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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 16, 1939

GERMANY REJECTS PEACE MEDIATION OFFER:

MATTER CLOSED "BY ALLIES"

Brussels, To-day.

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THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT has declined the mediation appeal of Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold on the ground that Great Britain and France had already rejected it. The Nazi reply was handed to the Netherlands and Belgian envoys in Berlin when they called on the Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, yesterday.

A communique says: "Von Ribben- trop told the envoys that in view of the blunt rejection of the appeal by the British and French Governments, the German Government considers the matter closed."-Reuter.

Berlin, To-day.

Germany has informed Belgium and the Netherlands that she regards the peace offer as "dead" as the result of the British and French "rejection." -Reuter.

RHINE IN FLOOD RESTRAINS NAZIS

Paris, To-day.

It is reported that the waters of the Rhine are now well in flood, putting a brake on any German military plans

INCREASE IN WAGES

New Delhi, To-day.

The Indian jute mills association has

agreed to increase the wage of work- by 10 per cent. On Tuesday, 8,000 and more are expected to do so to-

workers at Calcutta resumed work

day. The strike started last Friday. -Reuter,

EMULATOR OF MR. CHIPS

SHETLAND TEACHER KEEPS CLASS

SINGING IN A RAID

IL DUCE'S FIGHTING SPEECH

Rome, To-day. Signor Mussolini made a some- what belligerent speech to stu dents yesterday.

Il Duce declared: "You must keep your guns beside your books. "Our peace la not a weak peace but an armed peace."-Reuter.

GERMANS IN EAST IN NEED

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Shanghai, To-day. The Shanghai Nazi newspaper, Os- tasiatischer Lloyd, to-day contains an appeal to the German community to donate men's clothing, underwear and shoes "for our numerous compatriots working aboard German ships and at present stranded in Far Eastern har- bours."

Observers estimate that there are at aboard boats which have taken refuge in Ja-

and North China ports.-

least 1,000 German seamen London, To-day.

Havas.

LATEST INFORMATION shows that at least 16 panese

heavy bombs were dropped by the four Nazi planes which raided the Shetlands on Monday.

for an invasion of the Low Countries. An additional four bambs, not previously reported,

-Reuter.

AACHEN DECISION

fell in a deep peat moor on a hill and did not explode.

N.Z. TO CARRY OUT ITS PROMISES

Wellington, To-day. Certain promises were made to Britain and these are going to be

It is believed that the offer has been They were armour-piercing bombs weighing about carried out, said Mr. Savage, the New

rejected on the grounds that Britain and France have set impossible con- ditions.

It is reported that the German civilian population of Aachen (Aix- la-Chappelle), which was recently evacuated, is now being permitted to return. Hospitals prepared for sol- diers are again available for civilians.

Reuter.

NETHERLANDS OFFENDED

The Hague, To-day. Officials last night were busy decod- ing a communication from the Dutch Minister in Berlin, presumably giving the gist of his interview with Joachim Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign

von Minister.

If Ribbentrop's statement is to be taken as Hitler's reply to Queen Wil- helmina's telegram, public opinion in Holland will inevitably be most of- fended, as it is pointed out that when the Queen sends a message to the head of a foreign State, the average Netherlander expects at least the courtesy of a formal reply.

DEEPER SHADOW-

Moreover, this method of dist.iss-

ing the offer is regarded as all the more unfriendly in view of the recent statement of the Dutch Foreign Office

to

to the effect that the British and French replies were considered "leave the door open."

Hitler's fallure to mention the peace move in his Munich speech cuused great regret in Holland. The German intimation that Queen Wilhelmina's telegram would be care- fully examined gave a ray of light during the critical period, but the latest development serves to cast deeper shadow over the final disap- pointment.-Reuter.

PERBONAL MESSAGE BY HERR HITLER?

a

250 lbs. each.

A young woman teacher in the small school area kept her five pupils singing choruses while the air danger continued.

The Manse was struck by splinters and another school was badly shaken.

When four large bombs explod- ed among the peat soil and clay and granite 250 yards away, the teacher kept her pupils indoors and away from the windows. Some observers report that eight, and not four, bombs were dropped near a naval vessel.

All those that fell in the sea did dropped on land were equally wast- no damage and those that were

ed.-Reuter.

ALLIED FINANCE

LONDON TO-DAY.

Zealand Prime Minister, yesterday. Reuter.

LARGE-SCALE AIR

ATTACKS PREDICTED

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Copenhagen, To-day. THE BERLIN CORRESPONDENT of the "National Tidende" reports that the conviction has spread in Germany that the Reich is resorting to drastic action before the end of winter in order to pre- vent the Allies from receiving arms from America.

Large-scale air attacks on Britain

by a completely new type of plane, one-

able to reach England within INDIAN AIR

M. REYNAUD, THE FRENCH FINANCE MINISTER, CONCLUDED and-a-half hours, are planned. On HIS VISIT TO ENGLAND YESTER- DAY.

The visit will strengthen the ties, already strong, between the British and French Treasuries.

M. Reynaud proposed that further meetings take place between financial experts of the two countries. Reu-

ter.

NAZI ARMY PROBLEMS

REUTER'S

the other hand, Germany is expect- FORCE

ing neutral governments to refuse their harbours to Allied armed mer- chantmen.

The Reich has already handed to neutrals, a list of such ships and is reserving the right to take necessary action if the neutrals do not comply with the demands, thereby violating international law, according to

the Reich's viewpoint.-Havas,

London, To-day. ditions of service approved for

Authority has been given and con- creation of an

the Indian Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

for

At the outset the Volunteer Re- serve will consist of five independent flights located at Karachi, Bombay, Madras, Calcutta · and Delhi. WOUNDED BY BOMB The flights will be primarily

coast defence duties in India. Suffering from wounds in the back, The establishment of these flights not is to be a permanency and is LONDON, TO-DAY. Chan Ching, 60, was admitted

Kowloon Hospital CORRESPONDENT the

emergency : yesterday, an

measure.-British Wireless.

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WITH THE FRENCH ARMY SAYS Chan, was injured when the Japanese THERE IS PRACTICAL EVIDENCE bombed Wai Chung in Chinese” terri- THAT THE GERMANS ARE DE-tory on November 6. SPERATELY TRYING MEN ON A MASS SYSTEM.

Competent authorities consider they are still short of 15,000 officers and those in the line include some who have not had time to gain sufficient experience.-Reuter.

Brussels, To-day. The Belgian Minister of Communi- Robert Archibald Boyd was again | cations PRODUCTION

the stated yesterday that remanded to-day when charged with negotiations with Britain regarding Com-the contraband control were proosed- failing to appear before the

ing very satisfactorily.—Router." pulsory Service Tribunal.

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Brussels, To-day. Following the statement to the Belgian and Dutch Ministers in Ber- lin by Herr von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, on the media- tion offer, it is expected that Hitler will send a personal message to King

A leather suitcase containing A Leopold and Queen Wilhelmina out-passport belonging to Mr. Cuncliffe, lining the reasons behind the German residing at the Sailors' and Soldiers' rejection of the mediation proposal. Home, was lost yesterday between the Cecil Hotel and the Macao Wharf,

Havas.

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