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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 14, 1941.
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(By Reuter's Correspondent)
AMERICA
URGED TO INTERVENE
Commenting on the dis-
and Indo-China, inter- ested circles in London ex- press the hope that Thai- land will beware of the
KHARTOUM'S NIGHTLY BROODING ETHIOPIAN SKY RESOUNDS, TO THE ROLL OF DRUMS SPELLING OUT A MESSAGE FOR WHICH THE ETHIOPIANS HAVE BEEN WAIT-pute between Thailand ING FOR FIVE YEARS THAT THEIR EM- PEROR IS NEAR AT HAND AND THE MO- MENT OF DELIVERANCE IS NOT FAR OFF.
In a special interview granted to me by the Lion of Judah, I learned that the dark-party intervention. bearded, distinguished Emperor has already made contact with Abyssinian chiefs from the interior.
The last time I saw the Em- ["
disembarking at peror he was Haifa five years ago from a Bri- fish destroyer. after
flight from Abyssinia.
Then he dejected.
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To-day, he sits on a purple silk covered wooden throne in his little square pan-fringed palace beside the placid waters of the Blue Nile.
Alert, bright-eyed, he is other being.
an-
In a voice vibrant with con- fidence, he told me of his plans -that the day is not far dis. tant when he will Cross the border and lead the Ethioplan patriot army against the enemy,
At the risk of their lives, they made their way to a meeting on the frontiers and upon ascer. taining that their Emperor was really there, they one and all pledged their fealty.
The audience terminated on a personal and still confident note.
"I hope you will accompany me country." when I return to my
the said the Emperor as I left palace. Reuter.
SUPPLIES REACHING
Tear Down The Wolf CHINA
There was a glint of assurance
in his eyes as he exclaimed:-
American Red
Cross
motives behind any third
In the event of Thailand being
ed out, it would not be Thailand who would benefit.
aided by a third party, it is point-
in
London quarters stress that the non-aggression pact signed be. tween Thailand and France on French June 12, 1940 after the collapse has never been ratified.
In face of considerable opposi- Colonial tion from the French Ministry and the authorities Indo-China, M. Paul Lepissier, French Minister at Bangkok, worked hard to have the treaty concluded, but opposition to pro- visions in the treaty involving certain territorial concessions Thailand remain to be overcome, In the British view, a peaceful solu ion of the dispute is possible. It is believed that if the two parties are left alone, without open or covert interference by a third party, the dispute can still be settled peacefully.
to
It is difficult, London circles emphasise, for Britain to-day to offer her good affices for media- tion, since British relations with Vichy and Indo-China have censed to exist. However, it is thought that the United States could see
I will tear down the figure of headquarters in Washing- its way to act as honest broker,
the wolf erected by the Italians
in Addis Ababa square and in its place will reinstate the white
marble statue of the Lion
fכי
Judah, the original of which they
took to Rome."
Selassie is well pleased with the progress of his army's training and added:-
"The revolt is making great headway, thanks to the whole. hearted support of the British Government.”
"It is the writing on the wall,' he said, with sudden energy, "and the days of my former Italian ally who betrayed my country are numbered.
"He built fine roads but killed and enslaved thousands of my people. He failed to break their spirit and I look forward to their liberation and the institution of just, constitutional governments."
Royal War Drums
The Emperor told me that just as Badoglio had done he would personally lead his victorious troops to Addis Ababa mounted
on a white horse.
I asked him if it was
true
ton report that medical though no such offer has yet been supplies are now reaching
made, Central News.
--
Free China and this has SURPRISE
ATTACKS
caused the organisation to continue sending aid.
After the re-opening of the Burma Road, supplies were ship- ped from the United States for China's benefit and these are now passing freely along the road,
An investigation by the Red Cross has shown that the road
is being well maintained des- pite alr raids, and 60 lorries with vital medical supplies and equipment have been trans-
ported since the re-opening, Much more will be gent from the United States, it is learned.
It is probable that $1,000,000
worth of supplies will be sent, for such no limit has been set for aid. Reuter.
GIRL'S
CHARGES
BY GREEKS
A violent surprise at- tack by Greek troops has Italians dislodged the from strongly fortified positions in the central sector of the front, says the Athens radio.
Fierce hand-to-hand engage- ments are reported from the northern sector, where the Greeks made, an advance after bayonet fighting.
Desperate attempts by the Ita- lians to reinforce their positions .in the coastal sector north of Chimarra have been nullified by
Pleading guilty to possession of the spirit of the Greek offensive. that the Royal Crown of the two "wards" without having noti--Reuter House of Judah was now in Rome. fled the S.C.A., Ho Sui-tung, 28, He said that the crown which married woman, of No. 63, Sai Badoglio took to Rome was stolen Kung Road, was fined $25 by Mr. by the Italians from the Ethiopian E. Himsworth at Kowloon this church and was not the Emperor's morning.
crown.
He went on to explain about the Royal war drums which
Inspector W. H. Fraser, of the S.C.A., said that on December 19, Tam Mui, 14-year-old girl, came
are nightly beating on the hill to S.C.A., and alleged that she
JAPAN'S NATIONAL DEBT
tops of Gojjam and along the was forced to sleep in the streets Japan's na'lonal debt in the frontler.
by a 40-year-old man to whom form af domestic and foreign loan "There are 44, some of which she was married од accused's | bonds at the end of last year are big, while others are hollow-instruction.
totalled Yen 28,253,200,000,"ac-
allowed
ed out from tree trunks covered! The girl accompanied the au- cording to an official announce- with cow-hide.
thorities to accused's house andment by the Japanese Ministry of -- "My thieftains are
in there found another girl, aged 17, Finances e maximum of 12 drums each but was also accused's "ward." nine sound a particular signal and when the peculiar note 61 those drums is heard my people know that I am nearby.
The Message
THEET FROM STORE
`OF WATSON'S Mr. G. A. Lawrence, of Messrs, Watson and Company has report "And I know that they are bear- ed the theft of tin packings, ing and understanding my mes- valued at $250, from the store sage of my drums because hun-room, North Point, between 12 dreds of my former soldiers, who pm on Saturday and 7.30 am. were forced to fight with the yesterde Italfunk, ara deserting wild rally- ing to the standard Walzad at Goilam by my faithful soman- Tónl ders.
n held a-clan-
Dr.
These figures indicate an in- crease by Yen 1,300,000,000 from the total at the end of November and an increase by Yen 6,733,- 000,000 compared with one year bgo, Reuter.
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