1940-03-12 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 12, 1940.

"Not Gone As Far As War With Russia Yet" Allies Give Finland Card To Play Against The Soviet

BUT NO APPEAL

FOR HELP YET

"HANNOVER" SEAMEN

MADE BY FINLAND IN DOMINICA

"

London, To-day."

WHEN MR. CHAMBERLAIN announced in the House of Commons yesterday the Allied desire to give all the help the Allies could to Finland, he was asked by a Labour member if this was not tantamount to our going to war with Rus- sia?" Mr. Chamberlain replied:~"It has not gone as far as that yet." Earlier, Mr. C. Attlee had asked for a statement on the peace negotiations between Finland and Russia. Mr. Chamberlain began by saying that the British and French Governments were con- tinuing to send valuable material assistance to Finland.

He went on that the Allies had informed the Finnish Government that they are prepared in response to an appeal for further aid to proceed imme- diately and jointly to the help of Finland with all the resources at their disposal.

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London, To-day,

in reply to another question, the Prime Minister made it clear that any ald would be sent in fulalment of Replying to supplementaries, Mr. obligations under the Covenant of the Chamberlain said it would be untrue League. It was then that the ques- to say the British Government had tion about "going to war with Russia" been asked to mediate but there was was asked.

an occasion on which Mr. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador, had mentioned certain terms which the Russian Gov- ernment was prepared to offer Fin- land, and the British Government did not feel able to pass these terms to Finland.

'Mr. Chamberlain said it was not true to say that the British Govern- ment had been asked to mediate in the war, but on one occasion the Soviet Ambassador mentioned certain terms which his government was prepared to offer Finland; the British Government did not feel able to pass these terms on to Finland.

NO APPEAL YET

оп

Mr. Chamberlain "told Mr. Attlee (Labour Opposition leader) that any aid sent to Finland would be "in ac-

London, To-day. Forty-seven seamen from the scuttled Nazl steamer "Hannover" have arrived at Santo Domingo, according to the New York ra- dio.

The captain of the vessel stated that 55 of the crew were probably captured by a British warship. Reuter.

It is stated in well-informed Fin- nish circles in Paris that hitherto Fin-

land has made no fresh appeal to the

Allies.

French political circles belleve that

clalon and the end of Mr. 8umnar

WANG

LEAVES SHANGHAI

SHANGHAI. TO-DAY.

REPORTS WIDELY CIRCULATED IN THE CITY LAST NIGHT STATES THAT WANG CHING-WEI LEFT ON BOARD A JAPANESE WARSHIP FOR NANKING YESTERDAY.

It is added that the ship was con- voyed by several other Japanese gun-. boats.

Wang's henchmen, however, deny the report.

It is said that Wang proceeded to Nanking for the inauguration of the "Central Kuomintang Government." Reuter.

the present week, with Finland's de- Welles' mission, may well prove one of the most decisive since the war start- Mr. Andrew Mellon, former American

ed.-Reuter.

COMMUNIQUE.

FROM NO. 10.

London, To-day,

Downing Street says as there appears to be a misunderstanding about reply given by the Prime Minister to

A statement issued from No 10,

the

a private notice question addressed to him by Mr. Attlee in the House of Commons on the subject of Allied aid to Finland, the Prime Minister desires to make it clear that no appeal for further aid has yet been received from the Finnish Government-Reuter.

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London, To-day. In memory of his father, the late

Ambassador to London, Mr. Paul Mel- lon has sent a gift of £5,500 for the purchase of a fleet of 10 Red Cross ambulances, to the Lord Mayor's London Red Cross Fund which now totals £1,211,000. Reuter.

ITALY TO BUY COAL IN YUGO-SLAVIA

Paris, To-day." Italy has ordered 200,000 tons of coal from. Yugo-Slavia to the end of May according to a Rome despatch to the German news Agency.-Reuter.

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"As to co-operation with others, I have already mentioned ́France in as-

Following the Commons debate Russia and Finland, the following com-sociation with ourselves. Of course I munique was issued from 10, Downing Street:-

"As there appears to be some mis- understanding about the reply given by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons to-day on the subject of Allied said to Finland, the Prime Min ister desires to make it clear that no appeal for further ald has yet been received from the Finnish Govern- ment.!

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cannot say what other states might feel bound to do."

"NOT YET"-

Labour); “ls not this tantamount to Mr. David Kirkwood · (Oppoaltion our going to war with Russla?"

Mr. Chamberlain: “It has not gone as far as that yet."

Asked if the Government was pre- pared to send troops to Finland ami, if so, were they prepared to violate the neutrality of Norway in doing so, Mr. Chamberlain said he could not add anything to. the statement he had made.-Reuter.

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Next Move Up To Finland,

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