THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 31, 1940.
A HIGH CALL TO ACTION
Roosevelt Serves Notice On Tokyo-Axis Alliance Full Agreement
LYONS USES D.N.B. VERSION
Lyons radio last night treated President Roose- velt's speech with great|
care.
With President's Central Thesis
"BY BLUNTLY ANNOUNCING THAT Comment was that the speech HE REGARDS THE GERMAN-ITALIAN- peeted" and that the intensity of JAPANESE PACT AS DIRECTED SPECIFI- the statement that nothing would
was "as important as had been ex-
stop American aid to Britain "gues CALLY AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, beyond the limits of official style PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PUT ALL THREE ate comment all over the world." COUNTRIES ON NOTICE THAT HE RE-
and is certain to arouse passion-
Extracts of the Speech were
quoted by Lyons radio but quo- GARDS THEM AS POTENTIAL IF NOT AC-
tations were reniarkable for the
fact that the many references. TUAL ENEMIES.”
the National Socialists and their policies were omitted, the sum-
This sentence is contained in a "New
mary given was that issued by the York Times” editorial on President Roose- German official news agency Reuter,
velt's talk in which it was also stated that the overwhelming majority of the country would agree whole-heartedly with the President's central thesis that a victory of the Axis pow- ers would mean a “new and terrible era.'
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ADMIRAL LEAHY
ARRIVES IN LISBON
Admiral Leahy, United States: Ambassador to the Pelaio Gov-
Herald, facts as they are is the one guid- rument. arrived at Lisbon on the! United States cruiser Tuserdoosa | Tribune” describes the address asing aim of all those who have! yesterday, slates
Havas "a high call to action" and says | been urging the American people
to send aid to Britain. Reuter.
that agency
the
The
"New York
to see the President's aim
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The WING ON
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President Pleased President Roosevelt was greatly pleased at the reaction to his speech.
The address brought a great. er response than any previous Roosevelt talk, sald his Secre fary. Mr. Stepher Early, mark- at a announcement ing this Washington press conference yesterday.
Messages, he added. were 100 to ore in favour of the policy enunciated in the talk.
"Sheer Waste"
GREEKS TAKE FORTIFIED POSITIONS
"Fortified positions
NO RESPITE IN AIR FOR ITALIANS
The R.A.F. are giving Italy no respite in the Mediterranean theatres of Valona, chief
war.
enemy port in southern Albania, was attacked for the 21st and 22nd time by British bombers, states an R.A.F. Middle East communique, which adds:
During the first rak bombs ཋ༢༩༨☁I*『 seer to explode among transport and troops moving on a road near a jetty and a large warehouse was set on fire.
Heavy anti-aircraft fire was ex- perienced and enemy fighters in- tercepted, resulting in an Engage- despitement lasting 15 minutes.
action
to the west of Pogra- detz have been wrenched from the enemy and bad weather has yielded good re- sults all along the front," stated Athens radio last night.
Was
The broadcast quoting a communi- que
Greek by the Press Ministry-Reu- ter.
VICHY FOOD PROBLEM
One of our aircraft was phot down and two members of the crew were seen making para- chute descents.
The second raid was carried out in bad weather but direct hits were registered on a road leading te the north jetty. Buildings were htt and a number of bombs were olwerved to burst between motor hansport parks stures
Two cargo
and
military
boats, a merchant ship and a cruiser were machine- gunned.
On the return flight a forma- tion of enemy bombers WDS seen and fired at but the enemy escaped in cloud cover before results were observed."
British nighters in the Western Desert continued offensive patrols but no contact was made with enemy aircraft.
In Italian East Africa a raid was carried out on motor trans- purt repnir workshops near Dessie. British Wireless.
THE VICHY GOVERNMENT IS ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL **President Roosevelt pretends RESEARCH BUREAU TO DEAL that America is renaced by the WITH THE URGENT PROBLEM Axis" says "Giornale d'Italia" inOF FOOD Rome, adding that the Axis pow- THE HAVAS AGENCY.
It will be under the direction mittee studying products ers have been tolerant up to now
inspector-general of foodmedy malnutrition.-Reuter. but there is a limit to this toler- of the
ance.
is
The war, says the paper, being fought to liberate Europe from British domination.
cannot
It asserts that Britain win the war and that American help would be "sheer waste and not without some risk to herself."
-Reuter.
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ROOSEVELT TALK
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S "FIRESIDE" TALK IN WHICH DENOUNCED HE BITTERLY THE AXIS POWERS AND AP- PEALED TO THE AMERICAN NATION. TO CONVERT ITSELF INTO A "GREAT ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY" IS INTERPRET- ED BY THE "TA KUNG PAO". TO-DAY AS A CLEAR INDICA- TION OF THE TREND OF UNIT- ED STATES' FOREIGN POLICY IN 1941. WHICH' EMBRACES FURTHER POSITIVE AID TO BRITAIN AND CHINA;
Of particular significance in the President's speech; the paper says, was his declaration that the Tripartite Alliance between Ger- many, Italy and Japan menaced the United States. This amounted to refutation of the recent utter- ances of Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka and Admiral K. Nomara
It is Japan, and not Germany, which finds the speech most pain ful, because Germany, does not
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It will be warmly received, not only by the British people, but by all nations suffering from aggres» slon.
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