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Chungking Has Need Of Much More Aid

FROM PAGE ONE

i talked expressed the hope that Laughlin Curric, one of President Roosevelt's administrative assistants who now enroute to Chungking, would return to Washington with in- formation and Ideas which would lead to increased ald on a basis and In a manner which would insure its maximum effectiveness,

Eager To Cooperate

February 5, 1941.

CUBA'S BATISTA

BEATS PLOT ALHAMBRA THEATRE

Army Pledges Its Loyalty

HAVANA, Feb. 4 (Reuter).—President Batista, "Cuba's strong man," by swift dramatic netion countered last night's attempt to overthrow him.

In sports clothes and accompanied by only two colonels, he drove to the Columbia camp and took command of the.forces. He ordered General Assembly.to be sounded and when all tha troops had responded to the call, they pledged their loyalty to The highest officials of the Chinese him.

the

Nazi Hit And Run Government, interviewed by writer last week, implied by all their remarks an eagerness to co-operate

with the United States in every way necessary to put American material

All nid to the best use.

con- experienced foreign observera.I con-

most

He then explained his actions. Colonel Lopez Migoya has been

appointed Chief of the Army: Co- Raids Few Results lonel Galindez, Chlef of the Army Staff: Colonel Gomez Casas, Chief of the Navy; Colonel Arguelles, Chief of the Navy Staff; and Colonel Bent-

suited, Including many of nenese tez, Chief of the Police-appolat-

con nationalities, felt the Government was prepared to accept

in the future not only American asslatance but also American advice

FROM PAGE ONE

ments popular with the armed forces, brought down this month without lose

No Dictatorship

to the British. NEW YORK, Feb; 4 (Reuter)—A

dent.

up

London Raids LONDON, Feb. 4, (UP),—An alr in the manner of utilizing such credits vigorous denial that he is setting up

in Cuba has been raid alarm was sounded in the London and materials as the United States a dictatorship in the future may be prepared to pro-given by Colonel Batists, the Presi-aren at 7 pm. after which the anti-

throw aircraft guns

a heavy vide.

The alarm followed Ane In a broadcast, he declared that he barrage. had taken the steps mentioned in the weather over the Straits of Dover, interests of a democratie govern-It was possible to see the eliffs be- ment. He kald int absolutely nor-tween Boulogne and Calats.

AL mal conditions new reign throughout p.m. ralders were over a West

Recent events and prevailing con- ditions in Free China suggest the

of urgent

more than mere importance credits and more than mere materials, although these alone are credited by

AL 8.40 an, the barrage in London was resumed affer a lengthy lull.

informed Chungking circles with

the country. Therefore as soon as Midland town. having recently enabled Generalls the crisis is past, suspension of con- simo Chiang Kai-shek's government! stitutional guarantees will be revoked

one serious! and civil liberties restored..

than

to survive more internal crisis.

The encouragement lent by tangible aerican assistance was cited to me as the Generalissimo's strongest wea- pon against whisperings of the Chin- ese peace paled by inflation

party, ugainst the serious and and even against

recalcitrant almost

ing

a few weeks ago

in Communists who

a large-scale civil

war, While the seriousness of these internal dangers was great at times during the last quarter of 1940, there oppears to be ample evidence that strong measures adopted by Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek saved the situation for the time being, at least, Russian Aid

Soviet Russia, America's principal partner in supplying material aid to China, slackened her efforts in this direction during the latter half of 1040 but this apparently

was due more to Russia's own requirements resulting from the European situation than to

to any serious change in Sino- Russian relations. Moscow may have been motivated also by a desire to (through their temporary emphasize absence) the usefulness of various aviation and other technical missiona which were withdrawn from China last year, but the best informed Chin- ese circles express satisfaction with the assistance Russia is extending now lure confident of in- and and apparently are creased assistance in

sistance in the future. ong Chinese lead. There is no fear among crs of a Russo-Japanese rapprochic- ment whch would interfere with this,

and the latest remarks of the Soviet saw last week, tend to support this Ambassador at Chungking, whom I view.

