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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 4, 1940.
STEP IN
JAPAN'S LAST PROVOCATION ANOTHER BRITON PURCHASE
KIDNAPPED
"Times" Warning On IN RUMANA
New Situation
"THE TIMES” IN A LEADING ARTICLE YESTERDAY, DIS- CUSSING THE CASE OF JAPAN IN RELATION TO THE NEW TRI-PARTITE PÄCT, SAYS THAT WHILE THE MOTIVES OF HAS NAZI DIPLOMACY ARE TRANSPARENT, REFLECTION DONE LITTLE TO ELUCIDATE THE QUESTION OF WHAT JAPAN CAN HAVE HOPED TO GAIN FROM GLOSER ASSOCIA- TION WITH THE AXIS.
Japanese statesmen have no doubt found it plausible to argue that if Germany defeated Britain and immobilised the United States by the threat of intervention in the Americas, Japan would remain undisputed mistress of
the Pacific.
The familiar process of wishful thinking may have made it possible for them to believe that Ger- inany had it in her power to achieve those results.
But, granted these assumptions,, treated as a sign of weakness, and Japan was already drawing every used as the starting point for advantage open to her from the fresh aggression. state of war in Europe.
Germany was already making and was bound to make, a su- preme effort to crush Britain and neutralise America.
She cannot do more than she is doing, even to please Japan. There is nothing, In fact, to in- crease her capacity or to enable her to intensify her military ef fort.
Taking, The: Plunge
After stating that Japan's pro- aress in the last three years has been accompanied by de- 'liberate provocation towards the Western Powers, *The Times" adds the pact now con- cluded with the Axis marks a
further step and almost the last
step, on this path.
It must now be regretfully ad- mitted that the caution charac- teristic of Japanese foreign policy in the past has been abandoned.
Future Mortgaged The country where the pact has
Japan has plunged upon a course fraught with incalculable consequences to herself, for the advantages, even on the shortest been received with the most un- views, appear negligible.
KILLED ON KIC.R.
When crossing the railway track near the 11-1/2-mile post, and killed by a locomotive from Kowloon at 6 p.m. yesterday.
a Chinese was knocked down
Another British sub- ject has been kid- -napped in Rúmania, it was stated in Buchar- est yesterday.
Percy Clark, 60-year- old Head of a British engineering firm at taken Ploesti, was from his room in a Bucharest hotel by three youths in civilian clothes who forced him to accompany them to an unknown destination.-Reuter..
BRITISH DEPOT
TAX DATE ANNOUNCED
The
Purchase Tax: comes into operation in. Britain on October 21; the Treasury have made an Order to this effect which will be submitted to Parliament for appro“. val in accordance with the terms of the Finance Act.'
All taxable goods which are
delivered under chargeable pur-
chases after that date will be subject to tax:
The Purchase Tax, which was the surprise of the second War Budget in April is a tax on sales.
It will be charged, by whole salers to retailers and will mean that every day articles. such.... as household goods, clothes and drapery will cost more; but
the heaviest scale of the tax- will be borne by luxuries.
Its purpose is to limit home expenditure with a view to avoid-. ing the risk of inflation. It will be worked on a percentage basis. -Reuter:
SYRIA FOOD
FOR DERELICTS: NAZI
'PLANE JUNK-HEAP SHORTAGE
GERMAN PLANES brought down in Bri- fain range from total wrecks to machines practically undamaged in forced landings, and an examination of them shows every phase of German aircraft development.
A BEYROUT - MESSAGE RE- PORTS A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN.SÝRIA-~
queuing up for bread, flour and other rations.
All over the country, people arc.
There is a petrol shortage, too;" and private cars have been order- ed off the roads during the month
Taxis have had their allowance cut down to 24 gallons a month Reuter.
BELGIUM'S
In one depot in south-east England, of October. smashed-up planes are piled up nearly as reserved satisfaction is China, high as a house." Like Germany in Europe, whose far-seeing rulers believe Near them are fighters and:] Japan could, if she had chosen that Japan, by deliberately court-bombers in perfect condition. the path of peaceful cooperation ing the hostility of Great Britain, Every device, every part, every and partnership, have played a the British Dominions and the inch of these machines has been predominant and respected role United States, has fatally mort examined by experts, who have in the coonomic development gaged her future and involved taken them up into the air and
herself in the. consequences of know the exact performance Like Germany, Japanese lacked Germany's coming defeat.--Reu-the Messerschmidt, Dornier, Hein- the necessary self-confidence and ter. self-restraint for this task and "plunged recklessly down the path of ruthlessness and domina- tion.
of China.
