THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 27, 1839
DE VALERA PEACE APPEAL "Commonsense Suggests A Conference Now"
THE PRISONER
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LUXEMBURG
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Luxemburg, To-day. The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg has only one "pri- soner of war" a British pilot, who after a dog fight with Nazi planes wanted to land at a French airport and came down at Esch aero- drome by mistake.
international
In accordance with law, the British plane was seized and the pilot interned to the end of hos- tilities.
"Our war prisoner" became dur- ing Christmas the most popular per- son in Luxemburg.
READY TO TAKE INITIATIVE
WITH UNITED STATES
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Dublin, To-day.
IN A RADIO ADDRESS to the United States yester- day, the Eire Premier, Mr. Eamonn de Valera, suggested that Eire and the United States pro- pose a conference of leaders of the belligerent countries.
He said the United States and Eire sympathised with
COMMUNISTS ARRESTED IN STOCKHOLM
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Stockholm, To-day.
The Swedish polics have ar- rested two dangerous Commun- ist elements.
The men were members of the west European section of the Ko- mintern, the headquarters of which are in Stockholm.
During the police operations thousands of Communist pam- phlets printed in German were seized—Havas.
the peoples undergoing the horrors of war, and HITLER'S were conscious that modern warfare would bring CHRISTMAS an aftermath of long years of suffering and starvation.
"It is imperative," he declared, "to arrive at some settlement now.
"At the end of the war it will be necessary to attempt a settlement through conference.
Many subjects of the Grand Duchy "Common sense suggests an attempt expressed their sympathy for the to gather such a conference now be Allies by sending food, cigars, books fore the ravages of war are fully and even flowers, to the interned Bri- | felt." Havas. tish officer.-Havas.
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New York, To-day.
Mr. de Valera's broadcast was given a prominent display
"New in the York Times" but it secured very little space in other American newspapers. -Reuter.
FRANCO-SPANISH RAILWAYS TO RESUME
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Madrid, To-day. officially announced that traffic.on nil railway......... lines linking France and Spain
will be re- established on January 1, 1940. Havas.
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(SPECIAL TO "CHINA-MAIL") Berne, To-day. According to the official
IN NORWAY? Nazi radio Hitler spent
Christmas visiting the regi- ment in which he fought during the Great War.
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. THE UNITED STATES LINES ARE TO FORWARD AN APPLICA-
He also inspected avintion units. TION TO THE MARITIME COM-
Hitler returned to Berlin yesterday, MISSION FOR PERMISSION TO when it
was disclosed that be SELL EIGHT VESSELS TO THE spent five days touring the Siegfried NORWEGIAN FIRM, NORTH AT-Line. LANTIC TRANSPORT COMPANY,
The ships would thus be transferred to Norwegian registry.
If the application is approved the ships will be operated between New York, London and Liverpool.
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He spent part of Christmas Day in the front line to the south of Saar- brucken, where he inspected d'French pillbox erected during the early opera- tions in September.
On returning to Berlin by plane, he went into conference immediately
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"PROMOTIONS AND PRESENTS Berlin, To-day.
It will be recalled that the Amer-with war chiefs. ican firm previously sought to trans- fer the ships to the Panama flag but
Reuter. withdrew the application.
By Ed Reed
"There's our only hope, D. A.— the, little guy on the and who can't see a thing!"
Here's Luck
EWO BEER
the Hitler spent Christmas with troops on the western front, says the official news agency.
The agency adds that on hie tour to the blile at Spichern, the Fuehrer crossed the frontier and promoted the captain command- ing the sector to the rank of major.
Hitler's whole tour was marked by
and promotions
presents to the troops. Reuter.
GERMAN FREIGHTER RUNS FOR IT
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") MEXICO CITY," TODAY, THE GERMAN FREIGHTER HAVILLAND HAS LEFT. -MAN- ZANILLO, ON MEXICOS PACIFIC COAST, WITH A CARGO OF COPRA FOR AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION.
The Nazi ship put to men shortly after the departure of the American Coastguard vessel Erla, which had been watching the freighter's move- ments for over a month-Havas.
MARK TWAIN NAZI STORY
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Shanghai, To-day. An amusing story is told by pas- sengers on a British ship which haw just arrived here.
While they were in the Mediterran- ean, the ship's wireless beard a Ger- man message' stating that the ship on which they were travelling bad beas torped
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