THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1940
NAZI AIR RUMANIA BEGINS KEPT ON BUDAPEST TALKS:
FORCE
THE HOP
On Tuesday night, a small force of heavy
CONFIDENCE LOW
bombers continued to FRENCH
harass the enemy's strate-
gic air bases in many RAILWAYS
parts of Holland and North-West Germany.
At Gilze Rijen, a military acro- drome in South Holland,
enemy
stick a
RESTART
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AN EAST OF SUEZ PROJECT
A CONFERENCE OF ALL BRI- TISH COUNTRIES · EAST OF SUEZ MAY BE HELD IN DELHI IN OCTOBER, IT WAS LEARN- ED IN LONDON LAST NIGHT.
The Viceroy of India is under- Istood to be inviting Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the East African colonies, · Malaya, Ceylon and India itself to take part.
ACCORDING TO A Budapest despatch to the
The object of the conference is official German News Agency in Berlin, M. Bossy, reported to be to extend present arrangements for co-ordinating the Rumanian Ambassador to Rome, has been sent essential war production and sup- to Hungary as a Special Envoy to begin preliminary plies.
The East African Economic
talks with the Hungarian Government.
African colonies are concerned.— Reuter.
Council, which has just been for M. Bossy is expected to have immédiate talks formed, will carry out work with the Hungarian Prime Minister, Count Teleki, the conference so far as the East and Foreign Minister, Count Csaky. aircraft were caught on the flare' PAVING THE WAY TO A DE
en- hopes path along which
of FINITE REPATRIATION - OF Despite the high
by Hungary after bombs was seen to burst while a REFUGEES AND THE REGULARtertained further salvo set light to the han-TRANSPORT OF COMMODI-Hitler's talk with the Rumanian TIES AND FOOD, FRENCH ministers at Berchtesgaden, many At Eindhoven, another raider RAILWAYMEN HAVE RETURN. people in Budapest, says Reuter's interrupted enemy night flying by ED TO WORK AND THE Correspondent there, have causing all aerodrome lights to be FRENCH RAILWAY SYSTEM faith in the result of the negotia- extinguished. Three aircraft hast-IS BEING QUICKLY RESTORED tions which are expected to move ily took off but the raider, before TO NORMAL, ACCORDING TO slowly to an indecisive end. disappearing in the clouds, drop-A SEMI-OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE- ged bombs and several fires broke MENT FROM VICHY.
Nazi Efforts
gar.
out.
The Petain Ministry of Agri-
unoccupied
areas.
Qther food-for example that part or
little
even
STUBBS ROAD STOP PRESS LANDSLIDE TO BE BRIDGED
At Venio, a military aerodrome culture states that fruits, wines It is noteworthy that the Ger near the Dutch frontier, it is and vegetables may now be sent mans in Budapest are exceedingly thought that the lighting plant without any restrictions to any busy, trying to damp. down re- The possibility of a was hit for a vivid flash preced-place in both the occupied and visionist enthusiasm, suggesting light, temporary bridge ed the extinction of all lights.
across the Other Dutch bases bombed in-stuffs and
agricultural produce the whole of Slovakia be offered being built
which landslide
has cluded those at Ypenburg, south are, for the time being, restricted to Hungary as compensation for of The Hague, Schiphol, near Am-to transport within the unoccupied the smallness of the concessions sterdam, Soesterberg,
Stubbs Road, to be obtained over Transylvania. breached near Ut-region. recht, and an aerodrome on the
The possibility
open above Magazine Gap, is Finally, express freight trains
Hungarian-Rumanlan hostili- island of Texel where an attack are now in daily service, assuring by Messerschmitt
a
110 with the rapid transport of perishable machine-gun cannon, and
goods to the Paris area.-Havas. was successfully repulsed.
Fires Started
fire
five large fires.
At Reisholz, near
Dusseldorf,
of
ties is not. at present seriously Now being explored by the
Works diccussed in Budapest although Public
Depart- mobilisation is now almost
ment, the "China Mail" complete. Reuter.
learned officially. this! morning.
"Very Reserved"
In Germany, aerodrome build-
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") ings at Gladbachrheydt, near Dus-bombs were also dropped on a re-]
It is possible that this 'bridge Bossi, M. Raoul
Rumanian will take the form of a suspension seldorf, were damaged,--and--at finery which had been damaged
Minister to Rome (who has been bridge, but no decision has yet Krefeld aerodrome, a few miles to in previous raids. the north-east, several fires werel Another aircraft, unable to find appointed special negotiator with been reached in this particular re-
its main objective, attacked and the Hungarian Government), ar- gard. Again thick haze and low cloud set on fire an arms factory nearrived in Budapest yesterday after- A survey of the possibilities is)
noon and conferred with M. Two aircraft however, located the Five miles west of Hamborn, Teleki, the Hungarian Foreign being carried out as rapidly as
started.
hid most of the primary targets. Mors, west of Essen.
oil plant at Homburg and flying near Duisburg, anti-aircraft bat-Minister. through intense and accurate anti-teries were silenced by bombs.- aircraft fire, succeeded in starting British Wireless.
