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SOVIET JAPANESE PACT American Aid
EXAMINED BY "TIMES"
Main Provision Of Accord Of Accord To Moscow's Advantage
LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter)-From the Japanese standpoint the agreement signed in Moscow stems open to precisely the same eriti cism which had been directed in Japan against the Tripartite Fact- that Japanese diplomacy has again been induced to give something for nothing.
This is the comment made by The Times on the Neutrality Pact concluded by Mr. Matsuoka on the eve of his departure from Mos- cow, the paper adding that "the main provision of the pact that each party will maintain neutrality if the other becomes the object of military operations-seems primarily advantageous to Moscow."
IMPLICATIONS OF PACT" Developing this argument, the paper says that nobody belleves The paper adds that "whatever that Japan would become the "ob- the implications of this new pact,
ject of military operations" on the it has clearly not drawn Russia part of any Power unless she her into closer sympathy with the Axis self deliberately and wantonly polley. Indeed it is received with provoked them.
some coldness In Berlin.
To Britain Subject Of Violent
Press Attacks.
GENERAL
ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES IN GREECE: ATTACKS ON MOUNT OLYMPUS REPULSED
ATHENS.. Apr. 20 (Reuter) "The Imperial forces are in contact along the whole front," stated an official announcement issued from Headquarters of the British Forces in Greece yesterday.
"Heavy attacks by, armoured formations and Infantry have been repulsed and many prisoners taken. Enemy casualties are severe.
"Austrian prisoners, whose mo 1sale is low, complain of the vio-
in
LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter) - The growing apprehension Germany over Pulted States In- creased help to Great Britain mirrored in violent attacks leading German newspapers. President Roosevelt, Mr. Henry Stimson and Col. Frank Kuor.
They are accused by the Nasi press of "provoking" Germany.
lence of our air attacks on convoys REINSTATEMENT and troops on the march,
Despite all efforts our front ho- OF M. LAVAL?
where has been penetrated and our flanks nowhere turned.
"The Greek Army, which has
The United States real atti-been co-operating on our left, is Rumours Circulating
German
tide was revealed to the public for the Arst time by
playing a valuable part." the The Greek and British,, forces
In Vichy
New York correspondent of the near Mount Olympus have turned VICHY, Apr. 20 (Reuter)~~~~The Das back enemy tanks and infantry German successes in the Balkans
German weekly newspaper Reich.
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time after time..
have given supporters of Franco- TWO DIRECTIONS
The Allied forces are outrum.
German collaboration a new im- Не writes: "During the last bered three to "one. German losses pulse, but rumours early this week On the other hand Rüssia was "It did not require a signed dl-few days it has been clear that are enormous.
that Pierre Laval is returning to using its bound to reckon with the con-plómatic instrument to assure Ja- the United States is
the Vichy Government are uneon- tingency of an attack on her terri-pan "that Russia does not interest own means to send help to Great
frmed." tory. She now has a formal pro- herself in any Japan adventures in Britain in two directions which mise from Japan, to remain neu- the Southern Pacific, for nothing cut directly into the war zone, tral in such an event.
"Firstly, across the Atlantic see Japan raise up fresh enemies Great Britain, and secondly, into for herself and dissipate her the Red Sea. strength in distant waters.
PASSIVE POLICY
could better sült Russia than to
This promise has come oppor tunely at the moment when the
GERMANY IMPOTENT Soviet leaders have become alive
reasons "Hitler continues, for to some of the hazards of a purely passive foreign policy, while be- which are obvious, to make every traying the growing uneasiness at effort to embroil Japan With Bri- the growing development of Hit-tain and the United States. ler's Eastern policy.
FIERCE FIGHTING Very Aerce Aghting continues all along the 150-mile front from Political observers consider that to Mount Olympus to the Chimarra Admiral Darlan is unwilling to Vichy region of Albania, says Reuter's see Laval return to the special.correspondent in Greece. Cabinet because. though sym- British Imperial troops and their pathising with Laval's policy, he is Greek alles are putting up a very very ambitious and not anxious "to formidable resistance at all points. share power with dangerous
The Imperial' troops are giving rival. the enemy very severe punishment In killed and prisoners.
"President Roosevelt has made it clear, that he will in no way allow Great Britain to go under.
