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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1940

MIRROR OF WORLD

OPINION

It anyone thinks Holland will be THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND subjugated without resistance, he is greatly mistaken," declared the Hong Kong "National Times" referring to the predictions of Japanese news- papers that Holland, if attacked," Will seek American protection of the Netherland East Indies, or make the Islands a British Protectorate.

""Holland," adds the journal, is now confronted with the most difficult task of maintaining strict neutrality. How long will she be able to do so in face of the changes in the European war situation is indeed a delicate pro-

blem.

"Holland has natural defences throughout the country, a population of over 8,500,000, a military force of about 250,000 which can be increased in wartime to `750,000, and also small but well-trained ·naval-and-air forces. "If mobilised, she will be able to give invading forces a good fight."

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WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED?

What would have happened to the Voortrekker celebrations and the like had a Nazi regime prevailed in South Africa? What sentence would have been awarded to the Pretoria Univer- sity students who tore down the national flag? How many ex-Cabinet ministers would be outside concentra- tion camps? All the Hertzog leaders have paid repeated tribute to Britain's magnanimity since the Boer War. Do not those present lessons from modern Europe point to a moral and make a beacon for our national future?-"The Natal Daily News.”

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A CASE IN POINT

If America needs any reminder to

There is no time when the more gracious aspects of public life are so rare and so needed-as: in war, and in this respect "Great Britain is fortunate in the possession of one incalculable asset-the Queen..

Cabinet Ministers or military chiefs may be impressive, but it is seldom that they charm or win affection. The people have before them many exam- ples of the sterner virtues, but few which appeal by their simplicity and ingenuous charm. But Queen Elizabeth has gone about her duties in war as in peace, a shining example of effective but unobtrusive devotion-industrious, cheerful, sensible, encouraging.

Naturally Her Majesty has interest- ed herself in all sorts of wartime with activities. She has broadcast touching effectiveness to the woman of Britain, and her smiling face shown in the news-reels has caused pleasure such as the most beautiful actress could not inspire.

So closely has the Queen identified herself with what is simplest, most natural, and best in the life of Britain that her personality, known abroad as well as in Britain, has been a helpful influence in her country's' favour. Canadian soldiers have declared that they enlisted the more willingly be- cause they thought their Queen want- ed them. In the United States, she has won friends for her country who think the more warmly of Britain be- cause they thought warmly of her. And perhaps it may be held for a virtue of it has such a Great Britain that Queen.

Is it not both to her credit and to Britain's that her virtues and her charms are those of her nation at its best? "Christian Science Monitor."

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wartime, it exists. in the career of 'Dr. Karl Muck, former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and in- terpreter of Wagnerian music at the Bayreuth Festivals.

Why should it be assumed that when a number of men are together active service, whether in Britain,

of entertainment that they will seek must necessarily be a lower one than that which they normally enjoy in their home lives? Those who have tuned in on concerts radiocast from

camps report that often cheering, laughter and catcalls follow the very indifferent singing of a does coarsely suggestive song. But this prove the men want vulgarity?

Dr. Muck, who has passed on at soldiers' his home in Stuttgart, Germany, brought the Boston Symphony to a pitch of excellence at which it was aptly said that the entire orchestra was a virtuoso expressing the beauty, brilliance," and grace of the composers as he understood them.

Does not the fear of being thought "high hat" cause those who should know better to allow the dictation on

"Yet when the United States enter- matters of taste to fall to the level of

ed the war in 1917,

he and his family, like all thingsTM Ger- man, became šus- pect. Fury blazed when he failed at a concert in Provi- to dence, R. I, play "The Star- Spangled Banner" in response to a demand which was received too late for rehearsal and which was not even transmitted to him

OBITER DICTA

.1 would a hundred times ba dead rather than alive in a world under the heal of Nazi domin. ance, Lord Halifax.

