1940-06-05 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 5, 1940.

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ITALY NOT YET IN Failure To Act Seen As Hopeful Sign

Allied Military Strength

Washington, To-day,

THE CONTINUED NON-BELLIGERENCY of Italy is taken as indication that the military prospects of the Allies are more immediately hopeful than re- cently appeared. ·Comment on Mussolini in American newspapers has grown increasingly

Reuter. bitter in recent weeks.

Paris, To-day. "IF ITALY ENTERS THE WAR she will be doing so for the sole purpose of waging war," declared the Premier, M. Reynaud, in a statement to the foreign affairs commission yesterday.

IL DUCE'S OVERTURES

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IN SPAIN

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Signor Mussolini made two at tempts in the course of the last few days to obtain from Gen. Franco the right to establish Ita- Ilan air bases on Spanish terri- tories but did not meet with suc-. cess, political observers here 'rai port.

Observera add that Italy is still manoeuvring to obtain the best possible position for the moment she would enter the war. Italian diplomacy is especially active in Greece and Bulgaria-Havas.

EGYPT WILL

M. Reynaud recalled that both before and since the war began, France made known to Italy her will- ingness to open discussions with the aim of find- KNOW HOW ing a friendly settlement of all outstanding questions.

NAVAL

POWER STILL HAS ITS ROLE

Stockholm, To-day.

The newspaper "Allehan- da" points out that the Flan- ders battle received an un- expected conclusion which did not correspond with Ger- man claims of the destruc- tion of the Allied armies.

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Tremendous troop transports have been carried out under the fierce pres- sure of superior German forces and a rain of bombs by German aircraft.

Having regard to the situation week ago, one can understand the Allied press talking of a miracle, and in addition. Dunkirk and Calais are still not captured by the Germans.

The Allied · re-embarkation has shown that naval power still plays a very great role,

CAIRO, TO-DAY. THE "AL MASRI” SAYS IF ITALY ACCEPTS FOR HERSELF TO JOIN

The "Social Demokraten" says the THE MAD AGGRESSION,

the Flanders battle did not become AND HER ALLIES WILL destructive battle prophesied by the German press and radio. It was by no means the catastrophe which might have been feared after the Belgian King's capitulation.

reports

Italian IN that mechanics at Milan on Saturday were | EGYPT repairing a German Junkers-88 which KNOW was damaged during the Nazi raid on | GRESSION. Marseilles.-Havas.

These overtures remained without | Bucharest

which the response but the attitude Italian Government felt itself called upon to adopt made no difference to Govern- the feelings of the French ment.

A statement to this effect was brought to the-notice of the Italian Government,

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During the past few days French Government, in full agree ment with Britain, had renewed its demarches.

"Mussolini knows there is nothing provocative in our attitude and we have never closed, and do not now close, the door to negotiations."--Reu- ter.

Sailing Significance

Italians Boasting

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

Italian officials are openly boasting of Italy's early entry into the war on Germany's side. Havas.

PRIEST ARRESTED. IN ITALY: CATHOLIC PAPER SUPPRESSED

London, To-day. Associated Press reports from Rome New York, To-day.

state that a priest has been arrested After some days, the Italian Line for preaching an anti-Nationalist ser- has resumed its advertising for trans-mon and that a Catholic weekly has Atlantic passenger sailings.-Reuter. (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rome, To-day.

A "committee for Nice and Savoy" has been formed here under the chair- manship of the, Minister Plenipoten- tiary, Signor Constantini. Havas.

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the been suppressed for reporting deaths of Italians who are fighting in the French Army.-Reuter.

STOCK EXCHANGE

London, To-day. Gilt-edged and some industrials were occasionally better on the Stock Exchange yesterday but the general Paris, To-day. trend was easier on absence of sup- An American newspaper corres-port.

Wall Street was firm.-Reuter. pondent who has just arrived from

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HOW TO REPULSE

There are on the frontiers of Egypt armies, war equipment and aeroplanes, and on the seas, navies sufficient to repel any aggressor,

Fight Another Day

Egyptians will know how to. accept

The English have shown a spirit new sacrifices, however costly, as long.

Into as it is going to be in defence of their which has transformed retreat

triumph. But the country and in defence of the rights | something like

of of nations generally to live free, inde-important feature of the rescue

the Allied armies is that they have peudent and secure.-Reuter.

the chance to fight another day.

WAR MEMORIES OF 25 YEARS AGO

(From the "China Mail" files). June 5, 1915.

The Italians have been checked on the Isonzo River, although their ad- vance elsewhere continues.

Severe fighting has been resumed in the Ypres/Meinin district and the hos- pitals in Belgium are full of wounded.

The Australian Minister of Defence states that in addition to reinforce- ments to the front, the Commonwealth will send as many infantry brigades as it can get men for.

The steamer Inkum has been tor- pedoed off the Lizard; all her crew of 40 have been saved.

'Losses; 'auffered were doubtless very great but Germán losses were no less and perhaps greater. One has now reason to doubt, after the tremendous sacrifice hitherto, whe- ther Germany can continue the lightning advance.

The Berlin correspondent of the «Stocktid" says German losses in the Flanders battle, according to German military circles, are very much higher

than during the actual offensive through Holland and belgium--Reu-

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