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Appointment Of Halifax Unanimously Approved
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The British Press unanimously Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. welcomes the new appointments Mackenzie King, stated that he is The DAILY TELEGRAPH sya: greatly pleased to learn of the "Lord Ballfax has proved himself appointment of Lord Halifax, and
outstanding distinction in added:
of
character and mind. Everyone "Lord Halifax will bring to the will appreciate the deep sincerity new post a realistic view of the and broad liberal thought of the needs of the hour gained by quite new Ambassador.
an exceptional experience of con- "Since the final exposure of Hit-ditions in different parts of the ler no man has been more devoted world."
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to the cause of freedom and de- Canadians generally highly ap- mocracy than Lord Halifax and proved the appointment of Lord with a
clear conscience we can Hailfax, realising his experience commend him to our American į will help to cement the union of friends."
opinion between the United States and the United Kingdom,
The DAILY EXPRESS says: He can meet Mr. Roosevelt knowing the secrets of Mr. Churchill's mind and the attitude of his colleagues at home.
The appointment is also mended here.
com-
TRANSPARENT SINCERITY WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (Reuter) THE TIMES, say's Reuter.That Lord Halifax's widely writes: "No higher tribute could known transparent sincerity and be paid to the late Lord Lothian's high handedness will work strong- work than the consent of the For-ly to hiş advantage in his new eign Secretary to take the yacant post is the view expressed here. place himself.
EDEN AT PALACE His Majesty the King hel
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MORE IMPORTANT
"It is signal recognition of the Privy Council yesterday at Buck- fact that Anglo-American rela-ingham Palace at which Mr Aa- ttoms are more important than thony Eden receiveu nas seals of anything else in our foreign policy office on appointment as Foreign not merely for our present needs Secretary and Capt. H. D: R. Mar- but for the whole future of the geason as "Secretary for War. world.
The Ministers klased hands on. "It ensures the perpetuation of receiving their seals of office, the spirit in which the late Am-states a London message.
LABOUR APPROVE. British Wireless adds that the
bassador undertook and carried out his mission." The DAILY
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The News-Chronicle says: "AS has proclaimed, the paramount Importance of our friendship with a former Viceroy of India, as For-
IF
DEEPER AND GREATER
America. Personally Lord Halifax en Secretary during three of the UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
has the qualities which the vast most critical years in British his- responsibilities which have fallen tory and as a member of the War upon him will require."
Cabinet since the beginning of the
The Daily Herald approved even present struggle, Lord Halifax has more of the return of Mr. Eden to been the key personality in the
AMERICA AND BRITAIN
"Waking slowly from a long sleep, my people have the Foreign Office and says: He counel's of the nation. Short of declared today that the world cannot be half Hitlerised has been the most successful For-dispatching himself to Washington. and half civilised. So war between the two worlds is go- eign Secretary after Mr. Arthur M Churchu could hardly have ing on and will go on until a better world is created," said Henderson.
done more to emphasise the vital PROFESSOR ARTHUR NEWELL, a distinguished Ameri- GREATLY PLEASED " significance of the Anglo-American can, when he spoke in London on Sunday. OTTAWA, Dec. 23 (Reuter)—The Unk”
GRAZIANI EXPLAINS REVERSES
IN WESTERN DESERT
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wiped out. The troops under positions taken up by the British General Malott! were eliminated forces. before the attack on Sidi Berrani In London this is felt that this
began, and when the first line of defence try to fall back, they found their retreat cut off. It was then that the Marshal ordered his troops to fall back
The report goes on to speak of the crushing superiority of the British armoured units and of the naval attacks launched along the caast, while the E.AF. harried Ita; lian columns on the march and bombed zerodromes and the
· fortified towns of Tobruk and Bardia.
The speaker prefaced his concerned, certain Americans remarks with 器 glowing are reported to have said
~~/ speaking off the record --Is tribute to the late Lord
the expression used-that de- Lothian, British Ambassador
mocracy in England is dead! to the United States, whose death occurred recently.
