DRAMATIC DEBATE
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940
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LATE FINAL
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INSIST ON
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OMINOUS SIGN OF NEW NAZI MOVE
Berlin Tension: Holland Next?
LONDON, TO-DAY. CONFLICTING REPORTS ARE AFLOAT REGARD-. ING THE ALLEGED SUS- PENSION OF THE DUTCH TELEPHONE SERVICES.
The Berlin correspondent of the "New York Daily News” reports that tension in Ber- lin is even more apparent
FRENCH - SUBMARINE'S EXPLOIT
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Paris, To-day.
Seventeen men of the crew were decorated when the French submarine Orphee returned to its base yesterday.
The Orphee attacked two U- boats and sank
one of them despite the presence of German
planes.
Attacked from the air, the Orphee had to submerge thirteen times in one day.
The commanding officer, re- mained in his turret for 72 con- secutive hours seeing his ship through to safety. Havas.
than on the eve of the inva- SOVIET
sion of Norway and Den- mark.
He states that the extraordinary delays in telephone contact between Holland and Germany are connect- ed" with reports that, Holland and Belgium are destined to be the next scene of German action.
Reuter's Paris correspondent, how- ever, states that Franco-Dutch tele- phones are working normally, while
ACCUSING
FINLAND
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Moscow, To-day. Accusations of breaking London telephone headquarters early the peace terms are brought this morning informed Reuter that by Russia against Finland. telephone services. from Amsterdam in the official newspaper had been suspended since last night, "Pravda."
.but that calls could still be booked
from London to Amsterdam.
Reuter's Brussels correspondent states that the Belgian-Dutch tele- phone services have been suspended until this morning at 8 a.m.-Reuter.
Soldiers Ordered To Return To Units (SPECIAL TO"CHINA MAIL"): Amsterdam, To-day; All leave for the armed forces and workers in factories working on na- tional defence has been cancelled, says an official communique.
Soldiers..on leave must return im mediately to their units.
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Railway traffic for civilians is simul- taneously reduced to allow military movements to take place. Havas,
THE POPES AND PEACE
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Rome, To-day.
Reports that the Pope had com- municated with Mr. Myron Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Holy See, a peace plan for the Mediterreanean are denied in au- thoritative quarters.
the
It is pointed out that, while Holy See has made every effort to maintain peace and prevent an ex- terision of the war, it has not gone so far as to put forward concrète pro- posals. Havas,
"Pravda". asserts the Finns have not complied with the peace treaty pro- viso by which all industrial plants in the ceded areas would be left in good running order.
Several important cellulose and wood pulp processing factories in the Viborg region were sabotaged and blown up after the conclusion of peace, alleges "Prayda."--Havaş,
** NAZIS SPREAD
RUMOURS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Paris, To-day. Well-informed circles deny reports, believed to be part of the German propaganda, that anti-Italian pamph- lets" have been distributed' in 'Yugo- Slavia.
Rumours that unusual troop move- Monte' have taken place in Spanish Morocco are also¬donlod-Havas,
SHANGHAI DOCKYARD. STRIKE SETTLED (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL").
Shanghai, To-day. The Shanghai dockyards strike ceased yesterday morning when Chin- ese dockhands returned to work. All workmen have returned uncondition- ally—Hávas.
WEATHER FORECAST Bouth-east
winds, moderate; clou
BRITISH POLICY OF FIRMNESS
IN MEDITERRANEAN
n.
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London, To-day. THE BRITISH ATTITUDE towards Italy and Rus- sia is and will be inspired by the same spirit of conciliation but firmness is the essential task now facing the British Empire, political circles declare.
As regards Italy, Sir Percy Loraine, the Ambassador in Rome, has already been instructed, or will soon be in- structed, to inform Mussolini that the British measures in the Mediterranean were not taken to threaten Italy but were dictated by the necessity of taking precautions against a possible German attempt to launch a new at- tack in south-eastern Europe and also by the hostile attitude of the Italian press.
The Ambassador will point out that trade agreements which do not con- Britain is ready to re-examine re-flict with the blockade of German lations with Italy and re-open the trade. trade talks if she gets sufficient guar- antees that Italy will not facilitate contraband traffic to Germany.
As regarde Russia, the answer to the last Russian Note will be sent shortly,
It will probably point out that Bri- tain at present can contemplate only
London's Caution
London is thus compelled to show caution towards Russia as the terms of the Russo-German trade ment are still a secret.
agree-
An Anglo-Russian trade accord can
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