"The great majority of Ameri- for cans desire maximum help Britain, including the President, But the fact remains that Ger-who has the last word." many, impotent in the Far East. can give no ald more substantial than her word to whatever polley
One source states that the un- easiness will have been mitigated by the assurance, that Japan's vaguely defined obligations to the Japan chooses to follow in that re- Axis do not include participation | e:on. in any action against the Soviet.
But the Pact will bring, no cor- responding alleviation of what must still be the chief anxiety of Japanese statesmen-the inability of the Japanese army to bring to an end the four-year-old China
Incident.
"If Hitler were ever in the posi- tion to exert effective power in the Pacific, it would not be used for the benent of Japan. In that event. Japan would find, as Italy has already found, that German victories bring little profit or glory to Germany's allies."
Bombing Of Athens & Cairo Will Be Avenged By R.A.F.
LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter) The British Government's state- ment on bombing policy (threatening the systematic bombing of Rome if Athens or Calro is attacked) is generally welcomed in the press, particularly the assurance that reprisals and attacks describ ed as reprisals will not deter the R.A.F. from bombing the enemy capital or any other keypoint of the Nazi war system.
CABLE NEWS! IN BRIEF
S'PORE CONFAB CONCLUDED
GERMAN CLAIM
The capture of Larissa was claimed in yesterday's German High Command communique.
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DECISIVE WORD German-controlled Paris press urges Admiral Darian not to delay openly to side with Germany.
According to the Zuercher Nach- richten, however, another Admiral in Vichy has a decisive word to
say.
It was also claimed that the Ger- man war ensign has been hoisted to the peak of Mount Olympus.
"The United States Ambassador, NAZI CASUALTIES
Admiral Leahy, has two impressive The Ankara correspondent of the arguments, namely French anxiety Columbia Broadcasting Corpora- about famine and a reminder about SINGAPORE, Apr. 20 (Reuter) tion quotes a Greek, estimate that the French gold at Martinique." Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. Eri- the Germans have lost 60,000 dead.... ish Ambasador to China, who in Greece,
Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr. On Way To Chungking
has been in Singapore for the past
week. left for Chungking vester-
Gay
Sir Archibald has held impor- ENEMY CONVOYS
Robert
tant conterences with Sir Brooke-Popham (Commander-in- Chief, Far East), Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton (Commander- in-Chief, China Station) and Sir Shenton Thomas (Governor the Straits Settlements),
of
SUCCESSFULLY ATTACKED
LONDON," Apr, 20 (Reuter) — A number of successful attacks In the conferences the Ambas-on enemy shipping and convoys sador has received a comprehen-by Bomber and Coastal Com sive picture of plans for all-round mand aircraft were announced in defence in this part of the world an Air Ministry communique yes- in the event of a crisis.
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NINGPO, WENCHOW CLAIMED TAKEN SHANGHAI, ADT. 20 (Reater)
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Wenchow was also reported to have been occupied following simultaneous surprise landings at several points on the Cheklang coast...
This leaves Foochow the sole treaty port on the China Coast
Also meeting with approval is the statement that Britain will not be induced to divert the R.AF. He also discussed matters 01 Near Heligoland two medium- not yet captured from the present most effective common interest to China and sized merchant vessels and plans to a less effective war of re- Britain with Dr. Philip Tyau, spe- enemy escort were set on fire so prisals.
cial representative of the Chl-seriously as to be total losses. "The same considered statement nese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Off the Norwegian coast other were also hit ATHENS, Apr. 20 (Reater) which makes this plain," says the and visited an R.A.F. fighter squa- merchant vessels Thirteen German aircraft have Daily Telegraph, "announces andron in whose American Brewster and left sinking. been shot down in Greece in the exception of the highest impor- Buffalo Aghters he displayed the From these operations eight of
Four British tance. past three days.
our aircraft are missing, planes were lost but the pilots of two are safe.
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"The Germans have threatened to bomb Athens and Cairo.
"This menace is a form of tor ISTANBUL, Apr. 20 (Reuter) ture designed to compel a Greek The newspaper Tan" yesterday surrender and Moslem submission warned its readers against "Tuto Nazism by the threat of des-' mours spread by the Nazis follow-truction of things dear to the. ing the departure to Berlin of spirit of each and things which the German Ambassador, von are a glory to the world. Papen, that Germany is offering LOATHSOME BRUTALITY
to sign & non-aggression pact with Turkey
"Only the frenzy of savagery would dream of launching bombs AHMEDABAD, Apr. 20 (Reuter) on the Parthenon. To prevent, or
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British Show
New Defence Against U-Boats
Inability of German submarines and planes to continue their high rate of sinking British ships indicates the application of new protective methods and the strengthening of convoy escorts which the Nazis have not been able to overcome, writes J. W. T Mason in the Manila Bulletin
completion for an offensive in April
The highest weekly toll exacted Reports 110m Berlin and Rome intensified sub- --The death roll in the communal prevention prove impossible, to by the Germans was 196,030 tons state that an rioting between Hindus and Mos-check such a loathsome brutality for the week ending last Oct. 21. marine campaign will start this The average weekly losses since spring. New fleets :01 German lems here has now reached 22 reprisals are necessary...
