During His Majesty's ust tour of air raid shelters yesterday, the King inspected. the basement of the hall from which his tour started, and the scene of his narrow escape from Ins Jury of death.
Hundreds of city workers were. aethered in the street to welcome the Ing" and! shared the" pant tthe bomb which exploded mis the Keng its the King thes said, when His Majesty arrived at the hall The King turned to a diminulive telegraph messenger and said, So you always come here "You, and It is good to soe you with us, Shy" the boy veptied.
another basement shelter the King found many mothers holding their babies in their arms, waiting for the air raid warning to end.
'The points visited by the King yes. terday' included the headquarters of the auxiliary tremen and a basement room {n which hot meals were being prepared for the homeless. The King Particularly took an interest in the welfare of night workers.
used to work all night myself," the King explained. He was believed to tave referred to his night watches while in the British Navy. He as. sured the night workers that they would be given ample ten, Meanwhile, the Ale Min Miniatey of Home Securi their daily joint communique declar-that "No large scale enemy ae-
Passes Million Marke London. Oct. 5, The Lord Mayor of London's air-raid distress fund has now passed the 1,000,000 mark, The latest gifts include a further £25,000 from Johannesburg—Reuter talks in Moscow, London and Washington may lead to cooperative action against Japan in the Far East.
The impression of some quarters here is that M, Josef Stalin is aware that the long-range target of the new Triple Alliance is Soviet Russia which was eneiteted by the new mills tary: pact.
The British Under-Secretary for Foreign Affeirs. Mr, RR. Butle received the Soviet Ambassador London, Me. Ivan Maisky, at the For= eign Office on Thursday. They were reported to have discussed the question of Russian aid to China This meeting. ft was pointed out, followed recent discussions in Wash-between the Russian Ambas-AM. Constantine Oumansky, and the American Under-Secretary State, Mr. Sumner Welles; and a similar meeting in Moscow between the American Ambassador. Mr. Laur= fence Steinhardt. and the Russian Por-elm Minister, M. Vyaeheslay Molofor.
Mr. Steinhardt and the British Ambassador, Sir Stafford Cripps, are scheduled to soe M. Molotov together again this week-end, it wae under= stood.
Meanwhile, Str. Winston Churehitl, the Prime. Minister, was reported preparing to announce in the House of Commons next week Britain's decision to reopen the Burma Highway to facilitate the flow of war materials to the Chungking Government. Britain plans to reopen the highway on October 18 when her present closure agreement with Japan expires.
Sentiment in the Howse of Commons was noticeably grow! day in favour of more Ish aid to China. There sion of a plan for scudi mic and military mission king in the near future—United Press.
However,"" the communique addsd, "during the morning and. early flernoon a number of single enemy Soviet-German alway.
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