WAR NEWS

Grey River Argus, 14 March 1940, Page 5

WAR NEWS

Various Items RED CROSS GALA. RUGBY, March 13. The King and Queen, attended by Viscount Halifax, visited a gala matinee at Palace Theatre in aid cf the Lord Mayor’s Red Cross Fund. MR. WELLES IN LONDON. RUGBY, March 12. Mr. Welles, accompanied by the American Ambassador (Mr. J. P. Kennedy), was received in audience by the King, and in the evening Mr. Welles and Mr. Kennedy met Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax. Mr. Welles will be the chief guest at a dinner party to be given by Lord Halifax. The dinner will be attended by members of Cabinet, and probably some Opposition leaders. RUGBY, March 12. Air. Welles continued his talks with British leaders to-day. His contacts included the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Churchill. Mr. Sumner Welles also received Mr. Attlee, Mr. Greenwood and Sir Archibald Sinclair. RUGBY, March 12. A further list of nine prisoners of war, who were members of the U-boat personnel, brings the total number of prisoners of war in Britain to some 260. of whom all but a few airmen w.-re U-boat personnel The Education Board, in a circular isued to local education authorities, announced that the Government was of opinion that, in view of the continuing danger of air attack, it was very undesirable that evacuated children should if turn to their homes for Easter

“The Times’s” New Delhi correspondent says: The Chamber of Princes passed a resolution indicatmg that acceptance of Dominion status by the Princes would be conditional upon the guarantees of the sovereignty of their States, protection of treaty rights, and assurance that consent would be obtained for any transference of power from the Crown to any other authority in India. Jam. Nawangar was re-elected as Chancellor.