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• COMMENCING SUNDAY • "THE STORY OF

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 19, 1940

"Equilibrium Of Rights And Strength"

Rome, To-day. "ITALY'S MEDITERRANEAN policy is not a policy of domination but of collaboration with all powers and primarily with Mediterranean nations,” writes Signor Gayda in “Glornale d'Italia.”

"The_Mediterranean system which Italy has in mind must

be based

on equilibrium of rights and national strength and on international guarantee of freedom of movement and of exit. "This system also implies collabora- tion between Italy and Islam in con- formity with Italy's traditional and present policy both in the Mediter ranean and Red Sea."

Reuter.

Statement On Speech

By Mr. Cross

London, To-day.

HITLER

FAILS TO IMPRESS MUSSOLINI

New York, To-day. "As far as impressing the

In reply to questions regarding the of Mr. significance of the speech Ronald Cross and his references to Italy, an authoritative spokesman in- formed Reuter that there was little to add to the speech, though one might like to subtract something per- Italians is concerned, the haps from the headlines given to it. fighting in Scandinavia has been disappointing to the able point of view that we de-Nazis," cables the Berlin cor- respondent of the “Herald- Tribune."

con-

The references to Italy, he tinued, seemed to represent a reason-

sired to know where we stood.

It would be quite a mistake to take these references as a deliberate demarche and it would be unwise to attach any undue importance to them.

When one analysed Mr. Cross's re- ferences, it was found that they were friendly and reasonable in tone, Bri- tain had scrupulously kept the Anglo- Italian Agreement of 1938 and wanted to continue doing so.-Reuter,

Italian Measures

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

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"Instead of being over at the end of the first day the battle is still go- ing on after nine days.

to

"Hitler, instead of being able show Mussolini a lightning victory in Scandinavia, possibly followed by a similar stroke in another direction, can only point to a conquest which is becoming a military drain on the Reich, whose strategic and economic advantages are dubious."-Reuter.

NEW AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY FORMED

Sydney, To-day.

London, To-day. Exceptional importance is attached in diplomatic circles here to Italy's

Mr. Lang, former Labour Premier reported decision (denied in Rome) of New South Wales, yesterday form-

to make Bari harbour a forbiddened a new Australian Labour Party to zone and also the German report that be styled non-Communist,

a decree was published in Rome call- ing up four classes.

On the other hand, the official radio of Belgrade announced that part of the Turkish Fleet took to the high seas and is heading for the Aegean Sea-Havas.

U-BOAT PRISONERS

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He has the support of eight State and seven Federal Members "of Par- liament.-Reuter.

HEINKEL OVER THE SHETLANDS

London, To-day.

A Heinkel plane flew over part of the Shetlands yesterday afternoon.

Fighters went up and the Heinkel disappeared without dropping bombs. The air raid warning lasted 22 minutes-Reuter.

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