1939-11-08 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 8, 1939 THE NEW PEACE PROPOSAL

STANDPOINT OF BRITAIN AND FRANCE ALREADY MADE PERFECTLY CLEAR

London, To-day

ANNOUNCEMENT THAT a peace proposal has

SWEDISH

come from the meeting of Queen Wilhelmina ATTACK ON and King Leopold of Belgium at The Hague yes-

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U.S. LINER DECISION

IN ABEYANCE

Washington, To-day. The approval by the Maritime Commission of the transfer of eight American liners to the Pan- aman flag is held. In abeyance.

Objections were raised by Mr. Cordell Hull on the ground that such a stop would represent an Impairment of the Integrity of the Neutrality Act.-Reuter.

ferday has aroused interest in London, but there COMMUNISM CENTRAL

is no encouragement for any belief that the posi- tion may undergo any important change. Pending the receipt and examination of a message from them, authoritative circles in London state that any communication from such a quar- ter would, naturally, receive very careful study in London.

clear

It is recalled, however, that both Mr. Chamberlain, for Britain, and M. Da- ladier, for France, have made the position of the two governments on the origins of the war and on the circumstances which only could facil- itate a just and enduring peace.

King Leopold and M. Spaak return- ed from The Hague to Brussels yes- terday afternoon.-Reuter.

WASHINGTON

NOT IMPRESSED

Washington, To-day.

TRANSFER OF SHIPS

POSTPONED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}

Washington, To-day.

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

STOCKHOLM, TO-DAY.

A JOINT CONFERENCE OF SWEDISH WORKERS' UNIONS YESTERDAY PASSED A RE- SOLUTION BRANDING THE

SUPPLY BOARD

London, To-day. A Central British Supply

SWEDISH COMMUNISTS AS POLI- TICALLY AND FINALLY DEPEN- DENT ON THE SOVIET, "AS ARE Board is being set up for COMMUNISTS IN OTHER COUN-British war purchases in Canada and the United States.

TRIES."

The Swedish Communists, says the resolution, admit treason as an in- strument in their fight if the Comin- tern orders it..

They blindly approve instructions in defending and supporting aggression.

Orders in Canada will be placed with the special Board set up by

to co-ordinate Moscow's Canada

Canadian Naziism munitions activities. In the United Havas. States they will be placed by a Bri- tish Purchasing Commission of which Mr. Purves will be the Director-Gen- eral.

TYPHOON

Temperature in Hong Kong

shade, a marked change

yes- in the the

at

Following opposition from terday reached 88 degrees from

Congressional quarters have noted the Secretary of State, Mr. recent cool spell. This morning the peace move by Queen Wilhelmina Cordell Hull, Congressional 10 a.m., the thermometer had already

and King Leopold with

expressions

regarding the final outcome. — ter.

85 reached 81 and at 1 p.m.,

.

was

Arrangements are also being made to co-ordinate British and French purchases in the United States.-Reu- ter.

VISCOUNT GORT INSPECTS THE LINE of approval tempered with scepticism Circles and workers' organisa-registered.

Reu- tions, the Maritime Commis- A typhoon or depression some

London, To-day. General Viscount Gort, the British sion has reversed its stand, 300 miles to the south-east of Hong

went It is moving Commander-in-Chief, Kong is responsible.

to up and has decided to re-

slowly north-east.

lines Cyclonic the front

yesterday evening of from his Headquarters and examined examine the question of the gates are occurring North-West

the dispositions.-Reuter. transfer of nine ships of the Luzon. Berlin, To-day.

NAZI ATTACKS ON NEUTRALS

A Nazi Foreign Office spokesman,

the Belgian commenting on

royal visit to the Netherlands, attacked the attitude of the small neutrals to the British blockade.

Their attitude in German eyes, he said, 'scarcely consisted of truc neutrality.

Neutrals should make more paper complaints.

than

a concen-

The Nazi press makes trated attack on the smaller neutrals, which it accuses of lack of willing- ness to defend their

Reuter.

neutrality.

OFFICIAL REFUSAL

TO COMMENT

London,To-day.

comment on the reported offer by the Nether lands and Belgian rulers good offices which it is

Officials here decline to

of their understood

United States Lines to the Panama flag.

Mr. Hull stated yesterday that the transfer was an attempt to evade the Neutrality Law.

President Roosevelt, however, told the press that he was awaiting a re- port from the Maritime Commission. He did not believe the transaction was in contradiction of the Neutrality Bill.-Havas.

PRESIDENT AND MR. HULL CONFER Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull have been in

very

GIGANTIC PARADE IN MOSCOW: LITVINOFF ATTENDS

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA-MAIL")

Moscow, To-day.

"LONG LIVE THE RED ARMY, which liberated west-

ern Ukraine and White Russia” was the slogan throughout the capital yesterday.

conference on the question The city was lavishly plastered with posters, and a

of the proposal to turn over certain American liners to

has been addressed to the heads of Panaman registry.

the belligerent states.

that

limit the

has At the moment, permission been given up pending answers by the Maritime Commission

two to

In the absence of an authoritative lead

observers diplomatic themselves to recalling

legal points. French

attitudes of the British and Governments, have been already made very clear.-British Wireless.

“SOVIETISING” POLAND

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Moscow, To-day.

anniver- Celebration of the 22nd sary of the Bolshevist Revelation has been marked in the Polish regions occupied by the Soviet by the com- mandeering of all apartments pre- viously owned by "bourgeois" families and handing them over to the fami- lies of workers.-Havas.

AIR ACTIVITY. IN N. GERMANY

cardboard statue outside the Grand Theatre was erected representing Ukrainian peasant girls standing amid the smouldering remains of a house and welcoming Russian troops.

A huge poster of Ernst Thaelmann, once the leader of the German Com- reported to munist Party (who is

recently have been released

after six years in jall) was paraded the throughout the city,

his the

The view of the President is that there can be nothing to prevent any American from disposing of will, but property where he sale must be outright, and if ships were sunk, the United would not be concerned.

Mr. Cordell Hull questions but validity of the proposal, there could be no objection to out- right sale.

States

the

says

The Trade Unions have protested against the scheme.-Reuter.

AMBASSADOR TO RETURN TO SHANGHAI

Chungking, To-day. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr,, British Ambassador, will shortly leave for London, To-day. Shanghai. During the last few days on he has been taking his farewells of There was great air activity

officials. Our Own the northern part of Germany's fron-government

Correspondent. tler yesterday.-Reuter,

YOUTH BEATEN UP

Bomething of a sensation was caused among foreigners when, a parade few minutes before the

At the junction of Luard Road at started, the former Foreign Com-

about 7.30 am. to-day, a Chinese missar, M. Maxim Litvinoff, en-

beaten youth, Lang Chai-choi, was tored the official stand in Red

to up and removed Queen Mary Square.

Hospital with multiple wounds, Soviet officials did not notice the believed to be serious. arrival of M. Litvinoff, who looked aged and tired.-Havas.

FATAL ACCIDENT

A fatal accident occurred in the Kowloon Naval Dockyard yesterday, when a coolie, Wan Kwan, 40, was crushed between the walls of. No. 15 shed and a 90-cwt-drum. The man sent to Kowloon was immediately Hospital, but died shortly after ad- mittance.

Chan Cheung, 20, was arrested shortly after the incident, and is alleged to have said that the was over a gambling debt cents.

He was detained.

fight

of

30

Suffering from ahrapnel wounds, over a month ago in the received Shuntak District, Wong Ki-shan, 24, was yesterday admitted to the Tung Wah Hospital.