THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 19, 1940
PROBLEM FOR IL DUCE Suspicion Of A Hitler Double-Cross
REDS TO BUILD A
VOROSHILOV LINE
Stockholm, To-day.
Martial law has been proclaim" ed in those parts of Finland at- ready occupied by the Russian troops. This follows closely ön the nowe that the entire Kare- llan lathmus and the area along Lake Ladoga is to be fortified with a "Voroshilov Line."-Reu-
ter.
ENDING OF A FEUD IN RUMANIA
London, To-day.
FIRST MEETING OF DICTATORS SINCE THE MUNICH DAYS
London, To-day.
DISCUSSING THE Mussolini-Hitler meeting, the diplomatic correspondent of the BBC said yes- terday that the meeting was a logical develop- ment of the Nazi trends in policy. Hitler is prob- ably trying:-
1.
2.
To exploit Italian support in a drive for peace on his own terms;
To reconciliate the Axis with the Berlin/Moscow alliance.
HELSINKI
CONFUSION
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Helsinki, To-day.
There is great confusion in Hal- sinkl at the moment, for the hun- dreds who evacuated during the war have returned en masse and are being Joined by almost all of the evacuees from the coded
areas.
The municipal authorities are faced with the problem of feed- ing a great many more mouths than usual. Little by little, how- ever, the situation will be ironed out, it is hoped.—Havas. ·
RUMOUR
The meeting is particularly significant in view of the fact that Mr. Sumner Welles has just returned to Rome. His postponed departure gives Mus- BUSY OVER
WELLES
defined the principles of Germany's. VISITS
attitude in the present conflict.
solini time, should he so desire, to see him again following the Brenner Pass confab. Evidently, the Nazis are trying to Reichstag speech on October 6, 1939, The reconciliation between
more the Rumanian Government get their case presented in a
favourable light to Mr. Welles than and the members of the "Iron they themselves were able to manage Guard" was the subject of in Berlin direct. comment by "The Times" yesterday.
The news seems to have been re- ceived in Germany as an indication of an approaching change in Rumanian foreign policy. This is not justified by the facts, says "The Times."
"This, the last word of the Fuehrer, was brutally rejected by the pluto- cratic spokesmen of the enemy, who at the same time set up criminal war the situation aims. Since that time
In any event, the Italian radio has been at pains recently to show that Italy has no intention of dropping her policy of "non-belligerence" for between the Western Powers and the It is gen-Reich they attacked has become com- the moment, at any rate.
Italy would pletely clear." Reuter. erally recognised that be glad to see an early peace, but Mussolini is too much of a realist to believe that peace can be reached on Hitler's preposterous terms.
Although the Iron Guard before the war were certainly in close touch
NAZI THREATS with the Nazis, there is no indica- tion that the clemency now extended
Roosevelt's speech on Saturday, in is anything more than internal ap-
which he stressed the rights of small Members are only par- peasement,
nations, is also another Indication to doned as individuals and there may be nothing more in it than the end-Hitler about the impossibility of
peace on his terms. ing of a feud and the strengthening of national unity. Reuter.
OIL FOR GERMANY
Sofa, To-day. reaches of the
The Bulgarian Danube are now ice free.
Ten thousand tons of Rumanian and Soviet oil for Germany, which was recently held up at Varna, is now being transferred for transport to its destination.-Reuter.
COMING SOON
TO THE
KING'S
ONE OF THE TEN BEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR!
GREATEST OF ALL CAPRA PICTURES!
FRANK CAPRA'S* Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Jean ARTHUR STEWART WHS CLAUDE RAJIN - EDWARD ARNOLD GUY. HOMAS AUTCHELL HEULAN BORDI. Directed by FRANK CAPRA • Scran play by SIDNEY BUCHMAN A COLUMBJA PICTURE,
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On the other side of the picture, if the Nazis are suggesting threats the peace offensive does not succeed. get Nazi hints that Germany may Italian military support are not taken very seriously, but there is the ques- tion of a partnership in South-East Europe.
The Nazis here adopted two lines, apparently. First, they have no doubt tried to persuade Italy that the at- tachment to Russia is only loose and
temporary.
