THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 6, 1941.
Ubrary, Supreme Cour
SURE OF NAZI POLICY
Americans And Aid To Britain
HITLER NOT SEEKING CASUS BELLI
BOTH THE NEW York "Herald-Tribune” and the New York "Times" yesterday carried items strongly favouring all aid to Britain.
The "Herald-Tribune" says bluntly that Hitler will not consider aiding Britain as an act of war until it suits him to do so.
"As this will not be until Britain falls," the news- paper continues, "it will be safe for America to give all the aid she can while Britain is still fighting.
Professor Barton Leach. Pro- fessor of Law at Harverd F- versity. and well-known writing m the New York "Tours asserts that the United States es already in State 1 Wor with
the AXIS
FACTORY MISHAP
A worker in the Po On Gas Musk Factory at Ngau Chi Wan wies seriously injured yesterday
In a letter two columns le!! when his left arm was caught in Professor Leach develops the argument that the technical status of policy 19 merely a delusion and that full and ri fective aid to Britain alone can keep the United States out of active fighting.
case of the machines. He was ad- mited to the Kowloon Hospital.
AL a minimu
he :uggests,
aid to Britain sh uld i lude th seizure of Axis sh ps in United States ports, internment of Axial consular staffs and American convoying of supplies.
Diplomatic Relations
The
Cessation
diplomatie
relations with the Axis powers is advocated
Fielding Majon
hy
Elliot, New York "Herald-
Tribune" military expert.
American protection of Eire i and the use of Firean bases by the United States, is another of
his proposals.
Major Filot
advocates
step as a stimulus for a policy of conveving supplies. Reuter
FRENCH COUNCIL OF DEFENCE
Heavy and light forces of the Royal Navy recently carried out a bombardment of the enemy- occupied port of Cherbourg where a concen.ration or enemy shipping had been detected. Photo shows some of the ships taking part in the bombardment firing. (Copyright, Fox).
VALUE
AXIS FLOUNDERING NUISANCE FOR EXPLANATIONS
AXIS PROPAGANDISTS are meeting with some difficulty in explaining the various Italian defeats and are floundering around in u sea of boasts and contradictions.
Rome Radio, for instance, made the re- markable claim last night that "the situation is more favourable to Italy than one would think!
CLOUDS AND THE BOMBER
On one or two occasions during the past few
In a broadcast to Turkey, the German Radio goes even Turther, and says that "in the Mediterran- can, the British Fleet are having great difficulties owing to the in- creasing pressure of the Italian Fleet."
The effect of all this on the Turks can be judged from an An- kara Redio broadcast last night:
"Italy has lost not only the Mediterranean but also the Ad-
riatic."
Apart from wild boasts, Axis
British official recogni- tion has been given to the "Council of Defence of months there has appear-propagandists are also contradict. -the Empire" established ed in the Air Ministry's ing themselves and each other by General de Gaulle at communiques some such about where the main theatre of
Some phrase as "Operations by The British Government yes- terday informed General de Gaulle aircraft of Bomber Com- that they will be happy to treat mand were last night, re- with him and with the Defence.
Brazzaville last October.
war really is.
Germans and Italians agree that decisive action can be expected in the Mediterran- ean. The German-magazine. “Das. Reich" and Garman broadcasts In Czech and Gorman, however, have it that the main thing is the Invasion of Britain. Thus. "Das Reich" has it that "the British threat to Italy is
as an effort eliminate her before Germany's
- Reuter.
Council on ail questions involving stricted because of bad their collaboration with French weather.” The man in the overseas territories which place themselves under the authority of street has been known to General de Gaulle both in mat-find it hard to reconcile ters affecting the association of Free French Forces with His MaSuch a statement with only important
10
jesty's forces in prosecuting the the persistent attacks on new onslaught against England." ...war against the common. enemy this country.
and in those affecting the politi .ca. and economic interests of those
territories.-Reuter-
SOVIET MILITARY TRAINING
· The period of compuls sary training in the Red Air Force, has been "în- creased from three to four years.
"If the Germans can manage it bases readily. To send them off why can't we?" is the question. in weather which partly obscures It is perhaps not generally rea-or even blacks out these bases is lised that while the weather over to impose the gravest risk upon the target areas, in Germany must both crews and aircraft. be considered it is even more im- In the daytime the enemy also portant that the weather over the seemed, until recently, to be in-. bases from which our....... bombers different to the weather, for at- operate should be favourable. Our tacks were made on this country aircraft, it is true, can take off and regardless of cloud cover. But fly through even the worst kind the result was that the enemy of weather, but they have to get suffered heavily from our anti- back, and land safely. And that aircraft guns and fighters.
on
is a point which must be consid We have built up our daylight. cloud red in the planning of any opera-strategy upon the use of tjon?
cover. It is common sense and |:"On this store the enemy hasɛfar not mere caution which has caus- less cause for anxiety. His reed the R.A.F. to take the clouds turning bombers have a large for its allies. The success of that choice of landing grounds-from strategy is now apparent for the A new decree was published in Bordeaux to Norway and far in- enemy, forced to abandon mass Moscow yesterday making -- this|jand--and since their outward onslaught, is now attempting to change but no explanation of the journey has usually been a short imitate it. We, with our eye reason for it is given.
one they carry enough petrol to the weather, have always drawn The extension affecte, non- take them out of almost any belt a line between casualties suffer- 'commissionad offloors and ment, of bad landing weather.
ed and damage inflicted. The Registration of men liable for |・・ The R.A.F., on the other hand, enemy has been all-out for dam2 milltary service in the Red Army Fare obliged to work from a much| ago --- even random damage. at this year took place yesterday and smaller area. Low cloud and fog that—and was `punished accord- will be continued on February 12, might be widespread over Eng-ingly, a point that is well worth These men will not be called for land. Our. bombers, covering remembering when some such service. until the Autumn-Reu- perhaps 1,200 miles in one jour-phrase "as "weather restricted ter
ney, inust be able to find their operations” next appears.
Extract from a fighter pilot's re- port:.....
"I fired a fairly long burst in- 10 a Dornier 17. I fired ut Me.109, fired at another Me.109. 1
an
ADMIRAL LEAHY IN FRANCE
READ ADMIRAL LEAHY, THE NEW U.B. REPRESENTA. TIVE TO VICHY, IS NOW IN FRENCH TERRITORY ON HIS WAY TO VICHY.
Another American Mr. Robert Murphy,
diplomat, Counsellor
climbed to 25,000 feet and dived of the U.S. Embassy in Vichy, is into enemy formation. I fired reported to have arrived in Casa- American at an Me.109, obviously hitting it blanca, Morocco, and
news reports from Vichy say that hard. I fired another short burst he is
General expected to sec on passing. I was then told
to Nogues,
the Résident-General make a nuisance of myself."
Reuter.
there.
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