THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 17, 1941.
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British Appeal To Japan To Effect A Rapprochement Significant HITLER'S British Press REPLY TO
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PETAIN
LONDON STOCK LONDON MURDER
EXCHANGE
Continued interest in industrials was the main feature of opera- tions on the London Stock
change yesterday.
Ex-
Further substantial ga'ns were
ACCUSED'S
R.A.F. SON
recorded, especially among TESTIFIES
to-
bacco, breweries and the shares
of heavy industry.
ground, made a
has been arrested and
Cabinet on Saturday, ac-panese cased, but Chinese were charged with her murder,
Among foreign band issues, Ja-
well supported.
Hitler's reply to a per- Home rails are also forging The inquest on Mrs. sonal message which Mar-jahead and oils, after losing some sha! Petain sent him be- Diamonds and rubber issues at fessor Lloyd James, who smart recovery Lloyd James, wife of Pro- fore Christmas may be tracted increased attention, Kaf- FAR EASTERN PROBLEMS were the sub- ject of leading articles in two influential Bri-brought before the Vichy firs closed firm. tish
newspapers yesterday. First, "The
cording to the Vichy cor- Times" discussed the situation in the Nether-respondent of "La Suisse," lands East Indies and Japan, and second, the
the Zurich paper. prominent provincial newspaper "Yorkshire Post" appealed to Japan to effect a rappro- chement with the Democracies.
"The Times" emphasised the strong pro- British sympathies in the Dutch Indies and recalls that immediately Holland was overrun Tokyo assumed the Dutch colonial Empire would be ready to receive Japanese "assist-
once.
The special mission under Mr he where her true interests be Kobayashi found the lnches will- before the "unhappy entangle- ing to negotiate in an egotium e ment with the Axis becomes basis only, and returned to Tokyo revocable."--Reuter. with every protestal on that th Indies did not coinc within that scope of the "new order of treat- er Asia."
Although this is doubtless the official Tokyo ༣ཎྷཱ1༢-༣A!:}ཊྛ39; The Times," it cannot altogether without significance that the Jik- ||
panese League
be
for Emancipation |
of South-Eastern Astabe Natme
GERMANS ACTIVE IN
POLAND
bas just issued a flamboyant THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES manifesto in which the races oF IN OCCUPIED POLAND HAVE the East Indies, Malaya, Burma. | UNDERTAKEN THE COMPLETE the Philippines and even India REORGANISATION OF THE are mentioned as munang those to POLISH RAILWAYS be liberated."
Stand Together
"The Times" adds that such emancipation is unlikely to ap- peal to any of these peoples
AND
He says that the long awailed visit of De Brinon, the Vichy re- presentative in Paris, to Vichy, is expected to take place very soon. and it would followed by a Ca-
Wall Street WES quiet and
steady.
binet meeting on Saturday to dis- cuss Franco-German relations.
The correspondent recalls that De Brinon is expected to bring Hitler's reply to Petain's message. . Reuter.
ANOTHER WAR FRONT IN THE BALKANS?
THE TURKISH PRESS is again discussing the chances of the Balkans to keep out of the
war.
was formally adjourned at St. Pancras yesterday un- til February 21, after the criminal proceedings against her husband have been completed.
A blood-stained carving-fork, and a hammer, found in the room with the corpse, were pro- duced
The son of Prof. and Mrs. Lloyd James, David, now a flying officer in the Royal Air Force, and formerly the youngest B.B.C. an- nouncer, wearing his uniform, gave evidence of identification and revealed that it was he who found the body of his mother, with the
recently used bloodstained carv- ing-fork and hammer.
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, the famous pathologist, who perform- ed the port-mortem examination,
"Cumhuriyet' says that if for any reason Bulgaria consents to the transit of German stated that the cause of death was troops it would drag her right into the midst of the tempest and another war front would be opened.
