SO WHAT?
Propaganda takes a new form In the circulation throughout Shanghai and Hong Kong of a document, to which some public. ity has already been given, ex- tending an Invitation to leading residents (and their ladles) to a reception and ball at the Repulse Bay Hotel "on the occasion of the formal signing of the agree- ment between China and Great Britain whereby the retrocessión. of Hong Kong becomes an accom. plished fact.”
First Impression of the docu- ment is that it is an elaborate Teg-pull. It is, however, appar. ent on examination that a deep- er purpose has motivated its cir. culation.
While the office of "Retroces- alon Commissioner for the Inter- national Bottlement of Shanghal and for Hong Kong and Kowloon" may be regarded as somewhat in the nature of а sinecure, the postmark shows that the "Invita- tlon" received by the Editor of the "China Mail” (and Hle Lady) was despatched from Nanking.
18 NATIONS RESPOND
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Geneva, To-day. States which have answered Gene- va's appeal to help Finland now num- ber 18, of which 10 are
American countries.
SINKING
OF DUNBAR CASTLE
London, To-day. Describing the sinking of
the Dunbar Castle, one pas-
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All the ship's lights went out, and the children asked him:-"Is it а blackout already?"
They went up on deck and found | everything most orderly. Passengers were getting into the boats without any signs of panic. All passengers| got off safely.-Reuter.
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS
London, To-day, Three of the survivors of the treat- Oakgrove required hospital ment.
were busy British naval vessels hunting In the North Sea yesterday mined for further survivors of the liner Dunbar Castle. According to the latest reports, all but two of the ship's crew have been rescued. Reuter.
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London, To-day. Additional details of the North Sea air battle disclose that twin- engined 'multi-gun Messersch- midts, Germany's latest and fas- test fighter, diving with the ad- vantage of the sun behind them, were unable to shake the British bomber formation.
The clash occurred some 200 miles from the English coast.
The British planes met the chal- lenge of the faster Nazi machines by bringing the concentrated fire of several aircraft to bear on the diving enemy fighters.
Even the heaviest close-range attacks were successfully beaten off by the British, keeping "should- er to shoulder" in tight formation. One British plane was hit in the first attack and dropped astern. A second attack was immediately launched on this plane, which was seen to fall into the sea,
The score was evened up a few minutes later when an enemy fighter crashed Into the sea, fling. ing a great column of spray into the air.
At least two other Messersch- midts were damaged but were not seen to crash, and it is as- sumed that it was one of these which later made a forced land- ing in Denmark,
The action was finally broken off by the enemy and the British formation pressed their recon- naissance a further 130 miles, al- though several of the British flerce planes bore signs of the combat in which they had parti- cipated. Reuter,
The products of 61 additional factories in Japanese "occupied" China, including Shanghai, Tien- tsin, Tsingtao, and Pelping, have -been--prohibited-in-"Free"-China, according to an official announce- ment by the local office of the Chinese Maritime Customs.
This brings the total to over 100.
announced
The Customs also this morning that foreigners travelling into China will in fu- ture have to declare the amount of jewellery carried. Details will be noted on their passports other documents, the main ob- ject being to prevent the smug- gling of gold out of the country.
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Bartley (West Va.), To-day. Eighty-five men are trapped in a coal-mine here following an explosion. Two others are known to have been killed. Reuter.
BIRTH.
FISHER-TO Kathleen, wife of A. L. Fisher, at the War Memorial Hos- pital on 11th January, 1940, a daughter.
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Copenhagen, To-day. Wreckage, believed to be from a German war- . ship struck by a mine, has been washed up at Esjberg-Reuter.
London, To-day.
Rome Radlo, in a broadcast to New York, states that italy has agreed to send military ald to Hungary in the event of her being threatened by a Soviet invasion.
The broadcast added that Hun- gary had agreed to shelve for the present her claims on Transsyl vania (Rumania) in view of the more Immediate concern of the Bolshevik menace, but this men. ace is not acute as long as Fin- land holds, out. Reuter.
Copenhagen, To-day.
The German plane which was forced down at Toendar, in Den- mark, last evening, is stated not to have been connected with yesterday's North Sea air battle.
Reuter,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]
Shanghai, To-day.
The Eckford case was adjourn- ed for an. hour this morning while the jury inspected the blockhouse where the shooting occurred.
Upon the jury's return the fore- man asked that several passages He from the evidence be read. also requested that Private Stirling be recalled, but on being given the detalls required, said this was un- necessary.
The Crown Advocate summed up for 45 minutes. He said there could be no doubt that Eckford shot Davis but the real point for the Crown was to show that the killing was intentional. ~
Subsequently he detailed corro- boration of various evidence show- ing the killing was intentional. It was not the duty of the Crown, he said, to show the motive for the murder but merely to esta- blish the fact_of_murder.
He pointed out that at no time had accused said the shooting was an accident, merely confining him- self to stating "I killed him." It was difficult to doubt that from the time the rife was loaded, accused Intended to kill Davis.
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The Crown Advocate told jury that they had two duties, first to ascertain whether it was mur- der, and the second their duty to- wards the public.
Defending counsel pointed out the responsibilities for the jury. He said there was no doubt that Davis was killed by a rifle held by Eckford, but the shooting was unintentional and unpremedated. of He dwelt on the unreliability
and Privates Sullivan, Northrop Stirling as witnesses. Their men- tal standard, he said, was not high. Eckford, counsel maintain- ed, was calm after the shooting because the shot had sobered him up after seven bottles of beer.
The case was adjourned at i
and. p.m. to 2.30. The verdict judgment are expected late this afternoon-Our Own Correspon-
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