London, Oct. 8. TPPHE Anglo-Japanese agreement to close the Burma Road would not be renewed when the present agreement expires, announced the Prime Minister, Mr.
Winston Churchill, in the course of a statement on the war situ: tation in the House of Commons today.
Cheerfulness and confidence was the keynote of the statement, in the course of which Mr, Churchill, in referring to the Dakar affair, said neither the First Sea Lord nor the Inner Cabinet was informed of the passage of French warships through the Straits of Gibraltar, This matter, he stal ted, was the subject of disciple ary, action, The Pri ne Minister uso expressed doubt whether the Germans could greatly exceed their presen Up to last Saturday, he announce killed and 13,000 wounded. month thay passed," declared Mr. Churchill, "since Hitler turned his rage and matico on the civil population and our great ities, He Yoblared he would raze our cities to the ground. and since then he has Veen trying carry out his evil Purpose. Naturally. the frst question Who ahouid ask is fo. what extent, the Tit strength of the German bombing force has. been deployed "the best opinion have been able to form on what 1s necessary, to ome extent, n matter of spect iy'thal, after their severe 1 en August 15, German short-range bombers, "of which there are several Iyindred, ave been kept carefully Sut of sight, mix' may be" Because they ore being held in reserve to play. their part in the general plan of invasion fr to reappear on some other theatre We have, therefore, had to tevanige heavy German Int would seem thal visitations of 400 bombers daily.
1d, air raid casualties totalled 8,500
Chancellor of the Exchequer had virtually completed the preparation bill for nationwide compulsory Insurance against damage to property from the enemy's fire (cheers). Everyone could be covered, - and covered with retrospective effect from the beginning of the war.
The Government also proposed to lnepvide insurance against risk of war Idamage for all forms of moveable attempts to strangle our seabor Referring to the promised invasion. the Prime Minister said: "Do not Tet tus be lured into supposing that the past. On the contrary, un=
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