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NEXT SAILING FROM HONGKONG
SECOND WEEK IN JUNE
(Omitting Honolulu)
Fast through AIR CONDITIONED trains from ship's 'side at Vancouver take you through the Ma- jestic Canadian Rockies-Lake Louise, Banff-600 miles of travel through Marvelous Mountain Scenery, Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes can be included optional routes on your coast-to-coast trip. Stop over anywhere you wish.
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Then Montreal and Quebec, gay French-speaking cities on the famous St. Lawrence Seaway, and quick crossing to Europe by one of Canadian Pacl- fic's Atlantic fleet.
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NEXT SAILING TO MANILA THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE
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About the
End of
May
Excellent passenger accommodation with a large number of single cabins at no supplement. Built- in Swimming Bath and Spacious Sports Deck.
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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 24, 1940.
RUMOUR WEAPON
London, To-day. Considerable attention is. at present being given to the use in German strategy of the rumour as a weapon of attack.
Developinents of recent weeks, it is remarked, have greatly enhanced the effectiveness of this weapon in Ger- man hands.
The swarms of refugees which the Germans drive before them in their advance, interspersed with German agents, provide an excellent medium for the carrying of alarmist rumours.
More important still is the occupa- tion by Germany of great sources of European news such as Amsterdam and Copenhagen, the virtual cutting
off of others, such as Stockholm, and the control of wireless stations and of trans-continental cable and telephone services which Germany's aggressions have brought her.
Under Neutral Guise This has not only resulted in
the drying up of news of reliable neutral and, in particular, American news. It has enabled Germany to apply with renewed vigour her well-known tech- nique of spreading lies and rumours under neutral guise.
Thus the Oslo radio quotes Belgrade when recounting the fantastic
tale that revolution is breaking out in France.
Budapest quotes Copenhagen for a fairy story that the French are sueing for a separate peace.
Rome quotes Stockholm as author- ity for the fable that British troops are abandoning France, and so forth. All these allegedly neutral reports, in fact, emanate from German sources and are without exception false. British Wireless.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTH HUPEH
CROMWELL RESIGNS
Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt, has ac cepted the resignation of Mr. James Cromwell, Minister to Cạn. ada, who in a speech last month advocated American action against Germany. He is to on- ter Into the N.Y. senatorial con- tost.
Mr. Cromwati married, Doris Duke, "the richest girl-in the "world."-Reuter.
GOEBBELS
TRIES HARD
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL").
London, To-day. into London yesterday. They were:-*
Rumours of German origin drifted
1. That General Gamelin had com- mitted suicide.
2. That Lord Gort had returned to England.
3. That Dover had been bombed from the air.
4. (via the German radio) that M. Pierlot, the Belgian Premier, and Gen- eral Denis, Belgian Commander-in- Chief, had been shot by the Belgians. The first three rumours are stated officially to possess "no fraction of truth," while the Belgian Embassy states that both M. Pierlot and Gen- eral Denis are in the best of health and at their posts.
Havas. London, To-day. A German High Command munique announces air attacks on Dunkirk and Dover; nothing is known of any attack on Dover here.--Reuter,
com-
NORWEGIAN MINISTERS
BACK IN NORWAY--
London, To-day. Reuter learns that Prof. Koht and M. Ljungberg, the Norwegian Foreign Minister and Defence Minister have returned to Norway. They are now with the King and the Norwegian Gov- ernment helping to prosecute the war.
Chungking, To-day. With both the Chinese and Japanese throwing heavy forces into the field, fighting in the Tsaoyang sector in-Reuter. north Hupeh is increasing in ferocity.
Seeking to avenge their latest defeat, Japanese columns are pushing from the northeast, northwest and south- west of Tsaoyang with Fancheng and Siangyang as their übjective."
Dauntless resistance is being offered to the drive. Large numbers of Japan- ese crossing the Tang and Pei Rivers,, tributaries of the Han, were killed by Chinese fire. Many Japanese bodies are floating in the rivers.
KING TO BROADCAST
London, To-day. To-day being Empire Day the King will broadcast a message to the Em- pire which will relayed in the B.B.C. Home and Overseas service at 9 p.m. (G.M.T.).—British Wireless.
CANADA SPEEDS UP Many points around Tsaoyang changed hands several times. Tsaotien,
Ottawa, To-day. Taipingchen and Liuchiachai to the The Government has, requested north of Tsaoyang were recaptured by heavy industry, shipbuilding and air- the Chinese after bitter fighting, Ja-craft Arms to accelerate war produc- panese troops around Huyangchen and tion by working day and night shifts, Huhochen were driven off-Central including Sundays and holidays.-Reu- News.
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NEXT SAILING
EARLY IN JUNE, 1940.
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