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FULL TEXT OF COLONEL STIMSON'S BRILLIANT BROADCAST SPEECH

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuter).—Immediate use of the United States Navy "to make the seas secure for the delivery of munitions to Britain," was urged by Colonel Henry Stimson, Secretary for War, in a broadcast speech to the nation to-night.

"The world is facing so great a crisis that all our efforts must be turned toward the defence of our nation's safety," he declared.

At the outset, Colonel Stimson exily have been prevented. Many answered some cities who to-day an were calling him a war-monger and has who opposed America's

- unwary sentinel oľ liberty Бесл caught napping at present vitul moments. But as always has before, the progress efforts at national defence. "The fact happened

Inun along the path of is thut for many years after the Great of War, both as a private citizen and as freedom will be taken up again and of State, I laboured with carried forward with a new aptrit Secretary

ny fuil strength for the establishment and with fresh knowledge acquired of the reign of law among nations by the unhappy experiences of the

controversies past. which tinder

thejr should be settled by judlelal methods instead of by force.

"For that reason to-night I speaking of that crisis and of our defence in meeting it.

"To be frightened Into belief that Iitler had created a new and per-

manent world order would be as native ng it would be cowardly."

Local Drive For China Defence

under discussion. It is

of

is

Grandee's

Death Presumed

FOREIGNERS IN NINGPO Personal Concern Of Japanese

LONDON, May @ (Rouler),—Leave

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" to presume the death on or sinco

SHANGHAI, May 6' (Domel), — A November 8, 1930, of Carlos Fernando Stuart y Falco, Duke of Penaranda, luni refutation of the claims by. was granted in the Probate Court Carrol Alcott, local radio news com- to-day, the application being made inentator in the column. "I have by the Duke's brother, the Duke of Often Wondered" appearing in the Alba, the Spanish Ambassador to "China

Press" on Sunday that he was instrumental in restoring com- London.

An amdavit by the Duke of Alba munications between Shanghai and stated that the Duke of Penaranda Ningpo, was made by Major Klodi was interned in the model prison in Kishinanil of the local Japanese Madrid in the summer of 1936 with Army Liaison Office,

Major. Kishinami mado a. detalled nother sympathisers of the National

from the pri movement. Removed from

review of the preparations by the over about the following Novem-Japanese Army authorities prior to ber, he is believed to have been na- the commencement of operations to Hassinated. Since then his widow protect foreign lives and property. and child and brother had not seen

by tho authorities to prevent a damage to foreign interests, the Army spokesman produced mops of Ningvo showing the location of foreign pro- perties and posters announcing that no irespassing would be allowed.

Personal Check Up

understood or heard from the Duke of Penaranda,ressing the pains taken

the personal hembers of the League with Japanese In

gu

the

The China Defence League, Once Hopeful

which Madame Sun Yat-sen "There was a time when such a movement seemed full of hope. To-

Naval Assistance

chairman, will shortly launch Colonel Stimson describing his four-day "Bowl of Rice" Move Ene day that

has passed-tem- | porarily, we trust and our hopes of suggestion of full American "naval ment in Hongkong to raise relief peace have been dashed by interna assistance to Britain, said: "For funds.

oral nggression. The world is many years we have been building Measures for the campaign are now facing so great a crisis that all our and maintaining our Navy. On the efforts must be turned toward the de-day that the Navy should make that some 10,000 coupons ench worth who left an estate of about £30,000 tence of our nation's safely,

secure the seas for delivery of our $2 and entitling to one or two bowls in Britain. munitions to Great Britain, R will of fried rice will be issued by various render as great a service to our own

restaurants. During the campaign, and to the preservation of Madame Sun Yat-sen and other res- American freedom as it has rendered ponsible members of the League will

The Army officer revealed that in various all its glorious history. "Supplementing the efforts of the restaurants to make inspections and

East Cheking a middle school and British

Navy

It can render secure to give whatever assistance needed,

an English-managed church were oceans north, south, west and enst

damaged and explained with maps In response to a letter from Mrs! which surround our continent. la Selwyn Clarke, Hon. Secretary of the that way it can help to hold in cheek League, the Chinese General Cham-

and photos how the damage was done. He further revealed that it the rush of the tide of Nazism until her of Comincrce of its meeting

took several days to check up all the other defence forces of mil de-

foreigners in Ningpo, declaring that yesterday decided to support the

all 80 foreigners in the city including tite completed. muernetes,

A movement. special committee of immense military machine based on would eventually and permanently 11, Including Mr P. Gockeln, NE News)-Chinese troops have gained | Inami added that he met all person- CHUNGKING, May 6 (Central six children were sale. Major Kish- couting the force of despotism unit Tsch-wha, Lum Pui-sung, Lou Tse- the virus has run its course and the tsing and

the upper hand in the fighting on the ally to ask for immediate needs. Wang Mow-iam, was tide of freedom has begun to riselected to take charge of the matter south bark of the Yangtze River in } The Army spokesman closed his

