BIG SPEECHES PENDING

Evening Star, Issue 23353, 24 August 1939, Page 11

BIG SPEECHES PENDING

LORD HALIFAX AND HITLER BLACK-OUT PLANS IN LONDON LONDON, August 23. (Received August 24, at 10.30 a.m.) An official statement says that, in view of the special meeting of Parliament, the King decided to return to London from Balmoral, arriving at 8 a.m. to-morrow, and holding a Privy Council in the Palace in the morning. Lord Halifax will broadcast from Downing street at 9.30 p.m. on August 24. His speech will be relayed throughout the world. Herr Hitler will speak at Tannenburg at It a.m. on August 27. The Home Office has instructed local authorities to take the necessary steps to ensure that street lighting can be extinguished at any time necessary. The Ulster Government has urgently appealed to local bodies to perfect the A.R.P. organisation in view of the international situation. BURGOMASTERS RECALLED HOLLAND'S PRECAUTIONS (Independent Cable Service.) AMSTERDAM, August 23. (Received! August 24, at 10.30 a.m.) All burgomasters at present on holiday have been recalled to their towns. Dr Colijn has postponed his projected world tour. BRITAIN STOPS EXPDRTS OF METALS LONDON, August 23. (Received August 24, at 11 a.m.) A Board of Trade order forbids the export of metals, petrol, oil, rubber, and other material useful in war-time. PRESERVATION OF STOCKS (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 23, (Received August 24, at noon.) By order issued to-day, the Board of Trade has suspended the validity of licenses for export of war materials. It is made clear that it is not the intention to prohibit all exports, but to secure a review of outstanding licenses. The board also announced that, in order to conserve stocks, arrangements are being made to prohibit forthwith the export to foreign countries, except under license, of a long list of commodities, including aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, iron, and steel' scrap, cotton, flax, rubber, glycerine. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR RETURNS TO LONDON LONDON, August 23. (Received August 24, at 11 a.m.) The American Ambassador, Mr J. P. Kennedy, returned by air from the South of France and spent an hour at the Foreign Office. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT WILL BE SUMMONED IF NECESSARY OTTAWA, August 23. (Received August 24, at 11 a.m.) Mr Mackenzie King stated to-day that, but for the fact that the Government had emergency powers under the 1914 War Measures Act, he would summon Parliament at once. He promised to do so immediately it was apparent that peace measures were likely to fail. He added: “There is nothing in the difficulties between Germany and Poland which would justify the use of force involving a European war.” Plans have been completed for the mobilisation of the militia for home defence immediately upon the outbreak of war. The strength is 45,000, plus reserves numbering 1,500. CANCELLED INDEFINITELY BELGIAN ARMY LEAVE BRUSSELS, August 23. (Received August 24, at 10.30 a.m.) Army leave has been cancelled indefinitely. PROHIBITED TO PLANES LARGE A ISA BORDERING CORRIDOR BERLIN, August 23. (Received August 24, at 10 a.m.) Germany’s entire eastern frontier on both sides of the Polish Corridor is included in a huge area prohibited to aeroplanes from 6 to-night until 8 p.m. on August 26. Trains from Germany are crowded with British and French subjects and other foreigners, NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS GOULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY CANBERRA, August 24. (Received August 24, at 11 a.m.) Following consultations between Federal Ministers and senior defence officers, it was stated that the procedure to be adopted in an emergency had been carefully defined l . • Mr Menzies said the necessary precautions could be taken immediately.