1940-01-31 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 31, 1940

UNITY OF THE ALLIED COMMAND

LONDON, TO-DAY. VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE AL- LIED WAR EFFORT

"LOST

TRAIN TURNS IMPORTANT

UP IN SCOTLAND

AFTER 45 HOURS

London, To-day.

OIS, ONE OF THE INTENSELY COLD WEATHER is still dislocat-

CUSSED BY M. MAUROIS, ONE OF THE PARTY OF FRENCH WAR COR- RESPONDENTS ATTACHED TO THE B.E.F. AND NOW VISITING ENG- LAND, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESS IN LONDON. HE LAID

OF THE TWO NATIONS IN THE PRESENT CONFLICT AND COMPLETE MUTUAL CONFIDENCE EXISTING BETWEEN THE COMMANDS.

THE

TWO

ing transport, and railway communication with Scotland is impossible except by the East Coast

route.

INTERNMENT PROPOSALS

Rio de Janeiro, To-day. With a view to making the internment regulations uni- form, the Pan-American Neu- trality Commission sitting here has drawn up proposals

which will be recommended

SPECIAL STRESS ON THE UNITY A new record for the "Longest Delay" was set by a for adoption by all partici- train which reached Glasgow yesterday after-pants to the recent Panama noon after taking 45 hours to do a journey which conference.

This is an extreme ex-state shall intern until the end of the Under these proposals, every neutral normally takes 10 hours. ample but it shows the kind of difficulties long- distance trains are having.

He compared the present position when the cooperation of the armed forces of both countries under a single supreme commander had been ac- cepted as a natural and necessary measure with the difficulties over and opposition to this vital unification which arose in the course of the last

war.

To-day, M. Maurois sald, one heard British troops referring to "our General Gamelin" and ΠΟ trace existed of the

sort of national pride which, by re- fusing ever to admit faults or limita- tions in achievements or capabilities of one's own nation has often sulted in impaired efficiency of Allled strength as a whole.

re- the

M. Maurois particularly praised the truining of such troops--members of the Tank Corps, flying schools etc.- as he had visited during his present stay in England, and pointed to the typically British way in which such training was carried out-emphasis is always given to practical demonstra- tion rather than to theory-British Wireless,

RUSSIAN BAN ON RED CROSS

Washington, To-day. In a letter to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Represen- of State Cordell tatives, Secretary Hull says that he has been informed that relief agencies have been denied access to Russian-occupied Poland.

Mr. Hull adds that the American Red Cross is working in association with the German Red Cross in Ger- man-occupied Poland.

Reuter.

London suburban trains were bad

on Monday and yesterday mornina 44NO MENACE

but a normal service was expected from last night.

The railways are giving preference of food and fuel. The L.M.S. an-, nounces that a number of coal trains are coming down from the North and something like a regular service should be possible from to-day.

In

were

the meantime, people asked to economise and not to com- plain if they could not get exactly

the food supplies they wanted at the moment. Reuter.

STALINISM, AND NOT

BOLSHEVISM

LONDON, TO-DAY.

THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON FINLAND IS NOTHING BUT AN ATTEMPT OF STALINISM TO DE- STROY THE CIVILISATION OF THE WEST, SAID M. GRIPENBERG,

TO THE BALKANS”

war persons belonging to the belliger- ents who arrive in a neutral state either individually or collectively.

Vessels considered as war ancil- |ltaries shall be included in this agree-

ment.

Wounded or sick

of belligerent powers may be permitted to pass through neutral territory. Wounded |or sick brought by an enemy shall be

interned.

Belligerents who are victims of wrecks shall be interned.

Individuals physically incapacitated

from participating in the war will not

be interned. Reuter.

London, To-day.".

Belgrade, To-day. "There is no menace to the Balkans," declared the Yugo- Slav Foreign Minister, M. SWEDISH NEUTRALITY Cincar Markovitch, accord- ing to the newspaper "Naplo.”.

The meeting of the Balkan Entente on Friday "will produce no surprise or sensational result," he added.

M. Markovitch said disturbing rumours now current were without foundation.

He continued: "It is necessary for the Balkan countries to collaborate in the economic fleld, as the war is being conducted by economic means and the Balkans are the crossroads of the Continent."--Reuter.

NEW WAR FUND

Calcutta, To-day. When the East India Fund for Bri-

FINNISH MINISTER TO LONDON, IN A

EDINBURGH SPEECH AT YESTERDAY.

"Stalinism," not Bolshevism, is the correct

to use, he said.tish War Services was launched at a expression

not even

luncheon of Calcutta businessmen Stalinism does

represent

yesterday, nearly £10,000 was imme- Bolshevist ideals.

Stalinism represents nothing but a diately subscribed. destructive and despicable will

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In a reply to a Commons question the Minister of Economic Wartare sald the Swedish Government had proclaimed their neutrality and he had no reason to belleve that they are treating either belligerent except In strict accordance with its terms.---- British Wireless.

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