SUMMONED FROM MOSCOW

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23352, 11 June 1941, Page 7

SUMMONED FROM MOSCOW

SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS SPECULATION ABOUT PLANS (Received, June 10, 7 p.m.) (U.P.A.) LONDON. June 9. The summoning to London of Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain’s Ambassador to the Soviet, is exciting much speculation, and a further .“mystery element” was introduced to-day into Sir Stafford Cripps’s plans by a report from Stockholm that he is waiting there for orders whether to continue to London or return to Moscow. The Stockholm “Social Demokraten” declares that Russian-German negotiations have “tripped up,” and Sir Stafford Cripps’s mission is linked up with this breakdown. The Stockholm crorespondent of the “Daily Mail” says the question arises: has London something better to offer

to Moscow than Berlin has? At the moment, Moscow’s policy apparently is to grant the utmost collaboration with Germany without endangering her relations with Britain and America. The Germans are professing disinterest in Sir Stafford Cripps’s plans, but they are asking how he proposes to reach London from Stockholm across occupied Norway. This illustrates that Scandinavia is not as perfectly blockaded as the Germans would like the world to believe. SOVIET S ROLE IN THE WAR “IMPORTANCE NOT REALISED ” MR CUDAHY RETURNS TO NEW YORK (Received June 10, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, June I. Mr John ■ Cudahy, formerly United States Ambassador to Belgium, said in an interview after returning from Europe that the role of the Soviet is much more important than most people r6stlis6 He added that the German people are apathetic and are not elated over their victories; but they greatly dread losing the war. Therefore they are very determined and also are very united. Mr Cudahy expressed the opinion that if the war was not finished by October, it would last for 30 years. THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION DIFFERENCES WITH FOREIGN OFFICE NEWS SERVICE TO AMERICA (Received June 10, 9 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. The political correspondent of .the “Daily Mail" says Sir Walter, Monckton, Director-General of the Ministry of Information, and Mr Cyril Radcliffe, deputy-director, contemplate handing their resignations to Mr Churchill. Differences have arisen between the Ministry and the Foreign Office regarding the organisation of the British news , service to the United States. Sir Walter Monckton proposed several Candidates whom he wisned sent to America to assist Sir Gerald Campbell who was recently appointed Director-Gen-eral of British Information Services in the United States. Apparently the Foreign Office objected to some of Sir Walter Monckton’s nominees. This is the culmination of a series of differences between the Ministry of Information and various Government departments. GERMANY’S ARMS OUTPUT BOYS AND GIRLS TO WORK IN FACTORIES (Received June 10, 7 p.m.) LONDON, June 9. Germany is conscripting not only hundreds of thousands of women, but boys and girls in their teens for munition factories, says the Lisbon correspondent of the "Daily Express." During the summer holidays high school children will be drafted into factories to perform repetitive tasks for token payment. . The Nazis are even using Jewish men and women for a more productive war drive. This is resulting in a slackening of anti-Semitic propaganda. The Jews, however, are getting only twothirds of the money paid to Aryans. GATHERING BRITAIN’S HARVEST MACHINERY FROM OVERSEAS (Received June 11, 1.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. Gathering in Britain’s biggest harvest for many years will be greatly helped by: a considerable number of new binders which have arrived from Australia, Canada, an the United States' These will supplement the increased home production of binders and threshing tackle. EXPLOSION IN POWDER DEPOT LONDON, June 10. According to the Budapest correspondent of the British United Press, 5000 persons were killed or injured at Semendria, in Serbia, as a result of 90 ammunition wagons blowing up in a fortress. , ■ , x . , [lt was reported yesterday that an explosion in a powder depot at Semendria destroyed two-thirds of the town.] Tobacco Shortage in Germany.—No tobacco of any kind will be sold to women anywhere in Germany. Small supplies are available, and 'they must be kept ior men.—Zurich, June 10.