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GENERALISSIMO AND RECENT REVOLT OF FOURTH ROUTE ARMY
Tokyo Propaganda Sought To
Misconstrue Incident
CHUNGKING, Jan. 29 (Router)A lengthy statement by Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek on the disbandment of the new Fourth Route (Communist) Army on the south bank of the Yangtze River early this month, and a vigorous dental of Jap- anes reports of civil war or an unfavourable turn in interna- tional events, wern contained in an address delivered at Sun- day's weekly memorial meetin: which was released last night in Chunrking.
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Referring to reports of civil war, the Generalissimo declared that in China today there was absolutely unanimity of purpose forces. Questions of among both the people and the armed maintenance of wartime discipline and obedience to military discipline have, no relation whatever to such a possibility.
"So far from the effect being. Į taking action required by the very as the Japanese foolishly attempt jobject they approve.
SIMA FLEES RUMANIA
GEN. ANTONESCU ISSUES DECREE
GENERAL
PUBLIC UNREST
IN ITALY
Fascist. Forces Fire On Demonstrators
BELGRADE, Jan. 29 (Reuter- Fascist forces have had to fire on demonstrators in Trieste accord-
Their accounts follow reports of rioting in Milan and Turm.
BELGRADE, Jan. 29 Reuter)-ing to people arriving here from All Rumanian passports must be Italy yesterday." stamped with a special visa be- fore their owners can leave the country, according to decree
# Issued by General Ion Antonescu. The order includes diplomats.
Presumably it aims at prevent- ing the escape of persons wanted by the Government for their share in the abortive: Iron 'Guard revolt
A number of casualties are sald to have been caused at Trieste among the demonstrators who shouted slogans demanding peace, condemning the Fascist regime and denouncing Germany.
the
Similar demonstrations are re- ported from many smaller towns Press reports received here state in the Po Valley where public
de that Horia Sima, leader of the unrest is finding expression
spite
measures by severe Iron Guard and Vice Premier or keep-Rumania, is now definitely known Fascists and the Gestapo, sound to have fled from Rumania. Military Meanwhile the Chi-
thorities claim to have made
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to convey, foreign countries will "They will recognise thė plo- De inspired with respect for us priety of an action aimed at by observing our ability to puting the high standards of down insubordination" wtihout discipline prevalling in the hesitation or trepidation despite nese armed forces. the difficulties attendant on such "The incident under discussion. huge haul of arms from the rebels action under conditions Imposed is an exceedingly distressing case and to have recovered
It loads of property looted, by Iran by active prosecution of the war" of military necessity. Far be
After pointing out that there is trom me to construe it as a mat-Guards.
King Michael and the Queer no more essential factor required ter of gratification. It was some- for victory than reliable execution thing much to be ashamed of but Mether have given 500,000 lei the the fund for the beneat of orders to exercise discipline." the only course possible in Generalissline Chiang Kai-shek interests or the nation and resist-soldiers killed in the revolt. stated that the measures taken by jance was reluctantly taken the Government in regard to the FORMER CASES OVERLOUKKO from influenza. new Fourth Route Army were in no way peculiar.
INCIDENTS RECALLED
"Former cases of disobedience
on the cart of the New Fourth Army and of its clashes with
He recalled similar punishment other troops were passed over hy of Chinese generals like Genera me in silence though not denied, Han F-chu, General L Fu-ying for the sake of keeping them a and General Shi Yu-san the secret from foreigners and from past three years .for various the enemy. Such incidents cannot offences against disciplin,
be concealed,
für
General Antonescu is suffering
U.S. EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
Shipments Believed
Ill-Treating Conscientious Objectors
LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter) --- of The War Minister, Captain Mar
gesson has decided the one officer and six hon-commissioned offi- cers, against whom allegations of 1l1-treating .conscientious objec tors have been made. will be tried by court martial.
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In announcing the decision the House of Commons, Captain House Margesson said that the would appreciate it. If he could not make a further statement
Destined For Reich while the matter was sub judice.
WASHINGTON, Jan, 29 (Reu.
After charging the new Fourth "My motives were firstly my Route Army of "attacking a coar concern for the good name of the of comrades in arms, with dis- troops and hope for their reform ter-After conferring with obedience to orders and rebellious and secondly, to preserve intact Sumner Welles for gestures, the Generalissimu
the forces of resistance.
MGERMANS FAKED
nearly an
hour yesterday Lord Halifax told DISTRESS CALL
newsmen that he expected to clared "I am entrusted with the "But the new Fourth Army power of directing the national continued to take all manner of take "up with the State Depart armies and if I fail to enforce arbitrary action until it has be- ment in the immediate future the question of exports to Russia discipline with due rigour, yield- come apparent that if it were not ing to any private susceptibilities checked china would cease to be which Britain believes of my own. I, become myself a worthy of the name of a nation placing Soviet's shipments to Ger- violator of discipline and betray and that she would be powerless many.
all men fighting at the front, to make a success of the resist--
There would soon be an end of lance. resistance and a revolution if or- ders were permitted to be 10- obeyed and discipline unobserved.
INCIDENT CLOSED conclusion.uave only to say that my action
was dictated
QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE solely by my desire to strengthen Referring to the powers' assis-the nation's capacity for resist- tance to China, the Generalissimo", ance.
stated · "The record of four years' "The incident is now entirely or sympathy and assistance from closed in any shape and form. friendly nations has shown them TE coziduct of the New
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Empress Liner Safe
In Port
LONDON, Jun. 29 (Reuter
The liner Empress of Australia harbour, was almost certainly in
Lord Halifax sald that "a son siderable amount" of American
it is pointed out in London. when goods have been shipped to Rus- the alleged attack ou her sla and "there may be more in
'place, future."
