1940-06-07 — Page 28

CABINET CHANGES PREDICTED

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London, To-day. Important changes in the British Cabinet are likely to

result after the secret session of the House of Commons on Tuesday.

It is expected that all those be- longing to the "Old Gang" will be eliminated.

This includes Mr. Neville Chamber- lain, Sir John Simon, Sir Kingsley

Wood and Sir John Anderson.

Important changes are also ex. pected in the Civil Service.

The feeling exists both among the public and in the House of Commons that the nation should get rid of all those who in one way or another were responsible for the conditions prevail- ing to-day in the arms industry.-- Havas.

French Reshuffle (SPECIAL TO “China MAIL")

Paris, To-day.

U.S. NAVAL PLANES FOR ALLIES

Washington, To-day.

The Navy Department an- nounces that 50 naval planes are being "traded in" to the Curtiss Company who will be free to sell them to the Allies.

The planes are reported to be the most efficient type dive bombers.

Meanwhile Mr. Herbert Lehman, Governor of New York State, who was received at the White House yes- terday, told pressmen he had recom- mended President Roosevelt to furnish the Allies with all aircraft and other equipment he considered spared without prejudicing the de fence of the United States.--Reuter.

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Shanghai, To-day.

All Italian shipping services to the Far East are to be suspended, reports the ""Sin Wan Pao."-Reu-` ter. could be

SWEDISH-GERMAN TRADE TALKS

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Stockholm, To-day.

The Swedish-German trade negotia- tions are expected to end to-day with the conclusion of an agreement in

M. Reynaud's Cabinet reshuffle in-principle providing for an increased cludes the formation of a new Inner War Cabinet composed of only eight members instead of II-Havas.

BRITISH WARSHIPS IN SKAGERRAK

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") Stockholm, To-day. British warships yesterday went through the German mine-fields into the Skagerrak and attacked a Ger-

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volume of trade, particularly Swedish exports of timber, cellulose, coal and chemicals. It is understood the ques- tion of transit of Swedish goods des- tined for the Far East and America via the Reich was also discussed.- Havas.

man convoy bound for an unknown destination.

People on the Swedish coast report hearing a heavy cannonading and see- ing three warships, many transports and a number of aircraft taking part in the action. Havas.

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Shanghai, To-day. Over 500 Japanese troops were annihilated on. June 4 at Hua- hslen, strategic town about, 90 kilometres north-east of Canton; states an Oongyuan message to the Chinese-American "Daily News."

-Réuter.

Tokyo To-day.

Confirming the "Asahi Shim- bun" report of an Anglo-Franco- Japanese agreement on the Tien- tsin silver issue, as broadly cor- rect, the Foreign Office spokesman. .stated the opinion that the Tien- tsin blockade "will be lifted as a natural result of the agreement." -Reuter.

Large numbers of members of the H.K. Defence Reserve who have been allotted to the Key Posts and Essential Services groups have to-day received by registered post an intimation that they have been transferred to the Combatant Group.

Attention is drawn in the noti- fication to the right. of appeal against the decision, and appar- ently it is intended that all who claim exemption.from the Comba- tant Group on any ground must argue their cases again before the Appeals Tribunal.

BATTLE RAGES ON --120-MILE FRONT-

(Continued from Pago. 1)

proaching the north bank of the Aisne, Elsewhere, all attacks have been smashed-Havas.

Parachute Precautions

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Paris, To-day: With the nearest German troops within 60 miles of Paris, the Minis- ter of Interior issued a communique yesterday announcing precautions taken against infiltration by para- chute troops and soldiers landed by aeroplanes. Similar precautions have been taken all through France.

The communique, however, that there is no need for mediate anxiety.--Havas.

Shanghai, To-day.

Over 10 of railway tracks west of Tangshanhsien and about 100 kilómetres west of Suchowfu, in north-west Kiangsu, were destroyed by Chinese guerillas on May 3 states. a report from Loyang to the "Shun Pao."-Reu- ter.

London, To-day.

The "Daily Telegraph" writes that whatever the great new bat- tle raging in northern France may bring hereafter, the first shock of the German onslaught has made no appreciable impression on the defence...

General Weygand made good use of the fortnight's respite to consolidate his line in depth be- hind the river barriers. His armies are feeling the electric touch of the more vigorous lead- ership of which he himself is the fount and head, and they are throwing themselves into the fight with a desperate, ardour born of the consciousness that this time nothing less than Paris is. at stake.

On land, the immediate British contribution to the fight is small, but in the air the. R.A.F. is ren- dering invaluable support to our French Allies both at the scene" of battle and on lines of supply and communication, Reuter.

That the seditious pamphlets had originally come from Japanese occu- pied Canton was indicated by the Crown this afternoon, at the Central Magistracy when Police Constable Chanan Singh, 24, appeared on charges under the Sedition Ordinance.

Singh was accused of possession of 86 coples of an alleged seditious pu- blication headed "Revolutionary Pro- clamation No. 1;" and this afternoon was further charged with making pre- paration to do an act of sedition.

Prosecuting, Mr. J. P. Murphy, As- sistant Crown Solicitor, stated

that on the morning of June 1, accused was seen boarding the s.s. Fatshan berthed alongside the Hong Kong and Macau Steamship Company's wharf after coming from, Canton,

When accused left the ship he was carrying a bundle of paper. He was followed by detectives and arrested.

Mr. Murphy added that the evi- dence seemed to show that accused had guilty knowledge for he struggled with the detectives and threw

the bundle away.

The pamphlets were printed in Punjabi and Urdu.

The case is proceeding.

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