VERY MUCH ALIVE "It seems to us other Ameri- cans, who have lived in this coun- try, to be otherwise. It was only last week that the President, of
And then Lord Lothian speaks once more"If you back `ns, you will not be backing a quitter,'
"Everything is justifying those words here in England, in the Western Desert, in the Adriatic, at Valona, over. Germany. Where next? And what about America? President Roosevelt is back from
Ing-in the West Indies and his fishing-mind you I said fish- things always happen when F.D.R. gets back from a holiday.
THE VOICE OF AMERICA
"Cut out the dollar talk," he has said. Give Britain what she needs. Get out the hose-pipe and help her. We can worry about taking it back when it is all over.
"This, I think, is the authentic voice of the American people. Let us now hurry on with the job.
"Fer myself, I would go further but we wait on events. One.
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING "On Thursday, Dec. 12," he said, shows how inemetent the Italian "the British and the American the American Club stated that he thing is clear. We too know what defences were.
people alike mourned the passing could not agree with the state
Tuesday,
FLAT CONTRADICTION
Last
General
Wade
countrymen."--
public enemy. No. I looks like: of a great friend of my country-ment that democracy was dead. We have had plenty of them: Speed and more speed is what we Signor Ansaldo writing in the Lord Lothian passed away in a TELEGRAFO, flatly contradicts premature call. He worked for a Hays, speaking at the opening of must have now from my fellow-*** the German view that the Medi- deeper and greater understanding the American Eagle Club, said: between our two nations and it unimportant
"We have proof every day that was on that understanding that democracy in England is very he sald that all the real hope of much alive and kicking. The de- the world depends.. That was his bate recently in the House of farewell message."
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terranean 13 theatre of the war.
Signor Ansaldo said:
rancan
"In the last few days, cer tain foreign observers had in- clined to regard the Mediter- as the second. rate theatre of war. We do not share this view, as we are con-" vinced that, it' is a main theatre of war equalled to the north in Importance." Signor
"In "Herr Hitler's world there zo debates-there are only rubber stamps and Batons.
Commons was yet another in- *Lord Lothian's voice will Jonsdication of this. continue to speak, to Americans with a compunction that may be are stronger than his living presence.
The Italian Air Force, according
There was striking sentence in his Baltimore speech. This to the Marshal's report, could not
not a war between nation like the use its full weight because of bad' weather. Among the raids made
last war, he said. 'It is a revolu by the RAF was an attack on however, is in keeping with Itationary war between the aspira- Benghazi. 300 miles behind the lian propaganda. He emphasises tions of man and a tree world." fighting line..
Ansaldo's
argument,
the strength of the British forces Marshal Graziani's explanation In Egypt and states that they were has caused surprise in London and greatly reinforced
and streng-
war
"Only 24 hours before that." continued the speaker, "another man had said that there is much
it is regarded as an example of thened by first rate tanks, ma- more at stake than victory be- military inaptitude, states a Lon-chine-guns and aircraft. don message.
tween one country and another. He described the British offen-That man was Herr Hitler Marshal Graziant stated that gives na a daring plan carried out the British offensivë did not take with first class equipment and be him by surprise, but that it was criticises those Italians who un- impossible to resist owing to the der-rated "the enemy,
Key Position Of German Economic System Bombed
British bombers were busy over Western Germany again, states
a. London' message and Mannheim was again bombed,
Easing Of Tension
Various reports from Vichy state. that there is slight easing of the tension between the French Government" and the Germana, states a London message.
"So we see that democracy' still lives it is the flesh and blood of the British people and neither you' nor, wo : will. suffer the light of learning, on: which it is based, to be snuff- ed out. I know It glows round your Rugby and your Eton. I know well your. technical schools and your secondary
IN GOVERNMENT. HANDS schools and I know our own
A Vichy newspaper states that schools. Yours and ours they
out the have much in common. They
while Vichy will carry terms of the armistice, the are none of them perfect, but they are serving the truth as
armistice had left the French Em2 they freely see it. Learningpire and the means to defend it, has Ufted the world. before-- in the hands of the Government. It will do so again.
