1940-11-21 — Page 21

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

November

1940.

Flying Fortresses For U.K.

20

· WASHINGTON, Νον. (Router).The United States Army high command has given Britain priority on the delivery of 20 four-engined bombers át present at the factory of the Consolidated Aircraft Company at San Diego, California,

Simultaneously, the high command announces that negotiations are un- der way for giving Britain 20 four- engined Boring bombers of the Fly- ing Fortress type which are already completed. The former machines are reported to be very similar to the Flying Fortress, bot being capable of a range of 3,000 miles.

The Consolidated.... Aircraft pany's four-engined bombers

Com- have just begun coming off the production ines and negotiations now completed will enable Britain to take first de- liveries. In fact it is understood that the first deliveries, were mado to

-Britain last Saturday,

More Destroyers WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (Reuter). --A new British request for overage American destroyers is likely to be made by the British Ambassador, Lord Lothian, as soon as he returns to Washington. Fifty destroyers Is the number mentioned by well- Informed

ned quarters. Lord Lothian

Jas been in London to consult his Government and is expected back belo12 the week-end.

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India's Enormous Munitions Factories

Eastern Armies

To Supply British

LONDON, Nov. 20 (Reuter).-Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for India and Burma, recalled India's great part in the last war when she put over 1,500,000 trained men into the field to fight on many fronts.

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India could do that again provided that equipment was there. There was no scarcity of recruits, he added. a diringuished setting for Indeed, some 25,000 of those who had offered themselves had had to be "temporarily put off while the announce- ment of 300 vacancies in the Indian Air Force Reserve attracted 18,000 applications, all of which came from volunteers.

the political aspects of India, furnish far more than her own re-spirit of British Industrial organiṣa- The expansion of India's war especially arising from the Govern quirements. To quote only a few ton as displayed in co-operation

ment's decision as announced earlier. Instances, she had effort, however, depended, and

sent overscas with the war effort. The British lustrated would continue to depend, on equip-nnirmed, was not made in a half- ammuntilon, 400,000 rounds of gun aspect, Mr. Amery said that on the White Paper, he 100,000,000 rounds of small arms Discussing the moral and spiritual. "Outlining what India had already hearted or tentative sense. Even if ammunition, 1,000,000,000 sandbags, main issue there were certainly no gift carton, nehloved and intended to achieve in the Independence of India

was 1,000,000 pairs of boots and 35,000 divergencies among the leaders of declared to-morrow, India would for

Indian other differ- and neatly expanding the fighting for many years have to rely on the Broadly speaking, India is aiming an opinion whateve

They knew These consisted in pence-time of 100,000 Air Forces. It was inconceivable that in lion with the Dominions that the defeat of the British Empire:

British frame-work in the Army and in men of the Indian Army and 50,000 those forces could be put at the dis- all the needs of our armies in the leave India defenceless agatart

cast of Suez, at meeting and the victory of the dictators would British troops, but it was now being

posal of an entirely new executive

Middle and Far East to whatever evitable of something like 500,000 men, train- for a very different

ter by land, sea and air. They knew cd, equipped and mechanized on a Не regretted that Congress had re-India itself, arrangements for end of all their cherished hopes of

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As a first step, over 100,000 recruits had already been taken on, of whom u large proportion by now were fully trained.

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was still, however, nothing to pre- workers was being taken in hand and land in India's relations to the out- vent the responsible leaders of India It was hoped to train an additional side world. thinking out among themselves the 10,000 men in the next few months. Mr. Amery spoke appreciately of New oflcer cadet units for both terribly difficult and complex prob- Indian and British cadets had been flem of India's constitution. We were

the generous contributions to the Bri- tish war established and there had been con- only too willing to welcome and

spontaneously from Indians in every elfort which poured in tinued multiplication of schools for promote any such action. advanced training in all branches of

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new weapons.

Mechanization Mechanical transport of the Indian Army too had been brought up to froin 5,000 to 32,000 vehicles-a figure which would be doubled nexi

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Of this force, udded Mr. Amery, 80,000 were already serving overseas. Gurkha fighting men from Nepal and forets of the ruling Princes had rome

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Turning to the Indian Air Force, Mr. Amery said that Indians had taken naturally to flying and only

in black, more urgent demands elsewhere pre

vented the development of the ale force comparable will the army.

The Royal Indlan Navy also was being expanded.

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Gaulle Offer

Rejected

Vichy

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VICHY, Nov. 20 (Router). The proposed exchange of eight important prisoners of way between General de Gaulle and Vichy has been refused by Vichy, according to a communique issued by Bear Admiral Platon,Minister for the Colonies,

The offer was made by General de

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Concluding Mr. Amery gave de Gaulle, leader of Free French forces, Lashio-Kunming Mails does not tax the weakest diges- tails of India's great industrial in a telegram sent to Vichy through resources. Apart from the great the Governor of British Nigeria, export traffic in war material, she

KUNMING,. Nov, 20 (Central had made rifies, guns, munitions and equipment of all

General de Gaulle's prisoners who Nows). Successful arrangements sorts. Of 40,000 labels. Boxes od-her army, she had already supplied Admiral, were taken when Libreville with the British authorities in Durma items needed for the equipment of are believed to include at least one have been made by the Chin- ese Directorate-General of Posts tainable in either more than half but there was still in Gabon surrendered. In his tele for routing the incoming and outgoing

abundant room for further expansion gram, de Gaulle said, according to mails via the Burma which was being carried out.

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Vichy, that he made the offer because Lashlo as the postal junction. The he believed his eight followers were first batch of incoming malls has al- Statuette criticisms made in the debate about death by court martial.

Mr, Amery finally answered some in danger of being sentenced to ready left Lashio for Kunming, and is

due here shortly.

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"I'm going to do a little deforesta tion, Bertie. There's a tree outside I've taken a dislike to. I shall fell it with one fell swoop,

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Well- I must confess I didn't expect to see you chopping trees Bas morsing and smoking

whacking big black cheroot. Not after last night... "I don't like the way you say " not after last night.” I detect a certain emy in the tone --- a certain under- current of bitterness. You ought to be overjoyed to ses mia absolutely

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Flemish State Mooted, With Leopold As Head

LONDON, Nov. 20 (Reuter)~~~Our diplomatic correspondent says that reports of the proposal to create a Flemish State In cluding South Holland and Belgium and French Flanders is being put out by German Inspired sources.

Simultaneously. it is being]

Moreover, the transfer of the Wal suggested that King Leopold has loons to France which would be a had or is about to have an interessary corollary to such a plan, would be likely to raise such a stormó among them, that even the Gestapp would find hard to suppress,

view with Hitlerated

The Germans would evidently like to give the impression that Leopold is entering the... Axis arono as the champion of this new’Flemish state but having regard to the attitude of War Risk Rate Up the King of the Belgines since he became *ptioner virt to Hitler LONDON, Nov. 10 (Reuter)The zoome improbable to informed obser- rate of premium for Government ware risks misurance of commodities. Aalmilar project to the Flemish scheme has been advanced from state received encouragement from to 7s. 6d. per cent, per month. the Germans in the last war but like The ralo is revised quart)rly.), then, the scheme would seemed to boj

doomed to failure. Flemings, save

present theresse, reflects

for a smail German-controlled ele intensification, of air bombing: kui 13/ ment, have always been absolutely le stil

f loyal to the Belgian Btale,