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SHANGHAI EXPORT DRIVE PLAN

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SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS ARE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRESENT DECREASE IN

WANG ATTACK ON AMERICA

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Shanghai, To-day.

"It would be absurd to pre- EUROPEAN EXPORTS, COUPLED tend we liked the extremely WITH THE INCREASED EUROPEAN violent terms used in Wang DEMAND FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS, TO EXPORTS.

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NATURAL

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1940

as near to Nature as is desirable are

Sir William Crookes' lenses.

Something to offect the harmful glare is necessary but you don't have to have the whole landscapé `darkened like a rainy day to do that.

Wear Crookea and know what real eye-comfort means.

CHINESE Ching-wei's paper in connex- STOP

ion with Mr. Cordell Hull's

Plans have already been made to increase Shanghai's production of statement but the affair will matches and electric lamps for ex-not have official port to south Asia.

conse-

quences," an important American personality told Havas to-day.

"We are too much attached to the liberty of the press in our own coun- try to take exception to criticism level- led against us in foreign papers," he added.

More ambitious plans are also entertained to permit the export of Shanghai - manufactured cotton cloth. A committee haa been formed to promote new exports and has decided to appeal to all Chinese living abroad to help sell Chinese exported goods.

recommended The committee has

Meanwhile American observers here manufacturers to pay special atten- expect further attacks on the United tion to the quality of goods, packing States, believing and prompt and accurate delivery-tremist quarters have decided to spare for the moment the other "imperialist nations" and concentrate on the Unit-

Havas.

JAPAN AND WANG NOT IN AGREEMENT

Shanghai, To-day.

According to Chinese press reports, despite protracted negotiations be- tween the Japanese and the new Wang

that Chinese

ex-

ed States only, with the idea of pre-

venting the formation of a common at- titude by all the important powers.- Havas.

Berlin, To-day.

German circles to-day scoffed at re- Ching-wei regime, the Japanese have ports circulating in the United States refused to turn over the management that Germany has asked Rumania to of the Nanking-Shanghai and Shang-demobilise 500,000 soldiers.-Reuter. hai-Hangchow railways to the Nan-

king "government."

the railways and also to divide equally

The Japanese, however, are report-between the Japanese company and ed to have agreed to dismiss two- the Nanking regime the profits of the thirds of the Japanese employees of railways.-Reuter.

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Oslo, To-day. A communique Issued by the military authorities regarding the German plane which landed Norwegian territory states that when met by a Norwegian sea- plane the Nazi pilot declared he had engine trouble and asked where he could land. He was told to land at Sola airport but landed half a mile away and the crew set fire to the machine. They were later interned.-Reuter.

OSLO, TO-DAY.

THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE WAS HEARD ALL DAY YES. TERDAY OFF BERGEN, AND THE IMPRESSION PREVAILS THAT • RATHER SERIOUS FIGHTING HAS BEEN IN PRO- GREBS/REUTER.

Ottawa, To-day." Mr. Mackenzie King, the Pre- mier, said he was unable to say how long the Earl of Athlone, the new Governor-General, would be able to stay. He felt it in- advisable. to commit himself on a full five years term.-Reuter,

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Istanbul, To-day..

Violent earthquake shocks were felt in northern. Anatoļļa yester- day, according to a despatch from Ankara.

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The shocks were accompanied by unprecedented floods in Amassia region. It is feared number of Hves were lost and considerable damage done.--Reu-

tor.

London, To-day. Commenting on the Under-Se- cretary for Foreign Affairs reply to questions in the Commons re- garding Sir Robert Craigie's speech, the "News Chronicle" was it is glad to hear, the British Gov- ernment still takes the same view about the legitimate Government of China as before.

The paper adds: “The disclaimer. would no doubt have gone down better in America, however—as well as here if the Foreign Se- cretary had disowned the Am bassador's speech instead of ac- cepting the responsibility for it. The speech should never have been made."-Reuter.

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