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CURRENT COMMENT
The near completion of the cam- paign in Syria brings to an end something which need never have begun, had the Vichy authorities faithfully interpreted the armisico terms with Germany. But obviously Vichy was in no position to with- stand the pressure from the Nazis and could not, therefore, prevent, the Germans from using the air bases in Syrin against Iraq.
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What has happened, of course, is that Syria has been taken out of the hands of Nazi-controlled Vichy and restored to the real France, just as it
France is hoped
herself will one day be delivered and handed Uver.
Syria was ruled by France by a mandate from the League of Nations. As France has left the League, her andate should have been handed 03 the back just in the same way mandnie for
for the Pacific Islands ought he handed to be
back the Japanese.
by That, however, is another story,
Syria, which is about 58,000 square miles in area
In area and hos a population of 3.000.000, most of whom are Arabs. has been compared with Austria in Go for as it affords a base for advance further afield, Because Britain and France did not agree to prevent the rape of Austria, through which Hitler got into the Balkans, Britain and over France are now quarreling
the Ger- Syria. If it were lost to
as it was feared at one time
I be the case, then the whole of
the Middle East would have collaps- ed. The oll wells at Kukuk in Iraq and those near Abadan, in Iran, to- gether with the Suez Canal, would have been lost, and the route to India would have been opened up for the German forces.
The
Does the occupation of Iceland bring America nearer to war? answer would be yes, exactly two thousand miles nearer than before. Iceland is only five hundred miles from Britain and about eight hundred from Norway. It is possible, there fore, that the Germans were consi- dering u descent on Iceland by plane parachute and glider, The German newspapers are accusing President noosevelt of invading an innocent, Independent state and taking it under his protection. This is the comic relief in a week's propaganda.
TELEGRAPH"
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FEATURE
in
Will Germany declare war on the United States? That is, not likely, it would produce a very bad Germany. psychological effect Secondly, it would provide an excuso for Japan to keep out of the war. The United States will not declare war, as she is merely taking steps to secure her right to cross the Atlantic Ocean without interference by Ger- many.
She gives the impression that she mapped out her course and is pro- ceeding according to plan and in accordance with her growing strength. Nothing
divert her can elforts, for appeasement is now n discredited and discarded policy.
July 12, 1941.
By
Scrutineer
Intelligence Service, as far as China was concerned, was supposed to bo very good.
flow was it the Japanese made Auch a grave miscalculation and, in- atend of Anding themselves involved only six months, are involved in a war which has bled them militarily And
economically for four years and paralysed their foreign policy?
The war with China has not re- but vealed the strength of Japan rather the weakness and poverty of her leadership. Because of her overweening ambition And because sho la clouded with her own 'concelt, through absence of first class oppost- tion in the past, she has made une blunder after another.
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Like Italy, she deserted the demo- cratle countries which fashioned and sponsored her development on Wes- tern lines, and is now becoming more and more like Italy in that she has her policy directed from Berlin by the three thousand Germans who are in Tokyo to see that the Nazi doc- trines are applied. She has reached a critical stage in her history and is at a point where a wrong de- istun night hurl her back to that stage of international Insignificance from which she emerged in 1809.
Britain and the United States are
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to aiding China. As their resources far
are greater than those of Japan it would be well for Japan to find some way of coming to terms with the demo- cralle powers, instead of piling up these bitter antagonisms by continu- Iceland is, of course, strategically ing to bomb open cities in China, and British very important, as from it as a base destroying American a considerable area of the Atlantle property and stopping all trade,
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of 10 to 7 the ratio Bing to Copenhagen in 1933 with a alone was in young Dane, who was complaining with regard to the Japanese, before.
of about the weakness of Denmark as n the race started, the chances
tate. It was about the time when Japan in a Pacific war to-day won'd her economic systern
belnit was
be very slender. knocked
ced awry by the barter system and when the League of Nations was beginning to show signs of cracking, said that Denmark had valuable possessions in Iceland and Green-
them land, thinking of from a ing and Ashing point of view. were
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great danger of being encircled by the German forces, and, of course, reduced to a state of vassalage. The inglorious administration of Vichy France in Syria now comes to an end, the though even before this war condition of Syria was a constant headache. Revolts and riotings were the order of the day, and it was also from here that many of the plots
ainst authority in Palestine against hatched by the exiled Mufti of Jerusalem.
