1940-04-10 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1940

ACTION OF SHANGHAI

ALLIES

NEW YORK, TO-DAY. AN EDITORIAL ON THE ALLIED MINING IN NORWEGIAN WATERS IN

"HERALD TRIBUNE" THE SAYS: "IT IS TRUE THAT INTER- NATIONAL LAW ALLOWS ONE BELLIGERENT TO RETALIATE FOR ILLEGAL ACTS OF ANOTHER AND TO LEGALLY COMMIT ACTS THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE BILLEGAL. "The

present move had its counter- part in 1918. The present situation is n' continuation of the reprisal for re- the prisal system in which even United States participated after our entry into the World War.

"Since the entire matter is but weak- ly covered by international law, our advice to Americans is not to get about it from the unduly worried legal angle."

The "Daily News" publishes a map "Now the of Scandinavia headlined British lion is really roaring." Reuter.

ASIATIC SITUATION

New York, To-day.

ELECTION

LATEST

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Shanghai, To-day. Long regarded as pro- Japanese, Russian emigres are generally expected to vote en masse for the Anglo- Saxon block in the Municipal elections.

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For the past years the majority of Russian

considered emigres have Shanghai as "the last stronghold of Democracy for Russians in China."

Most of the refugees come from Harbin, Tientsin or Mukden, where they experienced the gradual Ja- panese encroachment on all sources of livelihood of Russian refugees.

of Nevertheless a large number

of the Russians resent the action Council, mainly because the 25,000 strong Russian colony, the biggest in Shanghai, is practically unrepresent- Led on the Council committees.-Havas.

VICTORY FOR STATUS: QUO EXPECTED

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Shanghai, To-day.

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An editorial in the "Herald- Tribune" pathies, refers to the identity of the American and British people's atti- tudes to China, Japan and Russia.

It is generally anticipated that the on tangled Asiatic sym-elections for the Shanghal Municipal Council will result in retention of the status quo.

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votes.

Havas.

are ex-

Anglo-American Members of the The paper notes that the House of

election committees predict a solid Commons controversy has drawn from "Anglo-Saxon" block of more than the Chamberlain Government

4,000 votes. The Japanese pretty satisfactory promise that Bri-pected to muster a maximum 3,400 tish moral support of China's resis- tance towards Japan is not going to to win be compromised by efforts Japanese approval for checks on Rus- sian commerce in the Pacific, which serves the chines."

Red and Reuter.

Nazi war ma-

WASHINGTON

ALERT

Washington, To-day.

Président Roosevelt and the Secre- tary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, hur- riedly returned to their offices yester- day to direct the nation's foreign policy,

In the Department of State; tele- graph keys were clicking all day long, latest news from bringing in the northern Europe. Reuter.

ON WESTERN FRONT

Artillery fire was

Paris, To-day,

heavy

on

Western Front for the 24 hours end-

ing yesterday afternoon, while there; was also firing along the Rhine. Both sides carried out long-distance recon- naissance flights.

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Reuter. Paris, To-day.

Last night's French war communi-

to

que sald It was a quiet day generally on the front from the Moselle the Rhine.

There was some infantry fire along. the Rhine in Upper Alsace.--Reuter,

FRENCH SECRET SESSION POSTPONED Paris, To-day.

The secret session of the French Senate, originally scheduled for yes- terday, was postponed to this after- noon-Reuter.

GERMAN ENVOY SEES M. MOLOTOV

Berlin, To-day. According to a Moscow message the German Ambassador, there had long conversation with M. Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Commissar, yes“ terday.-Reuter.

U.S. ATTITUDE

New York, To-day.

The "Herald Tribune" inan. editorial speculates on the mean- ing of early despatches from: Scandinavia, and expresses, the conviction that Americans will not regard Britain as the aggressor

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