THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 6, 1940.
SOVIET'S REBUFF TO JAPAN
Important Statement On Sino-Soviet Relations Assistance To
To Be Continued
THE DECLARATION JUST MADE TO THE JAPANESE GOV- ERNMENT BY THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO THAT "THE POLICY OF THE E SOVIET UNION TOWARDS CHINA RE- MAINS UNCHANGED,” IS THE FIRST IMPORTANT STATE- MENT ON SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS FOR FOUR MONTHS.
Last such pronouncement was made by the For- eign Commissar, M. Molotov, on August 1, when he declared: "Regarding our relations with great Na- tional China, which is fighting for its existence, they are as ever good-neighbourly and friendly, in accord- ance with the Soviet Chinese Non-Aggression Pact."
China's Steel Industry
CHINA CALLY
WILL BE PRACTI SELF-SUFFICIENT IN STEEL BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR AND ABLE TO COVER MOST OF HER MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL NEEDS.
an
This announcement was made.] in Chungking yesterday by official of the Ministry of Economic Affairs after a confer- ence of 30 Chinese iron and steel experts.
|
This year metal production has been 30 per cent. above last year. Within the next six months, it is claimed, four-fifths of the new furnaces will be at work reaching maximum output at the end of 1941: Reuter.-
New!
The
CAN
PENCIL YOU C
SHARPEN WITH
YOUR THUMB! Just press the top of this new Eversharp-Repeating Pencil and out comes a new point of just the right writing length. And when one.lead is used, just prest the top with your thumb and a new fead shoots into place! Feeds lead continuously. Till 13 Only Twice a Year! The new Eversharp Repeating Pencil holds a six months supply of leads for an average writer. Just lift the top and drup, Alom in
Six brautiful stadels Latigoger Bedier's
·ÆVERSHARP SQUARE:LEAL, The prdelend time Then this periclima It flia why nelianical Pondil. Letter-writes blackor
and amigother.
EVERSHARP
Made by the makere at the famous Wahl-Kromitarp Tenthe only pan With the Half-fitting" Point
EVERSHARP
ON SALE AT
SINCERE'S
While the new statement made: to Japan does not necessarily imply any setback to recent ef- forts to normalise Soviet-Japan- ese relations, it does give the lie to many rumours by publicly re- affirming Soviet friendship for China, as represented by the Chiang Kai-shek Government.
PLIGHT OF
DANISH
FARMERS
The plight of Danish Nor does the statement lose in farmers since the Ger- significance in that it made a response to the notification by mans occupied their coun- Tokyo that the anti-Communist try is shown in a some- Article in the agreement just con- what amazing broadcast is not directed in any way against over the Nazi-controlled the Soviet and will not affect Danish radio station. Japan's desire to adjust her rela- tions with the Soviet.
cluded with the Nanking regime
·Japan Red-Hot
The "Red Star," organ of the Soviet Army, discussing the in- ternational situation yesterday, noted that both Britain and the United States reacted quickly to the announcement of the Nanking agreement.
Regarding the internal situa- tion in Japan the newspaper declares that Prince Konoye's political and economic mea- sures are arousing resentment. ne "Red Star" adds: "The in- ternal political situation is so. red
hot that the Army and Navy Ministers have had to demand the suppression of rumours .and the, acavities of those who are trying to undermine the Government.",
Reuter.
FIFTH COLUMA
IN CUBA
INVESTIGATIONS" INTO: AN- TI-DEMOCRATIC PROPAGAN- DA BY THE FIFTH COLUMN IN ICUBA AND THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SPANISH CONSUL- GENERAL, SENOR RIESTRA- WHO IS CHIEF OF THE SPAN-
Here are some pertinent facts, as given by the radio station it- self:
Pigs are so under-nourished that their bones have become fragile and many pigs break their legs on the way to market.
The number. of sows has been cut by nearly 50 per cent.
:
Horned-cattle stock has been reduced by 250,000.
Danish cows and heifers have seldom looked so scṛ@BEY.
Barns, which should be full of fodder for the winter, give the impression of April, not Novem- ber.
