CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 158, 5 June 1940, Page 3

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF

The National Liberal candidate (Mr W. H. Woolley) lias been returned unopposed for Spen Valley, a vavaney resulting from Sir Jolin Simon’s elevation to the peerage. LieutenantColonel Hon.: C. K. M. Mason, Conservative 'member of Parliament for North Croydon, has,resigned his seat on his appointment as zone organiser of the local defence volunteers in the city of London. rbe Board .of Trade announces that' raw cotton, cotton 1 inters, waste, yarn and threads have been placed under control in order to ensure the most advantageous use of freight space and foreign exchange, states a London message. Licenses will be required for imports. Exports from the United States since the outbreak of war are nearly 1,900,000 bales, which are considerably in excess’ of the figures for the whole of any recent Leafeon. Existing stocks in the United Kingdom arc abnormallv large. In connection with the 300th anniversary of Portuguese independence, the celebrations of which have opened, the King has conferred appropriate decorations of the British orders of knighthood upon Dr. Salazar, the Portuguese Prime Minister,- and a number of. other personages representative of Portugal and her overseas possessions as a special indication of the friendly British interest, in an occasion of such great- significance to the ancient ally of this country. The Premier (Reyfik Saydam), in a broadcast, warned the Turks that it might be necessary for them to take up arms. He urged -alertness against Fifth- Column activities. Contrary to expeditions, the Premier did not mention the British or French pacts or Turkey’s relations with Italy. He assured his nation that-, the Turkish army was ready to repel any' aggression. The policy of Turkey could not possibly be misunderstood by-anyone, lie said. A Frenchman, Louis Huguet, • was arrested on his arrival at Nice from Italy without, a passport. The police in 1938 issued a warrant for Ids arrest in connection with the murder of two Italian journalists, Carlo and Sabatino Eoselli, who were brothers and who were noted for'their hitter enmity toward Signor Mussolini. They escaped to France after Carlo had been imprisoned at Lipari. -The British Ministry of Information announces that there is not the slightest vestige of truth in the German claim to have sunk H.M.S. Nelson. S Similarly it is stated that a German radio report that Queen Wilhelmina, acting ou the advice of her military leaders, luis left Great Britain for the Dutch East Indies is entirely incorrect. ,

The Australian Prime Minister 1 (Mr R. G. Menzies) lias deprecated the idea of forming an Australia national guard. He said that as far as lie was concerned the stories of its formation were completely speculative. (A Svdney message published earlier stated: The Federal Government will call for 60,000 volunteers to form a,national service'guard for the defence of vital points.) According to a British Official Wireless message, the Lord Mayor of London’s Red Cross and St. John Fund increased last week by £50,000, and now stands at £1,554,000. Owing to the-heavy loss of Red Cross supplies and ambulances in the fighting in Northern France and Belgium the Lord Mayor is asking for increased support. , The British Commander-in-Chief in France (Lord Gort) has sent a message to the inhabitants of a southeast coast town expressing gratitude for the way in which his troops were received and provided with rations on their return from Dunkirk. —British Official Wireless. At New York, a Federal Grand Jury indicted Joseph Schenck (president of Twentieth Century-Fox) on charges of defrauding the Government of over 400,000 dollars income tax, also for conspiracy and perjury; The- Indian Government has announced three new war loans, including interest-free bonds to attract Moslems, whose religion forbids the acceptance of interest. | General Sir Edmund Ironside is | meeting the leaders of the local de|.fence volunteers in Britain to-day land to-morrow to explain the part to be played by the volunteers, who will act under military authority as an I integral part of the armed forces.