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CONTROL OF THE DARDANELLES
"As far as Lord Hali-
"
fax is aware, no pro- posals have been made by the Soviet Union to the Turkish Government regard- ing the control of 'the Dardanelles, declar-.. ed the Under Secre- ..tary of State for For- eign Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler yesterday in da written answer to a Parliamentary ques- tion-Reuter.
YUGOSLAVIA ROUSES
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1940
LAND OF NOWHERE POISED FOR NAZI
WORST
44 DO NOT ENVY HITLER'S ARMY OF IT EVER DOES ATTEMPT TO MARCH THROUGH THIS LAND OF NOWHERE WHICH IS BRI- TAIN TO-DAY, MORE ESPECIALLY IF THE WEATHER IS BAD, WRITES REUTER'S SPE- CIAL CORRESPONDENT, WHO HAS JUST COMPLETED A TOUR OF THE DEFENCES OF THE BRITISH ISLES.
BERLIN CHAFING
AT DELAY
AIR FORCE ON WATCH PATROLS
An Air. Ministry communique issued yesterday states: throughout yesterday Coastal Command aircraft carried out. their usual reconnais- sances over
a wide area from Scandina- via
to the Bay of Biscay. Owing to ad- verse weather condi- tions our bomber forces did not operate last night. Reuter.
A strange expectant at-joan mosphere prevails in Ber-
from their
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MR. GAUSS PRESENTS
lin, according to a des- MR. The steps taken for the defence of every patch to the "Tribune de village, every town and every city, in accord-Lausanne" ance with Mr. Churchill's assurance, repre- Berlin correspondent. sent an impressive record of high speed en- deavour.
NAZI ANGER Sentries and look-outs stand guard along
our coasts, ready for the sternest battle of The German Press is the beaches in history. attacking the Yugo-slav Should an invading force come Government for permit-through the protecting screens of out of the morning mists, cutting of the Royal ting officers of the State the "Navy and and Army to take part in Air Force, and succeed in mak-
ing landings on British soil, they a memorial service at the will come face to face with
the
French Soldiers' Cemetery regiments of an army ordered to
fight to the last man.
lands
in Belgrade, at which, it is Anything that Hitler
will meet with a hot réception. alleged, they offered con- He will have to cut through a dolences to the French thick curtain of heavy and light Minister .c
.on France's na-gunfire.
A system of tional sorrow.
pill-boxes and
DOESN'T
EVEN SPEED
PULSE RATE
As mentioned more
turned other strong points" has mo-than once, the German
met the
CREDENTIALS
The correspondent, telegraphing] yesterday, records that neutral observers in Berlin are surprised at the delay in launching the offensive against Britain, which it The first United States Minister had been announced would follow to Australia, Mr. Clarence Gauss, Immediately upon the conclusion yesterday presented his creden- of the armistice with France. tials to the Governor-General.
The despatch
In a statement, Mr. Menzies, expedition against Britain le not the Australian Prime Minister, military parade: as time passes, said that the Australian people re- the difficultles of the enterprise
garded the arrival of Mr. Gauss appear greater than ever. Rouas an event of profound impor-
tance.
ter.
adds that the
They Hoped he would play an FEELING THE PINCH? important part in making the Pacific a region in which the na- Food Minister Lord Woolton, tions" might trade peacefully, and |referring yesterday to "rising pin this Mr. Gauss would have
ces in general,* said:
"Some Australia's most active support.--- people are feeling the pinch some- Reuter. where, and I want to know
Mr. Gauss was formerly where it is."
IUS., Consul-General at Shanghai.
The "Berliner Borsenzeitung," the whole coastline into for instance, accuses the French dernised version of the Martello radio has, for some time HITLER'S OPENING GAMBIT Minister of being a sceret admirer Tower defence which of General De Gaulle, leader of threat of invasion from Napoleon. now, been doing its 'best Behind the grim lines of khaki to make our blood curdle. all free Frenchmen. This year,{
beach defenders, stops. says the paper, the Bastille Day of the celebrations were held for the first strategically placed, are ready to time at the cemetery instead of at deal with light tanks.
the
Embassy. This
gave the
allowing
R.A.F. Confidence
One of the latest versions is the radio announcements:-
over
"The population of Britain, will never believe it, even if we triec Minister the opportunity of meet-
to convince them of it, that the ing many Yugoslav officers who
German air force possesses over- are anti-German and
the The Navy is fully prepared, in-
whelming superiority them to make "ostentatious ex-deed eager for the fray and the
Royal Air Force, or that the Roya pressions of sympathy."
Royal Air Force is awaiting the
Air Force will sustain a terrific. outcome with tremendous optim-shock when the German Air Force The "Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung" says that high Yugoslav ism, though all the R.A.F. is with is used with full strength agains officers, including the Under-out any illusions about the bigger Britain."
