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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1940:
PACKARD CAR CLUE TO SHANGHAI KIDNAPPING MYSTERY
(from our own correSPONDENT)
Shanghai, To-day. THE KIDNAPPING OF MR. Yoong Er-zung, manager of the Sung Sing cotton mills, on May 2, developed further yesterday when the Packard car in which Yoong was driving to office when he was seized, was found aban- doned in Ward Road..
Complete mystery still surrounds Yoong's fate; his family have not received news from him since his disappear- ance a week ago.
Neither Yoong nor his captors has made any move to communicate with the family, and the police are con- tinuing their enquiries,
ROOSEVELT
MESSAGE
Meanwhile, Vong Chia-chang and Lee Tee-doong, officials of the Nan- yang Brothers Tobacco Company who were kidnapped a week ago, Toros Fr were released by their captors yea- terday morning.
They had been detained for a week in a small straw hut in the western, district by a group of loafers who de- manded money. “
The victims refused to write to their families for ransom, saying they had no money anyway, whereupon the kidnappers became fed up and released the men.
Another Kidnapping Meanwhile another kidnapping was
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(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") -New York, To-day.
A mediation offer is con- tained in a personal letter added to the long series of such affairs from President Roosevelt to yesterday when a prominent cotton Mussolini, says the Rome cor- hong manager was whisked away respondent of the "New York when leaving his Yu Yuen Road home.
Times." No news has yet been received from him.Our Own Correspondènt.
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Amsterdam, To-day.
The American Ambassador in Rome, Mr. William Phillips, delivered the letter.
the
After reading the document, correspondent says, Mussolini told Mr. Phillips he appreciated the ges- ture but regretted the time was not favourable.
He could not conceive of any pos- sible basis for negotiations.
At the end of the conversation Mus- solini told Mr. Phillips he would re- ply personally. Havas.
Complete Denial (SPECIAL TO “CHINA: MAIL") -
Washington, To-day.
The White House categorically den- ies press reports that the Ambassador
President Roosevelt's offer of joint
European conflict-Havas,
An official denial that in Rome has transmitted to Mussolini Holland is negotiating American-Italian mediation in the with Germany or any other country was given to Reuter last night.
The denial referred to rumours pu- blished abroad that following German demands, Holland had sent emissaries ta Berlin,
ALLIED MANIFESTO
London, To-day. Copies of a manifesto to the chil- dren of France and Britain signed by Lord de la Warr and M. Sarraut have been distributed to 23,000 schools In England and Wales and about 85,000 in France.
It was reiterated last night that Holland's defensive pre parations. were being taken in view of the International situa- tion and not as the result of any demands made upon her. Reuter.
EASING SITUATION
Amsterdam, To-day. Normal passenger traffic on
The manifesto, which appears in Dutch railways will be, resumed on both languages, speaks of the com- Saturday,This is regarded as in-radeship of the French and British dicating the easing of the situation.-peoples and stresses the unity exist- Reuter.
all
Defence System Ready
Amsterdam, T To-day. The whole defence system of Hol- land is now ready for immediate ac- tion.
In addition
to aerodromes, wide roads and other spaces have been made useless.....as landing...fields for enemy aeroplanes. There has, however, been some relaxation in the railway res- trictionsRouter.
ing between the two countries. "We no longer think of one another ag speaking a different language and separated by a narrow strip of sea. In the face of the common danger we are as one people":
The manifesto concludes with an appeal to the children of both coun- tries to find out more and more about each other's lives, literature and cul- ture-British Wireless.
M. C. FOR ACTION ON N. W. FRONTIER
NEW MINEFIELD AT STOCKHOLM
London, To-day. Lieutenant F. W. MacDonald Quig- Stockholm, To-dayley, of the Indian Army, has been The Swedish press yesterday pu- awarded the Military Cross for gal- blished a chart showing the location of lantry in action against hostile tribes the new minefield laid outside Stock- on the North-West Frontier in March. holm harbour Reuter,
Reuter.
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