1937-09-01 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL SEPTEMBER 1, 1937-

GERMANY AND THE

Pages 5

SINO-SOVIET PACTUEENS

NOT IN LEAST DISTURBED

-Berlin, To-day.

The Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Cheng Tien- fong, called at the German Foreign Office yester- day to communicate and explain to Dr. Gauss, head of the Foreign Office judical department the text of the Sino-Soviet non-aggression pact.

German quarters deny a report carried by an English news agency that the Chinese Ambassador called on the Secretary of State, Dr. Hans von Mackensen.

Dr. von Mackensen, it is stated, It is not supposed that China's is not in Berlin

political independence will be m The report that Dr. von Macken- the least disturbed by the conclusion sen had gone to visit Herr Hitler of the Pact. On the contrary, it is to submit a report on the Far regarded as the inevitable develop Eastern question, is also denied in ment of the present situation, Berlin-Trans-Ocean.

be regarded as a security measure. NO SURPRISE

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*BERLIN NOT ANXIOUS

Berlin, To-day. In Berlin political circles, the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact has been received without any feel- ing of uneasiness, for although some isolated quarters are

the Pact should lead

cerned lest |

extended

Soviet influence in China, it is point-

ed out that Marshal Chiang Kai- shek has been in the forefront of hostility to Communism, as such.

MOSCOW SENDING TROOPS TO FAR EAST

to

In the circumstances, German opinion feels that there can be no special surprise if China should be forced to take steps which are logi- cal-Trans-Ocean.

DAILY AT

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY-

HOY ESCAPE

GLORIA STUART MICHAEL WHALEN

GEORGE SANDERS - CORA WITHERSPOON GERALD OLIVER SMITH: ed by Eagane Forde. Associate Producer

TO- MORROW

with Percy Marmont

"DAVID LIVINGSTONE

A United Artists Release.

GERMAN FLIER ALHAMBRA

KILLED IN BALTIC CRASH

Berlin, To-day..

The well-known German air- man, Karl Schwabe, who has made several flights over... the African Continent and who end- ed third in the recent Oasis flight in Egypt, met his death yester- day when a German air force plane which he was piloting fell into the Baltic Sea north-west of Stralsund

Schwabe, who was an officer in the German air force, was testing the machine.

Berlin, To-day. Normal railway traffic on the Schwabe, it will be recalled, trans-Siberian line has been chivalrously landed in the Sahara greatly reduced owing to trans- port of troops and war material to the Far East, according to the Moscow correspondent of “Der Angriff

The correspondent states that the troops are being mainly trans- ported to the Far East from the military districts of the Ural and Kubisher.

Moscow military circles, he says, opine that Outer Mongolia will be the theatre of an eventual future war between the Soviet and Japan, and that urgent steps must therefore be taken to ensure its security.

The correspondent also says that the com mander-in-chief of the Red Army in the Far East, Marshal Bluecher, has tenporarily establish ed his headquarters at Khabarovsk.

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desert during the oasis-race to rescue a British competitor who had made a forced landing. Trans Ocean.

FOREIGNERS NOW LEAVING SHAMEEN Piles Of Luggage On Bridge

Canton, To-day. Chinese planes droned over Canton at 5 o'clock this morn- ing but the city was saved yes- terday's exciting awakening.-

Piles of luggage and furni ture on the Shameen end of the British Bridge this. morning: vere the first visible sign of the large-scale evacuation of foreigners, chiefly Germans, from the Tungshan district to Shameen

A representative of a foreign armaments firm opined that yesterday's Japanese raiders

were Mitsubishi

bom

stressed rebers, which have a cruising speed in the neighbourhood of 140

the crew een-post-

to Friday

an hour

He added that the Chinese

air force poss

-types long-di

capable

isiting

Canton

NATHAN RD, KOWLOON-DAUY AT ZI-SK

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

A THRILLING DRAMA OF A GUARDSMAN OF THE PLAINS WHOSE BARKING GUNS WERE LAWS OF

THE FRONTIERN

TO-MORROW

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