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The opinion of our people may bessplit on this or that question, but as regards the English "there", is only ono opinion-destroy. them-Dr. Goebbels.

reject such fare?

those noisy ones who provide most of the applause? This seems all wrong,

because true art is univer- sal in its appeal and were these men encouraged to expect and to find in entertainment that which is really expressive of what good in life,

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Instead of in mere-. ly worthless trash,

by Maj. Henry Higginson, spon- is it to be supposed that they would sor of the orchestra. "At later appear- ances the national anthem was play- ed, but Dr. Muck eventually was in- vestigated and interned as an enemy alien.

Listening to that which is whole- of some must be more reminiscent normal conditions at home than coarse vulgarity can ever be, and this would help many to overcome the nostalgia which camp life produces in the more sensitive types.

Fortunately, during the present war, the fever of suspicion and hatred has not risen so high even in belligerent countries. It was foolish of Ameri- The alternative to vulgarity is not cans to deprive themselves of the necessarily dull or "high brow." It beauties of Teutonic culture, to decry may indeed contain the best in hum- the playing of Beethoven, and to take our, poatry, heroic ardor. Hence, it German language courses out of the is good to hear that instructions have schools. Any people injures only it gone forth to ENSA; the organisation self when it shafs out the benefits of, resp ble for entertaining the Brit- whatever is good in the works of any Ish troops, sin the following words of other people. May the present era commendable brevity. Vulgarity in of calm poise in this respect continue, Army shows la unnecessary. It must and the inatlans this time be spared the loss of values that are universal. “Christian. Science, Monitor.”

We like that word "unnecessary, "Christian Science Monitor."

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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 17, 1940

MAD DOG OF EUROPE MUST BE DESTROYED

London, To-day.

NAVICERTS

FOR PACIFIC COAST?

Washington, To-day. Lord Lothlan, the British Am- baseador, prodloted to the press that the Havicort

| system might be extended to the Pacific In order to prevent sup- plies from the American Pacifio coast reaching Germany via. Russia.-Router.

SPEAKING TO THE NATIONAL Free Church Coun-

cil in London yesterday, Mr. Neville Chamber- yesterday lain said: "Since this latest outrage of those monsters of wickedness in Germany, who seem to have shut the gates of mercy upon mankind, all my thoughts have been occupied with a view to counter that stroke. "It is becoming clearer every day that our fight against Naziism is just part of the eternal war between right and wrong. Every day that passes gives some new demonstration of Germany's cording to a report from the frontler utter disregard of religion, mercy, truth and quoting "trustworthy sources."—Reu- justice.

"If the Germans were to triumph in what they are doing then every fortress that has been built by civi- lisation upon the principles of Chris- tianity would go down and the world would have relapsed into that bar- barism which only a little while ago we thought had been buried under centuries of progress.

"They won't go down. .Only a short time ago I declared that I felt ten times as confident as at the

60,000 GERMAN TROOPS

IN NORWAY

Stockholm, To-day.

The total number of German troops In Norway is estimated at 60,000 ac-.

ter.

ITALIAN ENIGMA:

MUSSOLINI CANCELS A SPEECH

ROME, TO-DAY.

beginning of the war of ultimate A MEETING ON SATURDAY MORNING, WHEN

victory.

"I repeat that confidence now,

Mad Dog

"Every victim that feels the weight

of Germany's savagery adds millions

SIGNOR. MUSSOLINI WAS TO HAVE MADE A SPEECH IN WHICH HE WAS EXPECTED TO RE- FER TO THE QUESTION OF PEACE OR WAR, HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

to those who have already condemned The meeting was the occasion of the second report

her, because every act of hers makes it even more

unmistakeably clear and

that no people, however meek peaceful, however harmless, can be safe until this mad dog is destroy- ed.

of the commissioner-general for the Rome hibition of 1942..

Speaking on the occasion of the first report last year, Il Duce declar- ed that if the Fascist Government en- would

"Germany has made many miscal-tertained thoughts of war it culations but none greater than this.