Rald damage In the North-East of England. Interior of a wrecked church In'a North-Eastern Town. Scaffolding and walls have been torn down by the explosion. Workmen are clearing debric from the aisle and paws. (Copyright, Fox).
ST. LAWRENCE WATERWAY PLAN TO BE REVIVED
Farmers are faced with the PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT intends to ask Con- #problem of either selling their Atock for slaughtering or trying gress to approve the treaty with Canada for com- to get through the winter by pletion of the St. Lawrence seaway and power pro- half under-feeding the animals.ject. The Presiden made this announcement to the -There is only a small stock of super-phosphate or putting on Great Lake Seaway and Power Conference in De-
the fleids left.
Milk and butter ›produced in September was-25 per cent less than a year ago, and there has been a further full since then. Reuter.
EAGLE SQUADRON
XBY
ISH FALANGE PARTY IN CU THE "EAGLE SQUADRON" OF BA-WAS DEMANDED YESTER-THE RAIF COMPOSED OF DAY BY A COMMITTEE OF AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS — SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF WAS ENTERTAINED AT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- | LUNDHRÖN YESTERDAY TIVES IN HAVANA CAPTAIN BALFOUR, UNDER Snaresolution they urged SECRETARY FOR AIR, Congressional investigation sim- Ilar to the Dies Committee on un-j. American activities in the United States, and caled upon the Gov- ernment to define its foreign po-
lioy.Router.
SEVERE FIGHTING IN ANHWEI
Severe fighting is going on in
the central Yanatse Volley
in
He said:
The Eagle Squadron symbolises the common determination of the United States and the British Empire to preserve their rights to lead national and individual lives free from domination by the heel
of Nazidom.”
„Router.
BAND CONCERT AT K.C.C.
troit yesterday.
KING AT
SOUTHAMPTON AND POMPEY
The St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty was signed in Washington in July, 1932. The treaty was, however,defeated in Congress. two years later, partly due to lobbying exertions by railway and other interests who feared that. existing channels of commerce the United States would be nd- versely affected if an ocean-gging steamers could sail up the water- way into the heart of the Great
Lakes, thus obtaining direct nc- cess the great distributing cen- tres of the Middle West.
in; his message yesterday President cald: "It is How a vital necessly to complete this seaway which is comparable in eponomic value to the Panama Canal"
The King yesterday saw what the Nazi bombers had done to Southamp ton, and standing by the bombed civic centre he chatted to air raid ward- ens when the air raid President Roosevelt added that alarm sounded and the project would provide millions of units of electrical energy: single Nazi spotting which we need to speed up pro
plane was seen flying duction for defencele high while bursts of A.A national safety and welfare de shells appeared around.pend on the completion of this
He concluded: “Much of our
The King went on to Ports-project."- Reuter. mouth, where again there was an air raid during the visit..
The King saw on M
men who brought over cently acquired American de- stroyers.
Thousands of sailors and work-
HELLENIC TRADER
men cheered as the King walked The Panama "ship," "Hellenic The Band of the 2nd Bn. The through the dockyards. Reuter, Trader" which went uground on Monday in the Hainan Straits and the viqinity of Pongteh, bolow Royal Scots, assisted by Captain
which is now anchored at Hol- Kluklang according to reports T. A Thompson (Bass). W DYNAMITE ON JUNK how will have to come to Hong received in Chungking yesterday.a concert at the Kowloon Cricket
The Japanese are said to have Club to-morrow at 9:15 pm in Hung Wing-po, 82, clock in Kong for repairs, it was learned launched attnaks on Chinese ald of the S.C.M.P. & HR, Tele-charge of a junk at Shaukiwan, from the local agents to-day. positions on the south bank of graph Bomber Fund, "Table Seats: was fined $40 by Mr. K, M. A.The agents are now ascertain- the Yangtse, where the Chinese, Ladies $1.00 and Gentlemen $1:50 Barnett this morning, for possesing whether It will be necessary dynamite to tow the Wessel. back to Hong have been threatening Japanese can be reserved at the Club, The slon, of 34 sticks of shipping plying between Shang- concert is to be followed by a ant 32 detonators whounKong or whether it will be able
licence,
-to: return -under its own atonmagy hai and Hankow-Reutor.
dance.