
Netherlands Reply To U.S. Proposal LONDON, July 25 (Reuter),
that
Dutch circles in London slate the Netherlands' diplomatic
Anterican States presentatives In have been instructed to explain the
altitude of the Government towards the proposal to establish a joint pro- tectorate over its possessions in the Western Hemisphere.
They are of the opinion that the proposal does not apply to the Netherlands since the Netherlands- Government, far from being under German Influence, is exercising full and independent authority over the non-occupied parts of the kingdom.
Independence For Brittany Promised
BURMA ROAD
Evasive Reply To Commons Question
LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)-The Labourite, Mr. J. Morgan, asked in the House of Commons to-day if the decision to close the Burma Road to war supplies for China was subject to revision in the event of Japan stimulating further action of a kind ment, as further disapproved by the British Govern- British interests or prestige in the
encroachment on. Far East during the period over which the agreement operates.
Mr. R. A. Butler, the Forelgo Under-Secretary, in a written reply, said: "I have no reason to suppuse that the hypothesis contemplated by Mr. Morgan represents the intention of the Japanese Government. I am consequently not in make a statementPosition to
U.S. AMBULANCES
FOR BRITAIN
Malcolm MacDonald, the Minister LONDON, July 25 (Router)--Mr. of Health, has accepted the first part of a fleet of 280 motorised ambulan- ces, surgical units and first-aid posts presented by the American Ambu lance to Great Britain for use among clvilian casualties caused by air raids.
The vehicles will be driven by the Women Transport Service.
NIGHT HAUNTS TO BE CONTROLLED
LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)-Wide powers to deni with bottle parties and other night baunts, which are con skiered undesirable, ore contained in a new defence regulation.
The Police throughout the country are empowered to close offending premises altogether or between cer-
tuin huurs.
Oil Shipments To Spain Held Up WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuter):
ped because the cargoes appeared to
Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, declared that two shipments of all to Spain' were stop- LONDON, July 26 (Heuter) The be destined for Germany and Italy.
He declared that the action had no German radio has broadcast a state-relation with the reports that Britain ment by the "Breton National Coun- trying to prevent all from reaching cil declaring that after the Brittany would be organised as a
War, Germany through Spain.. national state independent of France.
The statement referred to "great understanding of the needs of the people of Brittany" shown, by Germany in appointing a governor
the India May Appoint
:
Trade Envoys
for the province. It declares that LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)
"for 400 years the people of France All-India radio says that the
The
have denied us the right of self-de-Government are considering a pro- termination."
posal to appoint Trade Commissioners in Australia and South Africa.
Efforts are also being made to ex- pand trade with North and East
NAZI CLAIMS LONDON, July 26 (Reuter)—A | Africa.
Berlin High Command communique,
He declared that the British authorities proposed immediate action so that they could meet the delivery of 3,000 aircraft a month during 1941 and 1942.
R. A.F. RAID
LIBYA
Fifty Enemy Planes
Bombed At Dernia
Italy Wants Palestine
1940.
July 26
CHAOTIC INDUSTRY
Assistance Of The
Patroleum Concerns Vatican Sought
Face Bankruptcy MEXICO CITY, July 25 (Reu- LONDON, July 25 (Reuter). ter).-President Cardenas has According to a report reaching ordered the Labour Union the Jewieh telegraphic agency, a leaders to carry out drastic re- campaign has been launched in organisation of Mexico the Italian Press, suggesting petroleum industry within that the inclusion of Palestine in week. the Italian Empire is one of Italy's war aims,
The Italian Government are report- ing to be seeking to Induce the| Vatican to demand a "Catholle Holy Land."
Detailed Plan
The "Tribuna" putahes à detailed plan for the administration of Pales tine after the war on lines similar to Albania,
The newspaper proposes that Jews shall be evacuated from Palestine in mass, and says that the Jewish problem can only be solved by new dispersals of Jews to sparsely popu lated territories.