A DOUBLE-CROSS
If that does not convince the Ita- lians very much, the Nazis will then try to persuade Italy that Russian influence in the Balkans can best be nullified by a guarantee to Rumania or any other move to indicate their joint opposition to Russian influence there.
Mussolini must, therefore, make up his mind whether Hitler is trying to double-cross him
Stalin. Reuter.
or
Statement In Berlin
MEETING IN A BLIZZARD
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ROME. TO-DAY. MR. SUMNER WELLES WAS RE- CEIVED IN AUDIENCE BY THE POPE. YESTERDAY MORNING.
The audience lasted an hour, and Mr. Welles, who was accompanied
· Brenner Pass, To-day. The Hitler-Mussolini talk lasted for by Mr. Myron Taylor, President the 2 hours 50 minutes, while a blizzard | Roosevelt's personal delegate to
Vatican, was received with the usual |:raged outside. They then had
quick lunch together after which the elaborate ceremonial. two dictators left for their respective capitals in bullet-proof trains.
Mussolini was due to arrive in Rome late last night.-Reuter.
After the talk with the Pone, Mr. Welles remained closeted with Car- | dinal Maglione, the Vatican Secretary of State, for half an hour.-Havas.
RUMOUR BUSY
FIRST SINCE MUNICH (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rome, To-day.
Rome, To-day. Having seen the King of Italy, The Italian press features `yester-
Sumner Welles was originally ex- days. Brenner talka under banner Mussolini. Ciano and the Pope, Mr. headlines.
"Popolo di Roma" states the con- pected to return to America, yester-
most important day. versations are the
The same newspaper points out it event of the month.
and Hitler since the fateful Munich is the first meeting between the Duce
days.
The conversations lasted an hour and a half and were followed by a rapid lunch, after which Hitler and his suite left by train for Berlin.
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Five minutes later, at 1.13 p.m., the Italian statesmen returned Rome-Havas,,
Balkan Bloc Discussed? Rome, To-day. The theory that Hitler and Musso- Iini discussed German-Russian- Italian Balkan bloc for keeping the
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This was postponed to to-morrow at the last moment, and. not unna- sociating the Mussolini-Hitler meet- turally this has started rumours as- ing with Mr. Welles' delayed depar ture. "Peace offensive" rumours are similarly current. Reuter.
AWARDS TO WORKMEN
PLEMENT
LONDON, TO-DAY.
AN INCREASE IN WORKMEN'S Balkans and Danubian Europe de- COMPENSATION WAS ANNOUNC- finitely out of the war, le gaining ED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AFTERNOON. SIR Berlin, To-day. ground, and political observers tend | YESTERDAY While noting that no details of the to combine this initiative with the JOHN ANDERSON SAID THAT THE Brenner conversations have been ob-peace treaty between, Finland and GOVERNMENT PROPOSED TO SUP- tainable in German, the German news Russia and the firm position of the agency states: "It is merely pointed scandinavian countries as neutrals. - out that the discussion showed the Reuter, firmness of the common. basis of German-Italian co-operation.....
"The hope of the Western- Powers that Germany and Italy would ever be separated from their common basis must be considered foolish, in view of this fact.Me
DISASTER IN DANUBE
The agency adds: "It may be em- REGIONot ba
phasised that at to-day's conversation- all the foremost problems of the day were discussed; in a spirit of frankda ness, which I attár-of
ALT WORD
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• COMPENSATION IN CASE OF COMPLETE DISABLE- MENT BY 57- FOR A WIFE · AND 3/- FOR EACH CHILD UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE.
There will also be an increased scale in cases of partial disablement, It is a temporary scheme for meet- ing cases of hardship. A Royal Com- mission is now sitting to consider
Reuter. workmen's compensation.
pulation in large areas to evacuate immediately.
The Budapest-Trieste und Buda-- #peat-Zagreb railw have been dis....
rupted.
The umber of victims
Hayas.
CROFT BUDAPEST, TO-DAY, THE FLOODING" OF REGIONS: IN. THE DANUBE AREA HAS BE
ROPORTIONS OF DISASTER/ The river rose no less than - Hitler's | metrès vasterday,
out in-Bar" ED
still do
s-not-yet.