1940-03-20 — Page 4

Not To Be

THE CHINA MAIL MARCH 20, 1940.

Hustled Into

Reckless Adventurë

Mr. Chamberlain And the Demand for More Energy

MR. WELLES

DID NOT SEE IL DUCE AGAIN

Rome, To-day.

Mr. Sumner Welles did not

day.

SCAPA FLOW AVIATION

RAID DESCRIBED

AS A FAILURE

ESTACA

London, To-day.

see Signor Mussolini yester- PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S definition of moral peace was mentioned by Mr. Chamberlain în his statement in the House of Commons yesterday and he declared: "It is to obtain such a beaco that we have taken up arms. We intend to fight until it has been secured."

However be lunched with Count. Ciano at the Rome Golf Club, where the two statesmen remained in con- versation for a couple of hours after lunch. The U.S. Ambassador was present...

Mr. Wellos. was due to leave for Genoa last evening and will embark

in the "Conte di Savoia” to-day. Reuter.

An 18-year-old girl was admitted to the Queen Mary: Hospital in a serious condition after she had fallen from a noving tramcar in Main Street West, Sai Wan Ho, yesterday.

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The Prime Minister then dealt with the Scapa Flow raid which he described as an unimportant affair. "If indeed," he said, "it was a raid upon the fleet in Scapa Flow, it must be classed as a failure.

"Not more than twenty bombs morale of the country was not being dropped in the Flow,

sufficiently sustained by the Govern- "But perhaps undue attention has ment. been given to what happened because Mr. Chamberlain said: “It doesn't pf what is described as the un-conduce to winning the war to suggest impeachable communique of the Ger- that this country is being outwitted man High Command' (laughter). at every turn by our opponents and Only one warship was damaged and that our measures to carry the war to that damage was minor. She was a successful conclusion are open to nota capital

criticism on the ground, that there are. expect attacks leaks through which supplies, get into ours northern Germany. That is not a true picture." We are con-; Mr. Dallon had failed to understand the scale on which we were working and the small proportion to the whole of those leaks. One could not expect to establish a perfect blockade.

We must

on, our

and eastern shores,--

„fident of our ab

billy to meet them. SAMINGR IMPORTANCE "This was the first lack made upon, the land. One hundred and explosive bombs were dropped over an area of one hundred square miles of the main land. There were several civilian casualties, including one dead. ...

"The excuse given by the Gor- man High Command is that they were bombing military objectives, but whatever their intentions may have been the House will note

the facts and know that the re

• sponalbility for the consequences must rest upon the authors. (cheers.).

in

"In this grim struggle, minor cidents of this kind are of little im- portance.

"There are some who want a more vigorous policy, who say that by some unexplained imaginative stroke of daring, we ought to wrest to our- selves the initiative.

CANNOT BE HUSTLED ⚫

With the responsibility which rests upon the shoulders of the gov- ernment, we cannot be hustled (Minis- terial cheers) into adventures which appear to us to present little chance of success and much chance of dan- ger and perhaps disaster.

We

"The time and place for us to strike must be decided upon with the most expert advice we can command. "In the meantime, the best way to ensure

our shaken our determination and unity.

"We, have redoubtable allier, have our, kinaman and fellow sub- Jeats in the British Empire. We have loyal and trusted friends across the Channel with their magnificent army and unlimited patriotism. Best "all we have the consciousness.

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cheers)

Joko

Reply To Debate

London, o-day

The Prima akinister, replying to the Commons, debate, after announcing the attack on Hörnum, referred to the fear expressed by Mr. Dalton, that the

KEEPING WITHIN THE RULES Mr. Chamberlain, emphasised the difficulty in conducting blockade and said Mr. Dalton gave them to under- stand that no neutral rights should stand if by violating them we could damage the enemy.

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New York, To-day. One of the biggest aviation financing operations - in his- tory was revealed when the Curtis-Wright Corporation and the Atlas Corporation yesterday announced their intention to merge.

increase

The amalgamation will the Curtis-Wright capital by $30,-

500,000 representing new liquid

Cor- capital supplied by the Atlas poration and making the company's

capital $65,000,000.

Roosevelt told reporters that Ameri- en production of aeroplane parts and engines had tripled in the past

In Washington, yesterday, President

year

President Roosevelt was discussing planes of recent design to foreign the controversy over the release of

powers.....

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He said there was no question of The giving away military secrets.. designs of the planes were not secret, "only the devices on them."--Reuter.

were, trying to keep within the rules of international law. He said that as far as Germany was concerned she had absolutely forfeited any right to appeal to international law against any violation of that law we might embark upon in order to injure her, but there were very few cases in which the matter that

was as simple as

When it came to infringing the rights of neutrals in our endeavour to engage the enemy at close quar ters, we must have some regard for those rules of international law to which we had appealed so often our-

Mr. Chamberlain emphasised we selves..

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