"THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 3, 1939.
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PRIME MINISTER REPEATS
BRITAIN
READY
"LET NO ONE
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London, To-day.
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JAPS STILL WANT BRITISH HOSPITAL
Peiping, To-day.
It is understood that the Ja- panesa military authorities'. week's notice to the British Mission Hos- pital at Tatüng to quit the pre- mises has been extended for an indefinite period.
However, the Japanese are still pressing for the property to be signed over to them.
Bishop Norris, who went to Ta- tung to negotiate with the Ja- panese, returned here yesterday. -Reuter,
A striking message from His Majesty the King on national defence preparations was read by Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, dur- ing the course of a broadcast last night. His Majesty, after referring to the great pleasure afforded him and the Queen in witnessing the march past of the National Service Volunteers in Hyde Park yesterday afternoon, went on:- “To us it was a most impressive demonstration of
the spirit of service which is everywhere pre- "Your answer has now been sent in the nation to-day and which shows it-given and within a few months you self in the determination to make the country ter million volunteers to our de- have added nearly one and a quar- ready to meet any emergency, whatever the fence forces of all kinds. sacrifices or inconveniences entailed.
"Our Civil Defence Force is now Volunteers are making a contribu- -established. The call has been an- tion which deserves all our grati-
swered and volunteers are already tude." at their work.
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The Prime Minister added a few
"I want them to know how much weighty remarks of his own, cou "I admire their public spirit and I pled with an unmistakable warning, also want to express my apprecia- on the conclusion of reading the -tion of the wives who are giving|Royal Message. -up much of their home life to letĮ
“We are living in critical and their husbands spend their even-dangerous times"-he said "we inga in national service.
are ourselves a peaceful nation and "I am sure that the volunteers, we desire no quarrels with anyone.. whether men or women, feel re- warded by the consciousness that -they are helping to keep our coun-
try strong and safe.
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WORTHY OF TRADITIONS
PLAIN WARNING
“But let no one make the mistake of supposing we are not ready to throw our whole strength into the scale if need be to resist aggres- sion, whether against ourselves or against those whose independence
tional service.
"The spirit which has been shown by the National Service
Volunteers has been beyond all
praise.
COUNTRY'S CONFIDENCE
FIGHT
SWEDISH TRADE DELEGATION FOR LONDON
London, To-day.
A Swedish trade delegation which will arrive In London on Monday at the invitation of the Federation of British Industries, will stay over a week
Negotiations, the aim of which is to develop British trade with Sweden, will extend to textiles, irón and steel, motorcars, ma- chine-tools, chemicals and factory plant.
The British Government will en- tertain the delegation at a dinner on Thursday, when the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Oliver Stanley, will preside. Trans- Ocean.
MARSHAL PETAIN RETURNS TO POST
Paris, To-day. Marshal Petain, the French Am- bassador in Madrid, who has just spent a fortnight in Paris, has left Paris to return to his post in Madrid."
ing up your amusements and lei-at the Quay d'Orsay about the "Many of you, I know, are giv- Nothing official can be learned sure evening, after evening, often result of the Marshal's negotia- after a long day's work, in order tions over the Spanish gold held to fit and train yourselves for in Finance, but it is assumed that effective service if at any time the his efforts ended in attainment of call for it should come,
his aim, reference being made to "Every day t
that
the rumours that the Marshal had fresh advance towards-perfecting refused to return to his post un- our civil defence force in which less, his demands for a rapid re- you already begin to feel a pride
turn of the Spanish gold were not like that which long existed in the complied with Trans-Ocean. fighting forces.
equanimity."
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"The knowledge of what you are "As I watched the ranks march
doing must greatly increase by, I could not help thinking also
confidence in our ability to face of the latest addition to our ser- we have undertaken to defend.” the future with calmness and vices of defence-the young men In beginning the broadcast, Mr. in our new militia" whose prompt, Chamberlain said that the after-
The Prime Minister then read cheerful response to the summons noon parade had been something the King's Message, - Reuter. has shown them well worthy of the quite new on our history, for it was high traditions of the services they the first time that our civil de joined.
fence forces had been recognised
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"I remembered, too, the reser-as a fourth arm, standing side by - vists and territorials who had been side with the auxiliaries of the called from their work and their three fighting forces as a definite homes to man our defences at this part of the organization of our time.
country's protection.⠀
HOUR'S MARCH PAST
DE VALERA SLIPPING?
London, To-day.
Many observers think that the Eire Government's hold upon the country is less secure than it was. Loyalty to Mr. de Valera, the Irish Premiery is being under- mined by: the steady increase in the cost of living and by the Gov- ernment's apparent reluctance to do anything about it. Our Own The King, accompanied by Correspondent.
London, To-day.
"The country's thanks are due to This is a natural development all of them and to the personnel of following the realization that mo- those forces, regular and auxiliary, dern war is not longer what it used Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, who have throughout firmly should- to be→a conflict confined to the yesterday afternoon reviewed 20,- ered their great responsibility. armed forces of nations.
TO PRESERVE PEACE
IN THE FRONT LINE
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"It was for this reason," said the of the AЛR.P. service and authority | adipalle, der
"You know that all our prepara- In these days, the civil popula- -tions are designed not to provoke tion, too, is right in the front line war but to preserve peace; we still and it becomes the duty of every preserve the hope that the nations citizen to help in the defence of may learn to live together in fol- the Home Front, lowship and harmony.
"But in the meantime, we are re-Prime Minister to his listeners, -solved to leave nothing undone to that you were asked, all of you,
· maintain our country's security and to consider what you could do and to that task the National Service what part you could play in na
in the country.
The march past, in which 200 mechanised vehicles, took pa lasted over an 1 hour. — Reuter.
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