Chiming in, Secretary of State at the Ministry number of aircraft that they may
fannounces yet again that "the of War, the Commander-in-Chief be called upon to meet.
THE FALSE LULL IN GUESSING GAME
"Sunday Times.”
THE PRESENT LULL and the latest Axis the Italian radic campaign were discussed in a broadcast last of the Belgrade garrison and the The Air Force personnel have German invasion of England wil: night by Cyril Lakin, Assistant Editor to the Chief of General Staff took part. tremendous confidence in them-start on Friday night."-Reuter.. selves and in the superiority of Berlin circles accuse the Yugo-their aircraft. slav authorities of allowing Slo- There is a vakians to distribute
pamphlets the Germans about the brutal behaviour of feel the strain German soldiers and the Gestapo loss of pilots. in Poland.--Reuter.
EASTERN
growing belief that are beginning to of the sustained
CAMEL CORPS RAIDS SOMALILAND
in stated:
The pilot of one German bomb- down was
A war communique issued er recently brought only aged 17 with a total of 50/Cairo yesterday evening hours' flying time to his
dit.
Reuter.
DEFENCE AREA HINT TO
ORDERS
in
"This week, next week, sometime, "never" that is the guessing game we are all playing to-day -although there are few who say "never." In fact, "sometime" seems to be
We have had a favourite...
experience of German-
cre. On Monday a motor patrol of the Italian propaganda and its calculated contradic-
Gamel Corps raided
AMERICANS
an
enemy
post at Damerabob (Somaliland) tions about the imminence or otherwise of the in- and after causing casualties and vasion, and it leaves us “cold.
destroying 20,000 rounds of am-
Imunition," the patrol withdrew We are not being misled by can go any further or consolidate without loss. There is nothing of smokescreens Into thinking that and hold on to what, he has got. Importance to report oh other
Hitler is otherwise 'engaged in his But whether. Hitler knows that or fronts.-Reuter.
plans for a "New Europe," and we not, we know he has a tough job. are not taken in by the compara- That is why we are shocked at tive lull.
signs of pessimism among friends A false lull is one of Hitler's abroad. There is none of this at Home. In his last broadcast, Mr. |opening gambits,
Nor are we wasting our time Churchill spoke as all at Home while guessing as to when." We would wish to speak. are getting on with the job and
AN ANGLO-FRENCH CLEAN-UP
Known Of Old
It is officially announced
Many American citizens have 'London that the Regional Com-shown their sympathy for Britain
missioner for the Eastern Civil by trying to enlist in the RAF. Defence Region has issued direc- This is greatly, appreciated, but] tions dealing with truffe in 'the it is pointed out that such appli- Reuter's diplomatic correspon-looking at the facts, which are event of an invasion.
cations can only be accepted if dent learned last night that Mfew and simple. Chief constables are empower-they are made on British terri-Paul Morand, the 'Minister Pleni- Firstly, the German plan, før a After all, the enemy are still ed; at the request of Corps or tory. It is contrary to American potentiary, has been appointed New Europe" chinot come into Germans; we know them or old, 'Divisional commanders, to ex-law for any offer of service to be ngent for the liquidation of French clude all traffic from specified accepted except on British soil. dconomic and commercial affairs being until and unless Britain is and they are no better to-day overcome and out of the Way for than they ever were. They, too, roads, Chief Constables are also It must also be made clear that in Britain.
ever. The enemy knows that, and know enough to respect us and empowered
mobilisation of vehicles within citizens to join the British armed similarly appoint an agent to the all this stuff about diplomatie are not going to rush in reckless-
talks in south-eastern Europe and 15. the area at short notice.-Reuter. forces.-Reuter.
Hitler's pre-occupation with other things does not mislead us.
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Continual Watch
He came across quotation from .a. book recently, in which Britain was described as the "most valuable Ally in the world." one who could carry through to Secondly, any large-scale attack victory in the struggle no matter on Britain must involve great pre how long it was or what great parations and large concentrations,
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The British Navy and Air Force sacrifices were necessary or what- be employed are keeping a continual watch ever the means to and when we rend of our daily were, and all this even though she was not militarily equal to other bombing of troop concentrations, nations. petrol stores and marshalling yards, we draw our own conclu- "That puts the truth better than slotis.
we could put it ourselves," con- When we hear that 100,000 Ger- cluded Mr. Lakin. "Oh, before I mans are now in Norway we go, I had better tell you where it Inow that something is stoot. comes from. It comes from 'Mein Hitler is well hware lie lins a Kampf,' byone Adolf Hitler.' Itough jób aktad of him before ne Reuter,