THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 18, 1939.
SIEGFRIED LINE SUFFERS IN
HEAVY SHELLFIRE
Paris, To-day.
Results of the shelling of the Siegfried Line, shown by photographs before and after the bombardment, are most satisfactory.
French aircraft have been actively bombing the German positions and com- munications behind.
Photos taken from the air of the Siegfried Line before and after the French bombardment show that many of the forts had been hurriedly constructed from: inferior concrete and have been badly affected by the shelling and bombing. Reuter.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK ON THE EFFECT OF EUROPEAN WAR ON CHINA: POLICY FIXED
Chungking, To-day.
A FULLY PACKED COUNCIL yesterday heard Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek interpreting the European war situation in relation to China's war of resistance, in a momentous address be- fore the fourth plenary session of the People's Political Council on September 9.
GERMAN TRADE WITH RUMANIA
Bucharest, To-day.
Dr. Clodius, Chief Economic Secretary to the German Foreign Office, has arrived to discuss German-Rumanian
commerciat arrangements.
Emphasising that the visit was not conceṛhad with the War, Dr. Clodius said that the existing ar- rangements expire on October 1 and it is necessary to fix how quotas. Reuter.
NO EASY WAY
|BRITISH AS SHIP RUNS GAUNTLET IN BALTIC
The outbreak of the European war gave added im- petus to the Chinese spirit of resistance, Gener- alissimo déclared. They must now realise that they were destined to play a greater part in the construction of world peace, and that their vic- tory must prove a greater contribution to the making of a new world in a great age. The important inimeulate tasks of international pacts; third, non-partici- the beginning of the war. Ample re- the Council, of which the Generalis-pation in the anti-Comintern pact, and serves are, moreover, available for the simo is the chairman, he said, must fourth, an independent and unham-replerfishment of ammunition supplies. be, keyed to a three-fold programme: pered foreign policy, based entirely on centralization of talent to hasten the nation's reconstruction, strengthening of its military force to realise final victory, and a close watch on the in- ternational situation to promote China's wartime foreign policy.
Generalissimo Chiang declared that the Western War was entirely induced by the Eastern War and that the Sino- Japanese war now remains the most important world problem to-day. China, with one fourth of the world's entire population, could not forget her heavy responsibility to perman- ent world peace and justice.
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FOUR PRINCIPLES China's policy, the Council told, had been built upon four princi- ples since the Japanese invasion Manchuria in September 18, 1931. These were first, resistance to Ja- panese aggression and maintenance of China's sovereignty and territorial in- tegrity, second, faithful adherence to
the interests of her war of resistance and her national standpoint.
London, To-day.
The British collier "Bram- hill," which first came into the public eye during the Spanish war, when, under the command of Capt. "Potato”. Jones she ran the Franco- blockade, has run the gaunt-- let of the German fleet and minefields in the Baltic.
The Bramhill arrived at a home port to-day, with a cargo of wood' pulp for some paper mills.
Captain Parker, who was First Mate under Capt. Jones, refused to reveal the port from which the Bram-- hill had left.
The crew were equally uncommu-- nicative, though one of the men said:: "It was an exciting voyage."-Reuter-
LOYALTY OF COLONIES
London, To-day.
The King, through the Secretary for 2 the Colonies, has commanded an ex- pression be conveyed to the House of Assembly in the Bahamas of the deep appreciation of the assurance of loyal--- ty from his subjects în Bahamas im
whom, at all times, His Majesty has. the full confidence.
The King has also signilled his ap- preciation to the Legislative Council of Seychelles of their loyal message. -British Wireless.
LEPERS AT LARGE
Three lepers escaped from the Le-
The Generalissimo warned that the steadily weakening. position of the Throughout these eight years, the Japanese did not mean that China's National Government had never side- future course would be easy sailing. stepped this policy, which would re- On the contrary, more difficulties and per Asylum at Kennedy Town on main unchanged no matter what dan-dangers are to be met if the Chinese Saturday night. gers and difficulties, might develop or arty is to break through the last All police stations were notified and what change the international situation Japanese efforts. All should do their in spite of all efforts made yesterday may undergo. China would achieve best to strengthen the military, poli-to locate the three men, they her final goal of shattering Japanese tical and economic position in order not yet been traced. aggression and realising national re-
to prepare for the hurdle. juvenation.
ARMY DOUBLED
Regarding national reconstruction, the Generalissimo said that effort have been centred on the re-building of Szechwan and Sikang,
Militarlly, the Generalissimo said that during the last six months, the only Japanese gain was Nanchang, while the enemy had lost heavily in other places, for example in Shansi and north Hopeh.
He was able to report that China's military strength was double that at
A BATTERY OF FRENCH "BEVENTY-FIVES” IN ACTION.
Concluding the Generalissimo touch-
have
THETYPHOON
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of the Japanese puppet-managers and ed on the shady political manoeuvrings 10
said their designs were doomed to miserable failure. 'China's enemy, hel The Royal Observatory reports that declared, was Japan, and anybody a moderate. anticyclone covers acting under the orders of Japan must Yangtze Valley and a ridge of high be deemed as no longer enjoying Chin-pressure extends from it to the Bonin ese nationality. Hundreds of puppet Islands, A trough of low pressure. governments may appear and disap-extends from Indo-China, to the Ma-- pear, and hundreds of spurious trea-rina Islands. There are still Indica- ties may be made and unmade, but tions of a depression to the north of they will not affect by one jota China's Yap. resistance.-Central News.
FIRST FORTNIGHT OF FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN FRONT
Paris, To-day.
A SEMI-OFFICIAL SURVEY of the situation on the West-
ern Front at the end of the first fortnight of the war, has been issued by Havas.
It says: "On one hand the mobilisation of French troops is: now complete and they are making progress 20 kilo-- metres in front of the Maginot Line on the entire front between the Rhine and the Moselle, penetrating every- where into German territory, while ensuring the abso lute integrity of French territory.
"On the other hand the epamy, situation on the Eastern Front and is- firmly entrenched in a series of poll- now launching movements of troops. tions on Stegfried Ling front posts from the Best to the West, including which he is defending step by step, certain important units, and a section is beginning to benefit
the of the Air Force,”5-1