"This war will be won by the world. as spiritual forces of the much as by the material power of their brave defenders. "These spiritual forces have affronted by what Germany has done and is doing.

been

not be proceeding with the gigantic

labour of a world exhibition.

newe-

Meanwhile, while Italian paper headlines continue to affirm that Germany is consolidating 'her

the position In Norway,

British communique announcing the land-

FLOOD HAVOC

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IN BUENOS AIRES

Buenos Aires, To-day.

Damage estimated at £200,000 has been done by floods in low-lying parts of Buenos Aires as the result of a three-day rainstorm.

Troops, firemen and police were called out to fight the floods.

The city's electricity supply par- tially falled plunging large areas Into darkness. The aerodrome was

flooded and a number of planes destroyed.

Many wooden huts in the suburbs collapsed and many are homeless. Many cattle and horses were drown- ed. Reuter.

BRITISH

FORCE LANDS IN FAROES

LONDON, TO-DAY.

A BRITISH FORCE HAS LAND- ED IN THE FAROE ISLANDS, STAT- ED MR. R. A. BUTLER, UNDER- SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, IN THE HOUSE OF COM-

MONS YESTERDAY.

Mr. Butler, added: "On April 10 the Governor of the Faroe Islands, in from: His

reply to communications Ex-Majesty's Government, agreed under

NORWEGIANS IN SHANGHAI VOLUNTEER

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Shanghai, To-day. Several Norwegian residents have volunteered for service in the Norwe- glan army and many more are expect-

present circumstances to grant such Govern- facilities as His Majesty's ment might require to prevent German forces establishing them- selves in the Faroe Islands. A Bri- tish force has landed."

Mr. Butler concluded by saying he had no statement to make at present about Greenland.-Reuter.

clared yesterday.

When and how the volunteers will proceed to Norway is not disclosed. The officiar added that the Norwe-

ing forces le given the honour of @ed to register in the near future, an glan community solidly support the bold heading in most of the papers official of the Norwegian consulate de-legal Norwegian Government.-Havas, "Giornale d'Italia" states it is not

"I appeal to you with confidence to give us your aid to crush the powers of tyranny and wickedness for ever.' -Reuter.

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possible for a few days

to give true account of the respective naval losses of the Allies and Germany.

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"Tribuna" developes the theme and says: "Let us wait therefore for the stabilisation of the military situation, to which seems to be linked the final collapse of the first line of the naval blockade!"--Reuter.

IN SHANGHAI BRITISH

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

STEAMER TORPEDOED

NEWS

OWING TO RECENT WAR DE- VELOPMENTS IN EUROPE, THE PRICES OF CERTAIN IMPORTED COMMODITIES, NOTABLY THOSE

LONDON, TO-DAY, CHIEFLY IMPORTED FROM SCAN-

THAT THE BRITISH DINAVIA, ROSE BY AS MUCH AS BTEAMER STANCLIFFE, 4,600 TONS, 85 PER CENT. DURING THE LAST | HAD BEEN TORPEDOED ON FRI- WEEK.

DAY WAS ONLY KNOWN YESTER- Commenting on the situation, the DAY, WHEN A LIFEBOAT WAS "North China Daily News" writes: | SEEN OFF THE SHETLAND 'COAST. The Stancliffe was sunk off the "Much uneasiness has been caused in trade and Industrial circles in Shang- north Scottish coast.

the hal due to the development in

Three local boats went out to in- the European situation and further

vestigate, and found 15 men in res- trictions placed by Chungking

last stages of exhaustion. There were goods coming from Cheklang.

eight bodies of dead men in the boat Arab, died · sub-. "As a result of the European situa- and a ninth, an tlon, the prices of cotton yarn have sequently. They had been adrift for further increased and speculative nearly four days. hoarding has forced prices to go up by 400 to 500 per cent..

BANKS BLAMED

on

"The blame for speculation is plau ed on local banks whose profits dur- ing the last few days ranged between $200,000 and $1,000,000.

"Meanwhile, Chungking is restrict-

ing the exports of timber, eggs and

It is feared that a second life-boat, containing 15 others, must be given up for lost-Reuter.

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