Deliberate Provocation
The many attempts made both
by Great Britain and the United States, to retrieve past errors and reach a sympathetic understand ing with Japanese needs were
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IN MEMORY OF AN "OLD BOY”
Among yesterday's gifts
to-
wards aircraft is one of £4-8-60
from
a south Oxford council school in memory of an old boy: airman who had been killed, in action-British Wireless.
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Generally speaking, German machines brought down so far are made of good material and well finished. They have certain weak- nesses, but British experts. are naturally not going to give
the
Gernians a broad hint for reme
dies!
Petrol and oil is standard, but some of the 'planes have gadgets
́to enable substitutes to be used.
One machine, for instance, has a special tank of high-standard
fuel for the take-off. Once in the air, the pilot can switch over to a lower grade of fuel.
Self-sealing tanks of abre, rub ber and leather are used, in which bullet-holes rapidly close up.
The knowledge gained from
LEADERS ON FIGHT
FOR INDEPENDENCE
TWO BELGIAN Ministers broadcast on the B.B.C. Continental wavelength to the Belgian people last evening: They were M. Gutt, the Finance Min- ister, who spoke in French and M. de Vielschauwer; who broadcast in Flemish.
Stating they were speaking on a free radio from a free country the Belgian. Ministers said that M. Pierlot, Belgian Prime Minister, speaking in France on July 21, had defined the position but although
this definition was of utmost importance to all Bel- gian people the French Government refused to al- low either the broadcast or communication to the
press.
the examination" of these ma- chines is of immense value and help: to our pliate, who knowIt was inevitable, the Ministers just what to expect in battle. continued, that after, four months' No doubt, the Germans are separation they and the Belgian seeking for new types, but some people would not think alike on of these, too, will crash and lay all points but there were certain bare their secrets. Reuter principles which were embodied.
in the programme of the Belgian Government on which all would agree,
EIRE BOMBED IN "ERROR"
The German Government will express its regret to the Eire Gov. ernment for having “erroneously” i dropped bonibs on: Irish territory and will offer to pay compensa--"" tion, according to the official Nazi nows agency yesterday.
The agency stated investigation had shown the bombs really were launched from an aircraft, which; [however, had lost its way? |
SHANGHAI BOMB (SPECIAL TO “CHINA, MAH BAG A hand-grenade was thrown; into premises housing Wong Ching-wel's latest journal, “Ping Pao," at 10 o'clock lust night,~
Four of the employees, a, watch man and two pedestrians were wounded. Our Own Correspon- dent.
Giving this programme tha Ministero said: "Balglum Is oc- cupied by German armies and the King is a prisoner. We are the only legal Belgian Govern- ment and the only Ministers ap, pointed by the Kingu phi "We want a free Belgium and a free King. We want them com- pletely and entirely free as before August 4, 1914, as before May 10, 1940: To achieve this aim we }.will fight side by side with Britain
till final victory.
Belgium At War
The Ministers said they were speaking from England where they were welcomed anbro: there, where hearts beat:In: uni- son with:ques, where our sol- diera are already mounting guard, where our daring airmen have volunteered to dispute their share of glory, in the vic torious battle of the skies withis: Bally the “champions” of: freadòmits
and liberty.
England's Spirit.
There were:speaking; "from" the centre of London, that some of you may think a heap of rulus. -
The Ministers recounted how they walked through wide thon- oughfares perhaps a little deafened by the noise of A.A. fire but with- out encountering, uny: obstacles and without feeling they ran any. risk and describing conditions in On May 10, 1940, Belgium, un- England, said: "It is an atmosphere justinably attacked took arms and of intense, industry, unflinching appealed to her guarantor. Since resolution and reasoned confidence. that date Belgium has not con- The trial is severe. It is the same cluded any armistice convention, as 20 years ago for Britain: as for. - even less signed a peace treaty. Belgium, and for both countries Legally and effectively, she is at the stake is also the same — the war with Germany who in Bel-independence to be preserved by gium territory is in fact applying one is to be restored by the other.” ¿war-measures.
British Wireless.