- An 5.0.8.; said
to
be
Lord Halifax said that he Heved that shipments were also being made to Russia from Latin
American countries.
COMMONS' STATEMENT
took
have come
from the ship, stated that she was in a position some 200 miles (west of Dakar. This would mean that the nearest British port would be Freetown,
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Mr. Cordell Hull, commenting Leone about 800 miles away. Thus uniformly desirous of seeing strict Fourth Army and the punishment jon Mr. Dalton's statement in the the ship could not possibly have
regarding reached "a
British discipline enforced in our armies imposed have no bearing on the House of Commons
port during United States exports to the as a means of enhancing efficiency status of other sections of the
the time between the alleged beilered m resistance
National forces. There Is absoU.S.S.R.. said that he
6.0.S. and the announcement | that American exports to the So- viet Union were insufficient to be that the ship was safe."
It is suggested, that the of any great military value to Ger-
mans most probably are anxious many.
to discover the whereabouts of the Empress of Australia and sent out the Actitious 8.0.S, in the hope of learning this.
"There never was an instance of lutely no political party issue their being discouraged by our involved."
A battery of anti-aicraft guns on the coast of Britain.
MORGENTHAU STRESSES URGENT NEED OF ASSISTANCE TO U.K.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Reuter)-"If this Bill does not pass Congress the British cannot continue to fight," Mr. Henry Mor- genthau, Secretary of the Treasury, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in his testimony yesterday on the Lease and Lend BII,
"The decision rests with Con- $3,316,000,000 in the first FIX gress whether Britain, Greece or months of the war. Mr. Morgen- China are to continue to fight." thau told the Committee that Bri- Mr. Morgenthau testified that tish purchases of war material British citizens had arranged to virtually stopped in December. sell within 12-months every bit of property they owned in the United States to finance the war
tracts.
con-
APPROVAL URGED'.- Urging speedy approval of the Lease and Lend Bill he declared that it was a necessity demons- He referred to the depletion of trated by a telephone conversa Britain's gold and other assets in tion which he had yesterday. He the United States and said he had said: "Mr.
U. K. HOLDINGS
Knudsen (Director- General of the Committee to speed mentally written off some time ago Britain's debt to the United States Up United States arms production) arising from the Great War.
called me up and asked if some- . He said that the collapse of thing could not be done to per- France had doubled Britain's mit the British order for 2000. financial liabilities and Britain planes which they want but for had taken over all French con-which they had not been able to tracts in the United States al-place orders,"
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though she no longer had the help Mr. Morgenthau added that Mr. of French money to pay for them. Khudsen told him that plenty of British gold and other dollar capacity was available for orders assets
had been depicted by it they could only be placed
King, Queen Tour R.A.F. Aerodromes
one
of the
Ger
SOVIET PUPPET AND FINNISH WHITE GUARDS
LONDON, Jan.-.29 (Reuter) The King, who 1s
MOSCOW, Jan. 29 (Reuter)—A busiest men in the war effort of reminder that they were ving Eritain, accompanied by the in a frontier republic and must Queen, yesterday had a long talk strive unceasingly to strengthen with Air Marshal W. Sholto Doug- the entry's defences was uttered las, Commander-in-Chief of the by M, Kuusinen, President of the Fighter Command, about night Supreme Council of the Karelian- fighters and the difficulties of to-Finnish Soviet Republic, speaking tercepting enemy bombers. at at Petrozavodsk at a meeting night.
marking the anniversary of The King talked to Squadron Lenin's death. Leader Young, commander
M. Kuusinen declared that crack night fighter squadron, who Finnish White Guards, who told him I think we may be saying that they are striving to with going to be much more successful maintain triendly relations.
the U.S.S.R.. are actually im- In future, Sir."
All this happened in the pilots' prisoning and beating up friends rest doom at an RAF. Fighter of the Soviet Union in Finland Station which culminated a two and a Finnish Court recently'de- close the Boclety of days' tour during which thetr Ma-cided to Jesties visited ave aerodromes Friendship with the Soviet Union of the R.A.F. Bomber and Fighter on grounds that it was impairing Commands.
Soviet Finnish relationA
of a
The bombing of London. A crater made by a big bomb which
fell in front of the London County. Hall.
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SIKH COMMITTEE TO PRESS CLAIMS LAHORE, 322 20 1teater)-me TO
TOKYO, Jan, 29 (Reuter)-Mort
NEGOTIATIONS
BORDER ÅRMISTICE, BRITISH SUBMARINË
REPORTED LOST
LONDON, Jan 29 (Reuter)..--- Executive Committee of the of the representatives of French An Admiralty communique an Khalsa Defence of India League Indo Ching and Thailand who grenounces that the British sub-
has decided to send a deputation, to participate in the armistice marine Triton is overdue and under the leadership of the Munegotiations arrived in Balgo must be considered lost. haraja of Patiala, to walt on the today, according to the Domel The next of kin have been in- Commander-in-Chief to press Agency;"
the rights and claims of the Sikh This indicates that the community in respect of entrance tiations would open tomorrow into the Indian Army, scheduled.
formed.
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between Thailand and French In- The Executive Committee has Meanwhile, a message from do China continued all day 768- alsu resolved to constitute com Bangkok states that despite the terday.
The communique / says that mittees of the League throughout official armistice which was due to the Punjab.
take effect at 10 am. dghting Japan has been informed of this.
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