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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 16, 1940
MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION
MR. HORE-BELISHA
understanding between the two would be, and whether or not again at some Herr Hitler's time, when it suited plans Italy would be thrown over- The board as it was last August. chances are that Il Duce is far too sagacious a statesman to place great reliance in any assurances
any he
rela-
Apart from a very small- and con- sequently insignificant section of the British public, there exists in Britain an almost unanimous determination to see the war through. Whatever may be other nations' opinions regarding the justice of the British cause, there may receive from Herr Hitler for the
the strengthening of Italo-German can be little doubt that within British Isles, the conviction of the in- tionships. If, as it is suggested, Herr trinsic righteousness of Britain's war Hitler may ultimately yield to pres- policy is deep-seated and unwavering. sure and get rid of Herr Joachim von Germany However, this overwhelming de Ribbentrop who procured termination on the part of the British so bad a bargain from Russia, he will people to carry on the war until vic- be freed from a man who has proved tory or death does not mean that there to be his evil genius, but even that are no sharp differences of views re- would not be going so far as Il Duce garding how this war should be con- would appear to require.-"N. C. D. ducted. The resignation of Mr. Hore- Belisha is merely a manifestation of these differences.
News."
FINAL WITNESS
During his tenure of office as the head of the British War Office, Mr. Hore-Belisha has done remarkable A French Government Yellow Book work in strengthening Britain's fight- completes the evidence about the ori- ing forces. He has had to put his re- gins of the war. The British diplomatic forms into effect literally at a forced documents already published are now pace and against time because paralleled with an exactly similar ex- throughout his tenure, war and
a perience on the part of French diplo- "Paroles d'Hon- pitiful state of unpreparedness were macy. The famous staring Britain grimly in the face. neur" which constituted the smoke- Like all men who were compelled to screen of the Hitler-Ribbentrop diplo-
are catalogued do drastic things in order to achieve matic technique results, Leslie Hore-Belisha has un- their ugly crudity. The text is repro- doubtedly stepped on the toes of many duced, without comment (for to com- a British Army professional. It was ment would be to help the sun with a apparently this constant friction be- candle), of the German undertaking to tween the generals and the "human respect Austrian sovereignty; to re- dynamo" in the British War Office spect Czecho-Slovak sovereignty; to which brought about the resignation respect Polish sovereignty. The dis- of Mr. Hore-Belisha. "China tinctive feature of Germany's contri- Press,"
in
bution to the contemporary phase of diplomatic history is that she placed IL DUCE AND GERMANY on record, in writing, the specific The statement made by the diplo "words of honour" which she then matic editor of "Reynold's News" to with equal openness proceeded to dis- the effect that Signor Mussolini had honour. Herr Hitler, Herr von Rib- warned Herr Hiller that if an Italian bentrop, Field-Marshal Goering, Herr each contribute over peace plan were rejected by the Allies; von Neurath, he would not continue to support Ger- their solemn signature to this historic many morally unless she broke off record of high diplomacy conducted of deliberate, docu- completely from Soviet Russia, is in- by the method teresting if true. It is most certainly mented lying. M. Francois-Poncet and not an improbable story, for it has M. Coulondre, with cold detachment, been apparent all along that Il Duce publish the sordid texts-"The Ob- has watched the increasing under- server." standing between the Reich and the Soviet with considerable anxiety, and dislike. What is unlikely is that Herr Hitler will be willing to make such a
The exultant foulness that marks complete volte face as it is reported the course of German warfare by land. Signor Mussolini desires, for it would and sea has
be
an admission
Д
of his earlier mis- take, and Dictators cannot admit that they are not in- fallible. At the very best this Reich-Soviet un- derstanding is most uneasy af- fair, and endowed with .no profit whatever for Ger- many. What sup- plies Russia could have given Ger- many are now re- quired in order to support the In- of Fin- land, the Kremlin finding that it has got @ man-sized its instead of the easy task It
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This war in Europe is more than the traditional struggle in power politics, or -so-called im- perlailem. It is a struggle be- tween two "ways of lifa," which will reveal themselves in every political, economic, and cultural phase of human activity. Should the Nazi regime win this war, it can only be presumed that the German people · generally would de little to prevent the ideas upon which Western civilization: rests with from being, overwhelmed: the result that justice, Individual liberty and equality would be threatened
disappearance with from the continent and Europe would be plunged back into the Dark Ages.-M. R. Shapley.
on the impressed
Dominions that ci- vilization itself, in-.
cluding their own share in it, is at stake, and awa- kened all the in- stincts of self-pre- servation. And, since that is so, they feel that their honour demands contribution of their blood as well as of their resour- ces to # cause that involves their
The
own future as much as that of the 'European Allies. Dominion Governments have by been impelled the insistence of
their own peoples
to expand their
organisation of man-power for im mediate fighting purposes than they originally intended.
was originally expected the conquest war programmes by a much greater of Finland would be. Militarily Russia must be a keen disappointment. for the for Der Fuehrer,"
We all recollect what the free peo- Soviet armies have completely failed ples of the Empire aid before, and to- to distinguish themselves in anything day they take the same course with a stil deeper sense of occasion and with but defest, and the manner in which infinitely greater resources at their they have been dealt with by the disposal. With the attainment of Finns must cause a very considerable their full nationhood they have. revision of opinion in Berlini sail to the achieved a rapid growth in economie. benefits which may be derived from * self-reliance and industrial power. ve advariced" also in the arts military alliance with that country. It
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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 16, 1940
NAZI U-BOAT TORPEDOES DUTCH SHIP: WELL-KNOWN ON FAR EAST RUN
Amsterdam, To-day.
JOB FOR
THE 8,000-TON DUTCH steamer Arendskerk, THE CHINA
bound for South Africa from Antwerp, was tor-
pedoed by a German submarine in the Bay of SQUADRON?
Biscay, 100 miles off Ushant, yesterday.
The ship sank immediately, but the Italian steamer Fedora saved all the crew of 65; there were no
passengers.
the
Captain Wikneer, of the Arendskerk, has telegraphed his company, United Netherlands Company, of The Hague, that the ship was torpedoed after being searched.
Of the crew, 28 are Europeans and the remainder British Indians.
DUTCH INDIGNATION
The vessel was carrying 4,000 tons of cargo, consisting of neutral piece- goods.
There was very great indignation in Dutch shipping circles when the first news arrived.
Further details are being awaited before any definite opinion is officially voiced. Reuter.
The Arendskerk, which flew the
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Holland-East Asia Line house-flag when she was out here, was on the Antwerp Amsterdam Rotterdam Genoa-Hong Kong-Shanghai run, local agents for which are the Java- China-Japan Line. Together with the Grootekerk, Abbekerk, Meerkerk and Ouderkerk, she maintained a reliable and popular cargo service, the black funnel with thin red band being a familiar sight in the harbours of the Far East.
LAUNCHED IN 1914
Launched in 1914 at Rostock, the Arendskerk (ex St. Alban's Abbey ex Tolmes) was classed A-1 at Lloyds. With a gross tonnage of 7,390 and a net tonnage of 4,566, she was 474 feet long, with a breadth of 61 feet and a depth of 29 feet.
She had two decks and a shelter deck, while there was a third deck
R.A.F. CAN
STOP AIR BLITZKRIEG
Paris, To-day.
The possibility of the Ger- mans running supplies across the Pacific to Vladivostok and
RESULT OF R.A.F. FLIGHT?