THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 9, 1940.
BRITAIN'S
INVASION
TERMS FOR RUMOURS
SOVIET
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~LONDON, TO-DAY.
PRIOR TO ENTERING ON TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. WITH MOSCOW, BRITAIN WANTS TO BE CON- VINCED THAT ANY EVENTUAL
AGREEMENT WILL NOT BENEFIT GERMANY, EVEN INDIRECTLY SUCH, ACCORDİNG TO WELL-IN- FORMED SOURCES, WAS THE GIST OF A COMMUNICATION MADE BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, LORD HALIFAX, TO M. IVAN MAISKY WHEN THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR CALLED ON HIM YESTERDAY.
Semi-official comment is limited to an affirmation that Lord Halifax handed to M. Maisky British remarks in connexion with the recent Soviet
Note and asked for an explanation of certain points..
Quarters with an extremely good knowledge of the situation assert Lord Halifax made it clear Britain cannot be satisfied with the Russian assertion that British goods sent to Russia will
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盅 WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. THE STATE AND WAR DEPART- MENTS DENIED HAVING ANY IN- FORMATION REGARDING THE RE- PORT PUBLISHED IN NEW YORK THAT GERMAN TROOPS HAVE IN- VADED HOLLAND.
columns were advancing into Holland The report stated that' two German
from Bremen and Dusseldorf.
M. Alexander London, Dutch Min- ister in Washington, also denied hav- Ing any information. He confirmed that he had
with been entrusted Dutch Interests abroad in the event, of war breaking out with Germany.: He specified that he was instructed to pay the expenses of all Dutch dl- plomatic and consular offices abroad.
A spokesman of the Netherlands Legation said that this measure was
proof of Holland's determination fight, if attacked.-Havas.
SYNTHETIC
not be re-exported to the Reich, but PETROL
also wishes a guarantee these goods will not serve to replace Russian goods thus liberated for export to Germany.
Havas.
NAZI-RUN SWEDISH SHIP SUNK
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Chengtu, To-day.
to
The construction of a new plant for manufacturing a synthetic gaso- line. named natalite is proceeding near Kunming, the Finance and Commerce Chengtu correspondent reports. Na- talite is a combination of alcohol and ether.
The National Resources Commis-
have been operating. for some time.
Besides forming lawyers, doctors,
etc., the National Yunnan University also assists in developing large
Stockholm, To-day. sion will manage the new plant toge- According to reports reach-ther with two alcohol factories which ing here, the Swedish ship Monark has been torpedoed off Stavanger by a British submarine while the Ger- mans were trying to use it in Norwegian waters.
The submarine is said to have. given
perimental farms
mow.
ex-
covering 10.000
All alcohol factories are controll- ed by the Liquid and Fuel Board which acts also in the ration of oil
those on board time to get away safely consumption in the interior. Havas.
in lifeboats. Five Germans were cap-. tured, but six others managed to get away and have now reached Bergen.
The ship was docked at Bergen when the Nazis invaded Norway. Havas.
*** A vessel of 1,816 tons, the Monark (ex Helgoey, ex Freda) was built in 1914 and owned by Rederi A/B Monark (Arnold de Champs.)
U.S. TIN LOAN TO
POPE LOSING
PEACE HOPE
Vatican City, To-day. The possibility of the war spreading to other countries was referred to by the Pope in an address to several thou-
NETHERLANDS MOOTED sand newly-married couples
Washington, To-day. The possibility of building up tin reserves in the United States by means of a Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion loan to Holland, is being consider ed by officials of the State, Navy and War Departments.
The plan would involve a loan of about $50,000,000 as security for which the Dutch would store about 50,000 tons of tin in the United States.
The suggestion has not yet reached the stage of a formal proposal.-Reu-
ter.
at the Vatican yesterday.
His Holiness declared: "If human efforts do not now seem strong enough to secure the prompt re-establishment of a just, loyal and lasting peace, men can still pray for Divine intervention to unite once again in peace their children who have been, so cruelly divided.” Reuter,
POMALA
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Berlin, To-day.. A British pursuit 'plane has been shot down near Narvik, according to the German High CommandHavas.
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