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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1940

Dr. Goebbels Discovers War Has Reached

DECISIVE PHASE

Life And Death Struggle From Now On

London, To-day. "THE WAR HAS NOW ENTERED the decisive phase," declared Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Propaganda Minister, in a speech at the Berlin Sports Palast last night,

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The British and French plutocracies, he said, would not hesitate to destroy the German people as a whole.

NAKED *EXPANSION

HINT

"If we lost the war we should lose everything, including our national ex- istence, but if we win-and we shall win--we have won all."

The operations resulting In the military occupation of Denmark and Norway had deprived their enemies of the possibility of extending the war to Northern Europe and thus menacing Germany........::

declared.

"If a German revolution be the es- sential condition of a British victory

Washington, To-day. "Never have the people been Concern over what united behind the Fuehrer," Goebbels might happen to the Netherlands Indies if then Britain has already lost. Holland is forced into war, is expressed several newspapers.

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The "Washington Post"| calls the Japanese Foreign Minister's statement a un ilateral declaration of ex- pansionist policy.

The paper warns the United States of the danger to their

SPEARPOINT AGAINST HITLER "If the plutocracies of England and France direct a spearpoint against Hitler personally they prove they wish to hit the German Reich and the German people."

Goebbels indicated that the winter

help organisation would henceforth provide funds for the Red Cross and added that punishment for anyone who damages the defensive power of the nation will be hard.

"Whoever stabs the people in the supplies of back deserves nothing but death."

rubber and tin if the islands are oc- Reuter. cupled by a nation with military and economic policies like those of Japan.,

The "Timéa-Herald" says it la. doubtful if the United States could defend the lalande against a deter- mined Japanese grabbing expedi tlon.

"We could not defend the Philip- pines, and the Indies are further away. If the Dutch cannot hold the islands and the British cannot defend them we had better not try."-Reuter.

WATCHED HER FAT MELT AWAY

FIGHTING

The

ROOSEVELT

WARNING WORDS

Sofia, To-day. newspaper "Mir,"\\com- menting on President Roosevelt's declaration, says: "Certain words should be written In latters of gold.

"There are also warning words which should be underatood by those to whom they · refer/"— Router.

GERMANY'S CLAIMS

Berlin, To-day.

Nazi U-boats north-east of the Shet- lands have sunk a British destroyer of the "Tribal" Class, German, official sources claim, while German aero- planes attacked British naval vessels, hitting a large transport, a submarine and a cruiser.

Two British 'planes were shot down on Monday, while "one German 'plane is missing."

SHANGHAI STORM BLOWS OVER

Shanghai, To-day.

Storms forecast for the an- nual meeting of the rate- payers of the Shanghai Muni- cipal Council yesterday after- noon did not occur.

The expected Japanese opposition to the Council's budget failed to materialise. Thousands of ratepay- ers - there was a record attendance listened to the orderly proceedings at the Race Course, where the meet- ing was held for the first time.

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The accounts, including a proposal for a 50 per cent. increase in rates, were passed after a Japanese-sponsor- ed amendment for enlarging the Eco- nomy Committee was adopted,

This amendment proposed that the committee appointed to examine the Council's finance should comprise two British members, two American, two Chinese, one Italian, Japanese, two

Netherlander and

one French, one one German,

Very warm speeches were made over the Council's "hardly annual"- the proposal that the Shanghai Muni-

A number of Norweglan torpedo-cipal Orchestra should not be main- The orches- boats have been commissioned for ser- tained by the Council.

tra's future for another year was ag- vice.-Reuter.

sured when the motion was defeated. -Reuter.

RUMANIA TO LEASE FORESTS TO REICH

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Bucharest, To-day, WANG TALKS

TO REUTER

Rumania is to lease forests in the northern part of the country to `Ger- many for a period of 30 years.

This lease was opposed by the Army, which said that the territory in ques- tion was valuable for national de- fence.

Army' opposition was over-ruled when the Minister for Agriculture said that Rumania must reciprocate for the many benefits given her by the

Reich-Reuter.

