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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 30, 1939
GERMAN PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
Rome, To-day.
The Fascist press, which for some time has been urging the Allies to make, peace, yesterday published a message from Berlin stating that Germany will not start an offensive on the western front but will try to defeat the blockade by air attacks.
This may be construed as a threat to the Allies, but at least it is an assur- ance that the war is going on. Reuter.
NORTHERN CAPITALS GREATLY PERTURBED BY MOSCOW PARLEY RESULTS
London, To-day. POLAND THE NORTHERN CAPITALS have been greatly
perturbed by the new Soviet-German agreement, LODGES and the forced surrender of Esthonia to Russia. PROTEST
The opinion is held in Scandinavia that Russia has
now been firmly established as the chief power in Baltic, where German influence will lessen. However, comment in most of the neutral countries
is carefully reserved.
in
Lithuania, Hungary and Rumania are the countries most interested the latest developments.
The German frontier with Lithuania has been greatly extended, and Hung- ary, through the former Czech pro- vince of Ruthenia, is now in direct contact with Russia,
RUMANIA'S BUFFER!
A report from Budapest Bays that by noon yesterday, Soviet troops had taken over the entire Soviet-Hungarian frontier.
DEFENCE RESERVE REGULATION
It is announced that any member of the key-posts group or of the general group for essential services who wishes to leave the Hong Kong. Defence Reserve with the previous sanction of the Governor under sec- tion 11 (7) of the Compulsory Ser- vice Ordinance, 1939, must apply for such sanction through the Organizer of his group who will forward it with such comments or recommenda- tions as he sees fit to make.
Subject to any special directions they may receive from the Governor, the Organizers may grant in their discretion to members of their groups, leave of absence from the Colony not involving, quitting the reserve, but without such leave no member of the reserve may quit the Colony.
PROMOTION IN HK.N.V.F
has
His Excellency the Governor made the following promotions in the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force:~~ Sub-Lieutenant to Acting Lieuten-
London, To-day. The Polish Ambassador has called on Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secre- tary, to protest against the German-ant. Soviet pact partitioning Poland, de-
claring that the act was one of brutal
violence and is null and void.-Reu- ter.
TURKISH PACTS
WITH ALLIES NOW READY TO BE SIGNED
Istanbul, To-day.
Rumania has a buffer between her- THE TEXTS OF THE mutual acsistance and econo-
self and Germany, but the buffer is Soviet territory.-Reuter.
HOW LITHUANIA SEES THE
COMPACT
Kaunas, To-day. Far-reaching developments are seen from the German-Soviet and Soviet- Esthonian pacts.
Esthonia will now have a
much larger common frontier with Germany and certain political quarters believe that while Latvia and Esthonia come under the Russian sphere of influence, Lithuania will fall within the German sphere.-Reuter.
VOLUNTEER ORDINANCE
An Ordinance to amend further the Volunteer Ordinance is gazetted:—
Section 5 of the Volunteer Ordin- ance, 1933, permits volunteers to quit the corps, on complying with certain formalities, except when on actual military service.
Under section 11 (7) of the Com- pulsory Service Ordinance, (No. 32 of 1939) members of the Hong Kong. Defence Reserve may quit the same only with the previous sanction of the Governor.
The object of the new Bill is to re- quire similar permission in the case of volunteers who may desire to quit the.
mic agreements between Turkey, Britain and France have been finally agreed upon, accord- ing to persistent rumours in diplomatic circles in Ankara.
It is reported that signature to the agreements will
take place immediately after the return of Sara-
joglu Pasha, the Turkish Foreign Minister, from Moscow.
Responsible circles in Ankara In- sist that the new Soviet-Turkish pact does not impair Turkey's pledges to Britain and France.
Bernard Joseph Morahan. Stanley Joseph Swetland. Probationary Cadet to Acting Licu-
tenant.
John Douglas.
Acting Sub-Lieutenant to Sub-Lieu- tenant.
Leslie Philip Ralph.
Desmond Ernest Hindmarsh.
Warrant Officer to Acting Sub-Lien-
tenant.
Ernest Wilde Fielding.
Denys Warwick Morley.
George Fish.
John William Eastman.
Cadet to Acting Sub-Lieutenant.
Henry Preston Bailey.
-William 'Alan Johnson.
Jack Yuan Hutton-Potts. John Murray Purvis.
Donald William Wagstaff. Lawrence Gilbert Merry. Probationary Cadet to Acting Sub- Lieutenant.
John Baxter Colls.
Cadet to Warrant Officer. Lionel Malcolm Snape Lloyd.
POLISH OIL WELLS
YULIN RAID SABOTAGED
It is stated that Turkey's agreements with Russia, Britain and France all
Chungking, To-day. alm at maintaining the status
Only 10 persons were injured when quo in the Balkans and the Black Sca and Japanese planes raided Yulin in north in reassuring the security of the Medi-Shensi, according to official reports
received from Slan. terranean.---Reuter,
SPREADING THE WAR BURDEN
London, To-day.
The House of Commons held a short session vesterday and approved the Budget re- solution in the report stage.
corps, during the war, if not called out for actual military service under.. Sir John Simon, the Chancellor of section 11 of the principal Ordinance. the Exchequer, replied to the Opposi- Provision is also made, in accord- tion criticism that the increased ance with the existing practice, for sugar excise would affect the poorer the granting to such volunteers of classes.. leave of absence from · Colony, not involving quitting the corps, by the Commandant in his discretion.
He säld: "I put this Budget to gether in the beat effort to dla tribute the burden.
"It is not right that, all the in- Mr. Lawrence Kadoorie, residing at creases should fall on the direct tax- the Peninsula Hotel, has reported the payer. We have tried in the stable theft of a clock, valued at $40, from commodities increases, such as sugar, his car. No. 8487, which was parked to see that there will be no profiteer- outaide the Kowloon Bowling Green | Ing, and very effective machinery is Club. The dash-board was damaged being worked out for that purpose."--- to the extent of $30,
Reuter.
London, To-day.
It is doubtful whether Russia (which .
oil gets 80 per cent. of the Polish
will be able to fields) or Germany derive much advantage from Poland's oll supply for some time to come..
A recent Moscow report said that Over 50 bombs were dropped in the the oil-fields had been sabotaged by course of the two raids, destroying the Poles and that it would be at least some 200 houses. No fires occurred. a year before, they could be worked ---Our Own Correspondent.
| again-Reuter.
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