THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 12, 1940
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SHOWING TO-DAY
A. J. CRONIN'S SENSATIONAL NEW NOVEL!
Drama that probes the heart of "women in white". The love story of two sisters and, a
fighting doctor.
Many Indian regiments have been in training in the desert, trench digging, erecting barbed entanglements, using the Bron Gun and Car- riers. In all branches of warfare they have proved to be highly of. (Copyright; ficient. Photo shows Punjab troops in a firing trench. Fox).
NAZI ANTI-SOVIET PROPAGANDA IN UKRAINE
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Cernauti (Rumania), To-day. INTENSE NAZI propaganda among the Ukrainian minor- ity in Bukovina directed against Soviet Russia is be- coming evident, it is authoritatively reported here. The fact is believed here to have contributed heavily to the recent Soviet disquiet resulting in various moves by Russia to strengthen her position against a possible German attack along the Russian frontier from the Baltic states to Rumania.
IL DUCE DECIDED WEEKS AGO
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Paris, To-day. French observers are con- vinced Mussolini reached his decision to declare war against the Allies several weeks ago.
invaded
The day after Germany Belgium and Holland, Pietro Marchi, head of the economic welfare bureau of the Italian Foreign Office, charged| in the Senate that the Allied blockade measures were directed against Italian interests and constituted a violation of international conventions.
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At the time, Britain and France offered to negotiate with Italy In order to smooth out the difficulties. The Italian experts reached agreement with the Allies but Fascist press then intensified its de- mands for territorial concessions in the Mediterranean. The Allies again offered to negotiate but Rome flatly rejected the offer.
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Nazi propaganda here has been pre- senting the Reich as the protector of the Ukraine, stressing the "atrocities" committed by the Soviet against Ukrainians in Polish Galicia.
The
campaign is invoking old slogans used in the Nazi press before Hitler and Stalin made up-thair. quarrel.
Photographs are published showing the alleged Semitic traits in the faces of Soviet leaders.
An attempt is being made to per- suade the population that a German victory is in the offing and that the
Reich will deliver the Ukraine from
the Soviet and turn over to it the ter
ritory "torn from Poland by the Soviet- Government."—Havas.
FORD TO BEGIN PLANE MASS PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. the MR. EDSEL FORD, PRESIDENT OF FORD MOTORS, STATES THE FIRM'S ENGINEERS HAVE IN- SPECTED THE U.S. ARMY'S P40
This is considered proof that Musso- fini was opposed to any kind of settle- ment because he had already made up his mind to declare war against the Allies, at an opportune moment. Havas.
WEATHER REPORT
The Royal Observatory reports that pressure is highest over the Pacific to the east of Japan and is relatively low over 'Manchuria and between the Philippines and the Carolines. The depression over Tongking is increas- ing in intensity.
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Similar models to the P40 are al- ready in service with the French Army. — Reuter.
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London, To-day. The Jamaica newspaper "Gleaner” and the Singapore paper "Straits Times" have each offered £20,000 › to: Great Britain for the construction of a bomber. The gifts have been most gratefully received. Reuter
MOSCOW SENDS PLANE FOR SIR STAFFORD
Solo, To-day. NNUM. Sir Stafford Cripps, newly-appoint- CHINA-ed Brideh Ambassador to Moscow, QUEEN'S left Solla yesterday for Moscow in u
Soviet plane-Reuter.
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