1,700 PERISHED IN TROOPSHIP
FROM PAGE ONE
heard motor engines and saw the wake of a vessel.
The Meknes came under machine- gun are almost immediately.
She stopped immediately and blew her whistle to indicate that she had
stepped, and made the signal "Who are You?"
the
A chaolis Anancial situation has developed in the kindustry since the foreign oll companies were expro-¡ priated two years ago.
Loss Of Markets ·
The reasons for this include - the loss of European markets, labour demands exceeding those at the time of the expropriation and insufficient tankers even for minimum exports.
order
to
meet
In addition, the Government has had to sink
capital, amounting to about 100,000,
∙100,000,000 pesos in the
the industry in maintenance costs.
Experienced observers declare that in re-organising the industry, the number of workers must be reduced, wages must be heavily cut, and hoildays shortened by half,
Workers, while expressing willing- nosa to co-operate to save the industry, claim that the present situation is entirely due to the In competence of the management.
Alexandria Raided
CAIRO, July 25 (Reuter)-A naval communique says that Alex- ndria was raided by a small number of aircraft in the early hours of, to-
A few bombs, including incendiary several humbs, were dropped indiscriminate-
ly, causing only minor damage, · The machine-gunning continued One person was killed and seven and was followed by heavier fire from were injured. a small calibre gun, which holed and
No Reply To Signal No reply was made to this signal | day. and the Meknes, thereupon flashed
name and nationality her times,
rendered unsenworthy the port life- ITALIAN
boats.
At 10.53 p.m. the Meknes was hit
by a torpedo and she sunk some minutes Inter.
Of about 1,000 survivors rescued by the British naval forces and landed in this country, 120 officers and 41 men are in hospital and the others are being cared for in naval establish- ments.
There is now reason to belleve that other survivors may have made for the French coast.
SEVERE NAZI AIR LOSSES
FROM PAGE ONE
cost the Germans over 200 planes against the loss of 35 of our fighters. s addition of course the Germans have lost a much higher number in the fighting in Holland, Belgium and
CAIRO, July 25 (Reuler).-R.A.F. headquarters announce that a highly- successful rald was carried out to-France. day by Blenheim bombers on Pernia in Libya.
The loss of planes is less serious to trained Germany than the loss of Over 50 enemy bombers were found on the ground. Germany is, beginning to lock trained fighters and crews. There are Indications that
All our bombs fell among them reserves.
Drive For Pilots causing considerable damage. --Afighter patrol.of five Gladiators-The-official-Germant-news--agency protecting the return of our bumbers to-day announced that a campaign to encountered seven enemy fighters and encourage German youths to volun- shot down Ave Into the sea. teer in the air force and anti-aircraft
All our aircraft returned safely. The R.A.F. also announce that the fighter reported missing in the coin- found and the pilot is safe. munique earlier to-day has been
Five Italians Shot Down CAIRO, July 26 (Reuter),—It is omelally announced that R.A.F. Bghters shot down five Italian fighters into the sea of Libyn. There were no British casualties.
KING CAUGHT IN
AIR RAID Majesty the King spent ten minutes
LONDON, July 25 (Reuter).-His
underground shelter to-day when an air raid started. He had
in an
them.
with
defences will soon be started.
The age of these youths is not stated but the crews of German planes shot down in England have included boys of 18 and 17 years of
LOSSES
IN LIBYA
Italian military communique to-day LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)-An
of $5 officers and
of
$1
gave the names mere killed in Libya up to July 13.
They included a colonel and fleutenant-colonel
the General Staff.
Thirty-one more were killed on the French front.
Earller lists gave the names nearly 1,200 dead or missing.
of
Another Italian communique an- nounces that an Italian submarine bus falled to return its base. Pre- sumably this is one of the 14 sunk by the Royal Navy and our aircraft in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean,
WHEAT FOR SPAIN
LONDON, July 23 (Reuter)-II is officially announced In Landon that exchange notes were signed on July 24 between the Portuguese, Spanish and British Governments regarding the acquisition by Spain of wheat for her own Lise and of Portuguese colonial products.