GERMAN PEOPLE: LET THERE BE NO MISTAKE

London, To-day..

THREE SPEAKERS MR. Anthony Eden (Dominions Secretary), Sir Nevile Henderson (former Ambassador to Berlin) and Sir John Reith (Minister of Informa tion) made speeches yesterday about the war and Hitlerism,

More Than Two Stone Vanished in Four Months Mr.

This woman is only 5 feet tall and she weighed 11 stone 4 lbs. Then she found a simple, safe method of reduc- ing, and she stuck to it faithfully for four months. She now turns the scalé at under: Datong, Read how sho brought about this changer

Eden, addressing the Constitutional Club, London, said that Hitler was not a phenomenon but a symptom, a direct expression of a great part of Germany.

Bir John Ralth, at Southamptón, sald their earliest years a deep hatred to that, as 80,000,000 people In Germany wards England and there could be no were willing to submit to Nazi Ideas doubt that they would be ruthless and the British people were, fighting, the merelless towards this country-Reu- German people and there should beter.

“A little over four months ago, out of curiosity, I started to také Kruschen Salts. I hadn't much faith in anything,|,_né mistake about it. - as previously I had taken another Sir Nevile Henderson, at a London treatment for 12 months and was 4 lbs, luncheon, said that Hitler's one con heavier than when I started. After the suming Idea was not only to defeat first bottle of Kruschen Sálts. I felt different, so I continued to take them Britain but the complete dispersion of and still felt better in every way. I the British Empire as well. watched myself losing fat every week and now I am very pleased with the results. I am feet tall and before taking Kruschen 1. weighed 211 stone

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HYSTERICAL YOUTH

The hysterical German youth repre- sented the most fanatical of Hitler's supporters. ... Internal revolution was

ONE CONSUMING IDEA

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Hankow, To-day. The puppet government's desire to respect the legitimate interests of It Third Powers but that in return expected their co-operation was ex- pressed by Wang Ching-wel in statement to Reuter.

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of He declared that the abolition extraterritoriality and the rendition of the foreign concessions. would be fundamental policies but he assured Reuter that they would be achieved by peaceful methods.

Regarding the future status of rail- ways all over China, he said that his government's principle aimed at the return of State-controlled institutions from foreign ́influence, with the ex- ception, possibly, of North China!

The re-opening of the Yangtze, to Hankow and even to Chungking was only a question of time but "it will be opened."--Reuter..

NAVIGATIONAL BANS ON. DANUBE (SPECIAL TO "CHINA. MAIL") Belgrade, To-day. The International Commission on

the Danube has decided to ban navi- gation to any ships which can be transformed into warships.

In addition, the personnel of all ships will be submitted to Identity control at the entrance to all ports, all cargoes of arms and explosive materials will not be allowed to enter the Danube unless special authorisa tion from the bordering states is obtained, and the present customs re- gulations will be replaced by much stricter rules-Havas.

"If I know Hitler at all, and his combination of meglomania and sentment, he has to-day but one con- suming idee, namely, not only the FOREIGN PLANE defeat of Britain but also the dis- FIRES ON THE BELGIANS ruption of the inpire," declared Sir. Nevile Henderso

Brussels, To-day. natical of Hitler's When a foreign"'plane flew amông German Youth, Belgian territory on Tuesday

ave bean for the the east and was fired on by Belgian doctrines | anti-aircraft batteries, it returned the parlor= fire, with its machine gunstwedges to dige One Belgian soldier was wounded.

Enquiries have failed to reveal the nationality of the plane.-Reuter.

The

4 lbs. Now I weigh under 9 stone out of the question so long as the Na- hypno 1 C(Mrs) Jowo zis were allowed to maintal their last se The six salts in ruscher assist the strangle-hold on the private life of of

- internal organs to throw off sách day

the wastage and poisons that encumber every German citizen.}.

the system:::/Then, little by little, that

Sir John Reith said that the Ger- regard all.

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