THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1941.
Obrary, Supreme Court
Berlin Makes An Attempt To Answer Britain
Britain And America
TOBRUK
PATROLS ACTIVE
Not Taken Seriously!
AN ATTEMPT to answer point by point the joint declaration by Mr. Churchill and Successful patrol. acti- vities round the Tobruk President Roosevelt was made in Berlin poli- area were announced in a tical quarters yesterday, according to the Middle East communique Berlin correspondent of the Swedish news- issued in Cairo yesterday paper "Dagens Nyheter.“
afternoon.
The communique says thut! during the night of August 13/14
Regarding Point One, declaring the Unit-
a fighting patrol from Tobruk sur- ed States and Britain seek "no aggrandise-
prised an enemy strong point, kill-
ing the entire garrison of 12.
Following up this success the
ment, territorial or otherwise," it is asked in patrol penetrated still further and Berlin, why did America and Britain occupy
engaged strong working parties of the enemy with grenades light machine-gun fre.
and
In another scotor our artil. lery brought heavy and affec tive fire to bear on two other working partics of the enemy. Although heavy dust storms on Thursday interfered with movements outside Tobruk patrols were again active in frontier area,--Reuter.
INDIAN BAND WINS PRIZE
Greenland and Iceland?
...................................................** LION CUB
"STRAITS TIMES" DISAPPOINTMENT
Commenting
on
the joint declaration issued after the Roose- velt-Churchill meet- ing, the "Straits Times" in Singapore said: "We had hoped for an uncompromis- ing statement and final 'hands off' warn- ing to Japan." Reuter.
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JUST A SUGGESTION
OVERSTAYS LEAVE
"Bomber," the lion cub mascot of a South African Air Force unit, is missing. The South Africans had been on active service only a few weeks when they were presented with "Bomber," then about the size of a kitten.
He took to the Springboks at once, and his antics helped them to pass more pleasantly the weary months of waiting in the Kenya scrub before they started the campaign which drove the Italians back into Abyssinia.
"Bomber's" good temper in his romps with the airmen soon made him
first
in favourite
the strange
the mascot zoo which In the House of Representa- South Africans collected around To Point Two, saying there declaration and hence no comment tives yesterday Mr. Thill (Repub- them. As he grew "should be no territorial changes is available, states the
Instinct as- "Basler |lican) suggested President Roose- that do not accord with the freely | Nachrichten."
velt was not acting in his official serted itself, and he often spent several of the daylight hours hunt- expressed wishes of the peoples concerned," the comment is "Seelested in what besides the
Informed circles are more inter- capacity if he met Mr. Churchilling in the bush. He came back
eight outside the territorial limits of
regularly before dark for his points was discussed, and believe the United States. To Point Three, that "all peoples that the purpose
evening meal. of the meeting Mr. Thill pointed out that Con- the should have to choose the form of was
One evening the cub did not to explore Anglo-American gress enacted a special resolu- return, and the unit had to move government under which
they problems connected with the criti-tion to permit President Wilson to a new station without him. It should live," it is asked in Berlineal developments in Asia.-Reu- to attend the Versailles Confer- why an authoritarian regime
ister. denied to great nations while Bol-- shevism is recognised in Russia.
our
our
Syria and Iraq.”
The Blockade
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Grouping Points Four to Seven An Indian military band won together dealing with “access the first prize for the smartest equal terms to the trade and raw surn-out at a harvest carnival' materials of the world; the fullest held at the Jewish settlement collaboration between all nations near Haita.
in the economic field, the establish- ment of peace after the destruc- tion of Nazi Germany and a peace to enable all men to traverse the high seas and oceans, without hin- drance," the Berlin comment is:
at
The band led the procession at
carnival the opening of the which tractors and other farming machines were paraded.
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The officer commanding the band, in thanking the judges, dis- closed that the band previously can armaments, two-ccean fleets.
had won second prize at an all-
India competition.
Many visitors, including Arabs,
to see the show.-Reuter.
came from neighbouring villages
A CLEAR EPITOME
"THAT CLEAR EPITOME OF OBJECTIVES COMPLETELY AC- CORDS WITH THE SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION OF THE AUS- TRALIAN LABOUR PARTY.”
bases."