Vast Improvement

war

10

LATE NEWS

Haiders were over Liverpool and another northwest town, as well as over the Enst Midlands.

The Alr Ministry announced; "Small-scale attacks were carried out last night by aircraft of the Coastal Command on Brest followed by fur- ther attacks on the same scale just before dawn to-day."

Heroism In Retreat

Boulogne Street Fighting

LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)-After all brother officers had been killed or wounded, Captain J. C. W. Lewis, of the Welsh Guards, held the rem- nants of his company for 36 hours in the streets of Boulogne last May despite Intense enemy fire until he 100 was wounded.

He was later cantured-he was belleven killed--but munaged to es-

cape.

Capt Lewis is now awarded the D.S.O for gallant and dis- tinguished services in the field.

Heroism Of Torpedoed

Mercantile Crews

LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter).-Thrilling stories of heroism and endurance for days in open boats by officers and men of the merchant navy after their ships had been torpedoed and bombed by enemy aircraft or attacked by mercantile raiders, are told in

a special supplement of the "London Gazette,"

One group of exhausted men. suffering froin exposure with strips apent 15 days afloat before be-of blanket.

Ten terrible days of privation, From China's viewpoint, the inter-ing picked up another ten days exhaustion and danger passed before nailonof situation

fare, and, has undergone and another six days. All the British ship saw the vast improvement in the last three

men were short of food and re-thanks to Light's "courage, leader- months. The apparent turning of the

ship, self-sacrifice and stout heart," tide in the European

themarkable feats of navigation all were rescued. detriment of the Axis position, the were performed.

In peace time Light salls his own stronger policy in aid of both Brilain Throughout the oficial narrativesynetit and is a skier, and Chlua adopted by the United run heart-breaking Instances of Another Reaches Port States, the extension of additional signals of distress unseen by passing Meanwhile Captain Thomas Kip- American credits and the reopening hips. One able seaman, Sydney pins, Light's skipper, took charge of of the Burma Road are the outstand-Herbert Light, who is awarded the the other boat containing 20 men, ing developments which have given George Medal, saved not only a boat whom he brought to safety after 15 the Chinese fresh hope and hardened lead of men from his own torpedoed days. In heavy seas the boat was their determination to reject Japanese ship but took in tow and rescued almost overturned. The men who pence offers

boatload of survivors from another fell overboard were

rescued. The The vicissitudes of travel und sunken vessel.

mast, salle and several cars were lost. traffic over the Burma Road, by the way, are typical of conditions preva-

When Light reached the second signals. Nevertheless, despite weak- lent to-day throughout Free China, boat in the high seas, the occupants nest, cold and hardship, the boat China had succeeded, last week in Light climbed aboard, massaged the

were about to give up the struggle. renched safety. again making impassable both bridges exhausted mer und bound those O.B.E.

| Japanese bombers based in Indo-

across the Mekong River. A foreigner

· who arrived at Chungking a few days ago, having' driven from Lashio to Kunming, described the serious con- gestion of trucks which has resulted in both sides of the river. While the bridges are being repaired, a single ferry is carrying automobiles

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the road, rind ways along meanwhile the work of repairing the bridges is being rushed under the direction of the Chinese military.

The traveller Interviewed by the writer at Chungking said that Japan- ese bombing of the bridges, which eventually hind mude them tem- porarily impassable, was far from accurate and that scarcely one homb In a hundred had found its objective, The bills on both sides of the river were heavily marked with craters caused by bombs dropped Inaccurate. ly from Japanese planes attacking from high altitudes.

Foreigners who have studied the nurstion of transport via the Burma Road seem to be unanimowly of the opinion that the present system of transport and the existing measures for defending the vitally important bridges are both capable of vast Im- provement. As this road now..pro- vides the principal channel of trade between the United States and Free China, questions concerning it expected to be among thore claiming Mr Currie's attention during his forthcoming visit.

#TC

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ROME, Feb. 4 (UP)-The Stefani nows agency reports from. Vichy that M. Baudoin has been named Pre- sident of the Administrative Cowell of the Bank of Indo-China,

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