THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 25, 1939.
Wilson's
Page
Fourteen Points
Issue Raised In Article On Roosevelt Message
REJECTION BY GERMANY
AGAIN PREDICTED
Berlin, To-day.
EXAMINING President Roosevelt's message in the "Hamburger Fremdenblatt," the editor, 'Dr. Halfeld, says that if Germany doubts the suitability of Mr. Roosevelt to play the part of "honest broker," this is due to the recollections of intervention over 20 years ago of another President of the United States in European affairs which he professedly desired to resettle on the basis of international morality and justice.
Dr. Halfeld points out that if Wilson's famous fourteen points
BRUSHED ASIDE
According to Dr. Halfeld, it is in- had been fulfilled, "there would contestable that the peace treaty never have been an economic boy- was to embody the principles enun- cott or unilateral disarmament of ciated in the fourteen points and Germany, there would have been the peace conference was to be con- de- no robbery of the German colonies, fined to settling the practical no prevention of Austria's Ansch-tails of the application of those luss to the German Reich, no vio-principles. Ient separation of millions of Ger-
land."
were
-BRITAIN'S GERMAN
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO
London, To-day.
The Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs said in the Commons that although preliminary conver- sations had recently taken place: between the Mexican Government and representatives of the appro priated oilfelds, there had been no development in the situation to justify His Majesty's Government taking steps for resumption of diplomatic relations with Mexico, -British Wireless.
RESTORATION OF ORDER IN PALESTINE
POLICY IN
THE BALKANS
Berlin, To-day.
Commenting on the forthcoming visit to Berlin of the Yugoslav For- eign Minister, M. Markovitch, the diplomatic correspondent of the "Boersen Zeitung" says that the Yugoslav guest will find in Berlin an “unshakable, friendly and posi- tive conception of the mutual rela- tions of the two countries as well as determination not to allow those relations to be disturbed by any- thing or anyone but on contrary to deepen them, both politically and economically."
The paper goes on to observe that the Balkan bloe desired by Britain I cannot be realised without the par- ticipation of Yugoslavia and that it will, consequently, not be realised at all.
LONDON, TO-DAY. RESTORATION OF ORDER IN
To believe the contrary would, PALESTINE PROCEEDS STEAD-according to the paper, be to sup- ILY AND SUCH TERRORIST pose that at the very moment when BANDS AS STILL REMAIN ARE Yugoslavia is about to reach AVOID CAREFULLY ANY EN-following the establishment of cor- SMALL AND SCATTERED AND lasting agreement with Hungary,
COUNTER WITH THE MILI-dial relations with Germany and TARY.
Italy, the Yugoslav Government
a
Sniping still occasionally occurs would be prepared to substitute
In reality, the 14 points mans elsewhere from their mother-brushed aside entirely at the con-
ference.
Dr. Halfeld concludes by saying Dr. Halfeld contests that the 14 points constituted merely a person-that President Roosevelt must be al promise by Pres. Wilson which fully aware of all the circumstan-
for this policy of "independence in the Allies subsequently declined to ces since he was Undersecretary of but terrorist
with Yugoslavia's ratify and argues that, on the con-State in the Navy Department and much hampered by recent captures co-operation trary, they represented a binding a member of Wilson's War Cabinet of arms and munitions and by the neighbours" a policy which would agreement on all Allied Powers as at the time of the armistice and of growing hostility of villagers to- expose it to the risk of becoming proved by the exchange of notes the negotiations which preceded it. wards bandits who pillage the coun-again a victim of foreign interests.
-Trans-Ocean. German Government
between the
and President Wilson prior to the Armistice.
ESTHONIAN IMPLIED PACT WITH POLAND
Warsaw, To-day.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Esthonian army, General Laid- oner, who has concluded à six days' official visit to Warsaw, declared yesterday before leaving that although Poland and Esthonia are not bound by any treaty, nevertheless there is complete agreement between the two countries:
The General stated that in course of his conversations with Marshai Rydz-Smigly and the For- eign Minister, Colonel Beck, he found that his views on the rela- tions between Poland and Esthonia
• were entirely shared by the Polish Statesmen:
General Laidoner further stress- ed that his impressions of the existing international situation were similar to those of the Fin- nish and Latvian Governments.
The General spoke highly of the Polish army and of the development of Polish armament industries and remarked on the firm determina- tion of the Polish Government to pursue an independent policy to defend the country against any attack from whatever quart might come.
The General
was also the st who was about marine flotilla her shores
ITALIAN TRADE
activities are
now
tryside in
Germany, in her relations with pretext that they are protecting the interests of the the Balkan States is inspired by a Arabs.
positive conception of the indepen- In some regions, such as Jericho, dence of those States whereas for there has been no shooting at all
"certain distant Powers" Yugosla- since March 28, on which date in a chain designed to encircle Ger- via is interesting merely as a link Rome, To-day.military billet was sniped without The Italian foreign trade balance any damage to the troops.-British
many and Italy Trans-Ocean. for the first quarter of 1939 re- Wireless.
PACT EXPECTED TO veals a decided improvement over
BE SIGNED the same period of last year.
"
BERLIN, TO-DAY. THE "DEUTSCHE ALLGEM
Imports were 2,4 milliard lire as The chef of the Gloucester Hotel compared with 3.14 milliard last has reported that a fountain pen EINE ZEITUNG" STATES THAT year and exports were 2.43 mil- and cigarette case, valued at $26, THE PROJECTED VISIT OF M. liard, compared with 2.53 milliard were stolen from his jacket pocket| MARKOVICS, THE YUGO- in 1938. Trans-Ocean,
in the V.R.C. yesterday.
giving
opolise
In Ru (Rumanian Ambassa-
Gentin (Minister
SLAVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER. TO HUNGARY WILL PROBABLY TAKE PLACE IN MAY.
It is believed that a Yugoslavian- Hungarian non-aggression pact may be signed.
In Venice, when informed that Hungary would be willing to sign this pact. M. Markovica is stated to have signified that Yugoslavia. would also be prepared. Hungary will not make any territorial de- mands, but will ask for guarantees concerning the treatment of Hun- garian minorities in Yugoslavia.- Trans-Ocean.
LEFT WITH THE
BABY.
Wong Chung, 50, fisherman, was charged before Mr. R. A. Ď. Forrest this morning, with ob- taining a credit, by fraud from the San Fa Chow Restaurant, No. 61, Island Road, yesterday.
Sergeant Estall told the Court that at about 10 p.m. last night, de- fendant and two others, went into the restaurant, and ordered a din- ner valued at $3.44. The other two went away. At 1 am, this morn- ing, when the shop was closing down, defendant was asked to pay the bill. He had no money In bit.