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FOREIGN OFFICE ISSUES REPLY TO GERMANY:

WAR GUILT

London, To-day.

THE FOREIGN OFFICE last night replied to the Ger-

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 30, 1939

RELAXING NEUTRALITY

man publication which has attempted to refute ACT UNDER the British blue book on Germany's war guilt.

The statement says that apparently the German Government is now claiming that Lord Halifax,

STUDY

Washington, To-day.

NORWAY RESERVES RIGHTS

Oslo, To-day.

The Government haa urged that Britain and France to reconal- der the decision to seize German exports in the light of Interna- tional law and have reserved the right to claim' compensation for any damage to Norwegian trade and shipping in consequence of the Allies' measures-Reuter.

the Foreign Minister, and the British Ambassa- It is learned that officials LORD MAYOR dor to Warsaw did their best to prevent the Po-of the State Department are

lish Government from entering into "serious studying the possibility of AT NOVEL

negotiations" with Germany.

It was of course known to everyone including the German Government that the British people took the initia- tive in doing everything possible to bring about direct German-Polish ne- gotiations.

The statement adds: "Hitler made up his mind to go to war and the ef- forts of the British Government to se- cure a negotiated settlement and there- by maintain the peace of Europe fail- ed to prevent Germany from enter- ing the war, for the miseries of which, she is solely and entirely responsible before

the the judgment of free people of the world."-Reuter.

GERMANY CANCELS BIG ORDER

Buenos Aires, To-day.

German Arms, including Krupp and Thyssen, have told the Argentine State Railways that they cannot fulfil a £1,000,000 order for rolling stock owing to the war.

Wheat and cotton from Argentine were to have been taken in exchange and shipment was to have been via the Netherlands.

Reuter.

CHARITY DANCE

THERESE MOLLER CASE

relaxing the operation of the

Neutrality Act, for special AUCTION

circumstances.

The main issue being considered is whether it is permissible to permit American goods to be carried to a neu- tral, via a belligerent port, without in- sisting on the transfer of the title be-

forehand.

It is stated that that matter has been raised as the result of en- quiries by Switzerland, which has no port of her own and enquired whether Switzerland could ship American goods through Marsell- les without transferring the title before the goods left the United States.

London, To-day. The Lord Mayor has acted at one of the most novel auc- tions ever known. He him- self raised the last bid to a round figure just before clos- ing the auction.

FOUND TECHNICALLY GUILTY │·· OF DESERTION AT SHANGHAI,

The work of the "Y.M.C.A.” in the CHIEF OFFICER C. B. SKINNER, OF

last war is well known. In this war, THE S.S. THERESE MOLLER, WAS

however, the services are more scat- CAUTIONED BY COMMANDER G.

tered and the problem of the “Y” is F. HOLE, AT THE MARINE COURT.

thus more difficult. One way of meet- Defendant was summoned at the

ing the problem is by means of mo- instance of the master of the ship,

bile centres, consisting of motor lor- Captain J. M. Byrne, who alleged that The State Department has not yetries which are shops on wheels. defendant left the ship at Shanghai reached a decision, but the matter is Several are already in operation in because his "boy" had been replaced being discussed in the light of the ap-Britain, and the auction was held in by another by the new steward. parent intention of Congress not to honour of the first "tea car," as they

The Harbour Master admonished disrupt normal trading relations with

are called, to go overseas. All those the Captain for a breach of the Mer-neutrals any more than necessary.—-

who made bids will have their names chant Shipping Act by travelling from Reuter.

put on a plaque inside the car. Shanghai to Hong Kong without a Chief Officer. The Captain replied that the ship departed on a Sunday and it was not possible to get an off- cer that day.

DUTCH TO

CARRY ON

London, To-day.

N.Z. LAND SCHEMES

Wellington, To-day.

The "tea cars," of course, do more than dispense tea. They sell ci- garettes, books and magazines and also act as a general information bum reau and post office.

ACCUMULATIVE

The auction was an accumulative auction, in which each bidder contri- buted the difference between his bid and, the preceding one. Bidding was

After 20 minutes, the Lord Mayor closed the auction himself-he was auctioneer-by himself raising the total.

Six thousand men will be trans-spirited. ferred from New Zealand relief schemes and public works to land development.

The Minister of Labour announces

It was announced in The Hague A successful charity dinner dance yesterday that, despite the losses to that the country's industrial and He was heard to murmur "1105, was held at the Rose Room, Penin-neutral ships at sea, Netherlands farming development will open a field | 1165," and then to say-“I am afraid sula Hotel, last night by the Chinese ships will continue without restric-for the surplus population of Britain I must close the auction—at £1200!” Youths' Medical Relief Association. tion.

after the war.-Reiter.

It was in aid of the wounded and The Belgian Channel steamer ser- refugees in China. An excellent ca- vice between Ostend and Folkestone baret programme was presented.

was resumed yesterday.

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-Reuter.

GERMAN STRATEGY BESET BY DIVIDED COUNSELS

London, To-day.

THE CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer, speaking at a luncheon in London yesterday said the war had not developed in the way originally expected, with a great battle on the Western Front and aerial attacks on London. None the less, three months had provided material from which to make deductions and to form judgment as to the ultimate prospects.

It could not be doubted that German and protecting British commerce. strategy. had been beset with divided As to the air, there was a convic- counsels. If Herr Hitler had relied on tion, steadily growing, that British Herr von Ribbentrop for expert ad-pilots and machines were more than vice about the British people, the Ger- a match for those opposed to them. man Chancellor must have had a shattering awakening.

In the meantime, Sir John Simon claimed, the position of the Alles, was Improving week by week. The num- bers of the Expeditionary Force in France were growing and would ra- pidly grow.

The British Navy had roun Its immemorial role of Kolding the seas

Sir John Simon concluded by a re- ference to the quiet sense, determina- tion and resolve which marked Bri- tish men and women.

“There is no boasting. There is no frantic demonstration. But there is à deep, pervading sense that victory had got to be secured, else life will not be worth living.”- Heb Wireless.