DENMARK’S FEARS FOR FUTURE

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22908, 3 January 1940, Page 7

DENMARK’S FEARS FOR FUTURE

STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER

“ENTERING 1940 WITH SUBDUED HOPE”

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received January 2, 8 p.m.) COPENHAGEN, January 1. The Danish Prime Minister (M. Stauning), in an interview, said: “I am as depressed about the future as I ever have-been, and I have long ceased to believe in anything. “Denmark is entering 1940 with subdued hope. The character of the terrain has prevented the construction of a defence line such as other countries have built, and Denmark is forced to remain passive and impartial regarding the conduct of the war, “If is not for me to say what is Russia’s object in attacking Finland, but the nations cannot be indifferent to Finland’s fate. “Small neutrals must go under if the war continues to affect them as it has so far. They must hold together or go out ftjgether.” BRITAIN’S FOOD SUPPLY • 7 COMPARISON MADE WITH 1914 (BBlTiaa OFFICIAL WIRELSBS.) RUGBY, January 1. Sir John Boyd __ Orr, the distinguished nutrition authority, broadcasting on “The People’s Food in War Time,” said: “We are a betterfed and healthier nation to-day than we were at the beginning of the last war,” . , Referring to the position of the supply , of milk—the most important of protective foods—Sir John Orr said: “We have a great surplus of liquid milk going for manufacturing purposes which may well be diverted to human consumption, and we are producing enough milk to permit an increase of 20 per cent, in consumption and yet have a considerable surplus." -■ Speaking of two vital foodstuffs which Britain ' had to continue to import—wheat and fat —Sir John Orr recalled that Canada had had a bumper wheat harvest. She had twice as much as the whole of Germany. Thus Britain was .able to obtain plenty of , wheat by the safest and shortest sea route. The Ministry of Food had built up an enormous store of fat, ■ , T Sir John Orr contended; We could cut down our imports to wheat and fat, which would only be a mere fraction of the total imports in peace time and still have a national diet which would keep everybody healthy and physically fit,"

“TURNING POINT BY EASTER”

JAPANESE BANKER’S PREDICTIONS LONDON, January i. "The European war will-have reached its turning point in favour of the Allies by Easter, The Ohinesejapafiese war will end in a month in a magnanimous peace," predicted Viscount Hisaakira Kano, a Japanese banker who is going to Japan from London for a brief visit, Viscount Kano compared British and German resources. He said; “The German thermometer is going down and the Allies’ thermometer is going up," , (Viscount Kano is manager of the London branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank, and is a director of the Bank of International Settlements,!

HITLEB SAID TO HAVE DANCER-

STORY REVIVED BY PARIS NEWSPAPER

LONDON, January I

The Paris pewSPaPIT ‘%e Journal” revives the report that Herr Hitler is suffering from cancer, ‘'he Journal" declares that a threat specialist.Ppp.fegsqp Sauerbruch, whp is understood to have .yisited Per?: Hitler three times during October, diagnosed his complaint' as cancer and informed FieldrMarshal doer* mg and Dp; Qdehbels that Herr Hit? lep could only liy® IB monthg at the most*

AMERICAN RED CROSS EXPENDITURE

138,000 DOLLARS FOR FINLAND (Received' January 2, 6 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 1. The' Amerjpan Red Cross has spoilt . on relief since the outbreak of wa r . and of this sum more than J38.000 dollars has been spent • during the last 10 days for Finland. Approximately 300.000 dollars had been spent oh 330.000 articles of clothing and mere than 1,000,000 surgical dressings. The cash expenditure has included—Polish relief, more than 307.000 dollars; Great Britain, 25,000 dollars; France, 13,000 dollars. The Russiap and German Red Gross urbanisations have not requested assistance.