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THE CHINĂ MAIL, DECEMBER 31
"CLOSER TO WAR"
Japanese Comment On The Roosevelt Speech
More Guarded Tone By Officials
RAIDS ON LIBYAN AERODROMES
The enemy's Wes- tern Desert landing grounds at Tmimi, Derna and Gazala were raided by the RAF. on Sunday.
Fires were started at
·Tmimi and dispersed aircraft, were attack--|| ed, according to an R.A.F. communique in Cairo-Reuter.
BALTIC GENERALS IN RED ARMY
FORMER COMMANDERS-IN- CHIFE OF THE LITHUANIAN.
EBTONIAN AND LATVIAN
HAVE
AN ASSERTION
PRESIDENT. ROOSEVELT'S POLICY, IS DRIVING, THE UNITED STATES CLOSER TO WAR WAS MADE YESTERDAY BY THE JAPANESE NEWSPAPER “YOMIURI SHIMBUN,” COM MENTING ON PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH.
President Roosevelt's, statement that he believed the Axis powers were not going to win the war was dismissed by the newspaper as "utterly irresponsible."
PEAK GARDENER ARRESTED
The paper adds: "Whatever the situation "may be in the coming year the responsibility must be borne partly by the United
States.
Japan's Policy, According To Itoh
Caught sawing a pine tree al Mount Kellett yesterday, agar- tener, Ho Kau, 36, employed at No. 14, The Peak, was charged
Japan does not intend to aggro- before Mr. K. M. A. Barnett this vate the present situation in the morning, with damaging Govern-Parlic, provided her own
is ecce is not gravely threateneri, ment property. BEEN AP...
that defendafit sud Dr.Itoh, the Japanese Minis LIEUTENANT-GEN- It was alleged
belonged toter of Information, to the corres- ERALS IN THE RED ARMY und saw which WAS ANNOUNCED IN MOSCOW Sir Robert To Tung. It had up bondent of the Swedish news- YESTERDAY.
parently been borrowed: -→büßer 15tial Demokraten”
Befendant pleaded guilty and Stockholm yesterday These cfficers aré Geneinlaws fined $50, o 10 weeks, hard Vitkauskas, Jonson and Elavins, | Labour: respectively.
ARMIES POINTED
"M
$2,
Sixteen other, officers of the armies of the former, Balbe States fiave been appointed mujor-gen-† Broadwood Road) has reported erals in the Red Army.
the loss of a wrist watch valued Lithuania, Estonia, and hatlart: $70,,between his residente, and were incorporated in the Soviet the Hong Kong Cricket Club Täst Union last August,
Reuter
veek
THE PATTERN'S
THE THING
you will only stop investigate the merits of a shirt- Its tailoring, its quality, its fitif
you are attracted
by its pattern. A re- markable array of designs and self co
irs awaits you at
inj
~ i Dr. Jiph added that Japanese policy, was based on "allande with the Axis"directed aguinst no nation; it merely defined the mhimum demands necessary for Japan's existence.“
Hope To Persuade
Dr Itoh declared that Japan hoped to persuade the Unded States and Britain fo sympa.h ̈se with her view that oach nation hould play an unhindered gole in her own part of the world.
In Gestern Cagn Japan's ku was reconstruction on basis of international justice which would. also promote world peace. ·Reu
COLONY'S BILL OF HEALTH
Twentynine (one
ists of tuberculosis, measles, two eath of: chöjer
dysentery, and one
ad
therland daken-p
were ́ res
gistered yesterday..
During last week;
Authenties were
cases
tuberculžys
deather 20 of dysenf
deam
180
of dr theria With "four" deaths nine. chicken pox with the death; geven. typhoto, with four death six of measles; five of cholern with one deach
Cand duvo, of meningitis.
HEAVY FINE FOR SORGUNGING
Stealing 443
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ars-in over
$9.75
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