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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 20, 1941.
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JAPAN'S SCHEMES IN EAST ASIA
Mr. Quo Tai-chi Gives Warning In London SHEFFIELD Aggression
WOMAN'S SPEECH
When Mr. R. G. Men-:
Delayed Not Abandoned
LET NO-ONE MISTAKE THAT JAPAN'S zies. Prime Minister of PROGRAMME HAS BEEN IN ANY WAY ABAN- Australia, inspected
an DONED, DECLARED MR. QUO TAI-CHI, CHIN- engineering works yester- ESE AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN, SPEAKING day at Sheffield, he was welcomed by Miss Marion AT THE FABIAN SOCIETY LUNCHEON IN Helliwell, who, starting at LONDON YESTERDAY. a wage of 12 shillings a week, is now one of the senior directors,
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Presenting Mr Menzies a small gift, Miss Helliwell in ધ્ર Spontaneous speech sand Nazis: "They Hay bomb homes, they may bomb our factor -
of the
"Japan is only waiting a favourable mo- ment to take the plunge in the hope of shar ing the spoils with her Nazi partners, but ! can assure you that China will not listen to any specious peace proposals designed only
ies, but the skill of our hands and to extricate Japan for further aggressions."
the spirit of beauty, lave and kun- hness cannot be taken from us
Mr
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Qub also declared "China offensive which may come sooner
more than might be expected. uncunquered and
We unconqu ‘rable. ever
Noxious Doctrine have been a bit tougher and even more resilient than the world ex- pected.
Later in the day Mr. Menzies told a gathering of industria than and civic leaders that the speech was one of the highlights of his tour.
That is the spird of the people; of this country.” he sand. "I have seen in httle back streets, people i whose homes have been bombed! but after the first shock I do not think that one Dersom vcho has been through suffering even if you search the country with mjeroscope would be prepared to
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"China is blessed with a bril·
Ifant leader, We have our Chiang Kai-shek, as you have your Winston Churchill and the Americans have their Franklin Roosevelt.
"China has more than doubled
the
NO ITALIAN
REQUEST FOR
SAFE CONDUCT
Mr R. A. Butler, Under - Secretary for Foreign Affairs, dealt in the House of Com- mons yesterday with the question of Ita- lian hon-combatants in Abyssinia.
Mr. Butler recalled that an Italian re- quest for a safe con- duct was a prerequi- site for British action, and no such request had been made. Reuter.
CAROL SENDS AN EMISSARY
Ex-King Carol and Mae. Lu-
"Chuna has really borne brunt of the mechanised aggres - sion. She has led the van in arm- ed resistance to the noxious duc - trine that could not be checked by Pescu's luggage and four dogs which they left behind at Sevilio reasoning.
when they escaped to Portugal, are being collected by the Portu- have "From the beginning we felt We
are fighting for others, Buese Count de Mofra, who has ar-
rived in Seville from Liston. as well as for ourselves,
The Count is also settling Ca- though for more than two years
rol's outstanding accounts. He we fought a rather lonely fight first had an interview with thel
| Chief of the Seville Police. - - Reu-
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say other than I am prepared to her military strength since the carry on I shall go on suffering war against Japan began, We are) but my children's children are noi self-sufficient in all arms except! "The work belatedly realises fer. Kong
suffer Therefore we planes and heavy guns, which now what We asserted a decade! shall carry one win" British have to be imported and are ago about Japan's programme Wireless.
Lissential to a general
counter-
HEAVY. RAIDS ON GERMANY'S NAVAL BASES
NOW THAT THE Battle of the Atlantic has begun, Kiel and Wilhelmshaven, the two main naval bases in Germany, are more than ever vital to the enemy's war efforts, and both were heavily attacked by aircraft of the R.A.F. Bomber Command on Tuesday night, says the Air Ministry news service.
The weather was most unfavourable, with much cloud and haze, but by skilful navigation and persistence in the face of a fierce barrage at both towns, the British aircraft were able to drop a great load of high explosives and incendiary bombs on docks, shipbuilding yards and industrial centres of these ports.
Raid on Kiel began soon after,
There were many bursts in the
aggression.
of
Mr. Que did not deny friction between the Government and they Communists though he said it was greatly exaggerated by Japanese propaganda.
Internal Unity
Moreover, he was confident the Communists, realising the supreme necessity of internal unity, would continue to afford the Govern- ment cooperation and support such as they pledged themselves to du when the war began,
After surveying Chinese military success in the past six months, Mr. Quo drew special attention to the almost miraculous development of the natural riches of south-west and north-west China sin e the Chinese Government Was esta- blished at Chungking, the conse- quences of which for China's fu- Lure influence in Asia might well outweigh all other fruits of the
war.
Fine Form
The Ambassador, whose re- putation as an orator has long been established in London, was in fine fighting form.
The large audience generally agreed he had never delivered a better speech, which was punctuated with continual ap- plause, especially the references to President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill and the formidable growth of the Chinese forces
9 o'clock and lasted well into the area of the docks and shipyards early hours of the morning. In- and fires, both large and small. which are now holding a mil- cendiaries, aimed at times when the clouds parted, caused a num- ber of dres and these made a mark for aircraft which followed in quick succession.
As on several recent nights, lion Japanese inextricably bog- Bomber Command aircraft conged in China.-Reuter. tinued to deplete Germany's store of oil in Rotterdam har- bour..
As larger bombs went down the Hure theres was; at good; dèal of flash of the explosion was vividly brown haze: butt visibility often: reflected on the clouds.
was veryy good;
Towards the end of the raid it! O tanks in the harbour werel was evident that large fires had recognised: by; the lights of: flares, got a firm hold and even though and soon there was one large and the weather, was- thick, the crews three small fires burning/which of the British aircraft could see rapidly merged into the single big the bright glare in the sky over fire British, Wireless). Kiel for many miles'e on the home- ward journey.
HEK.
KONSTRUKTION'
REMOVED
BRITISH GUIANA
WAR GIFT
collected by the local committee A further £1,000 has been
the
iri British Guiana⋅ towards cost of bomber, and, fighter, 'planes, ---British Wireless.
NEW CHIEF SCOUT
APPOINTED
CREDITS FOR FREE FRANCE
The
British Govern- ment has formally agreed to provide credits for fin- ancing the Free French war effort.
This is one of two agreements just reached between the British Government and General cie Gaule.
The second agreement deals with foreign exchange questions and between the British Empire the Free French Empire. It re- establishes the pre-Armistice par- ity between the pound and franc at 176.625.
Each Culony can freely dispose of foreign exchange proceeds of exports and gold production un- der the control of the Council of Defence of the French Empire, which will be in a position if ne- the surplus ex- cessary to use changé resources of one colony to meet the deficit of another, or for the Free French forces as 'a whole.-Reuter,
NAZI DELEGATION TO CASABLANCA
re.
The German delegation cently sent to Casablanca is said to consist of about 60 men,
This was stated by the Foreign Under-Secretary replying to
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Lord Somers, who recently suc- Commons question in which reded Lord Baden-Powell as also said that delegations of the Chief Scout of Great Britain har| Germun Armistice Commission now been appointed Chief Scout are established in Algovia, Tunis Lof the British Commonwealth, and int the French zone of
Morocco-British Wireless.
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It is officially revealed that the lery contingent arrived at a West At Wilhelmshaven it was easler "obstruction" in Victoria Harbour,] Coast port yesterday where they to observe results of the bombing in front of the Naval Yard, an- | were welcomed: by the New- and at times visibility was rea-nounced on February 8, has been foundland Trade Commissioner. sonably good:
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