1939-05-11 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 11, 1989

MR. A. A.

DUFF - COOPER

AND THE DICTATORS

"Face Them With Combined Force"

World Horrified By

Broken Pledges

A strong attack on the Dictator Powers was made by Mr. Duff Cooper at Darlington when he appealed for National Service volunteers.

"Must the 20th century be blotted again by another war started as the last one by the perfidy of Germany?" he asked.

"Only one thing can prevent a re- in the Meditteranean and that he, petition of the catastrophe of 1914 like Herr Hitler, was anxious to and that thing is that if we can settle all differences that might ex- present these men who believe in ist between different countries by force, and in nothing else in heaven la civilised method of consulation or earth than force, with combined and agreement. forces 80 strong, powerful and formidable that they will realise that in meeting them they will be courting defeat and disaster.

"To-day barbarians are armed, and are aiming to wipe out the civilisation which we in 2,000 years have helped to create.

"Within recent weeks the mask has fallen from the faces of the dictators, disclosing features which have shocked and horrified the civilised world.

PROVED FALSE

"We were told once that Herr Hit- ler wished only to unite into the German Empire the German people.

"That has been proved false and he has not even troubled to seek out an explanation for his own hypocrisy.

"We have been told less than a year ago on the showing of Signor Mussolini that he envisaged no change in the territorial situation

SOUNDINGS OF THE HOLY SEE

PARIS, TO-DAY.

DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES HERE ARE INCLINED TO TAKE SERI- OUSLY THE REPORTS OF SOUNDINGS BY THE HOLY SEE VARIOUS EUROPEAN CAPITALS FOR A PEACE CON- FERENCE.

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They point in this connexion to the extreme caution of utterances emanating from the Vatican,

A five-power conference is not expected in French diplomatic quar- ters, where however, hope is ex- pressed that the step taken by the Vatican will serve, to improve the general political atmosphere, Trans-Ocean.

Brussels, To-day.

The Premier, M. Pierlot, yes- terday received the Papal Nuncio- Reuter..

LINDEN BANK CREW AT ILOILO

Washington, To-day.

The officers and crew of the Bri- tish freighter Linden Bank, which sank after running onto a reef in the Sulu Sea, about 250 miles south of Manila, have been taken to Iloilo, in the Philippines, by the -U.S. destroyer. Pope.

This is according to a notifica- tion from Admiral Harry Yarnell, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Far Eastern Squadron, ›ceived.

Navy Department

Poland Rejects

Danzig Plebiscite

Warsaw, To-day.

An apparently inspired article in the "Express Poranny” states that an attempt at a one-sided solution of the Danzig pro- blem, as rumoured by the Danzig declaration of a desire to re- turn to the Reich, is destined to failure..

The journal adds that if it is desired to arrange a plebis- cite in Danzig, it will be indicated that a plebiscite should first be held in Bohemia and Moravia. Reuter.

"He chose Good Friday of all

"It is plain to us if we wish, as soliderity we can no longer rely on days in the year on which to com- mit the latest and perhaps the most we all do, to maintain the peace hope to rely on any agreements with

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