To facilitate payments Lor the latter, Britain has agreed that pur- chases to the value of £600,000 can
be paid through Anglo-Spanish clear-
ing.
Rumanians Arrest
Frenchmen
BUCHAREST, July 25 (Reuter), Nine French managers and technic- lans employed in the Rumanian oll industry were vrrested by thei Rumanian Police to-day.
One result has been that the Germans have been considerably hampered in their attempts to or
All were mentioned in the recent) gunise mass attacks from berodromes | Nazi White Book alleging an Allied in Holland, Belgium and France and plot to sabotage the Rumanian oil from the buses they had hoped to industry,
atabilah in Norway.
U.S. MOVE APPROVED
FROM PAGE ONE
German persuasive efforts in Tokyo
have not been successful.
just finished inspecting new exten- south coast. sions to some big barracks on the
The men nod boys whom His Majesty hnd been inspecting immediately marched in
Not Surprising orderly
Prince Kunoye's attitude causes fashion to the shelter, King The
the Admiral little surprise here. In Washington lower value is usually Commanding-in-Chief
entered his rather a car, drove slowly to shelter, cheered placed than in London on Japanese by marching men as the car passed threats and alleged intentions to act
drastically.
the much debated Apart from point as to whether there is
element in Japan, Washington believes there is still much division within Japan-Im- portant elements pulling in' different LONDON, July 25 (Router) The directions, however similar their German public has been forbidden to ultimate objectives--and, that uni- transmitting stations Isten to German broadcasts from floation, which will provide the occupied territories and controlled by thinking obedience to ane
InGermon totalitarian necessity of instant, un- single German authorities, according to the political head of the State,. has not Dutch "Anep" news agency,
yet arrived In Japan, a Severe penalties, including impri- soninent,
threatened against are
New "Mustn't" For mederate
Nazi Public
violation of this new order, the
agency. adda, j
PUNISHMENT FOR
WAR CRIMES LONDON, July 25 Sentences up to 14 years. penal
any
Rumanian Ministers
Home
Meet Hitler
LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)
Radio states that the Rumanian Ministers, M. Gigurti
Foreign Minister), have arrived at (Reuter). (Prime Minister) nd M. Manollescu servitude for certain offences against Salzburg, where Hitler and Count the State are covered by an Order- Clano received them.
claims that "one of our speedboats Trawlers Lost Inn-Council lasued in Londen to-day-
south of Portland sank a large armed
enemy merchant ship of 18,000 tons Air Attacks
by torpedo."
The communique also claims that LONDON, July 25 (Reuter)-An Industrial plants in various parts of Admiralty, communique announces the United Kingdom and 'an aircraft that His Majesty's trawlers, Kingston, factory at Weybridge were banbed.] Gasena and Rodino, are lost as the
'It adds: "The total enemy jossos 'result of enemy air attacks. yesterday were 10 planes.
The next-of-kin of the casualties our own planes are missing.”-
have been informed;
Six. of
THE WAR FUND
The crimes include communication with enemy agents, illegal 'signalling! to ships, or aircraft entering or
Despite a falling-off in donations. leaving the country at unauthorised to the War Fund Inaugurated by the ports.
S. CM; Pest, Ltd., the totelis mounting steadily. Yesterday. Just LONDON July 25 (Reuter) over $600 was subscribed, ⠀ and the The War Office announces that Gold total by afternoon was $1,208,01107. Coast and Nigerian troops arrived in Latest donation: East Africa some days ago.
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Re-Embarkation Delayed
Private cable advice received in Hongkong this Zorning indicates that the first batch of Service evacuees in Manila will not now sail for Australla until August 3.
Yesterday it was reported that they would depart from Manila at 9 a.m. on July 29.
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