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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1940.
BRITAIN'S
REMINDER
Norwegian Foreign Minister's Memory Faulty
STRETCHING A POINT TO FIND COMMON GROUND
Washington, To-day. Commenting on the speeches of Herr Hitler and Mr. Chamber. lain, the "Washington Post" finds "some common ground" in Hitler's denial that he secka world domination and Mr. Chamberlain's denial that the Allies seek to encompass the da. struction of Germany.
It adds: "Mr. Chamberlain holds out to Germany a pledge of It will be Mr. co-operation. Welles' mission to find out if this to common ground is sufficient support a peace effort or whether the only alternative is to fight to the bitter end."-Reuter.
REPRESENTATIONS OF LAST SUMMER
London, To-day.
THE FOLLOWING OFFICIAL statement was issued in London to-day: "The attention of His Majes- ty's Government has been drawn to a sugges- tion made in a Norwegian newspaper that the statement in regard to the Altmark case made by Professor Koht, the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on February 20th was intention- ally given inadequate publicity in this country. The facts are that no steps were through territorial waters was to
Government to
that taken by H.M.
in-understood, "emphasising fluence the newspapers in any way ships must have the right to sail in with regard to the prominence to be Norwegian territorial waters as long given to this statement which was, in- as they desired without regard to the deed, published on February 21st in 24 hours limit." the Times in a conspicuous position.
NO FOUNDATION
be
war-
SAIGON RICE EXPORTS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Shanghai, To-day.
Local French authorities den. led reports of a prohibition of rice exports from Saigon. Fifty. five thousand tons were allowed to leave Indo-China eince Jan- uary & while the issue of export Ilcences are continuing.—Havas.
are not aware of any case in which it has been refused by neutrals to belli- gerents for this purpose."
RETRACTION
This passage was quoted in a state- ment issued by the Norwegian For~ eign Department on February 21.
The Norwegian Minister has now "In view of the tendencious com-
There is no foundation for such a conveyed to Lord Halifax a message ments which have been made on this statement.
from Professor Koht in which the point in certain quarters, H.M. Gov- The only observation dealing with latter spontaneously acknowledges his ernment And themselves constrained the right of passage in the communi- statement of February 20 was made to state that the account given by Pro-cation which was made to the Norwe- from memory and that he had been fessor Koht of the communication re- gian Government in Oslo on May 23rd. mistaken in saying that H.M. Govern- ceived by the Norwegian Government 1939, is as follows: "While His Ma-ment had made any reference to the from H. M. Government during the jesty's Government do not deny that 24-hour limit whatever. summer of 1939 was not accurate. there may, in special circumstances, "I should, therefore, be clearly un- According to "The Times" report, be a right to refuse belligerent war-derstood that the extract quoted Professor Koht stated that in the sum-ships entry into neutral territorial above represents the only statement mer of 1939, the British Government waters they have always maintained made to the Norwegian Government on this point asked the Norwegian Government hów and must continue to maintain the ex-by H.M. Government
to the present incident." the passage in the Norwegian neutral-istence of such a right of entry for the prior A few radio listeners inity regulations dealing with passage purpose of innocent passage and they British Wireless. Britain heard on Sunday a
"BRITISH" FREEDOM STATION
London, To-day.
pathetic attempt to pro- mote or provoke
feeling against the British Govern- ment.
A radio station, calling itself the "New British Broadcasting Station," with announcements in English, came on the air-but gave no indication of where it was located.
The announcer spoke "as one Bri- ion to another," and talked at some length about the "British war aims," his commentary being chiefly notable for the muddled views displayed.
The broadcast ended with the Na- tional Anthem.
A similar broadcast by a "station purporting to be a French station has also been heard.-Reuter.
SOMEWHERE ON CONTINENT
London, To-day.
that
com-
Post Office engineers belleve the "new British broadcasting pany," from which anti-British pto- paganda was heard on Sunday night, is a low-power station operating somewhere in a "distant part of the Continent."-Reuter.
SIR VICTOR UPSETS JAPANESE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE JAPAN. ESE EMBASSY BITTERLY REFER. RED TO THE "INGRATITUDE” OF SIR VICTOR
WELL- BASSOON, KNOWN LOCAL JEWISH BRITISH FINANCIER AT PRESENT TOURING IN THE UNITED STATES.
Sir Victor's recent statement to most the press at New York was unfavourable to Jupan in which he referred to internal division in Ja- China pan and concluded that the campaign was doomed to failure.
Local Jewish quarters generally acknowledge the Japanese helpful but attitude to the Jewish emigres some commentators take the view that the Japanese attitude was in- spired by a desire to
secure. the support of Jewish business magnates in the United States and, thereby, to increase the chances of the conclu- sion of a:: Japan-American - trade treaty,-Havas.
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were
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