1941-04-22 — Page 21

Canada's Exchange Problem Is Solved

OTTAWA, Apr. 21∙ (Reuter).—Mr W. I. Mackenzle King, the Canadian Prime Minister, has returned from the United States. He declared that his visit, in which he arranged the joint utilisation of United States and Canadian resources had proved "much better than a holiday.".

that

Officials expect the arrange- ment to benefit both countries immensely; it means Canada's exchange problem has been solved for the duration of the war.

According to general Interpretation here, the United States will accom- modite Canuda for the lack of dollar exchange by accepting D larger volume of Canadian materials and by providing Canada, under the Lease and Lend Act, with materials entering

Peiping

Boycott

Of British

PEIPING,

Tuesday,

BRITISH CASHING IN ASSETS Securities In

U.S. Sold

HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH

April 22, 1941.

Yugo-Slavia's King Escapes By Air

VICHÝ, Apr. 21 (Reuter)-King Peter of Yugo-Slavin has arrived at Jerusalem from Athens, according to a Jerusalem dispatch to the Vichy news ngenty. He is slated to be accom- panied by Yugo-Slav Prime Minister, General Simovitch, and the Foreign Minister.

The dispatch adds that Dr LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter)-In-Matchek, the Croat leader and cluding an overnight order requis- Vice-Premier in the Yugo-Slav tioning a further 184 United States Government, remained securities for payment on June 3,

Croatia.

in

Not Giving Up SOMEWHERE-IN MIDDLE EAST Apr. 21 (Reuter)."I do not mean to abandon the struggle," said King Peter in a farewell proclamation to his people on the day of his departure from Yugo-Sinvia

Assuring them that he would con- tinue to fight until he could return

Japanese

Drive To

Foochow

According to Chungking

SHANGHAI, Apr. 21 (Reuter)——— Japanese forces during the worts,

Into equipment and munitions des- day described by Lang Ying-hsu, stone Tire and Rubber Com-in telumpl to the national soil, the banks of the Min River

12

Chairman

north Fuklen

the British Treasury las altogether mobilised 521 Wall Street issues since February, 1040.

The

list includes 69 com- present mon stocks, 56 preferred stocks and 30 bonds. Behitler well-known as the Aluminium securities such Apr. 22 (Reuter). Company, Baltimore and Ohio Rail Doycott of British goods, was yesier- Cities Service Company, Fire-

way, of the Pelping Peoples Goodyear Tire and Rubber

Province with the object of occupying of pany,

International Paper and King

ng wrote: Anti-British Association, as one

"Although I the most important tasks of that budy. Power Company, Monsanto Chernlcal

am obliged to abandon Foochow the last of the Treaty porta He said: "British goods have al Company, National Blscult Company, our national soll in the face of possession of the Chinese Nation-

al Government. most disappeared from the local mar- Phelps-Dodge Corporation, Shell-

Japanese field dispatches claim abandon the struggle. The Canada's War Spending kets as a result of our efforts in the Union Oil Corporation (controlled mean to bunion forces, I do not SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ past two years in aldition to the in-by Royal Dutch Shell), Southern honour of our flag has been saved that their drive in Cheldang Pro- vince is proceeding speedily in all MONTREAL, Apr. 21 (UP)-The terruption in the importation of such Railway, Standard Brands Incor- Following the example of my great sectors.

hnd porated, Standard Oll of Indiana ancestors, 1 shall, until my very

Inst

The Chinese admit that the Japan- Naval Minister, Mr Angus MacDonalds.

"During the past month, we Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com-breath, hold

"lame-ducks," clearly showing the to which the Treasury is scraping from the barrel to mobiilse all possible dollars.

tined for the United Kingdom.

Canada's adverse payments balance to the United States in the last months is unofficially estimated $325,000,000,

at

in a speech here to-day disclosed that

Canada must devote 45 per cent of exercised great vigilance in regard to ijuny, the list includes the names of Yugo-Slavia the banner oliese are driving inland towards the

her national Income to thancing the the sale of British goods,"

war effort.

He declared that Canada may soon)

States Navy.

No Leniency

He urged that no lenleney should be buliding warships for the United be shown to anyone openly selling

British goods.

Another Important alm of the As- sociation, he added, was to urge Chinese landlords to take possession arab of houses they had tensed to Britons.

up lus report, the! concluded: "I have merely! given a report on what is important! tand en he published. There are

st many other activities which it.

SABOTAGE BY

BELGIANS

Nazi Punishment is visable to mention here."

LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter): Following numerous acts of sabotage: and hostility towards the Army of Occupation" in the Hainaut Province

10-

of Belglum. the German authorities have issued a threat of severe prisula, states "Inbel," (Free Belgian news agency),

African Air Activities

extent

Effect Of Libya On Vichy

1

Inclination To Axis LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter), The possibility of a reshuffle of Marshal Petain's Cabinet is being discussed at Vichy, nccord- ing to information from the French frontier,

There, it states, will include taking CAIRO, „Apr. 21 (Reuter).--In The German successes in North

hostages, suspension of the return of Belgian prisoners of war und the withdrawal of facilities for obtaining food supplies.

of

Italians Charged With Sabotage

BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Apr. 21 (UP). The Federal Grand Jury of North Carolina to-day began. consideration the sabotage and conspiracy charges against Captain 'Adriana Berina and nine members of the crew of the Italian freighter Villa Perosi, one of the 28 Fascist vessels which the United States seized on March 30.

The is expected to

to provide a legal precedent for 19 th

similar Arials. The charges are based on the World War statute

which was de- signed to prevent unlawful damage to vessels in the harbours of the United States.

ther

Malta Twice Raided

Cirenaica, our bombers and tighters continued attacks on enemy transport and trop concentrations and a land-

ing ground.

1

The proclamation also stated that the King and Government left Yugo- Slov soil so that it should not be sald that the lawful representatives of the people had capitulated.

Planc Attached

southwest.

Chungking Admission

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH** CHUNGKING, Apr. 22 (UP).—A communique Issued last night states that east China constal hostililles have been intensified from northeast LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter)-Ac-Chekiang to castern Fukien.

It is admitted that the Japanese cording to the Swiss wireless, the

have plane in which King Peter and his

captured Ningpo. Chenhsin, party made the journey from Athens Chenhal and Sloshing, Ningpo and

Chenal failing into chemy to Jerusalem was attacked over the| Mediterranean and a member of the for the first time. Yugo-Slay Cabinet was killed,

Chuki on the Cheklang-Klangsi rallway, southeast of Shanshing was raided by the Japanese from both, |Shaoshing and Shiaoshan; however, J11 the Wenchow, Funehow areas.

DUCE'S VICEROY

REJECTS TERMS

Fight To Death

ghting is still going on

hands

Ernest Brown Thanks U. S. President

-LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter). Africa and the Balkans, the "A" agency anys, uppear to have streng-The Duke of Aosta, Viceroy thened the position favouring closer and C-in-C Italian forces in

Red Cross Appeal enllaboration with Germany, but it

Abyssinia, has rejected the de- mand stated to have been made

LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter). by Lieut-General A. G. Cunning-The Minister of Health, Mr ham that the Italians should lay Ernest Brown,, thanked Presi- flown their arms, says the Italian dent Roosveelt to-day for. sup official agency in Rome.

During Saturday night, Der is unlikely that Laval will be recalled Benghazi and Gazalo were heavily to the Cabinet as he is still very un- ruided but cloud prevented a detailed assessment of the damage.

Three Down · Malta was raided twice yesterday but without damage or casualties. Our fighters intercepted the enemy and shot down three. The pilots of three of the destroyed aircraft made parachute descents.

In addition to the seven aireraft missing in Greece, two of our bom- bers falled to return to their base.

BASQUES WANT TO JOIN WAR

popular,

One possibility is Laval's appoint ment as Ambassador in Paris to re- pince Count de Brinon. He will then be head of the French delegation with the task of speeding up collaboration with the Armistice Commission which would be transferred to Paris from Wiesbad.

Chungking New Appointments

The Duke has assured It Duce that porting the British Red Cross the struggle will be continued every-appeal for American doctors to serve with the British fighting where to the death,

services and civilian hospitals.

The demand, the agency says, was in connection with negotiations for the protection of the white population in Abyssinia.

Must Lay Down Arma General Cunningham is staled to have informed the Italian envoy that if they were to assume this respon- sibility, the British demanded, that CHUNGKING, Apr, 22 (Central the Halians should lay down their announced the following appointment

The yesterday:

LONDON, Apr. 21 (Router).—The News).-The National Government arm nuke of Aosta demanded the the colours and so many were now

formation of Basque National Council to continue the work of the Basque Government and to Join with the Democracies in the fight against STOCK EXCHANGE the Totalitarian Powers is announced

Minimum-Movement- -to-day.

-The Council aims at atlaining the

Mr Yin Jen-hsien, Director of the uble Leana Department of the Ministry of Finance:

Mr Mu Tai-chun, Director of the

Milstry of Finance;

In a message issued to the Press, Mr Brown said: "Mest sincerely do i thank Mr Roosevelt. Our need for such reinforcement is urgent and I assure all who join up in our great cause that they will receive a warm welcome from us and will form an integral part of our own services."

A Health Ministry spokesman ex- plained that British doctors at the beginning of the war had rushed to confirmation of this statement in serving with the forces that the writing.

