1939-08-14 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1939.

PESSIMISTIC

BERLIN RUMOURS August Fifteen Crops Up AMERICAN Again: Axis Agreement COLLEGE

London, To-day.

ONE HUNDRED PER CENT, agreement for common Italo-German action in all circumstances was achieved at Salzburg, according to an official spokesman of the German Foreign Office.

No communique was, however, issued, and none will be issued.

Reuter's Berlin correspondent declares that the talks have led to a sharp increase of

uneasiness.

Pessimistic rumours are circulating in the German capi-

tal.

Among the most alarming is one that Hitler will speak to the nation on Tuesday (AUGUST FIFTEENTH) and that the Army will march the same night.

According to other reports, however, Italian opinion at the conference, which was directed towards moderation, to a large extent prevailed.

ANNIVERSARY OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

NO SERIOUS INCIDENT OCCUR-

- RED YESTERDAY BUT THE 'SE-

Reuter's Berlin correspondent says that many well-informed non-official sources are distinctly uneasy as a re- sult of the Axis conference.

The Berlin newspapers make it clear that no relaxation of the exist- ing tension was intended, but rather the contrary.

REVISION AS 'WHOLE Nobody knows precisely what hap- pened at Berchtesgaden

and many are the pessimistic rumours, including that which predicts the outbreak of war on Tuesday night.

It is noticeable that the German talking

COND ANNIVERSARY OF THE and Italian press are both OUTBREAK OF THE SINO-JA- | about revision as a whole and not a PANESE HOSTILITIES IN SHANG- HAI WAS COMMEMORATED IN A TENSE ATMOSPHERE.

Several people in Nanking Road were forced to lower Chinese nation- al flags hoisted on flagstaffs during the night. Similar flags appeared over other buildings, occupants which disclaimed responsibility refused to taken them down.

The police were forced to do job themselves.

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The majority of the business places were closed for the day and ali entertainment places, dance- halls, cinemas were also shut. Chinese leaflets, in connection with the anniversary, were distributed in the French Concession, but the police were unable to trace the culprits.- Our Own Correspondent.

JAPANESE PROVOCATION IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day. Japanese aeroplanes circled for some time over the western outskirts of Shanghai yesterday dropping thou- sands of leaflets bearing anti- Chiang Kai-shek slogans."

At the same time, a number of Ja- panese planès patrolled the surround- ings of Shanghai in order to prevent any massing of Chinese, irregulars Trans-Ocean, ;

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CIANO FLIES HOME

Munich, To-day. Soon after the conclusion of ・ his | final talks with Herr Hitler and von Ribbentrop' yesterday, Count lano left by air for Italy -Reuter.

solution of single problems.

The fact that the talks lasted much longer than was planned is regarded by some as a sign that the Axis powers perhaps did not start with the hundred per cent.

which It agreement with

10 claimed they finished.

Not all rumours, however, are pes- simistic, and according to one ver- `sion, Italian opinion, to a large extent

prevailed.

SPOKESMAN'S STATEMENT Upon the conclusion of the Hitler- Ribbentrop-Clano conversations, a Foreign Office spokesman informed Reuter's Munich correspondent that the talks had yielded complete agree- ment on all questions, past, pending and future.

He admitted that the problem of Danzig was discussed, but de- clared that no date was given for its solution.

Extra-European problems were also discussed. The spokesman added that no communique would be issued and no further meetings have been plan- ned for the immediate future. ier.

FRIENDS ONLY

Reu-

Berlin, To-day.

German

The spokesman of the Foreign Office commenting on the Salzburg talks, declared that all bugn- ing and less burning questions were treated, and must and can be solved.

There was one hundred per cent agreement regarding common Italo German action.

Britain, France and other Democra- the nations were not consulted during the conversations because the Axis had come to the conclusion that: It can only effectively solve its problems of justice and honour with its friends.

-Reuter.

***With 'correspondents on the spot. un- able to do more than`quote rumour and speculate upon official generalisations, at- tempts to interpret the meaning of the Salzburg talks at this distance would be vain? What does soem clear is that they boded no special good and have created now uncertainties and anxieties. Safest assumption, ' nevertheless, Is that the Axis Powers have agreed upon, a pro-

VARIATION OF THE WAR OF NERVES

Parls, To-day.

Press comment on Salzburg centres on the fact that more meetings than, appear to have first been arranged took place.

"L'Intranalgeant" says that an agreement has not been reached; there appears to have boon a hitch at Salzburg.

Newspapers warn their read- ers that the talks may be a var. iation of the "war of nerves.". Router.

gramme which they believe will achieve their objectives, without war. With that goes the certainty than the crisis atmos- phere will be intensified in the very near

future."

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WRECKED

Shanghai, To-day. Talmage College, an American institution at Changchow (an important trading centre 24 miles east of Amoy), suffered severe damage during a raid by eight Japanese aeroplanes on Saturday, according to a for- eign report received here to- day.

The nain buildings of the college, which was run by the American Re- formed Church, were badly damaged, while the dormitories were completely wrecked.

ed.

Six bombs were dropped on the buildings, which are situated on an eminence clearly visible from.. the air and liberally displayed American flags.

Luckily, no casualties were sustain-

Meanwhile, as a result of repeated raids on Changchow, all these Chin- ese inhabitants are evacuating, leav- ing the town in the possession of Chinese troops.--Reuter.

The P. and O. s.s. "Rajputana" left Singapore on Saturday and is due here on Wednesday, at about 9 am.

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