There is no question," says the
It seems apparent that Marshal Petäin’will not countenance any- thing that will bring France into hostilities against Britain, and it also seems certain that Marshal Petain's Government will remain unchanged.
"The freedom to worship God paper,
"of throwing ourselves
CHALLENGE FLUNG BACK "Yes, for once he spoke the truth. Here was a challenge thrown to us and we picked It ́ up and flung it back to him. I say WE, because it is not only the British, but we Americans whom he has been
is something that lives in this actively into politics, but it is a pleased to couple with Britain
English-speaking world. What of question of keeping our soul in- in h vituperative words.
the Nazi world? Herr Hitler is tact and maintaining our authority "We thank him for linking us now trying to convince the world in the Dominions overseas, up with the champions of the about his solicitude for the "Marshal Petain saved world he is seeking to destroy churches, whereas we know that future of France, when he insister Waking from a long sleep, my the churches of Germany are free that France should retain her people have declared today that to do just one thing--and that is Fleet
Mannheim is the chief industrial centre of the Upper Rhino and occupies the key position of Germany's economic systèm. Heavy industries and munition works are centred just here.
Bunday night's attacks followed raiders over Britain was Mall-ed and half civilised. So the war him their god. far and wide raids over vital ob- |chester, The city was heavily between the two worlds is going on lectives from the far north to attacked for many hours, A large and will go on until a better world
number of fires were caused and is created.
the world cannot be half Hitleris to fall upon Herr Hitler and make
Italy,
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"In this strangest of all Christ-
BADMINTON RESULT
University" "B" best Chinese YM
CA in the "A" Division of the Badminton League (last night at
OK Cheat and K. P. Lu HKU) lost to IT. I Wong and
W. Wong 17-21, beat C. An and vi H. Ko 21-8, beat F. Ko and O Yam Yung 1-10.
The R. A. E found a new target considerable damage, was done to "Let us look at these two mas seasons," went on the speak near Venice, where an off refinery houses and shops. A number of worlds." went on the speaker. I er, "there are some of us who be was set ablaze. All the British people were killed and several in- come back to Lord Lothian to do leve that there is a way of lying planes are reported to have re- jured.
80. Nazism; he said, is the in-and a power to work among men turned safely.
This was Manahester's first bio carnation of a military state that in the spirit of Bethlehem the University by seven sets to two In Norway, British bombers attack. The raids began with the tapo methods and expanding its gonverned by discipline and free- struck at the railway from Oslo dropping of incendiaries in the power by ruthless conquest. We to Bergen. while Rotterdam and business areas (nd Bremen worked have only to contemplate the ports in occupied France were heroically for many hours battling slave cities of Europe to realise also raided, as well as Brest and with the flames,
what havoc Herr Hitler has |Lorient," Again all British planes
The attack began after dark wrought and to understand the returned safely.w
There was an air raid alarm and many people were caught in ultimate aims of his ruthlessness.
the streets. S Switzerland" on Sunday when some
Bombs were also dropped on the bombs were dropped and 11 people Merseyside and over central Eng were reported to have been injured, and Two German bombers were MANCHESTER ATTACKED......... brought down, one in Sussex, when The main target of Germ all the crew were killed,
What have we to set over against this? What is the <basis on which our world rests? At once there comes to our Ups the word Demo cracy,” As far as England is
"In our own" democracy at the present time there is a lot of house-cleaning to be done and we have to do it before we pass it on to the world of tomorrow and there is hope real solld hope and I see that hope as I look at the British and the Americans,
8. Amplavanar and A. F. Lee R KU) beat Wong and Wong 21-17, lost to An and Ko 17-21, beat o Mr. Walter Lippman never and Yung 21-12 20 offered a truer word than when (T. T. Chin and F. L. Yang (HE he wrote ? recently that mankind U.) beat Wong and Wong 21-5 owes an infinite debt to Britain beat Au and Ko 21-12, best. Ko and for giving back to man his valour Yang 21=1k