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No. 30,719
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939
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ILLEGAL REFUGEE LANDING
Jerusalem, To-day.
Coast patrols yesterday arrest- ed near Haifa 720 Jews on board the British steamer Astir, who at- tempted to land illegally at var- ious places on the Palestine coast. The illegal, emigrants · were placed under police control at Haifa. Trans-Ocean.
Japanese Army's Stand
Tokyo, To-day.
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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
WORDS 1914
ALLIED PRESS
THREE-POINT
PRAISES LORD U.S. DEFENCE HALIFAX'S SPEECH PROGRAMME
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. ON THE EVE OF HIS RETIRE
London, To-day. MENT FROM THE POST OF CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL MALIN CRAIG RECOMMENDED
A THREE-POINT. DEFENCE PROGRAMME FOR THE UNIT-
ED STATES.
The programme includes creation of five small, seasoned hard-hitting rapidity against any enemy attacks
The speech of Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, yesterday on the political situation is given the utmost attention in the press this morning.. The speech is unanimously described as "an unmis-
takable expression of public opinion." The "Daily Herald," whose diplomatic correspon-divisions to strike with lightning
dent calls the speech "the gravest words of an English Minister since 1941," declares in an editorial that "the era of appeasement which should never have been inaugurated has now
to an e
end.”
come
With respect to the offer of and the long staying power new negotiations with Germany, Great Britain.
FINAL WARNING "Matin". calls the speech clear, final warning to all poten tial aggressors."
on the Western Hemisphere.
In order to expand the four partial divisions at present avail- able andradd a fifth General Craig
recommended that 1,800 officers and £8,000 men: should be added to the Army, note
Other points in the plan are that the Alaska-Hawaii-Panama- Puerto Rico outpost defence line should be prepared for instant action, and creation of a reserve- force large enough to expand existing land forces to 1,000,000 men. Reuter.
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THE parleys regarding the paper writes that such an Tientsin are expect-offer should have been made ed to open about July 6 years ago when Germany was Japanese newspapers report The "Daily Telegraph" com-
still-peaceful and democratic. that the Japanese Consul, Mr.
"L'Heure Nouvelle," which is Tanaka, a Japanese military re- Luther! Just as that reformer, the French Foreign Minister, re- pares Lord Halifax to Martin
closely associated with M. Bonnet, presentative and the British Con- the Foreign Secretary had made calls the British note on the can- the offer of “a strong and determin- sul at Tientsin, Major Guy clear that the position which had cellation of the Anglo-German Na-ed nation, fully conscious of Herbert, will negotiate "on the been taken would not be relin-val Agreement on Wednesday and responsibilities," which cherished spot" Tientsin issues in Tokyo. quished.
Sir Robert Craigie, the British
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Ambassador, and Mr. Sotomatsu Kato, representing the Foreign that it had been opposed to Bri- The "Daily Express" declares Minister, will simultaneously tish guarantees in Eastern Eu- take up the "basis of the China rope. Public opinion, however, issues, which have markedly had decided otherwise and Lord affected
Anglo-Japanese rela- Halifax had spoken for the peo-a Rolex wrist watch for navigational tions, thereby leading up to the
ple. Tientsin imbroglio," ·
· ARMY DETERMINATION In this connection the "Asahi Shimbun" asserts that the Jap- anese Army is determined to se
declares that the note contained
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At the same time, the "Daily press" repeats a demand for an ex- tension of military, service.
FRENCH VIEWS Meanwhile, Lord Halifax's speech cure Britain's abandonment of is given the greatest attention in its belligerency against Japan, Paris political quarters and the "based on re-brientation of Bri-French press... tain's basic policy and its sure concrete enforcement whole of North China."
NO PEACE STATEMENT IN
The semi-official "Petit Parisien" the writes that Great Britain has once Reu- more appealed: to Germany. - Last evening, Lord Halifax repeated the warning to Germany which was contained in Wedneïday's memo- randum.
Lord Halifax had warned all por tentional Tessors take into endous aug?
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