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BRITAIN WITH ITS COAT OFF
London, To-day.
"The Times" emphasises the importance of Labour joining the Government.
**The Labour leaders now occupy
key positions that will enable a great contribution to the prosecution of the war to be made under direct Labour leadership.
ALLIES POURING INTO BELGIUM
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Brussels, To-day.
Large Anglo-French rein- forcements and quantities of material have been flow- ing into Belgian territory for the past 48 hours.
The resistance of the Belgian troops has allowed the Allies to operate their "Mr. Morrison and Mr. Bevin will junction in good condition and rein-, know the necessity for oreating an force themselves on strong positions. Industrial labour force equal to the It is believed a formidable Allied Increasing demands of the three counter-offensive will take place in fighting Services and simultaneously which all the arms accumulated by raising them to the necessary the Allies and Belgians will be used. strength in numbers and the highest-Havas. officiency In arms and equipment.. "The lives of our men and victory itself is largely in the hands of the men and women in workshops."
The "Daily Mail" says: "Industrial Britain has taken its coat off."-Reu- ter.
DIRECTED PRIMARILY AGAINST BRITAIN (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") London, To-day.
In the opinion of British military circles, the drive through Belgium and Holland is primarily directed against Britain, rather than France.
Mass air raids are anticipated as soon as the situation in Belgium per- mits release of planes.
The next, two or three days will be most critical.-Havas.
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BELGIAN
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(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Shanghai, To-day.
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London, To-day. "We had decided to defend the country to the utmost but I, who have received all reports, know the utmost was reached to-day," said the Dutch Commander-in-Chief confirming in a radio broadcast his orders to the army
in-
Baron Guillaume, the Belgian Am-to lay down arms.
"Our soldiers fought with bassador to China, has appealed to all Belgians and friends of the Bel-comparable courage but the fight was gian people to help the Belgian Red too unequal and they have fallen in Cross in the present tragical circum- tens of thousands.
"The air force was so diminished it stances, when funds are urgently need- |-
incapable of supporting the ed for helping thousands of innocent was
Other means of civilians, women and children, victims troops any longer.
air defence had little effect and con- of aggression.
Contributions may be forwarded to sequently the soldiers were exposed to the Belgian Embassy to China, 1300 destruction, as were civilians, includ- Rue Lafayette, Shanghai, or to bran-ing women and children, who fell vic- ches of the Banque Belge pour Etran-tims to warplanes. ger, for account of the Red Cross, or to Belgian consulates-Havas.
ECUADOR PANAMAS
FOR MEN
London, To-day.
"All our instincts demand that the Allied armies of deliverance. should sweep to revenge, but in the setting of this war that could hardly be," writes the "Daily Telegraph."
"The enemy had not only long pre- pared his campaign but so contrived it that his opponents were unable sim- ilarly to prepare theirs.
"It is no surprise that in the fav- ourable conditions the enemy has 4 substantial initial success and that al- ready a new and serious situation is created.
"That is very much what happen- ed in the last war but the firat ad- vancement then falled to determine the ultimate issue.”
the The "Daily Express" declares German advance is swifter than in 1914, but there is nothing surprising about that.
In 1914, invasion marched as as bombers could walk. Now
fast
war
"Rotterdam has undergone the dire has wings. The bomber sets the pace fate which total war brings. Other ci- in the Battle of the Meuse but it will
not be decisive. same ties would have undergone the fate and the struggle therefore stopped.
was
"For many in the Netherlands the news must have come as a shock but I felt justified, in the interests of the Dutch people."
He asked the people to have con- fidence in the future and maintain or-
der, and ended: “Long live the Queen, long live the fatherland!"
In contesting the advance through the Low Countries, the Allies are forcing on the enemy expensive losses before he faces. the main de- fances.
The "Daily Sketch" quotes Shakes- pear's "Come the three corners of the world in- arms and we shall shock
them" to stress the point that the his- tory of British military successes has In London, a Netherlands Legation been to await the attack, offer stub- official states the commander's pro-born resistance and then counter-at-
tack, FINE PLAITED AS THEY ARE clamation concerns only troops en- gaged in the fighting and does not in- SMARTLY SHAPED THESE clude Dutch naval units.-Reuter.
PANAMAS
ARE
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"Necessarily the long-term method must result in disappointment to those who take the short view."Reuter.
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