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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 24, 1940

KRUPPS' WORKS BOMBED AGAIN

AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY at Bremen, an aircraft park at Paderborn and military objec- tives in the Ruhr, including a synthetic oil plant at Gelsenkirchen, were among the ob-

SOVIET

jectives attacked by Bomber Command air- BALTIC

craft on Tuesday night.

in

Forces of our aircraft bombed aerodromes

northern France, Holland and Germany. COUP

Two of our aircraft are missing.

Docks and petrol stores at Am- sterdam, barge concentrations! south-west of Helder, the dock basin west of Ijmuiden and ship- ping in Dunkirk harbour were at- tacked by aircraft of the Coastal Command during the night. All these aircraft returned safely.

Further details of the raids were given by the Air Ministry news İservice.

At Bremen, the Focke-Wulf aircraft works, already damag- ed in previous raide, were bombed for the second night in

ed.

SUBMISSION

DENOUNCED

Mr. Sumner Welles, As-

NOT SO PLACID sistant Secretary of State,

the strong silent man of

the abortive AS IT LOOKED

American

"peace tour," caused sur-

Reuter's diplomatic cor-prise in Washington yes- interday, says Reuter, by de-

succession. Several explosions respondent learned occurred and many fires start- London yesterday that the nouncing the Soviet ab- Estonian Minister in Lon-sorption of the three Bal- Hits On Docks don has informed the For-tic States.

eign Minister he is unable shock to political observers in the Hits were also obtained on docks, and in the raid on an air-to recognise the surrender American capital as it had been crait store at Paderborn, a large of the independence of believed that relations between the explosion was reported between

US.S.R, and U.S.A. were improv-

of smoke were seen rising.

His statement came as a greater

the hangars from which columns his country as a free and ing.

genuine expression of the This belief had been support- In the attack on an alt plant will of the Estonian peo-lease machine-tools and other at Gelsenkirchen an observer re-i ple.

tack..

ed by steps taken recently to re-

goods to the U.S.S.R.

The contents of the Welles statement is perhaps less striking.

ported a large explosion two

Consequently he does not re- minutes after bombs had been released, but drifting cloud obgard as binding any decision or scured the full result of the at- act emanating from a government than its biting phraseology

which

It is generally no longer

supposed that represents the! free Estenian people.

the President

been must have Similar demarches

consulted before the statement made by the Ministers of was made, but it is not clear whe- ther it was also referred to Mr. Cordell Hull, Reuter.

Another raider later reported a large building in flames and co- lumns of thick black smoke wert seen.

Krupps Again

Latvia and Lithuania,

were

At the same time they handed the Foreign Once a memorandum based on the constitution of the three countries whereby they en- deavour to establish that the Pro- elections were held under foreign

Reuter. pressure.

While this raid

was in gress, other aircraft were attack- ing an oil plant and Krupps am-| munition works at Essen, but!. cloud rendered accurate observa- tion of the results impossible.- Reuter.

COMPULSORY TRAINING IN AMERICA

MANCHURIA EXPORT DRIVE

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") POSITIVE EFFORTS TO

"Annihilation"

Mr. Sumner Welles, who is act- ing Secretary of State in the ab- sence of Mr. Cordell Hull at the Havana Conference, denounced the absorption of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania by the U.S.S.R. as "de- liberate annihilation."

He told his press conference: "The people of the United States are opposed to predatory activities no matter whether they are car- ried on by the use of force or the threat of force."

In a formal statement Mr. Wel- les said that although the three States had voted to join Russia,

OPEN NEW MARKETS FOR the United States would continue MANCHUKUO EXPORTS IN NEUTRAL

their Ministers as COUNTRIES · ARE to recognise

the Ministers of sovereign govern- URGED BY THE MANCHUKUO GOVERNMENT WHICH

IS ments now under duress.—Reuter.

The Bill providing for STUDYING CONCRETE PLANS

compulsory military WITH THIS AIM IN VIEW. CHINESE

Manchukuo's trade, except with

training in the United China and Japan, has been ser- States was approved by iously and adversely affected by the Senate military com- mittee yesterday.

the European war.

Trade in 1939 fell from 229 million yuan to 187 million, the

The Bill requires the registra-decrease being accounted for dur- tion of 42 million men between ing the last four months of the the ages of 18 and 64. It is ex-

year since the beginning of the pected to reach the Senate next European war, week.

The situation is still worse this

first A War Department spokesman months of 1940 Manchukuo's trade

year as during the

Live said in Washington yesterday that the system proposed under with Europe fell by 79 per cent, the Bill contemplated the actual dropping from 84 million yuan in

1939 to 17 million in 1940, training of about 1,500,000 meni

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between the ages of 21 and Havas. during the first year.-Reuter.

CANADA GOING FULL STEAM AHEAD

FAMINE THREAT IN CHEKIANG

SINK GERMAN STEAMER

(SPECIAL TO "CHIÑA MAIL")" THE SHANGHAI GERMAN [NAZI' NEWSPAPER "OSTASIA- TISCHER LLOYD" CONFIRMED

YESTERDAY THAT THE GER- [MAN STEAMER KARSTEN WAS BUNK BY ›CHINESE 'COASTAL BATTERIES 'QFF NINGPO ON SUNDAY

At the same time a Chinese steamer, the "Yung Ming," and two Chinese Customs cruisers, were scuttled

by their Chinese crews in order not to give them to the Japanese. Reasons for the sinking of the German vessel are not known.--Havas...

SIR VICTOR SASSOON'S GIFTS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

"Canada's war machine is go- ng full steam ahead," declared Col. Ralston, Minister of DC-

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") fence, at a press conference in The inhabitants of Shaoshing| Halifax (Nova Scotia) yesterday, and other districts in eastern Che- He added the response to Cana kiang, where the rice shortage has dian recruiting was even beyond been acute for some time, will expectations and the response by soon face starvation if no imme- Canadians generally to the war diate supply is forthcoming, as effort was unstinted.-Reuter. the military operations along the

Cheklang coast have rendered it It was officially announced in impossible to send relief, the Shanghai yesterday that the Bri- CHEN CHAL-TONG'S North China Daily News' re-tish Ambassador has received gifts In kind from Sir Victor Sassoon NEW POST

ports this morning.

Chinese reports reveal that through the Royal Air Force As- HONG KONG (SPECIAL TO "CHINA-MAIL") Klangst and Kwangel rice is also sociation to an estimated value of

General Chien Chal-tong was not reaching Shnorhing as the £35,000. sworn into office as Minister of roads are crowded with refugees) It will be necessary to dispose Forestry and Agriculture in from the war zone and large of these articles outside China Chungking yesterday. The Finance scale transportation is impossible. before any sums in respect of Minister, Dr. H. HaKung, handed A picul of rice fetches $120 in{them can be credited to the Volunt him his seal of office,-Havas, Shaoshing-Havns.

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