London, Sept. 13 Queen Wihelmina of the Nether lands and her Ministers ure already doing everything possible to begin as soon as the moment is propitious, the work of providing the Netherlands with food as well as raw m terials for the economic restoration of the country, it was announced today.
"We fully appreciate," said the Queen in a broadcast, "that notwithstanding our considerable navy it will not be p everybody immediately what is wanted but we trust that Dutch solidity of plan will guarantee a steady mounting flow."
Expressing thanks for the countless expressions of congratulation and affection received on the occasion of th birthday. Queen Wilhelmina he commemoration had deve-oped into an overwhelming demonstration for the restoration of the independence of the Netherlands and for the reunion in undisturbed freedom of the Dutch State "This is a historical fact of significance," the Queen asserted. people which has vitality a strong will cannot be subjugated, merely by force of arms. As a united people we endure this trial. Mem proof of this can be found in the spontaneous generosity in the Netherland's East Indies for the Queen Wilhelmina Fund, which has been put at my disposal The putrictism of the donors and their strong will to win the war for the liberation of the Netherlands has given rise t their wish that a part of their contributions, to a total of Guilders 5,000,000 shall be spent on military purposes in the Allied struggle. In conformity with the intention of the donors I have informed the King of Great Bi in that they plan to give a number of military aeroplanes through the medium of the Prince Bernhard Fund in which fund this amount will be deposited.
"The great demonstrations of unity and the will to independence, together with such signs of national generosity and energy cannot but lift us above the difficulti and rows of these days and enable us to look with confidence to the future which under God's blessing will give us all back a free and independent country." the Queen concluded.—Reuter.
Air Ace Gives £20,000
London, Sept Mr. Charles Alma Baker, C.B.E. w known Australian financier, has sent Lord Beaverbrook, Minis-craft Production, for the purchase of four fighter aircraft.
Mr. Alma Baker, it will be recalled, was the founder of the Aust battleplane squadron, totalling battleplanes, in the last European war,—Reuter "Black F day" Paine Calmly on Crime Front Only Few Minor Cases Are Reported During the Day Friday the 13th pa on the criminal front in Shanghai ana no major crimes were reported to the police. Some have said that the criminals of Shanghai are supersti-but the Shanghai Mun Police maintains that stricter se carried out in the International Settlement has been responsible for the sharp decrease of armed robberies and other criminal cast For the first time in two years, no crimes of any importance, apart from the theft of several bicycles, were committed yesterday morning. The first case was reported a few minutes after noon when a foreign lady, walking along Edinburgh Road, was held up by three Chinese, one of them armed with a pistol and robbed of her purse. The three miscreants must have been rather disappointed for their loot amounted to only $20.
Fifteen minutes later another case was reported to the police by a Chinese drug shop at 293 Honan Roa where robbers took $300 in money, finger rings and ear rings. With this crime committed within such a short period of time after the first, it seemed as if the bandits were all out to prove the superstition of Friday." Nevertheless, quiet reigned in the Settlement fr several hours before another case was reported to the police.
This time it was another in a bus travelling in the district. A Chinese couple, riding in route No. 2 bus were robbed of money and jewellery armed men just as the bu: ing the intersection of Bubbling Well and Tifeng Roads. The loss was estimated by th victims a{ $120.
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