It is stated: "The Anglo-Saxon
ence. Reuter.
ROOSEVELT TO LAND
IN AMERICA TO-DAY
INDICATION WAS GIVEN by the White
"Black-lists, blockades, Ameri-House yesterday that President Roosevelt and President Roosevelt's policy | might disembark-to-day at Swampscott, Mas- sachusetts, but an announcement regarding powers reserve to themselves de- his plans will be made at 1 a.m. (G.M.T.)
The White House spokesman indicated that any
definite word regarding President Roosevelt's point of disembarkation must wait until then.
cisions as to who is to have free- dom and who is to have raw ma- terials.
“One-Sidedness"
"This one-sidedness is more apparent in Point Eight," it is! cald, regarding the disarmament;
а
more
and gathered
at
Journalists, .cameramen of aggressor nations pending the radio men have been establishment of
perfor the past fortnight manent system of general recur- Swampscott, which is a few miles ⚫ity.
south of Boston and is the main So said Mr. Curtin, Labour lead- Germany, it is added, "is there- er, commenting in Melbourne tyes- fore not inclined to take the de- yachting centre on the New Eng-
land.coast. terday on the Churchill-Roosevelt claration seriously at any point declaration,
but there is no doubt that Ger- "I cannot imagine a Trade Un-man arms will give an answer."- ionist in any country, including Reuter. Germany and the countries occu- Died by Germany, being other than inspired by this historic message, he added.-Reuter.
Nazi Interest
++ The Wilhelmstrasse is taking time to digest the Anglo-American
TO
SURE PARRY
PEACE MOVES
paper
AN EDITORIAL in the Free French news-
"France"
ce" in London yesterday, com- menting on the Anglo-American declaration, says; ''Here, then, are the peace aims of the Western Democracies.
"It is at once a charter of nations and a charter of labour.
By many of its traits, in fact, the common Anglo-American de- claration recalls the Fourteen
The President's special train,
In which he travelled to New London to embark in his yacht. the. "Potomac," has been wait. ing for him at Boston.
It is understood the President will have a conference with Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, by telephone immediately the yacht ties up.
Shortly afterwards it is expect ed the Fresident will travel back to Washington.
Mr. Sumner Welles, Under- Secretary of State, after return- ing from the Roosevelt-Churchill | conference," spent most of the morning conversing with Mr. Cordell Hull-Reuter.
LISBON COMMENT
RECOMMENTING ON THE AN- GLO AMERICAN DECLARA. TION THE JOURNAL DO DOM, ¡BRGIA” IN LISBON IS LIMITS it is assured / Hitler intends to ED BY THE DICTATES OF 'launch In the near future;
Points of President Wilson, the "Most important and most glad Pact of the League of Nations and the Statute of the International dening thing about it certainly in that the American Government, in
NEUTRALITY, ZE
Nevertheless it declares clearly, that, the declaration states the basis upon which the new order to be founded after the war is ro solved upon restoring to weaker It contains nothing to which the person of the President of the peoples their sacred rights of frec the Allies of Great Britain, Soviet Republic, without taking part in existence. Don Russia included, con raise objecthe war, in an active manner, The eight points of the declar
Labour Organisation.
tion,
Sure Farry
hermore, it is a sure par
perce alfonslya which
without even concluding a formal ation are magnificent and tangible alliance with Great Britain, should in their reality and reawaken hope have decided to engage the whole in the world that right will:sup- American people in the work of plant might, the paper, anya construction and peace-Router Router.
is feared that Bomber may have been speared, or shot. "He may have frightened someone who did not know him," said one of the unit. This should not Have happened however, as he had a bell round his neck,
and it was
easy to see that he was a pet and not wild.”
All the South Africans 'up north' are now on the look-out for "Bomber."
POLISH ARMY IN- RUSSIA
agreement:
cow:
sh Russian military Igned In Mos- -afternoon.
was
The gree nt which based on principles worked out
in London by General Sikorski
and his staff and taken to Mos-
cow by the Polish military mis- formation of a Polish army in
sion, provides in detail for the
Soviet Russia. Reuter.
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