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GAYDA ON THE POWER OF GIBRALTAR

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rome, To-day.

YUGOSLAVIA SWINGING TO PAN-SLAVISM

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") Belgrade, To-day.

Great importance is at- tached to the trade negotia- The belief that Gibraltar tions between Yugo-Slavia could seriously endanger Ita- and Russia, and Moscow is ly's economic position by now considered as the protec- closing the exit to the Meditor of Slavs in Europe.

Responsible circles are encouraging terranean may prove "an- this tendency while it is said the other fatal illusion for the Al-negotiations are developing favour- lies," writes Virginio Gayda ably.

While the Yugo-Slav trade dele-

in "Giornale d'Italia.”

Gayda asserts it is almost certain that Britain has decided to close the western gate to the Mediterranean should Italy enter the war.

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gation is due back from Moscow on Sunday It Is persistently moured that a Yugo-Slay military mission headed by General Madi- movich will leave for Moscow shortly.

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Despite the flow of alarming mours, mostly of German origin, the press and public remain remarkably calm.

Gayda claims that substitutes can be found for most of the products Italy now imports, while coal, me tals, oil, cereals and cellulose would be able to reach Italy through Reich on one side, and the and Albania on the other, ever meeting with the Allied blockade.mours of Impending attacks on south

-Havas.

the Balkans without

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BRUSSELS, TO-DAY. THE CABINET MET IN EXTRA- ORDINARY SESSION YESTERDAY ΤΟ HEAR THE REPORT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTER, M. SPAAK, ON THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION | AND THE REPERCUSSIONS ON BELGIUM OF THE RECENT PRE- CAUTIONARY MEASURES TAKEN IN HOLLAND.

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For unknown reasons the British steamer Klangsu, of the China Navi- gation Company, was. held up for twelve hours by the Japanese naval authorities at Huanghwati, near Wen- chow, in east Chekiang, while on the way to Shanghai from Wenchow on Monday, says the "Sin Wan Pao." Reuter.

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The general verdict on the air- clearing debate in the Commons is that the reconstruction of the Gov- ernment is necessary for the more intensive prosecution of the war.

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The Labour and Liberal papers insist that Mr. Chamberlain lost the confidence of the country, but "The Times" and "Daily Tele- graph" criticise the Labour Par- ty, for forcing a division-Reuter.

A unit of Portuguese troops from Lisbon, including a number the of officers, passed through Colony to-day, on their way to Масао.

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London, To-day.

The Daily Herald says that the nation's will is that Mr. Chamber- lain shall go so that the war may be prosecuted with vigour, enter- prise and the realism essential to victory.

The Daily Mail says Norway has awakened Parliament and the na- tion. The demand 'now is for Government reconstruction and it must be met.

The News-Chronicle declares that Mr. Chamberlain no longer commands the confidence of the country. A new Government comprising all parties must be formed immediately.

The Mnachester Guardian is of opinion that the Labour Party

held should have

its hand to let the latent hostility to Mr. Chamberlain continue for a few weeks when it would have been strong enough to force radical change.

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The Birmingham Post says that if Mr. Chamberlain strengthens national unity by making his gov- ernment more vigorous and more representative, the nation, ap- preciating his past services, will

drastic be patient; but

change there must be.

The Scotsman says that the situation disclosed by Mr. Chur- chill indicates the need for the -8.5.

construction of the Government.- Reuter.

Enquiries are being made cerning the whereabouts of Captain H. Kella, chief officer of Hareldawins, who has been missing since leaving his Mody Road home on Monday night.

VOROSHILOV REPLACED

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") Moscow, To-day. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko has replaced Marshal Klim Voroshilov as War Commissar upon instructions from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

Marshal Voroshilov becomes assis- tant chairman of the Council of Peo- ple's Commissars. Havas,

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ITALIAN-GERMAN MINISTERIAL VISITS (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rome, To-day. Alessandro Pavolini, Minister Popular Culture, has left for Berlin where he will confer with Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister Dr. Julius Dorfmuller, Nazi Minis- ter of Communications, has arrived in Rome. Havas.

London, To-day.

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The "Daily Telegraph" says that on the immediate issue the Gov- ernment emerged creditably. At same time, if country is ready to put back into struggle, it should have fullest confidence in its lea- dership. It is urgent that Mr. Chamberlain should reorganise his Cabinet without delay. Reuter.

London, To-day.

"The Times" to-day says that nothing could be further from the minds of those most concerned to of promote the highest degree energy, speed, competence and unity in the war effort than a search for scapegoats. The events are not in themselves an irre- have trievable catastrophe, but served to mark the culmination of the almost imperceptibly rising curve of public dissatisfaction. There is no trace of panic; none of vacillation. After the disclo sures of opinion of this week there can be no question of the strength of the demand for a Ministry more broadly based. If the Labour Party falls to answer the clear public call, it leaves the Prime Minister free to choose his own means of showing that the` set- back in Norway is a new start- ing point for British energy. Reuter.

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SUGAR RATIONING FOR JAPS. AT TIENTSIN (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") Tientsin, To-day. Sugar ration cards, allowing every member of the Japanese community here to obtain a pound and a half of The prefix "Special" to telegrama in used by the Bunday Herald" and "China Mai!!. sugar a month at a reasonable price, to Indicate news which is strictly copyright have been introduced on the initiative under the provisions of the Talscommunioa- of the Japanese Consulate as part of a tions Ordinancs, 1639, and may not be re- campaign for checking speculation and printed under any olroumstances, alther the shortage of certain essential com- wholly or in- part, without-

mont. modities.--Havas.

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