THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 23, 1940 ́
"SOFT-MINDED
PACIFISM
ON DECLINE”
MANIFESTO BY PROTESTANTS IN AMERICA
Washington, To-day.
SCOTLAND
YARD FILLS OLD BAILEY
London, To-day.
Exceptional precautions
81 DEAD IN GRENVILLE SINKING
London, To-day.
The Admiralty last night an nounced that the total casualties on H.M.8. Grenville, lost by enemy action la the North Sea, were 81.
There were no casualties among the officers; eight ratings were killed and 73 are missing, pre- sumeḍ dead.-Reuter.
NEUTRALITY WOULD BE
were taken when the I.R.A. DISASTER
bomb outrage were heard at sentences for the Coventry
Old Bailey yesterday.
Rarely have there been such measures in the history of the Law Courts.
CHRISTIANS IN NEUTRAL countries cannot re-appeals against the death
main neutral in the present international con- flicts, declares a manifesto issued by 33 promin- ent Protestant clergy and laymen. The manifesto says: Basic distinctions between civilisations in which justice and freedom are still realities and those in which they have been displaced by ruthless tyranny, cannot be ignor- ed.
RED ARMY MOVES OUT OF GALICIA
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Cernauti (Rumania),
To-day.
"The victory of the Allies and of China would not in itself assure the establishment of justice and
peace,
round the building and all entrances were watched, while the courtyards
A strong police cordon was thrown
were patrolled.
Two hundred police were on duty in every part of the building. A special guard was provided for the prisoners and five warders armed with revolvers were with them in the dock.
The hearing was adjourned until
but a victory for Germany, Russia to-day-Reuter.
and Japan would inevitably preclude justice, freedom of thought und wor- ship and that international co-opera- tion which is fundamental to Christian world order.
AMERICAN TASK ́
"The United States cannot hope to have a part in determining a just and stable peace unless during the con- flicts she proves herself alive to the Trustworthy sources an-deeper issues involved, is sympathetic nounce that two German re- and is prepared to make a contribu- giments are now at Lwow, in tion to a better future. the Soviet portion of Poland.
GILT-EDGED HIGHER
London, To-day.
CAPETOWN, TO-DAY.
IN A MESSAGE TO KURUMAN ELECTORS (WHERE A BYE-ELEC- TION IS PENDING) 'GENERAL WITH THE FEASIBILITY OF THE UNION RE-
SMUTS, DEALING MAINING NEUTRAL IN THE PRE-
SENT WAR, SAID:-
that neutrality would have struck the economic interest of this country and
"To me, it is as clear as daylight
would have been the cause of such ʼn racial conflict as would rend our people completely and for years to come."-British Wireless.
PALACE AND SAVINGS
London, To-day.
Speaking to the Westminster Na- tional Savings Committee, the "Tréa- sury Financial Secretary stated that Following a big accumulation of a special committee had been form- buying orders over the week-end, a ed in the Royal Household, with the sharp rise occurred in all British | King's approval, as part of the already Government stocks on the London existing National Savings, group. Stock Exchange.
They were led by the 3 per cent. War Loan which, after opening at ***That "cóntributiön" cannot be mere: 97%, rose to 98% sy in the terms of moral preachmente for the conduct of
German troops are sta- and lofty Ideals
other nations but rather of respon tioned throughout Galicia, ble national participation In the which so far had been occu- | tong and painful task of peaceful pied only by the Red Army.
Soviet troops are moving eastwards at the rate of three to six trains a day.
The transport of these troops is causing consider- able congestion of railway traffic.-Havas.
ANOTHER PROTEST TO NAZIS
· THE
AMSTERDAM, TO-DAY. NETHERLANDS GOVERN- MENT HAS AGAIN PROTESTED TO “BERLIN. AT ANOTHER AFFRONT
• "TO-HOLLAND'S. NEUTRALITY.
On Saturday morning, á German plane was seen over Utrecht and Southern Holland, as well as over the Hague. Dutch military machines went up in pursuit.
An unidentified 'plane flew over Holland from east to west yesterday afternoon and was : again seen over The Hague, Dutch fighter 'planes went up after it. — Reuter.
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eventually
reconstruction."
PACIFISM WANING
The "New York Herald-Tribune," which splashes the manifesto on Its in an editorial: front page, declares "The appeal is refreshing coniirma- tion of the fact that soft-minded pacifism is on the decline in the
United States."
Signatories of the manifesto In- clude the Presiding Bishop of the
Church, Protestant Episcopal
the President of Yale University and the President of Brown University. Reuter.
B.E F. OF 2,000,000
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"). London, To-tiny. -Sir Edward Gregg, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Informa- tion, in a speech at a dinner in hon- our of the French Military Attache stated that Britain will soon: hitvė 2, 000,000 men under arms.
الان
Referring to Mr. Hore-Bellsha's re- signation, he added
one Minister does not signify that there will be any slowing up in conscription.
-Hayas;
KING IN LONDON
His Majesty had provided the initial funds for this committee's work and both the King and Queen desire to -make-it as easy as possible-for-the-- The industrial market responded to staff of the Household to participate the gilt-edged rise, although business in the Savings movement.—British was on a small scale.-British Wireless. Wireless.
OFF THE RECORD
"It's time you
Here's Luck
women and quit hifchi
Bv Ed Reed'
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