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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 1, 1940

DEFEAT OF THE OLD GUARD" AT

PHILADELPHIA

London, To-day.

IN A BROADCAST TALK on the subject of Mr. Wendel Will- kie and the Republican Party Congress, Mr. Raymond Gram Swing, the noted American political writer and commentator, said that although Mr. Willkie is head of a great corporation which makes and sells electric

pow- er, he was not chosen by the Wall Street element which has guided the Republican party for many years. He was nominated by free convention against two men- Mr. Robert Dewey and Senator Taft-that the Wall Street "Old Guard” would have liked to see nominated. He was a rank outsider with no poli- forthright and clear-thinking of all tical experience. and, indeed, was a Republican members in advocating. Democrat only four years ago.. He American help to the Allies. He is was chosen because the delegates not an isolationjat. At the same obeyed, not party instructions, but time, he is not the opposite, an In- their own desires.. A man from Wall terventionist. Street was chosen, but not as a man of and for Wall Street.

Long ago he set the limit of the aid he would have the United States give.

Mr. Wilkie has been the most He is against the United States going

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to war, but he has been vigorous and courageous in advocating help for the Allies when other Republicans were shifting and isolationist.

A Mistake

At the same time, it would be a mistake to credit his nomination chiefly for his views about war. It is true that the Republicans are now led by a man with as deep an understanding of the importance of help for the Allies as President Roosevelt, but that is not why he was nominated.

He was nominated because a gust of freedom swept through the Repu- blican convention, because the dele- gåtes liked his American face, hla appearance, his appeal, his personal history.

Bucharest, To-day. The Soviet's bloodless blitz- krieg against Rumania ended yesterday when Red Army detachments using para- chutes occupied the small town of Storojinetz, about 20 miles south-west of Cernauti, capital of Bukovina. Cernauti itself was occupied on Satur-bable Democrat candidate, the United day.

With his appointment, the Repu- blican party has lost its platform of presenting the Democrat party as a war party and itself as a peace party.

With President Roosevelt as the pro-

States is now committed to help the With the occupation of north Allies with all measures short of war Bukovina, the whole fringe of Ruman- ian territory bordering the southern part of Galicia, has fallen under Soviet control.

itself.

Six Feet Tall

Concluding with a personal note,

Meanwhile rumours are current here that Russia has asked Turkey's Mr. Reymond Gram Swing said that consent for the Red Fleet to co- Mr. Willkie is a big man, six feet tall, operate in the defence of the Dar-with a large head, cheerful face, wide danelles.

Other unconfirmed reports state that units of the Turkish fleet are heading towards an undisclosed port in the south part of the Black Sca.-Havas,

DOUBLE DOSE OF RAINFALL

The weather during June was ex- ceptionally cloudy, humid and rainy. Rain fell on every day of the month except four, and there were frequent thunderstorms with heavy downpours; it was the wettest June since 1916. The bad weather was due to the per- sistence of a depression over northern Indo-China, with a trough of low pressure in the region of the south coast of China.

The mean temperature for the month was 80.4°F, which is 0.7° below normal. A maximum, of 90.0° was recorded on the 15th, and a minimum of 74.1" on the 3rd. The mean relative humidity was 88%, which exceeds the normal by 5% and is a record for June.

Sunshine amounted to only 100 hour against. à normal of 165 hours. The total rainfall for the month was 30.79 inches, which is double the normal amount, and approaches the highest recorded total of 34.37 inches for June 1892,

The maximum wind velocity in a gust was 39 m.ph. at 11 a.m. on-the

mouth, untidy hair and a grand cor- diality about him.

He started out in life as a poor

boy, worked his way through col--

lege, and was a captain of Field Artillery in France during the last World War.

He stayed in France for some time afterwards, defending American sol- diers charged before courts-martial with minor offences.

He later became attorney for the power company, of which he finally became president.-Reuter.

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