Anhwel

statement with an offer to take care A reception will shortly be given

Hanlingehen, 40 miles southeast of any letters which the listeners

was recovered by the Chinese desired to send to Ningpo. morning of May 5. The Japanese retreated to Fufingshan to make stand but they were forced to evacuate.

In 1933 a group of mer under the leadership of Adolf Hitler obtained possession of the government of Ger- many and overthrew the German Republic. Both within and without Germany, they have set back the clock more than five centuries. They have embarked on a scheme of con- avowedly intended to quest which be worldwide. For that purpose they have built up in secret

the forced labour of Germany.

Enslaved Countries

an

Belgium. Luxembourg.

us vassals two other

Importance of Present

This

Mid-China Pressed

by the Chinese Defence League three-sided attack on the}

His Excellency Sir Geofry North- cote, the Governor, Madame Sun and Me M. K. Lo are expected to attend.

"They have already attacked, con- quered and occupied Austria, Czecho-again, Slovakia, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Holland,

"On the other hand, if our Navy's the Press and leaders of various cir- France, Rumania, Hungary, Bulgaria istance should be withheld until eles to explain the significance of the and Yugo-Slavin and have reduced the power of the British Fleet and coming movement. the people of those 13, countries to nation is broken, its own power of serfdom and semi-slavery to Nazl execution would at once shrink 10

but an impotent despotism.

They have attached to their Axia could do at the fraction of what it present moment. If nations de- we should allow the present strategie minated by the same purpose of moment to pass until the power of military conquest-Italy, guilty of un- the British Navy is gone, our navy provoked attacks upon Ethiopia, would become merely secondary Albania and Greece, 2011 Japan,power instead of a decisive winning

of a similar attack upon her power in the world context. Huilty neighbour,

"Is it conceivable that the Ameri- "By this conquest they have de-[can people would allow this to bup- stroyed western eivilisation which pen after the carefully determined has been slowly building up in Europe course which we have pursued until ever since the dark ages.

"We are so close to these sudden

happenings that we can hardly yet

this moment, after the clear state- ments and appeals made by our Pre-

sident in respect of the danger which

confronts us, after the overwhelm-

cealise the haves which has thus been wrought both within and without the ing response to his appeals which has antional boundaries of that unhappy been made by Congress, after

Java Troops For Middle

East Mooted

division of native

British War Communique

Ir. Chekiang the Chinese have broken through the Japanese 'outer defence lines at Chuki on the Che kinng-Klangsi Railway, 30 miles south of

of Siaoshan, and have reached the immediate suturus troops broke were again active yesterday," states

of the town.

ut

LONDON, May 6 (Reuter). — “In the Habbaniyah area, British aircraft

communique from the British G.HQ. In Cairo.

Hostile shelling was intermittent and inaccurate.

"In the Basra area, the situation remains quiet.

"Libya.Tobruk: No change in the

the Sollum arca, the activities

On April 28 into Yuhang, north Cheklang town 150 miles west of Hangchow, setting fire to Japanese military establishments and I puppet government offices. They withdrew safely after the rald.

Kapchi Landing Repulsed SHIUKWAN, Certain Dutch quarters in

May @ (Central) Batavia are advocating the send News) Japanese troops who landed situation.

Kapehf, east of Lukfung on the ing of a

southern. Kwangtung coast, and tried of our ground and air forces were

jected to further attacks, they board-made by our forces northward from Kapchi, were intercepted and forced storm.

"Abyssinia.-Further progress Wis to retreat to Kapehl on May 3. Sub- ed their warships off the coast the Dessie on the rear of the Italian following day.

position about Amba Alagi,

"Advancing from Neghell, troops ejected and inflicted heavy casualties on a strong enemy force holding a position covering Adola.