General Cunninghain then sent authorities felt that the elvillan popu- message confirming his oral statement.lation was being endangered. Hence The following reply was sent by Mr Roosevelt, as President of the the appeal to the United States, which _._to_ _the_oftelal

American-Red - Cross,- endorsed,—— Italian proposals of a military nature which you have put forward without taking them into consideration. The respon- siblity for the treatment of the white THE HAGUE, Apr. 21 (UP)-It population rests with you, from the is officially reported that during the moment when the British forces or week-end British bombs were drop- native forces were organised and ped on several places which resulted armed by you to occupy localities In-in 12 people being killed and 15 habited by whites.”

wounded.

y the Busque Delegation in London Suit Revenue Department of the the Dut: "1 reject the

LONDON, Apr. 21 (Reuter)With full notional liberty of the Govern-try of Finance;

Mr Li Jul. Secretary of the Minis- operators very cautious, a minimum ment of Euzkadi, established at of movement occurred on the Stock Exchange today, but on Ue, whole the prices were well maintained,

Guernier in October, 1936, and the Chinese Embassy in Washington.

Mr Liu Kai, Counsellor of the

recognition of it by all nations.

There was some support for it-termined origin living in the north *The Basques are a race of unde- edged securities, which recorded of Spain. They had been promised small advances. Industrials were autonomy by the Republican Govern- occasionally lower, chiefly the heavy ment of Spain which was beaten in stocks.

the Civil War. The Basque Holy

selling.

Hitler's Latest War Trophy

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Apr. 21 (UP).—Accord-

Oll shares were irregular and City of Guernica was in June, 1937, Kaftirs were steady after early Cape subjected to the most complete and ing to the official news agency, the terrible bombing by German avin- Serbian commemorative. tablet re- . Wall Streek was quiet.

tors on Franco's orders.

cording the assassination of the Aus- tro-Hungarian successor to the

Japanese Who Hasn't QUIET BIRTHDAY Barone on June 28, 1814, was secured

Heard Mr Churchill

after the capture of Sarajevo and field SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

was turned over to Hitler's headquarters by the first German LONDON, Apr. 21 (UP)-Princess soldier to enter the Cily, Lieutenant TOKYO, Apr. 21 (Router)Elizabeth to-day spent her birthday Mittelmann. The tablet will be pre- "There's no telling which side is going quietly in the country with the King sented to the Berlin War Museum. to win the European war in the long and Queen and her sister Murgaret. run," declared the noted political Flags in honour of the occasion commentator, Mr Murobuse, speaking flew from many public buildings in at a debate under the auspices of the London. newspaper "Miyako Shimbun

was attended by many notables..

which

Mr Murobuse added that a settle- Papen With Fuehrer

ment of the Chinese war should

Bombs On Holland

New Greek Premier's

To Nation

Message To

ATHENS, Apr. 21 (Reuter)—The Foreign Minister, Dr Em- manuel Tsoudéros, has been appointed Prime Minister in succes. sion to the late Dr Alexander Korizis. He took the oath of allegiance at midday.

The remainder of the Cabinet Is

Fifth Column In Lourenco Marques? unchanged.

LOURENCO

MARQUES (Por- VICHY, Apr. 21 (Reuter).—The| lugutse tire-

Eust Africa', Apr. 21 cede any attempt to drive southward | German Ambassador to Turkey, Herr| (Reuter),---Eight persons, Including a and that any cabinet which had no Franz von Papen, has been received retired colonel, have been arrested confidence that it could dispose of, by Hitler at bis itinerant headquarters) here for nileged "subversive and un- the China Afluir successfully had in the Balkans, according to news patriotic activities." belter dissolve itself quickly.

reaching here from Swiss sources.

Ask for

They will be deported to Lisbon.

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Apr. 21 (Reuter)

ministration of the country without hesitation. We shall carry on country's fight to a victorious finish," declared Dr Emmanuel Tsouderos, the new Greek Prime Minister, in a message to the nation, according to the Athens wireless.

He paid tribute to Greece's glorious dead and continued: "The whole na- tion will continue the struggle until! Greece, the Balkans and Europe aré free of the invaders.

"Greeks, take courage! Let no one in Greece be found lacking in splet. I call upon you all to be- lieve In victory and to remain calm In the face of danger or calamity,"

Tribute To Britain

The Greek Prime Minister paid at tribute to the British people, whose sons were fighting for Greece in the cause of Justice.

"Behind Britnin stands the United States of Americo, holding up the unquenchable torch of liberty from which the light of the strength of the peoples of the world will in due time be inspired for the organisation of their mutual solidarity against the rupe of their freedom and tranquillity by medinoval criminals. With such nilles and friends, and with the force of our own purpose, we are sure that

courage."

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