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DARLAN
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 5, 1941.
REPORTS
BACK TO MARSHAL PETAIN Reinstatement Of Laval Believed Conceded
Negotiation In Paris
PARIS POLICE PREFECT DETAINED
Roger Langeron, Paris police prefect, has been dismissed from his post and is held under detention, according to a report described as coming "from reliable quar- ters" to the German official news
agency
Longeron was
yesterday.
pointed in 1934.
Reuter.
ap-
TWO TRAWLERS
LOST
of two
trawlers,
The sinking the Relonzo and Luda Ludy, was announced yesterday in an Ad- miralty communique which added there was no loss of life in Lurda Lady. Reuter,
TURKEY'S DEFENCES
Ankara
It was announced in last night that the members of the British military mission, Lisut.-
General Marshall-Cornwall and
Air Vice-Marshal Elmhurst have left
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To Continue
ADMIRAL DARLAN REACHED VICHY FROM PARIS LAST NIGHT AND CONFERRED IMMEDIATELY WITH MARSHAL PETAIN.
It is believed in Vichy hẹ will return to Paris "shortly"—probably to-day or Thursday "to inform the other parties in the nego- tiations there of the Marshal's attitude” presumably towards the reinstatement of Pierre Laval.
Earlier reports had said! Laval would accompany, Admiral Darlan to Vichy, the Marshal having cepted the German mand for his reinstate- ment in the Cabinet.
Nazi Broadcast Warning To France
A warning to France not t.
ac-place her hopes in a British vic- de-tory was broadcast in French by the German radio station at Stutt- gart last night.
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These reports added that Vichy Government would plu- bably be eliminated.
Meanwhile Paul Baudoin, who was Marshal Petain's first For. eign Minister and afterwards Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, is stated to have been given a new post.
This, according to the official
a tour of inspec- German news agency, is the pre-
tion of Turkish defences in thesidency of the administrative coun- Dardanelles and at other points. cil of the Bank of Indo-China.
The speaker said such an at titude showed "inexcusable fri. trea- vality bordering on high son, and added: "Unless all Frenchmen make up their minds to carry out without delay the readjustment indispen- sable in the political, economic and sucial spheres, the difficultie under which France is labouring far from being relieved. will worsen possibly with disastrous speed."-Reuter.
Decision Expected In A Few Days
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Vichy is expected to reach decision about the reinstatement of Laval in the next few days, according to a Geneva despatch
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STOP PRESS
Mr. L. Currie, President Roosevelt's representative, proceeding to Chungking on a fact-Anding mission. are,ved in Hong Kong this afternoon by Clipper. He was met by a personal representative of Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek and other prominent Chinese officials, H.E.. the Acting Governor was also re- presented. Mr. Currie told the "China Meil" that he was un- able to elaborate on the state- ment he made in Manila.
The s.s. Mação was stopped and searched by the Japanese just as the ship was about to enter Portuguese waters at Macao last evening. news
Laval considers it necessary, if he is recalled to the Government, to be given "far-reaching powers." the despatch adds.-Reuter.
Situation Obscure
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The situation in France con- tinues obscure. Admiral Darlan has had a long talk with M. Laval, but the results are not dis- closed.
Admira! Darlan's subsequent interview with Marshal Petain sted for 90 minutes, and it is officially indicated that the negotiations in Paris' have not) been broken off,
A German News Agency report states that the reinstatement of M. | Laval has not yet been confirmed. International News Service.
NIEMOELLER NOT TO BE RELEASED
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Martin Niemoeller, the German Protestant pastor now in a Nazi concentra- tion camp, who is report- ed to have turned Roman Catholic, is not likely to be released before the war is over.
German Government circles in
dicated this in Berlin yesterday in commenting on a refiort that the fighting pastor, who commanded 'n U-boat in the lust war and de- fled Hitler from his, pulpit. húð ronounced the Protestant faith. ....
It had been rumoured that his. conversion and renunciation of This former Pastoral duties would remove the chief obstacle to his release..
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coamp) waNALENO
"since 1937,
has been held
Now it appears that Niemoeller will remain. under årrest.—Intër- national News Service,
Japanese armed marines. under three officers, boarded the ship and inspected the cargo
and
passengers, de- parting after haf an hour,
The ship left Hong Kong at 5 p.m, for Macao and stopped just outside Portu- guese waters by a Japanese warship which signalled s.s. Macao to heave to. — Own Correspondent.
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Seven United
States Gov- ernors, namely those of South Carolina. North Carolina, Florida. Arkansas, Mississip- pi. Louisia and Virginia. have wired the Senate For- cien Affairs Committee ap- proving the British Aid Bill, which they regard as *essen- tin for the safety of the na- tion."--Reuter.
Wood.
Robert Ceneral Chairman ot the America First Committee, lestifying betere the Senate Foreign Affairs Committc2, express- ed the view that there was United "a possibility of the States being engaged in war within 90 days it the British Reu- Aid B is passed." 1er.
Starting the second day of the debate on the British Ad Bill in the House of Repre- sentatives, James Richards renounced his former isola- tionist stand and urged Con- gress to pass the Bill, saying: "It would be cowardly to de-
of feat the Bill the passage which would make the Div- tators fear."--Reuter.
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