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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1940

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HONG KONG'S SAFETY

Sir Stafford Cripps Enters Discussion

BRITISH RELATIONS WITH JAPAN

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY. "IN MY OPINION BRITAIN WOULD NOT LOSE HONG HONG TO THE JAPANESE,” DECLARED SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS, THE WELL-KNOWN BRI- TISH LEFT WING POLITICIAN WHO ARRIVED HERE FROM HONG KONG EN ROUTE TO JA- PAN AFTER A VISIT TO INDIA, CHUNGKING AND MOSCOW.

RUM AND COFFEE FOR THE SERVICES

London, To-day.

Four hundred and eighty cases ́of Jamaica' rum, and 150 barrels of coffee figure: among the` distri«- butions made by the Jamaica Pu- blicity Committee out of £36;000 collected for War. Fund purposes... -Reuter.

AND KINGS"

The question of Hong Kong arose when Sir Staf- "CABBAGES

ford told interviewers that although future re- lations between Britain and Japan would de- pend on the respective governments, neverthe- less, in his opinion, Britain could have a show- down with the Japanese easily when necessary position is better, says the potato sup- and if wanted.

When it was pointed out to him that then perhaps Britain would lose Hong Kong temporarily, he replied the people on the spot should know better but in his opinion that was not likely to be the case.

Sir Stafford said he did not doubt that Chungking will win the war

he did not believe It would be open In the sense that troops would be

sent to China.

Asked to express his opinion of the visit of Mr. Sumner Welles to Europe, he said: "It is too well advertised to be successful.".

Stockholm, Ta-day.

The "Gothenburg Shipping Journal," while stating that the German coal

ply position is bad.

Theatres, cinemes and restaurants

are full, distracting people from bad worries. The churches are full, show- ing the unbroken increasing opposi- tion to de-Christianisation:

The newspaper says it is rumoured that the "kultur agreement" between Sir Stafford also stated he did not the Reich and the Soviet aims at a struggle against the against Japan. He explained he think peace between Finland and Rus-combined

being sia would lead to general peace in churches, especially the

could not see the Japanese

driven out of the country unless the Europe.--Reuter.. Chinese got heavier war material, but he could visualise "the Japanese getting out."

Asked whether the Chungking. Government leaders attached much importance to the Wang Ching- wel movement, Sir Stafford

plied that they did not.

THE TIME WHEN Answering a question whether thought peace with Japan had

re-

he

en-

tered the minds of the Chungking leaders, Sir Stafford said: "They think that can adequately be made when Japan gets out of China."

Asked whether greater and avan open help would be made to China by the European Democracies in the event of early liquidation of the Euro- pean war, Sir Stafford expressed the opinion that help would be forthcoming in greater: degree, but

200 R.A.F. PROMOTIONS

· London, To-day. A list of over 200 R.A.F. temporary promotions was published yesterday.

Thirty-four Wing-Commanders be- come Group-Captains; 133 Squadron Leaders are promoted Wing-Comman- ders and 52 Flight-Lieutenants become Squadron Leaders....

The new Wing-Commanders in- clude Andrew Douglas Farquhar, who was recently award the D.F.C. for three successful attacks on enemy air- craft.

Most of the new group captains dis- tinguished themselves in the last war. They include Group Captain O. R. Gayford, who was in charge of the long-distance record in November, 1998, while Richard Kellett, who led the re- cord-breaking flight and was award ed the D.F.C. recently for leading Bri- tish planes in the Hellgoland Bight air fight, le promoted Wing Commander, as is also. H. Stalnforth, former holder of the world's speed record, ---K. B. Lloyd, who in 1938 com the five RAF dyingboats covered 30,000 miles, the lon mation fight, ever. among the new. Group ter

ded

Church-Reuter,

Catholic

MOSCOW'S

SUPPORT OF CHUNGKING

MOSCOW, TO-DAY.

THE NEWSPAPERS DEVOTE CONSIDERABLE SPACE TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF SUN YAT-SEN AND RECALL" HIS ~ PLEA FOR STRENGTHENING THE ALLIANCE WITH THE SOVIET, COLLABORA- TION WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY AND SUPPORT OF THE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS AND PEASANTS.

"Pravda" says Sun Yat-sen's testa- ment has become the banner of the great war of national liberation against Japanese imperialism, and welcomes the present collaboration of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communists against Japan.

Several newspapers take the oppor- tunity to attack Wang Ching-wel as a traitor to the interests of China.- Reuter,

OVER-SUBSCRIBED

London, To-day. The volume of applications for the three hundred million three per cent. war loan issue received yesterday con- firms expectations that the loan will be oversubscribed. The lists close to- day.-British Wireless...

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