"This pledge that one bomb on while 200 have been injured, many Athens or Cairo will be followed Jan. 1 have been 34,045 tons, re- submarines are said to be nearing
presenting a sensational decline. of whom have been taken to
by the systematic bombing of hospital
STORMY PERIOD Rome, is the only language which
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submarine of the tiger and jackal understand.
"Forewarned of the treachery (operations in winter storms, is not ter) M. Fotitch, Yugoslav Minis- Mussolini intends to the Papacy an adequate explanation of the Whose successed ter to the United States, declared the world will know whom to deficiencies in German operations. British yards are turning out more yesterday that Yugslavia is mak- blame if any injury is suffered by October, when the largest weakly destroyers for use this year and ing 120,000 tons of Yugoslay ship the Vatican."
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 20 (Reu-
ping in the United States, Cen-.
tral and South America 27811- able to Britain.
LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter) Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal has sent congratulations to
a fighter squadron which brought down nine Nazi raiders in three nights. The squadron's total bag ls now over 100 both in day and night raids.
day.
JAPANESE RAID YUNNAN
Meanwhile, the British Dave been devising countermeasurce; are impressive.
success occurred, is a stormy by spring there will be scores more period in the north Atlantic; while British planes for north Atlantic the second largest toli, 159,288 service,
tons, was taken during the week GERMANS HAVE PROBLEM, TOO ending Sept. 22, the month The submarine attack cannot
or
Chinese Supply Route terred American destroyers or to spring offensive in the north
Claimed Bombed
wholly beaten ox, but it can be equinoctial gales."
Part of the British success in held in check to a level which will saving their merchant ships is due sive Hitler no hope of winning the either to the use of the 50 trans-war by starving the British; The British destroyers whose former Atlantic, which Berlin and Rome work elsewhere, now is being done expect to swing the war in their {favour, will have to show far by the American vessels.
greater efficiency than now, ..., it that expectation is to be realisen
With the aid of. American ship.
HANOI, Apr. 20 (Reuter)---Fly-
MORE PLANES EVERY MONTH ATHENS, Apr. 20 (Reuter) The ing far into Yunnan Province, funeral of Dr. Koritsis, the Greek formations of Japanese Army Bir-
Toe British, too are rapidly Premier who died on Friday, took craft carried out successful raids increasing their monthly acquisi- building yards, added to British place in Athens Cathedral yester-on Mengtze and Kienshui, key tion of new planes. They are able construction, it should be possible point on the Chungking supply to assign added numbers to the to turn out between 30,000 and route, headquarters of the Japan- coastal patrol which escorts in 40,000 tons of new vessels weekly. ese forces in Indo-China announ- coming: ships and spota lurking That number equals the weekly CATHOLIC CROATIA ced.
submarines
losses for the present year. LONDON," Apr 20 (Reuter) — The formations which attacked The immediate approaches to Ir the war goes into next year Yesterday's Italian press declar- Kienshul dropped high explosives British ports, where convergences American output might be doubled ed that all minorities in Yugo on a number of military establish-have to be made, are more closely by that time, taking care of any slavia, including Germans and ments there, scoring direct hits, protected; while repairs to ports abnormal German auccesses Italians, should either be given the announcement stated, while damaged by sir, hombinga are mak- The problem of supplying ← new back to the homeland or should units which raided Mengtze not ing more terminals available for submarines with effective crews In receive' iözépendance..
only bombed, but machine-gunned arrivals. The Germans, recently difficult."- Long training is neces- The Fascist press supports the military objectives, indicting heavy announced attempts to bomb ships sary, and next spring would seem formation of an Independant, Ca- damage, ma
To the mouth, of the Thames, in- to be too short a time to guarantee tholic Croatia, which would be a The announcement added that dicating the resumed use of docks that the new crown will show friend of Rome:
| all planes returned safely to base, at or near London.
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