THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1940
The crew of a Hampden bomber, the pilot of which is an Austra- lian, who bombed and sank a German warship at Bergen, leaving their plane after their victorious flight. (Copyright, Fox).
PRINCE KONOYE'S ONE-PARTY BID IN TOKYO
Tokyo, To-day.
ACTIVE LEADERSHIP IN THE movement to form the pro- jected single powerful political party is favourably re- ceived by the Japanese newspapers.
As the resignation of Prince Konoye had long been expect- ed there was no sentiment of surprise. All papers agree his efforts will be confronted with great difficulties be- fore they are crowned with success but they hope with his leadership a really powerful political party with the whole hearted support of the entire nation will soon be brought into being.
"Political reconstruction should not operate in the building up of a new be in mere dissolution of existing world order. In this lies the neces- political parties and the reassembly sity for remoulding the political struc- of their members with the same, old ture of this country." ideas," writes the "Asahi Shimbun."
"Nor would the aim of the new party movement be the
mere ac-
"Rising Power"
The "Kokumin Shimbun" envisages
quisition of administrative, power." the difficulties ahead but hopes Prince "Japan's position to-day is quite Konoye will attack the problem with different from that of yesterday," says a clear understanding of the rising the "Nichi-Nichi."--"In other words,
power-of-the-nation.- Japan must go further than disposal of the 'China Affair' and must Co-
UNITY FOR DEFENCE OF IRELAND
LONDON, TO-DAY.
A SUGGESTION THAT NOR- THERN IRELAND AND EIRE SHOULD UNITE FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR WAS DISCUSSED BY LORD GLENTORAN, CHIEF UN- IONIST WHIP OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND GOVERNMENT, IN INTERVIEW YESTERDAY.
AN
He said: "When Mr. de Valera has overcome the difficulties with which he is faced and thrown in his lot with the other great peoples of the British Empire in defence of liberty, if he asks Lord Craigavon to drop con- stitutional questions for the period of the war and stands in with him in
country, defence of our beloved
I know what the Ulster leader's answer will be."-Reuter.
CABLE REPAIRS Repairs to the submarine cable in Sulphur Channel between Green Is- land and Hong Kong will be carried out to-day and to-morrow, according to the Harbour authorities.
Prescribed signals will be hoisted in the area.
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