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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1940

MIRROR OF

OF WORLD OPINION

U.S. SURPRISE

a

ate war aims, however, while a pre-

of the

of

The commencement of diplomatic requisite does not mean the removal of all those evils which have brought conversations of an informal character about the present deplorable situa- between the United States and neutral tion. The enormous problem of mak- governments, together with the an- ing the necessary trade and financial nouncement that Mr. Sumner Welles, adjustments without which it will be Under-Secretary of State, is to make impossible to secure a lasting peace is a tour of Europe as the personal re- one in which all the nations presentative of President Roosevelt for world will have to assist. In solving, the purpose of securing first-hand in- for autarchical schemes and the con- formation regarding the European tinuance of policies of narrow nation-

conductive situation, is one of the major surprises alism cannot but be of the war. The two facts are not at hostility and so prevent the general present to be taken as forming parts reduction of armaments which the of a general scheme leading to media American Government apparently has tion, for it is made quite clear that in view.-"N. C. D. News." what President Roosevelt is concerned with is the state of the world when

MAGNETIC MINES the peace is again established, and

LIKE BOMBERS widespread adjustments which will be necessary if stable conditions are to

Magnetic mines are laid by sub- be secured calculated to make a last- ing and advantageous peace for all. In marines and they violate international The fixed minefield is, so to connection with the tour of Mr. Sum- law.

trench-warfare at ner Welles the general impression is speak, a form of formed that both Mr. Roosevelt and sea; it walls off a given area or closes Mr. Cordell Hull desire a detalled, certain sea-roads: The German mines, comprehensive report from a man ap- on the other hand, act like bombers proaching the matter with fresh who may make their appearance any- In reply to this device the where. mind, rather than to have different reports from the various representa- British Government has retaliated by tives in the countries which

assuming the right to confiscate all This is, of course Welles is to visit, each one of whom German exports. approaches the subject from his own contrary to international law; it can be as a merited reprisal. personal point of view. The consid- justified only

It was not done until a considerably ered judgment of one

having

It will later stage of the last war. made all the necessary enquiries

in efforts to buy German cripple should be more valuable than any

America through neutral and triangu- attempt at collating the opinions of a lar channels but there will be more number of men. It may very well be that at some time in the future Pre- to spare for Russia and the Balkuns. Public opinion in this country has, of sident Roosevelt, or his successor, if

of this evidence course, welcomed the war lasts as long as it is antici-

determination. "New Statesman and pated, will have to play a very im-

Nation." portant part in endeavouring to solve the problems which have led up to the present war, and which, if they are not properly solved, may only mean that they will remain the causes for another possible outbreak. It is to be hoped, that President Roosevelt is not contemplating another conference such as that responsible for the Treaty of Versailles. The mistakes of the past suggest the necessity of statesmen ap- proaching the problems of peace with minds untrammelled by the precedents of the past.

The report that Mr. Welles is to make this tour has been-received Great warmly in

will Britain, and probably be regard- ed in the light by France, He will

Bame

man

Mr.

THE GARB OF OLD GAUL

ON WHICH SIDE?

atand,

na-

On which side do we Individually tion? I know that in a sense it

or

is nonsense to speak of this of any other nation as Christian, but Chris- believe that such tianity as it possesses, largely no doubt unconscious, is the real motive power behind our effort, and that, if we allow ourselves to forget that, we shall all ulti- mately fall, however successful

be. warlike efforts may our "The Dean of Durham.

I do undoubtedly receive all the in- formation he de- sires, for it is ob- vious that if the United States Gov- ernment is ulti- mately to make any really valuable contribution to the establishment of a

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A Scotsman's plea for the kllt has been turned down. Pipe he never so sweetly, the member for East cannot persuade the War Office, in the delicious language which suits the occasion, "to relax the official attitude towards the Scottish national dress." The kilt may be worn while "walking out," but no more will be "issued" un- til the war is over. Reasons

ad- vanced for this measure of Sas- senach uniformity." The impossibility of getting the kilt in sufficient quan- tity for existing units Highland

admirably speaks for the bellicosity of the present Highland genera- tion. The kilt is also declared to be poor protection against gas; to be "unmechanis- able" in the sense fitting ill against a back- permanent peace it will have to be of

Bren- fully apprised of the opinions held by scene of tanks, dragons and the governments of all the warring carriers; and it is held to be trouble- nations. The war aims of the Allies some in enabling the enemy to iden- are already sufficiently widely known, tify British units. To all of these the and it is because Washington fully Scots will probably have an answer— understands that there can be no peace perhaps particularly the last, for is it until those aims have been attained not proudly remembered that the 51st that it has been clearly made known Highland Territorial. Division in the that the present move does not amount last war held frst place on the "funk ex- list" of the enemy, who feared them to à peace drive, but rather an ploratory manoeuvre to discover how as the "ladies from hell"?

Regional dress gives the lustre of It can be made possible. Mention has already been made of the fact that a variety and therefore the zest of com- settlement: which is just to Germany, petition to an army, but uniformity and to the Allies, is a prime essential. by all the philological rules, ́must be That in itself will present certain the trend of uniform. War itself obstacles which will only disappear compels it, as it moves with the times by the total elimination of the present from a colourful art to a monotonous | government of the Reich and the sub- science of mechanics. The garb of stitution therefore of a Government in the foray must yield to the boiler muit as men sit down opposite each other which the nations of the world- can

in millions, revving up the engines for place their confidence. There can in the clash of great machines that may fact be no peace without it, for it have to come. In that day the High- would only amount to an armed truce land regiments can be trusted to until such time as Herr Hitler decid. break all records in morales and fight- ed the opportunity ripe for another at ing fervour, for a victorious peace will not only take them home but will tempt to further his grandiose schemes. restore the kilt to ità-rightful place The attainment of the Allies' immedi- again.—“Daily Telegraph."

Pa

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1940

NORWAY MAY APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT: NEW OSLO VERSION OF ALTMARK

ALTMARK: FURTHER DETAILS

THE

EN-

JOSING FIORD, TO-DAY. CORRESPONDENTS TRYING TO "RECONSTRUCT THE ALTMARK INCIDENT" FROM INFORMATION ON THE SPOT THINK THAT GERMAN SHIP MUST HAVE TERED THE FIORD AT ABOUT P.M. ON FRIDAY, SHE WAS STOP. PED BY TWO NORWEGIAN TOR- PEDO-BOATS BEFORE THE BRI- TISH DESTROYER APPEARED AT THE MOUTH.

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Soon after midnight, the British de-

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Oslo, To-day.