"In other sectors our advance is

continent. The growth of freedom have taken our place deinitely Netherlands East Indles troops to push to Lungkong, northeast of severely hampered by a heavy sund

Dashed Aside

after

had been so long and so steady that hind the warring democracies and most effective means of aiding to the Middle East as one of the we had come to believe that it would against aggressor nations in the de- the Allied cause. soon be the recognised system of the fence of freedom, aft providing for whole world.

billions of dollars worth of munitions These quarters point out that to carry on that defence and while the native troops could bear the "All at once it has been dashed we hold in our hands Instruments hot climate twice as well as the aside, trampled on by these Nuzlready and able to make all these rulers who are propaging to establish steps effective? Shall we now flinch a world order in which they shall be and permit these munitions to be

masters and the people of all other sunk in the Atlantic Ocean? nations their slaves. They have left

No Precedent

unrestricted submarine war-

European troops. The Dutch and Indian soldiers would be replaced here by the same number of

| Australian troops for a brief

Supporters of this plan point out

U.S. Diplomats' Movements

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

| continuing.”

our

STOCK-EXCHANGE Undertone Remains Firm

LONDON, May 8 (Reuter)—On

no such thing as individual rights of "Our entire history shows no pre-rest. Tiberty within their territory or intercedent to make such a supposition

CHUNGKING, May 6 (UP). national rights of

of independence with-creditable. Neither the Government that the desert weather in Libya departure from Chungking which is connection with Mr Nelson Johnson's out their territory.

nor the people of the United States would be must severe in the next two scheduled for May 14, it is under- Both domestic and international have ever given occasion to make months and this is an excellent stood-that-Mr-Clarence-Gauss, the the Stack Exchange to-day, the inw-have gone down-under-their anyone believe that such an act of element for blows. For the rule of law, they irresponsibility and indecision would whereas the whites would suffer un-on May 17, after which he is expected gilt-edged and home rails tended to the native soldiers, new Ambassador is due in Hongkong undertone remained arm although have substituted the rule of the be possible. Gestapo, the

mercifully. secret police undererne unre whose malign terrorism no vestige of fare Germany is carrying on in the that such dispatch of Dutch troops is

to come to Chungking before the end be reactionary, Juformed circles believe however, of the month.

Industrials were steady with Cable personal freedom is safe.

North Atlantie, sinking ships without very unlikely under existing circum- Buterick, former Acting Consul at features.

It is understood that Mr Richard and Wireless and Courtolds good Tentacles in Americas warning and without the possibility stances. "This is the so-called New Order of saying the lives of their crews, is

Shanghai is coming to Chungking to we face to-day. It has openly an- not legal blockade under the rules

act us Counsellor to the Embassy, nounced its hostility to us and to our of marine

warfare. It has never order. It has been steadily encircling been recognised as lawful by the

probably with Ambassador Gauss. The Military Attache, Colonel Wit- our. western world. Its advance United States. America's spokesmen

llam Mayer," left for Hongkong day agents are already busy in the at International Conferences have

or two ago. republics south of 115, buliding again and again condemned it as a strategic air lines through vital form of piracy.

that continent positions Creeping up towards our Canal, Its armed forces are testing West Africa and

Its

tion.

reach of the Brazilian

n jumping-off place propagandikis

Arc

and

to-

Violation of Humanity

"It was expressly the violation of law and humanity involved in un-

Fingerprints Necessary

Before Roosevelt Talks

ALL reporters going to Presi-

thin restricted submarine warfare which dent Roosevelt's Press confer-

Ger

New Zealand Command

WELLINGTON, May 6 (Reuter),—

Oils were steady. Mexican Eagle improved on reported big British purchase of Mexican oli.

Kafirs responded on satisfactory April returns of diamonds and were supported.

Among the foreign bonds, Japanese tended to be lower while Egyptian and lengi issues receded, Wall Street was firm,

Koo As Ambassador

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH*** CHUNGKING, May 8 (UP)-The

coast. 117 caused the Prendent and Comences are being photographed The Minister of Defence announced already gress to take up arms in defence of end are having their fingerprints that Brigadier Edward Pattick has

freedom of the scan. To-day vigorously active in our own populare

many by these same illegal means, is taken by the American Secrot been appointed to be in temporary Executive Yuan to-day formally ap Hitler and his milliary associates not unly seeking to frighten our com- Service as a precaution against command of the New Zealand forces pointed Dr Wellington Koo as Am uncommon skill. They have used Jantic

have scized their opportunities with merce and our vessels from the At-any attempts on the President's in Crete in place of Major-General C.bassador to London.