Discussing Moscow's attitude,
the paper says it would be a mis- take to think that Soviet neu- trality would remain unaffected in such an event. WATERWAYS IN ORDER ΤΟ Reports continue to be receiv- ADAPT THEM TO THE GEA- ed that Germans are arriving in MAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM. Bulgaria by the hundreds as ACCORDING TO NEWS RE. "tourists" and "cominercial tra- CEIVED IN LONDON BY WELL- vellers," INFORMED CIRCLES.
Moscow Radio has again broad- The plan is for the extension of
cast a denial of German-Inspired the waterways, including the link-reports that Russia has consented to the movement of German troops ing of Polish canals with Ger-
til Bulgaria. and has also al-man canals from east to west.
broadcast Bulgaria's denial of these reports.
This form of charity begins at home
Japanese occupied China, for instance. The paper concludes that though Japan has so much in Polish circles in London ulso hand the Netherlands authorities note with interest that all Ger- are not taking risks and much man stations along the Soviet- wealth is being spent for defence | German frontier are to be consi-
derably enlarged.
measures.
"In the East as in the Great Britain and Holland together."
West, stand
Axis Pact And Japan
Under the title "Japan thinks it over," the "Yorkshire Post" dis. cusses the effects of the Ass Par un Japan.
Chief result hitherto has been to bring Britain and America closer together in uncompromis. Ing resistance to Japan's aggres- rive designs.
The paper recalls that Mr. Cordell Hull on Wednesday point-
ed out that the United States had tried to show Japan that her best interests would be friendly
relations with the United States.
"Even to the fire-eaters in
The Vistula is to be linked with the Oder and the Danube by a canal. Bydgoszoz Canal will be deepened to take ships of 1,000 tons displacement.—Reuter,
re-
may
The Bulgarian War Minister said yesterday that the danger might be avoided "but it have to be overcome by force." Another Turkish newspaper says that British successes have been responsible for the prevention of the spreading of war to Bulgaria,
Reuter.
ITALIAN 'PLANES ROT
ON GROUND
ITALIAN 'PLANES lie rotting at the vast aban- doned Italian aerodrome at El Adem, south of Tobruk in Libya, states the Air Ministry News Ser- vice.
Most of the 'planes had already been rendered Tokyo that should be obvious unserviceable by R.A.F. attacks and they were finally
enough; it is equally true of Ja- pan's relations with the British Empire."
Japan's Chief Need The Yorkshire Post" points
dependence out... Japan's - America for engineering supplies
and vital raw materials.
On
per
It emphasises that Japan' de. penda on Britain for 70 cent. of the profits of her for. eign trade.
set on fire by the retreating Italians.
In one hangar alone, there were around the aerodrome proper 22 burnt-out skeletons of 'planes. were huge stocks of Italian pro- visions and petrol. No attempt The huge aerodrome, now de- had been made to destroy them solate, had been made by the Ita-testifying to
the the speed of lians into a very comfortable base enemy's flight.-Reuter,
with up-to-date kitchens, shower- baths, billiard tables, tennis and badminton courts:
to
The Important wireless instal. lation at El Adem was destroy- ed before the Italians took flight, ...but „the „larga „claotclo ---power-stadion was left: ungaboi-
staged.
"More than this: the friendship of America and Britain would in- vite her collaboration in a new world order not besed, like Hit- ler's on tyranny and fraud, but In the huge joiners shop were framed to ensure justice and se- discovered ten canvas equares curity for all nations, great and with R.A,F. identification circles
on them. small,"
Tho article concludes that there are signs that Jepan has begun to think over the a:ternatives, and, declares her chief need is for a statesman with the courage to Join Mr. Cordell Hull in talling
Huge Stocks * Undamaged. All the machine-shops equipped on up-to-date lines.
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NETHERLANDS EAST MIN- DIES SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR "SPITFIRES". NOW TOTAL OVER 130,000.
The N.E.I. Fund has sent money for 27 "Spitfires" to Britain,
This fa, quite apart from the 18
a depressed fracture of the skull, consequent upon a blow on the head. The other injuries were not sufficient to cause death, but were consistent with the use of the fork-Reuter.
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