CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 129, 1 May 1940, Page 5

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Naval Command. Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton, who has been Director of Personal Services since 1926, has been appointed Com-mander-in-Chief of the China- Station in succession to Admiral Sir Percy Noble. Unemployment in France. Unemployment in France, which was 300,000 at the outbreak of the war, has practically disappeared. There are only 29,000 unemployed men in the Paris region, where the majority of workless were formerly concentrated. These are mostly unfit or over 65. Canadians Praised. The King and Queen Lave sent a message of congratulation to the general commanding the Canadian troops lor the manner in which Canadian soldiers recently mounted guard over Buckingham Palace and St. James’s Palace. —British Official Wireless. New Zealanders Married. Captain O. H. C. Burton, of Nelson, the second son of Colonel H. C. H. Burton, married Miss Janet Mary Moore, of Nelson, the younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Moore, at St. Pancras Church, Bagborough, Somerset. The bridgegroom, who is a captain of the Royal Artillery, flew from France. Danish Dead. The Speaker of the Lower House ol the Danish Parliament is reported to have rejected a proposal to pass a formal resolution of gratitude to the Danish soldiers who were killed by the Nazi invaders. The proposal was put forward by the leader of the Danish Nazi Party. The Speaker declared that it was not advisable at the present moment to discuss a subject on which there was such deep feeling.—British Official Wireless. Anti-Communist Drive. The Ontario Attorney-General (Mr Conant) threatened to prosecute Communists to the utmost if the Dominion took action against the “fifth column similar to that taken by France. Mr Conant referred specially to Ontario, where he revealed that there were more prosecutions under the Defence of Canada Act than throughout the rest of the country. Mr Conant urged Britain to carry out a drive against subversion to stop “a lot of specious talk.” Youth Sunday. A letter commending the observance of Youth Sunday and signed by prominent religious leaders in Britain says : “The nation is now united with the Dominions, India and the colonies in a great struggle for the principles of freedom and justice among men. It is the hope and prayer of all that its issue may be a better order of national and international life. But the future is unknown. Those who are young to-day stand at the threshold of this unknown future. They will need the inward security and strength of the spirit and of purpose.”—British Official Wireless.