ANNOUNCING
THE
ARRIVAL
OF
NEW SUPPLIES
OF
DAKS
THE PRINCE-
- OF SLACKS
FOR MEN
possible, and as soon as the best Official quarters are very re-type of bridge for the project is on the decided on, work will start im- served when questioned subject of the parleys. Hungary's mediately. claims on Rumania, however, are said to be calling for a "prompt solution."-Havas.
WOMAN CAPTURES NAZI FLIER
At the moment; the road is closed by the landslide to motor- carde and it is understood that the bridge, though a tem porary one, will be built to take light vehicular traffic.
Interviewed by the "China Mail" this morning, a high official of the Public Works Department said he was unable to state ex- actly what type of bridge would actually be built. A survey of foundations, and so on, is now being carried out, and the type of bridge will depend on the find- ings.
"But a bridge for light vehl- cular traffic will be built as Eoon as possible," he said.
At the moment, Peak. residents
A German airman who may go as far as the landslide by
had been at large in the car, and then walk,
Bristol area was captured
last night by Lady Buck- PLANNING
land, the widow of Lord
Buckland.
Lady Buckland was driving in
AHEAD
the region of a wood when she THE BRITISH PURCHASING saw a man emerge who roused her COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON
THERE IS NOTHING SO suspicion. She stopped her car HAS INFORMED MR. HENRY
PRACTICAL AND COM- FORTABLE IN THE WEARING AS DAKS
THEY GIVE THE MAXI- MUM OF EASE AS ALSO OF PRIDE IN THEIR POSSESSION. CUT & FASHIONED FROM SUPERB, MATERIALS.. WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW ABLE TO SUP- PLY THESE IN ALL SIZES & IN A VARIETY
OF FABRICS. IN GREY, BROWN, FAWN AND GREEN, FLANNELS, GABARDINE, CRASH, CORDUROY AND TROPI- CAL WORSTEDS.
IN A FULL RANGE OF SIZES
WE ADVISE AN EARLY VISIT
WILLIAM POWELL LTD.
10, ICE HOUSE STREET.
and the man surrendered.
MORGENTHAU, SECRETARY
He came out of the wood look-jOF THE TREASURY, OF THE Ing extremely dishevelled and BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S IN- English., could. speak only a few words of TENTION TO PLACE' 'LARGE'
ORDERS IN THE UNITED FOR TANKS, FIELD AND MANY NOT PRE- IN PURCHASED
He Indicated by dumb show STATES that he had baled out of a plane ARTILLERY by parachute and that lie had OTHER SUPPLIES failed to surrender.earlier be. VIOUSLY cause he expected to be killed AMÉRICA. immediately.
This was revealed yesterday by: It transpires that the authorities the head of the British Commis- arrested two other airmen who sion in an interview. Mr. Purvis baled out of the same plane when said that these orders involving it was shot down, and had hundreds of millions of dollars been searching for this man for were for materials to be delivered the past nine days.-Reuter,
a considerable time in the future. He indicated that previous pur- chases had been made to a large extent on the basis of immediate. The prefix "Special" to telegrams in needs, but the new programme used by the "Sunday Herald" and would be. for anticipated future "China Mall! to Indicato news, which needs.--Reuter.
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French official circles Hanoi decline to comment on
.de-" the reported Japanese mands on French Indo-China
Government.
Tension, however, exists in French territory.
Messages confrm the presence
armada of a Japanese Tongking Bay and also the arrival of a large number of transports.
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It is also officially confirm-. ed that Chinese troops massing in large numbers in ...areas along near the Yunnan- French Indo-China border.
Our Own Correspondent.
An air raid precautions exercise, under the direction of Mr. A. E. Gerondal, De- puty Chief Air Raid Warden, will taken place. in the Cen- tral District between six and seven o'clock this evening.
The Vichy Government has notified the Chinese Govern- ment, through Dr. Welling- ton Koo, Chinese Ambassador to France, that she will offer resistance in the event Indo-- China is invaded, according to information obtained from informed circles in Chung king yesterday, says, a mes- sage to the "Ta Ying Yeh Pao," In Shanghai.
With a view. to exerting pressure upon French Indo- China, Japan is now despatch- ing a big fleet of destroyers and warships to South China waters, preparatory to invad-. ing Indo-China, the report continues.
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Chírese newspapers Chungking continue to publish reports about Indo-China › with banner headlines and voice the unanimous, demand that the French authorities should 'cease immediately all efforts to reach compromise with Japan, so as to avert any critical situa- tion being precipitated be "tween China and France, says another message to the paper from Chungking..
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Following an importance conference on Monday, the Chinese Government au- thorities have decided to carry out plans for defence In the event that Indo-China is invaded by the Japanese. -Reuter,
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