B... Freyberg, v.c., who has been ap-ming was appointed Ambassador to

the

Bust

the

a Zone

US.

Special passef, with photo. graphs attached, must be shown before they are allowed to enter. Similar precautions are in force In the War and Navy Depart- ments.

hus

even into life. extended their, power to inculcate into the the Western Hemipabere, plastic minds of the regeneration of which she has also forbidden

"Hitler youth

abhorreat reactionary

Law but he is doctrines of Nazlism and intred of rules of Internation up

expanding his lawless activities into other inen;

our hemisphere. Our Government is Secret Army Built

acting with care and prudence. But "They have taken advantage of

wn self our own defence modern science to develop in secret, limits should be requires put to lawless nations slept, a

the ocean. mechanised striking force of unpre- Bression on

"The President has said that we

while

other

cedented power. They have used

every method of duplicity and pro have already taken to

must not allow the steps which

paganda to surprise their victim effective.

nations with sudden, attack.

that

DK-

we!

become

"They now arrogantly confront the No Gloom Or Despondency

Quisling Said Withering

Impressions gained by an ob-

Dr Wel Too-

pointed by the Greek Government to] France. Dr Wel is now Secretary of command all the Allied forces In the General Executive Yuan. Crete,

Swedish Minister

In Helsinki

Life Imprisonment For Abusing Public Trust

KWEILIN, May 6 (Central News), Convicted of selling public foodstuffs for private gain, Shen Yi, deputy HELSINKI, Moy G (Reuter).The director of the Kwangtung Food Con- Swedish Foreign Minister, M. trol Burenu, has been sentenced by Christian Guenther, has arrived here the Kwellin Office of the Generalis- on an unofficial visit.

simo's Headquarters to life imprison-

He was greeted at the aerodrome ment and deprivation of civil rights

{for life.

NEWEST UNDER THE

world, including ourselves, with the y do not minimise the danger server just returned from Nor-by the Finnish Foreign Minister. alternative of abject surrender or which confronts us. This is an oc-way, says the "Dagens Nyheter," uncompromising forceful resistance. casion for grave seriousness but not Stockholm, indicate that the

"I cannot recall that the United for gloom or despondence. I have States, throughout its history oven studied the military policy of the days of the Quisling regime are when it was small and weak-hus Axis Powers and I do

not under numbered. yielded to such a demand. Let us sce estimate the courage of their men in whether there is

ere is any need to change battie, But I also know well the that the Germans have given Quis- our policy now.

of ling a time limit in which to secure Initiative, aptitude and courage Historical Reaction.

the men of this country. I have be- adequate membership of his party, "In the first place, this so-called come familiar with plans which are appear to be well founded, and op- New Order of Iller's la noi new; and being made by our military and naval position has lately been accentuated. it does not and

Everything points to imminent ra- for our defence. -, nover will

create

lenders

According to this paper, rumours

order in this world. Hitler's regime "Provided that all act with prompt-dical changes in German measurea of brutal lawlessness is merely one. ness and are united in spirit, I have in Norway,

of those temporary reactions which full faith in the outcome. But I am

have occurred at Intervals during all not one of those who think that the Willkie Is Right ward. Slace his origin millions of be saved without sacrifice. It can- NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuter) years ago amblilous men have many not. That has not been the way The New York Times" contrasting times attempted worldwide conquest whereby during a million years Mr Wendell Wilkie and Colonel over the liberties of their fellow men, humanity has slowly and painfully Lindberghi says: "Mr Willkio is But they have never permanently tolled upwards to a better and more right, in his insistance, that our aucceeded and they never will. human civilisation.

minn's long history of progress up- priceless freedom of our country can

security dopends upon British sur- vival, he stands with the President

and an overwhelming majority of the G'A Y»

*** Advantage of Lull "Hitler has taken advantage of the discontent of the troubled postwar It is notified that the portion of American people, period to impose his rule." unon. Des Voeux Road West between HillColonel Lindbergh's assertions of docile-minded nation which has more Road and Queen's Road West will be our military w

wonkness bré "at"beat: than once temporarily. yielded « Its: closed to westbound * motor traffic merely arguinant for redoubled nid love of liberty to the efficiency of the ; from midnight" to-morrow, until: res to: Britain so that kis mey, hold the autocrat. His riso has bem facilitateįpaira to the rond, and tramway. frack libFTHLY VAC, and mouck kungil. „ed by ranny-sodidenta which might have been completed,

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