THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 3, 1940.
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United States Taking An AMERICAN Active Interest: Spain Affirms Neutrality
Madrid, To-day. ・・
THE UNCERTAIN STATE of relations between the Allies and Italy, emphasised by the closing of the Mediterranean to British shipping, was taken with remarkable calm here.
The opinion is becoming more emphatic that unless Spanish sovereignty in the Balearic Islands or elsewhere is violated, Spain will remain neutral.
Reuter.
Greece Calls Up Reservist Officers
Athens, To-day.
in
Ten classes of reserve officers the Greek army have been called up for a month's training. They will be
the called in four series,
first of which must report on May 15. The highest rank
non-commissioned of officers are included in the call-up... Reuter.
Appeal By Prince Paul
To Carol Denied
Belgrade, To-day.
Reports that Prince Paul, Senior Re- gent of Yugo-Slavia, had on his visit to Rumania made a secret appeal for ald to King Carol, are "entirely with- out foundation,' Yugo-Slav official circles close to the Prime Minister told Reuter yesterday.
Responsible circles here believe the situation is not such as to warrant any appeal from Yugo-Slavia to any other state for special ald, diplomatic otherwise.--Reuter,
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ITALIANS INFLATE
AIR ARM
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Rome, To-day
com-
The Italian press, menting on the operations in Norway, insists the air force means a real revolution in naval warfare..
The London correspondent of "Po- cables that Britain polo d'Italia" should admit "intervention of the air arm in modern war has entirely al- tered war technique and the hierarchy
of nations.
"If London would admit this new reality, as well as the fact that Bri- tain no longer disposes the means
to impose her will on the world, the British Empire would be spared ruin and the whole of Europe would be spared a great tragedy.
BELGIUM'S
STAND
be.
Brussels, To-day. "Wa
cạn hope war will spared us since the Belgium of 1940 is not the Belgium of 1914," declared the Foreign Minister, M. Paul Spaak, în a 'speech at Ant- werp yesterday.
"We are able to defend our- selves. A strong army and Estrong country considerably in-
crease our defensive system." Reuter..
REVOLT PLOTS IN BALKANS
Denied In Bucharest (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Rome, To-day. According to the Italian press revolutionary plots have been discovered in Rumania and Yugo-Sla- via.
"Messagero" declares the Rumanian "Then it would be possible to build police recently uncovered a plot aim- up a new international organisation | ing to bring changes in the form of based on a more equitable distribu- tion of economic and political power.'
Havas. ·-·
Italy More Cautious In Press Comment
Rome, To-day. While messages from Berlin con- tinue to appear in the Italian press under headlines announcing German triumphs of Allied reverses, there are now constant references in comments and in many messages from neutral conversation between Sir Noel Char- sources to recognition that the strug-les, British Charge d'Affaires in Rome, gle will be long and the outcome is im- possible to foresee.
One despatch from Stockholm says the situation in southern Norway is still fluid.
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and Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano, it is stated that the meeting was amicable and rumours that Sir Noel presented a note from the Bri- tish Government are without founda- | tion.
There is no establishing of fronts and operations so far have been con- The American Ambassador who say ducted by relatively limited forces, so Signor, Mussolini on Wednesday night, that unexpected reverses may be ex-yesterday had an interview with perienced by either side.-Reuter.
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More Effective Than
Any Diplomatic Note
New York, To-day.
Count Ciano. He also saw Sir Noel Charles. Reuter.
Italo-American Talks In Washington
An editorial in the "New York
Washington, To-day. Times" says the British measures in
The Italian Ambassador, Prince the Mediterranean should remind | Colonna, conferred for 15 minutes with Mussolini more effectively than a doz- Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary
en diplomatic warnings of the dangers of State, yesterday afternoon, and of going to war against the Allies. Reuter.
United States Inquires About Yugoslavia
Parle, To-day, According to à Rome despatch, it is. belleved that when the United States Ambassador, Mr. William Phillips, Italian called on Count Clans, the Foreign Minister, he was given a reas- suring statement concerning Italian intentions regarding Yugo Slavia
Reuter.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
London, To-day. ́ Until further notice, Imperial Air- ways will omit all Italian stops.- Havas
Amicable Meeting
went
to see
President
afterwards Roosevelt.
These conversations have created considerable interest at the State De- partment.
Mr. Woller said later the State Department had received a full re- port from the U.8. Ambassador in Rome on his Interview with Mun- solini on Wednesday.
government. A similar plan was brought to light in Yugo-Slavia.
The paper saye King Carol of Rumania and Prince Paul, the Yugo- Slavian Regent, met during the Or- thodox Easter holidays in a fron- tier locality to discuss the situation. The report says that discovery of the plot resulted in extraordinary military measures in Rumania. Havas.
Categorical Denial (SPECIAL TO “CHINÄ MAIL”)
Bucharest, To-day. Officials categorically deny reports of a secret meeting between King Carol of Rumania and Prince Paul, Senior Regent of Yugo-Slavia. Ru- mours of revolutionary plots in Ru- mania and Yugo-Slavia are also de- tiled.-Havas.
PUT DOWN FOR A MOMENT: GONE NEXT
Mr. Gratacap, resident at the Hong Kong Hotel,' on arrival at the Wing Lok Wharf yesterday in a taxi, put down on the ground a bag containing clothing and $320 while he paid the The talk, he said, was of a general driver. When he turned round, after character and consisted of an inter-paying off the taxi, the bag had dis- change of views on the international appeared.
situation.-Reuter.
Assurance
(SPECIAL TO MAJANød
MAIL")
Rome, To-day. It is understood Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, reiterated to the United States Ambassador, Mr. WII-| Ham Phillips, his assurances as re- In connection with Wednesday's | gard. Y Yugo-Blavia. Havas,
London, To-day.
BULGARIA DENIES
REPORT
The Bulgarian telegraph agency is officially authorleed to deny that Ger. man, patról Vessels diaguleod as Ber gas have anchored, at Rustohuk, the Danube-Reuter,
PRESSURE ON ITALY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA (MAIL")
Washington, To-day. The United States will close the Mediterranean to American shipping if there is no improvement there, Mr. William Phillips, U.S. Am- bassador in Rome, told Mus- solini, `according to diploma- tic quarters here.
II Duce thereupon assured Mr. Phillips that Italy had no aggressive intentions against Yugo-Slavia..
ro-
Mussolini's assurances were Iterated when the Italian Ambassa- dor in Washington, Prince Ascanio, Colonna, accompanied by Mr. Sum- ner Welles, American Under-Secre- President tary of State, called on Roosevelt.
If the United States decides to ban American shipping movements in the Mediterranean it will strike a new blow at Italy's economic position,' already. affected by the similar deci- sion of Britain.-Havas.
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