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CANADIAN

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 27, 1940

ELECTION

Premier Attacked For Springing His Surprise

ETON'S SOLOMON

PASSES

London, To-day.

One of Eton's most famous char-

acters died yesterday after

years of service.

60

He was Mr. John Harris, bet- tes known as "Solomon."-Reuter.

WHY

MOSCOW TALKS BROKE DOWN

London, January 4.

It is expected that the White Paper on the Anglo-Russian negotiations of In the issued last summer will be

There course of the next fortnight. is reason to believe that it will contain some account of the Russian attempts in the course of those conversations to persuade the British Government to equivalent of give the U.S.S.R. the what amounted to a free hand in Fin- land and the Baltic States without considering the wishes of their Gov- ernments: The failure of these at- tempts to persuade the British (and also the French) Government to play fast and loose with the sovereign rights of other nations was the principal of the ne- cause of the breakdown gotiations.

Meanwhile the Soviet Press and the Moscow broadcasting service, which beyond question are officially inspired, are continuing to accuse

Britain

|

MAIN ISSUE

NEW EDITION

WILL BE CONDUCT OF MEIN

OF WAR EFFORT

Ottawa, To-day. FOLLOWING MR. Mackenzie King's statement in the Canadian Parliament concerning its dissolu- tion, in which he criticised Mr. Hepburn, the Ontario Liberal leader, Dr. Mannion, the Con- servative Leader, immediately protested. He complained that he had not received the usual advance copy of the speech and accused the Prime Minister of a political trick in calling for an election without warning.

Dr. Mannion also attacked the Minister of Defence for inefficiency

and said that he considered that the Liberal Government had not done enough to prepare for war last September.

The leader of the

before

Co-Opera-

tive Commonwealth Federation-

Canada's "La- sometimes called bour Party"

- said that for once he found himself in agreement with the Conservative leader, who was standing for the funda- mental rights of Parliament and democracy,

GERMAN TRANSPORT PROBLEMS

Despite the construction of Auto- bahnen, transport by rail in Ger- many is still the major means of moving troops and material, especially over long distances. Reich railway authorities have long recognised that The Cabinet is expected to-day to rolling stock is neither sufficiently

LATE MARCH

election.

this It is

date of the decide on the

provisions, the present Under cannot

March 26, be before likely it will be fought chiefly on the Liberal Government's record since war, and one the beginning of the factor in it will be that Mr. Mac-

maintained nor replaced. Before the war, they planned the construction be- tween 1940 and 1943 of 2,000 locomo- tives, 10,000 passenger coaches and 112,000 goods wagons: Even at the time this seemed difficult to carry out, in view of the shortage of construc-

of being the cause of all the difficul- / kenzie King, the leader of the Fed- | tional factories. Owing to concentra-

ties which Russian policy is encoun- tering, from the failure to reach agree- ment with Turkey to the resistance. offered by the Finns to the invasion of their territories.

eral Liberals, will almost certainly be without the support of the Ontario Liberals led by Mr. Hepburn.

This is the first time that the Canadian Parliament has met since and various critic- It appears that the reason why the the war started,

Government will now Italian Government have sent on leave isms of the their Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. is probably appear in the course of the that the Soviet authorities, after ap-campaign.-Reuter, pointing a new Ambassador to Rome, withdrew him apparently without any explanation before he had presented his letters of credence. It is not surprising that the Italian

Foreign

Office found this action none too coùr- teous, and sent Signor Rosso on leave no doubt in order to show the Kremlin that, if Russia could dispense with an Ambassador to Rome, Rome could do as Moscow had done.

CHILDREN WHO WON'T EAT

There's nothing so wearing for a mother as a child who won't eat well.. Usually such a child

the "nervy" "highly-strungTM type. He picks at his food, looks pale and loses weight.

Little Satisfaction

For The Nazis

London, To-day. In connection with the dissolving Parliament, semi- of the Canadian official circles in London say that it is significant that the question at is- make the sue is how Canada can best contribution to the Allied wat effort. There can be little satisfac- an election tion for the Nazis on fought on that issue-Reuter.

“Truly National” Government Promised

Ottawa, To-day. Dr. Manien; the Conservative leader, yesterday, promised a Struly national government”. If the National Conservative Party won the forth- coming general election.

KAMPF

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL")

Berne, To-day.

It is reported from the Reich that a new special edition of Mein Kampf, specially destined for the soldiers at the front, has just been printed.

Following this edition the total issue of Mein Kampf will amount to nearly 6,000,000—Havas.

DESIGNS FOR AIR WAR

British designers are doing their utmost to turn out warplanes which will be better than the new types declares Germany, expected from the Manchester Guardian's military correspondent, Major Robertson,

The war, he says, vindicated Bri- tain's courageous decision to adopt eight machine guns instead of can- non on fighters; and power-operated gun turrets on bombers.

BRITISH BEST

our

"There is not the slightest' doubt that our equipment is superior.

The

turrets power

permit bombers often to shoot down fight- bombers are ers but the German

entirely on speed forced to rely which has proved insufficient. fighters Our multi-gunned more successful than we had hoped.

are

The French fighters are better than the German Messerschmitts. Ours are better than the French."

the The experts, says

News tion on the output of arms, the num- ber of locomotive works has fallen Chronicle Aeronautical authority re- from 21 to 9 and of wagons works gard the Messerschmitt as a “vicious” from 70 tỏ ̄55.

machine whose pilots-are-conscious On top of the pre-war shortage of its inferiority.

the added demand

On the other hand the Nazi bomb- transport, e.g., Germany, failing toers are good, but their gunners are obtain adequate Rumanian transport unable to fire sideways because the for Rumanian exports, is obliged to air pressure at that angle is too send 3,000 wagons and 180 locomo- tremendous for hand-operated gun-

turrets. tives to fetch the oil.

comes

*

for war

CABINET TO BE ORGANISED IN ADVANCE

Ottawa, To-day..

THE CANADIAN PREMIER, Mr. Mackenzie King, stated yesterday that the general election would probably be held on March 28, but this was not definite until he had received a final report from the chief electoral officer. Mackenzie Liberal reception

Dr. Manion made this statement following the National Conservative Mr. Party caucus, which adopted a re- solution of full confidence in him.

Coaxing won't improve matters. The caucus condemned the Pre- Child specialists "avwywhere re- |mier's sudden dissolution of Parlia- commend Horlicks for these ment and deplored his "rejection" of the). Conservativě. Party offer of "nervy" children with faded ap-close co-operation designed to pro- of action in the prosecu- the Canadian

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