1939-10-24 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 24, 1939

HITLER

DREAMS

Page

OF RACIAL SOLIDITY

London, To-day, The "Daily Telegraph" diplomatic correspondent understands that Hitler plans to call back all Ger- mans from Russia and the Baltic with the aim of forming one solid racial bloc in Central Europe.

He intends, according to the corres- pondent, to send Poles and Czechs to Russia and the Baltic to replace them.

The correspondent adds: "The sooner Hitler does this the better. "To bring Germans back to the Reich, to make them sacrifice their ancestral homes for the conditions in Germany to-day, would only weaken the Nazis still further."--Reuter.

VON PAPEN MISSION DOOMED

Ankara, To-day.

Turkish circles have re- ceived the news that Herr von Papen, the Nazi Ambas- sador, is returning from Ber-| lin with another mission, with astonishment.

They cannot imagine what further mission the Nazi envoy can possibly have.

An Ankara newspaper yester. day stated that Germany had asked Turkey to attack Iraq and selze the Masul ollfields.

Turkey told Berlin in reply that she preferred to remain friends with the Arabs. Reuter.

SOVIET'S OLDER FRIEND COMES FIRST

London, To-day. The Moscow correspondent of "The Times", says there are no signs that Russia is willing to sacrifice her old friendship with Turkey for Hitler- Reuter.

Two hundred Romford girls, pupils at the County High School, have been going to school for two minutes a week. These two minutes are long enough for each girl, to reach the cloak-room and collect a schedule of work for the coming week. They do not see their teachers, the girls are doing their schoolwork at home un- til trenches are built to accommodate them at school. baskets outside the school as they arrive to collect their next batch of lessons.

Photo shows girls depositing their week's work, in

(Air Mall).

ROYAL OAK INQUIRY

London, To-day.

It is learned in well-informed quarters that the enquiry Into the sinking of the Royal Oak is pro- coeding but no further details have as yet been divulged.

It is repeated that the German statements to the effect that an- other ship was torpedoed on the same 'occasion are without a ves. tige of foundation/Router.

EURASIA ARRIVES IN CHUNGKING

OPERATED

on

FOR THE FIRST TIME BY A WHOLLY CHINESE CREW, THE EURASIA PLANE, EU22, ARRIVED IN CHUNGKING FROM HONG KONG THIS MORN- ING, RESUMING THE HONG KONG- CHUNGKING SERVICE WHICH WAS SUSPENDED LAST MONTH, -

There were four passengers board, including the General Manager, Mr. Li, and the Business Manager, Ankara, To-day. Mr. Kao who is also Business Man- The majority party in the Turkish ager for the China National Aviation House of Parliament yesterday com-Corporation in Hong Kong. pletely approved .the Government's foreign policy, after hearing an ac count of the Foreign Minister's visit to Moscow.-Reuter.

POLICY APPROVED

NO SOVIET GOLD FOR GERMANY

AS KLA London, To-day. Germany has not, after all, received the 17% tons of Soviet gold as 're- ported last week, according to the Diplomatic Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph.”

The bullion is now deposited in Netherlands banks, he says, and it is destined, according to information reaching official circles in London, to finance Russian purchases in the United States.

The correspondent- some of the gold

chase Američk

Soviet.on

in Brita Britisk

The first plane from Chungking is expected here to-morrow

ARMY WIRE STOLEN

Three Chinese were before Mr. T.J. Houston this morning, charged with stealing telephone wire from Repulis Bay Road yesterday, the property of the Military Authorities.

Lieut. P.D. Gracey, of the Hong Kong Signals, prosecuted.

Accused were Leung Yim, 26, Chan So, 26, and Kwan Fal, 17, earth coolle Defendants were seen carrying (40 yards of telephone wir

* Sentence, of thre labour was imposed.

BULGAR CARI

onths, hard

ALLIES SATISFIED BY FIRST PHASES OF WAR IN AIR

London, To-day. THE VIEW IS EXPRESSED in London that the first phase of the war in the air has been very favour- able to the Allies.

The German air. raids on the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow, and the aerial attack on one of our convoys off the Yorkshire coast, all failed.

They also proved the success of our fighter aircraft and naval anti- aircraft fre.

In these encounters the Germans have lost 16 long-distance bombers, and possibly more.

The British losses were 30 naval personnel casualties in the Firth of Forth rald and slight damage to the cruiser Southamp- ton and the veteran battleship Iron Duke. Both vessels were so slightly affected that they were ready for ses the same day..

SIR ERIC PHIPPS BROADCASTS

Paris, To-day.

The retiring British Am- bassador in Paris, Sir Eric

As regards submarine warfare, Phipps, broadcast a farewell though the sinking of Allied vessels message to France last has increased in the last week,

it evening. was only a small percentage of the losses in 1917, when the Germans also made a great effort to, blockaɖe us.-Reuter.

IRAQ JOINS IN APPROVAL

Ankara, To-day.

The Prime Ministers of Turkey and Iraq have exchanged telegrams of congratulation in connection with the triple alliance between Britain, France and Turkey,

In Baghdad, the Iraq capital, the alliance is considered a signal suggest for Allied diplomacy and a vital fact for in the future conduct of the war

'Reuter."

PEAK RESIDENT FINED

189,

Mr. E. Petrie, of No, Paşk, was summoned before Mr. AD. Forrest this morning, for driv Ing in a closed road.

Defendant drove her ear

of Mount Kellett Road,

was imposed)

Speaking in French, Sir Eric said: "The entente which binds our two governments and peoples has nevër been closer.

"This entente must be perpetuated beyond our common victory, so that we can lay the foundations of a bet- ter world, a world in which the com- n mon law is one of understanding in- stead of hate of a neighbour."--Reu- ter.

CORDIAL RELATIONS

Sir Eric Phipps in his broadcast, said: "I have always worked for alos- er relationship between our two coun fries and now the hour of my depare fure has come, it is good to know that, faced with the danker threatening the world, our two countries are at one and that the understanding between our governments and our peoples is most intimate, most cordini, most

confident.

"That understanding must be per- petuated beyond a common victory, so that it will be possible to lay the baald of a world where the common law will be understanding and not | the hate of neighbours British, Wire-

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