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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 11, 1940.

JAPAN PLAYING FOR TIME

Brake On In The Far East

BOULOGNE VIOLENTLY ATTACKED

the

Blenheim bombers of Coastal Command started fires at the rate of one a minute when they dropped three tons of heavy bombs during a raid on Boulogne on Wednes- day night.

The railway station and the storehouses on the quays near Port de Maree were soon in

flames.

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SURVEY OF AXIS POLICY

ANALYSING AXIS POLICY FROM THE BALKANS TO THE FAR EAST, REUTER'S DI- FLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT SAYS THAT THE REPORT THAT GENERAL KEITEL WAS GOING TO SUCCEED MARSHAL GRAZIANI | ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IN SOME QUARTERS IN LONDON YESTERDAY.

The report was soon denied both from Rome and Berlin and was probably put into circulation to discredit British newspapers which published it.

One pilot saw two black masses This is a familiar method of First reports of the movement on the water which looked like Axis propaganda but such ru-of German troops for the occupa- two barges tied bow to stern, mours are also typical of the tion of Rumania were similarly ncar the quay. These received smoke, screen which the Axis puts much exaggerated. the full weight of his next salvo, up to conceal its real purpose and says the Air Ministry News Ser- objectives. vice, and another blaze, started.

German destroyers' in the harbour at Brest were bombed by aircraft of the. Fleet Air Arm, cooperating with the coastal command.

warships were methodically at- tacked by bombs which were laid. across the harbour.

Other, salvoes damaged jetties They had to face intense fireland buildings in the old Frenchi

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Events are not moying. aa quickly as first reports, alleged but there is littia doubt "in knowledgable, quarters in Lon don of Germany's ultimate in- "tentions.

There is no confirmation that any German troops have passed through Hungary and any troops transported in Danube barges cannot have been very numerous.

Eyes On Soviet

Germany is expected to watch Soviet reactions very carefully before undertaking the large-scale occupation of Rumania.

Then the screw would be applied to Yugoslavia and Bul- .garia, and this may, be a slow

process.

There is not likely to be it repetition of a coup de force like in Denniark and Norway.

News from the Far East

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LEAVING THE OFFICE BOY FOR THE PRESENT The State Depart

ment announced in Washington yester- day that the Charge d'Affaires in Berlin, Alexander Kirk, and Edward Reed, Charge d'Affaires in Rome, have been recalled for consultation.

The Department in- dicated that there was no significance in the recalls, but it was ex- pected that the new alliance between the Axis Powers and Ja- pan would be one of the main topics dis- cussed when they reach Washington. Reuter.

ANTI-DRUG

CAMPAIGN

IN TIENTSIN

SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Severe new measures against opium smokers in Tientsin' were announ- ced yesterday.

Smokers

SUPERB MATSUOKA

CASUISTRY

The Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, yesterday criticised the British ac- tion in reopening the Burma Road as in contra- diction to Britain's ex- pressed wish of restoring peace in East Asia.

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"If the British Government really wish, as they profess, to see. peace restored in East Asia quickly as possible, I have to con- fess that it is past my compre hension how the British Govern- ment could hope to contribute to the realisation "of such a wish by re-opening the Burma Road which will have the effect of encourage.. ing Chiang Kai-shek."

Mr. Matsuoka, followed tha newest line of argument and insisted that the Tripartite Military Alliance between Tokyo and the Axis Powers was not directed against the

United States but

Was "peace, pact!”^

He added that the signatories. earnestly wished the United States and all other nations at present neutral would not become involved in the European War or come into conflict with Japan be cause of the China Incident.- Reuter.

QUEEN VISITS GIBRALTAR EVACUEES

The Queen yesterday visited Japan Playing For Time

some of the centres in London in which civilians who have been must be at least 45 evacuated from Gibraltar are ac Japanese reactions to the deci-years old and their financial means commodated, and spent consider- sion to re-open the Burma road must be judged sufficient before able time talking to people who have been comparatively tem- they are allowed to register. perate and Mr. Matsuoka's speech is held to show a tendency

play for time.

to

designed to keep her out of

After registration, a sufficient gave her a most enthusiastic re- period of time will be granted

ception. Them to give up their vice, and in arrangements for their medical She was particularly interested His claim that the tripartite on the expiration of this period care and for the welfare of chil- pact was not directed against they will not be allowed any more dren and it was the United States but was oplum.

noticeable that Young people of both sexes will here and there ex-soldiers wear- she singled out for a special word not be allowed to smoke opium ing their medals. On her depar except for medical reasons. ture H.M. was cheered tumul-

Similar rules have been promultuously--British Wireless. gated in Peiping, where violators are liable to a fine of $100 to $5,000 and prison terms ranging from. the several months to five years.

the war, although Ingenuous, probably contains an element of truth, just as does his ob servation that he "shudders at the thought of war with the United States."

A proper appreciation of risks of such a conflict would be Havas. the best deterrent to such a development!-Reuter.

KING'S GIFTS TO LONDON

WEST INDIES WAR EFFORT

LORD CRANBORNE THANKS CANADA

Lord Cranborne has sent the following telegram to the Cana- dian Prime Minister: "I am most grateful for your cordial telegram and good wishes on my appoint- Over a hundred large cases of ment as Secretary of State for. clothing and blankets just receiv-Dominion Affairs, I recall with ed from voluntary organisations great pleasure our past associa in the West Indies have been tion at Geneva and fook forward. distributed by the West India with keen interest to still closer AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE London through air attack. The war effort in which Canada is Committee among homeless, in cooperation now in our common KING West Indies and British Guiana taking so magnificent apart." HANDED OVER ΤΟ THE have sent well over £150,000 for British Wireless.. L.C.C.. FOUR MOTOR AMBUL Bombers and fighters and over |ANCES AND TWO OF THE £90,000 for the Lord Mayor's |EIGHT · MOBILE CANTEENS Red Cross Fund and have made WHICH ARE HIS PERSONAL gifts and interest free loans to GIFT TO THE CIVIL DEFENCE the home Government totalling OF LONDON.

£1,228,000, Router

YESTERDAY THE

Decision to make the gift fol- lowed the King's tours through London's bombed areas. The am- bulances and: canteens, which will| be distributed throughout London boroughs, were drawn up in the

FUNDS

inner quadrangle of the Pace FROZEN

when the King and Queen In-

spected them. Each vehicle bears Presidenti Roosevelt the inscription "Presented by H.M. "frozen" Rumanian funds the King to the L.C.C., for the civil defence of London, October, 1640."

The King and Queen were told the two canteens were provisioned and would go out into the bomb-. ed areas in the afternoon. British Wireless.

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MORE MONEY FOR AIRCRAFT

A further gift of two lakhs of rupees has been cabled to the Air Ministry in London by the Madras Government War Fund for the purclipse of aircraft, according to Madras Radio.--Reuter.

TRAWLER SUNK

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the United States by extending the Order which, was previously applied to nine European na- The British trawler, Kingston tons who are countries occupied Sapphire, has been lost by U-boat either by Germany or Russia. netion and, the majority of the

It is unofficially estimated in crew landed, according to Washington that the funds total Admirally munouncement. — Reu roughly $100,000,000——Reuter."- ter.

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