The Germans have been fishing In these troubled waters for many years, and were on the point of reaping the fruits of their Fifth Column work when Sir Henry Mait- land Wilson took up the challenge and entered the country with his armies.. The
The rapid withdrawal of
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the Germans from Syria was due to a desire to see France and Britain at war. They wonted a clear issue, for they saw In this war which they engineered the best means of bring- ing Durian and Marshal Petain over to their side. It is not yet quite
will clear whether France collaborate fully with Germany against Britain. Strangely enough, while Vichy France is fighting Britain in Syria, iwo supply ships for North Africa are being permitted to get through the blockade to
feed
the French people there.
This success in Syria ought to give slatus and power to the Free French movement. It will neutralise the unfortunate effect of the Dakar Incident, and ought to win over the Frenchmen in Djibouti and possibly In North Africa_generally.__
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Iceland is, from the point of view of scenery, an extremely harsh, urid and even an ugly place.
The Danes have a legend about its origin. It is this. When Salan saw the result of God's handiwork after the Creation, he thought that he him- self should do something. He did. Iceland was the result. Yet this blenk, forbidding, treeless spot has Its moments of grandeur. 1ts mountain masses, barren rocks and the deep clefts often provide that Satanic gloom which is awe inspiring.
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he said, “we have them because nobody else wants them". I wonder what he feels about these places now. There are certainly many people who would like them, not the least being The Germans.
SINO-JAPANESE CONFLICT
The end of the fourth year in the Sino-Japanese war naturally calls for a review of the position. I happened to be in Kuling on July 7 in 1937, when the Lukouchino affair occurred, Between that date and July 18, great decisions were being taken in that mountain resort, for it was from there that the
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What is really warted in Japan is a realistic view of the situation. She ought recognise that the Nazis have doubled-crossed her twice, first in August 1939 and secondly in June 1941. She ought to see that the China affair is a serious war in which she is losing not only men and money, but her reputation and her honour.
She must know that Italian co- operation is worthless and that the In a Far chances of German help Eastern war are nil. It is to be haped that the light of reason will soon take the place of the heat of passion In the minds of Japanese statesizen.
COLONY'S DONATION
the Generalissimo and his mails Cost of Minesweepers Built ters were governing and guiding
Chinn in her most critical hour.
of
war
The
In Hongkong
Colonini Secretariat an- nounced yesterday that the following telegram has been received from the Secretary of State for the Colonica:
There was no panic, no evidence warlike spirit, just a cold op- preciation of what the decisions In- volved. There was no other possible answer to the Japanese demands but But the one that was given. The Chinese lenders knew quite well that the
"Please inform Legislative Council coastal provinces would be lost, and said so. They knew that the would last long time and would in that is Majesty's Government are most appreciative of the Hongkong -volve-untold-hardship,-suffering and Government's decision to bear the sacrifice, but there was no alterna- cost of four minesweepers at pre- tive. The Japanese
had offered sent under construction in Hongkong for the Admiralty, and especially reace with dismemberment and dis- for
and other terms which were since they are aware of the consider- incompatible with China's indepen-able expenditure which the Colony dence as a state. The Generalissimo is at present incurring on local de- drew up the reply. Dr Hu Shih fonsive measures." translated it into English and sent forth to the Japanese and to the world. The insolent demands were answered In dignified terms. There was no bousting, no attempt to dis-
the kuise seriousness of the issue or to betray China by accepting such humiliating conditions.
honour,
So the "China Incident" started. The Japanese army, in a a lighthearted monte
the raid the whole affair would
ed
A copy of the telegram will be laid on the table at the next meet- ing of the Legislative Council.
Lecture Series By Chinese Bishop
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A series of lectures of within six months at
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Cheng-tsi Song, Bishop of Chengtu, Szechuen, on the "Problem of Life," Cathedral Hall next in St John's week, as follows:
yehr. crossed to Japan and asked a Japanese friend if he
what Japan was up against. He said his impression was that China could not ast long as she was so broken by factions and warlords. When I told hin that China was not the China of 1025-1931 but a nation solid and and united behind General Chlang Kal- shek where this war was concerned, he was astonished. "Then in that case." he added, "the Japanese army will get a setback and the civil con-
of the trol
country
be will established." Yet the Japanese cach lecture.
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