CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Evening Star, Issue 23685, 19 September 1940, Page 10

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

TEMPORARY CESSATION APPEALED FOR MR GANDHI TO INTERVIEW VICEROY BOMBAY, September 18. (Received September 19, at 1.35 p.m.) The Congress Executive passed a resolution. appealing to member's to cease civil disobedience pending Mr Gandhi’s interview with the Viceroy. EMPIRE WAR CHEST USEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 17. A Basuto tribe, numbering a little more than 500,000, has contributed £10,513 of a total of £20,000 which the Basutoland War Fund has now reached. Bermuda sent £IO,OOO as a second contribution towards the cost of the war, asking that the money be spent on two Spitfires, to be named Bermuda. NATIONAL FINANCES EXCHEQUER RETURNS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 17. The Exchequer returns show that total ordinary revenue amounted to £115,223,457 for the period April 1 to September 14, compared with £309,811,331 for a period of two days longer last year. The total expenditure during the period under review -was £1,449,624,729, compared with £5,138,621,260 last year. PLIGHT OF FRANCE BLED WHITE BY INVADERS LONDON, September 18. An Englishman who was interviewed on the French frontier after his escape from France said: “Anti-British feeling in occupied France has disappeared, and everyone is pinning his or her hopes on England. Many soldiers in unoccupied France significantly have not been demobilised, and those who were demobilised were allowed to take their equipment home. Britons of military age are confined to their homes, and many have been interned. A number of British soldiers are living hunted lives, in the greatest misery, trying to find means to escape from France. Unoccupied Franco is approaching starvation point, as the Germans have removed the entire potato crops, and all stocks of butter, soap, and sugar, all of which are unobtainable. The Germans send lorries to Marseilles and remove cargoes from incoming ships.” CHANNEL ISLANDS GUERNSEY PLUNDERED LONDON, September 18. (Received September 19, at 8 a.m.) The ‘ Daily Telegraph’s ’ Guernsey correspondent says the Germans are rapidly stripping the island’s shops, especially of jewellery and food. Acceptance of “ occupation marks ” is compulsory, and local branches of the British “ Big Five ” banks are forced to use them at the rate of seven to the pound. The island’s 6,000 motor cars are immobilised. Supplies of flour are almost exhausted, fresh fruit is unobtainable, and cinemas are showing only German horror films. AMERICAN RED CROSS HUGE SUM SPENT ON RELIEF FOR BRITAIN WASHINGTON, September 17. The American Red Cross Society lias spent almost 5,000,000 dollars on relief for Britain. Most of this has been spent since the beginning of September. The sum of 20,000 dollars has just been cabled to assist in establishing 10 refugee cottages for poor children andf for the equipment and assembling of 10,000 convalescent beds in English private homes. Since July the American Red Cross has sent 102 relief shipments by British ships, and two by the Clipper service. None has been lost. RAILWAY REOPENED THE PARIS-MARSEILLES LINE VICHY, September 18. (Received September 19, at 12.35 p.m.) The railway between Paris and Marseilles has been reopened. A bridge across the Yser, which was destroyed on Juno 24, has been reconstructed. THE WOOL INDUSTRY REASONS FOR PRICE RISES LONDON, September 18. (Received September 19, at 12.35 p.m.) The Wool Control announced that the home issue price has been increased by 4 per cent, for wool and 6 per cent, for tops. Tho increases are due to freight costs and marine insurance charges. The export issue prices have been similarly increased. Bradford states that tho increased issue prices have immediately affected tho yarn market, spinners’ quotations advancing accordingly.