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DRESSED TO KILL
OUT TO THRILL
THE LONE WOLF KEEPS
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941–
DARLAN RESISTS PEACE CONFERENCE
A DATE PROPOSAL
Warren William · Frances Robinson
Based upon a work-by Louis Joseph Vade
3 STOOGES COMEDY
“A Ducking They Did Go"
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NEXT CHANGE, ROBALIND RUSSELL MELVYN DOUGLAS :“THIS THING CALLED LOVE"
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A Vital Human Drama, Great in Its Simplicity!
"Your lips are a thread of scarlet and your mouth is comely. You are altogether beautiful, my love
but
he left her to follow a light that lighted.
all the world!
Twentieth Century Fox Presents
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT
A picture unlike an you have ever seen
ADDED ATTRACTION : LATEST MOVIETONE NEWS FIRST PICTURES OF WAR IN RUSSIA
Directly After the King's Theatre
COMMENCING SATURDAY- The Most Explosive and Hilarious Comedy of
CAROLE
(From the French Frontier)
THE PRELIMINARY Franco-German Peace Treaty, which it is believed Hitler had originally planned should take place for pro- paganda purposes within the framework of a big peace conference, has not yet received the official signature of the heads of the Ger- man and Vichy Governments.
Freakish Report
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"
Russian circles in Shanghai to-day categori- cally denied a Vichy re- port that the ashes of the late Tsar Nicholas II are reposing in the vaults of the Bank of England.
the
The Vichy report asserted that French World War leader,
According to political observers the plans for this conference, which was favoured by General Pierre Janin, told news- Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, Ottoen he brought an urn with the Abetz, German Ambassador to France, and de Brinon, French envoy to occupied France, have been given up owing to opposition by and the Nazis to start trouble be Admiral Darlan.
An agreement in principle, how- ever, as previously foreshadowed. has been drawn up on the follow- ing lines:-
German annexation of Alsace- Lorraine;
Integrity of the French colonies; Compensation for France by ob- taining later the Walloon districts of Belgium and British African colonies;
West
No territorial concessions to
GERMANY
DEMANDS
GOLD
ashes from Russia in 1918 follow- an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the Tsar.
ing
The report is
in described Shanghat as an attempt by Vichy
tween the British and people.
Russian
were
It is asserted that the bodies of the Tsar and bis fami y burned with sulphuric acid.-In- ternational News Service,
V
LAVAL ON FEET AGAIN
DE BRINON, VICHY REPRE- SENTATIVE IN OCCUPIED Italy, which is to receive Egypt! It was learned in well- FRANCE, YESTERDAY PAID A VISIT TO LAVAL, WHOM HE informed neutral diplo- FOUND WALKING ABOUT THE
VERSAILLES HOSPITAL, Continuation of the German oc- matic circles in London It is announced that Laval,
as compensation;
cupation of Northern France but
Versailles of the recent the term "occupying troops" to be yesterday that a deadlock victim
return to Paris replaced by "troops belonging to a has been reached in the shooting, will
shortly and will stay there some negotiations which have days before going to his country
friendly nation;"
France to place all means of as-
sistance at Germany's disposal.
French Fleet ?
been in progress between home.
The result of mental examina-
Vichy and Germany for a reduction of the occupa tion charges.
The fate of the French fleet is wrapped in the deepest secrecy.
Meanwhile negotiations ́alming at reduction of the costs of occu- These are being paid at present! pation, which remain at 400 mil- at the original figure of 400 mil- lion francs a day, are stili at dead-lion francs daily. lock.
tions of Faul Colette, young as- sailant of Laval and. Deat, is said to have shown he must be held fully responsible for his act. Reuter.
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SOVIET SHIPS IN FAR EAST
The occupation costs have nei- IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT IN THE YEAR AD- ther been reduced nor, as the Ger- EARLIER mans originally wished, transmut- MIRAL DARLAN REFERRED TO [SPECIAL TO- "CHINA MAIL"] Two additional Soviet freight- ed into gold by foreign exchange] THE "GENEROUS" GERMANS payments.-Reuter...
WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT ers which have been tied up in THE OCCUPATION CHARGES Shanghai for repairs since March HAD BEEN REDUCED.
are due to leave shortly for Manila and Thailand to take on supplies for Russia.
vessels are expected
IGNORANT OF THE REGULATIONS
A fined of $10 was imposed by Major A, N. Macfadyen at Kow- loon this morning or L 0-kee, 37, for bringing three letters into the Colony, other than by post.
Accused was searched by, Ser-
1941-geant Stewart on board a samnan.
SHE LOVES HIM! SHE HATES AIM!
LOMBARD MONTGOMERY
ROBERT
-and YOU have all the fun!
Mr & MP
LEE THEATRE
Dally at 2.30, 5.30, 7.30, 9.30 P.M.”
Diracled by ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Story and
RADIO: ROTIE
#GENE RAYMOND
KJACK CARSON
PHILIP WERTVALL
LUGILE WATSON
|ORMAN KHASNA
SHOWING TO DAY
獄地島孤
A CHINESE PICTURE IN MANDARIN
at 7 pm, last night, after dis- embarking from a British ship from Shanghai. Three letters were found in his pocket.
Accused was: ignorant of the Regulations as this was his first visit, to Hong Kong.
TRIAD SOCIETY SENTENCE
Mal Ping, 36, was sentenced to one year's hard labour by Mr H. C. Macnamara this morning for: being a member of a Triad Society and for returning from life ban- ishment." H
Det Sgt. H. J. Baldwin, who raided the Society at No. 501, Canton Road, on Tuesday even- ing sald accused was the accoun- tant of the Society.
SPITTING FINE
While inspecting a food factory
at No. 10, nangnal Streckt u
a.m. yesterday, Sanitary Inspector
G. Smith, saw Wan Yiu, 44, fok!,
spitting on the promises. Before
The
to
Vichy's inability or unwilling- ness to furnish gold for payment of these charges appears to be load raw materials from Thailand one of the reasons for the failure and machine-tools from Manila of the negotiations-Reuter International News Service.
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THE OLD MAID
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GEORGE BRENT
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