THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 14, 1940.
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AXIS LONG-ARM PLAN FOR MIDDLE EAST CHINESE
Seeking Crooked "Regional"
Deal With Stalin
EIGHTEENTH RAID ON ADEN
Yesterday morning a lone Italian 'plane carried out the eighteenth raid on Aden since the war started. There were neither casualties nor damage. Reuter,
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ROOFS OF FELT FOR LONDON STATIONS
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RUMANIAN THE BLOCKING OF COUNTS IN BRITAIN AS A RESULT OF THE ENTRY OF GERMAN TROOPS INTO RUMAN- IAN TERRITORY WILL DOUBTLESS BE FOL- LOWED BY FURTHER STEPS AS THE SITUA- TION REQUIRES, SAYS REUTER'S DIPLOMA- TIC CORRESPONDENT, AND THESE MAY IN- CLUDE THE RUPTURE OF DIPLOMATIC RE- LATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND RUMANIA IN THE NEAR FUTURE..
RIBBENTROP
TRIES TO SPIKE BRITISH GUNS
A German, Foreign mission has been sent hurriedly from Berlin to Moscow to try and check the tendency towards improvement of Anglo-Soviet rela- tions, according to the Berlin correspondent. of the Domei Agency.
TRIUMPH AT MATANG
THE CHINESE ARE JUBILANT OVER THE NEWS OF THE RE- CAPTURE OF MATANG, STRA- TEGIC TOWN ON THE YANG- TZE RIVER ABOUT HALF-WAY BETWEEN SHANGHAI AND HANKOW, RESULTING IN THE "INTERRUPTION OF COM- MUNICATIONS ON THE YANG- TZE. BETWEEN BHANGHAI AND HANKOW."
Chinese field, despatches claim that Chinese forces in north-east- tern Kiangsi launched a general offensive on Matang on the night of October 11 and completely oc- cupied the strategic point at 4 o'clock on Saturday morning.
Matang, it is said, was heav». lly garrisoned by the Japanese. The Chinese occupation of the town after a few hours fighting is hailed as "an important; and signi- ficant achievement” in a leading article on the subject in the "Cen- tral Daily News," the official Gov- ernment organ, which declares that Japanese river and land com- munications in Central China would be seriously affected by the ‣00|recapture of Matang-Reuter,
The German Am- bassador, who had been on a visit to Ber- lin, also left for the U.S.S.R., by. air yes- terday.-Reuter.
In the meantime, the future plans of the Axis are still a matter of speculation, but the consensus seems to be that Bulgaria and Greece are the next objectives, and that an at- tempt will be made to make them follow the HONG KONG HOTEL GARAGE Rumanian example.
In that event, the Axis troops. would be on the Bulgarian/Tur- as a direct threat against Turkey.
Kish frontier
The Axis "Long Arm
Plan"
would then include the subjuga-
Greece might bring Turkey into the conflict without further might ado, while the British
and the Ionian Occupy Crete Islands. Reuter,
tion of Turkey and Egypt, either "Spheres Of Influence" by violence or by threats with a view to opening the way to
Suez Canal.
the
Neutral observers
in
Berlin, it is added, believe that the Nazis Action is being taken
Should this, in fact, prove to are seeking to make some kind with by the four main-line Bri- be the Axis Plan, It would ap-of regional arrangements
giving recognition- to tish railway companies to
pear to be gambling on the fact Moscow
in- of that neither Turkey nor Egypt their respective spheres protect passengers from! have yet declared war.
fluence on the lines of the Axis But Turkey's answer has al-pact with Japang po the danger of broken ready been made.
Hitlar, according to thees She has de- glass from station roofs in clared that any Axis attempt
observers, will offer to respect Stalin's "Interest" in Afghani air raids. At two London against Turkey would meet with
stan, Iran and other "2,000,000 bayonets."
central termini:the glass is being! In the meantime, in Egypt and replaced with roofing felt, Palestine there is the British Army
to be reckoned with.
There will have to be artificial lighting," said a railway official, "but we cannot be certain of the type until the work is finished." At other stations the glass is be- ing protected by wire netting to prevent splintering.
Gloomy..railway arches are be- ing prepared for use as air-raid shelters in many districts. Some elve cover for a very large num- ber of people.
Brick Shelters
Turkey Not Anxious.
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viet acquiescence in a German
.:",,",, thrust in the Balkans. Hopes, are also expressed Berlin, according to a Domei de- spatch, for a Soviet/Japanese be rapprochment.-Reuter.
Ribbentrop Keeps Up Appearances
Turkey does not appear to unduly anxious about the occupa- tion of Rumania. It is considered in Turkey that the season is too late for a drive against her, and an advance by the Axis Powers as far as the Turkish frontier only need not be regarded as being of much value as a move against the OFFICE, British Empire.
Furthermore, the Axis must recognise that the invasion of
Shelters of all kinds have in- creased to a remarkable extent in the past few weeks Parti- cularly noteworthy in London serving notices on owners of ad- has been the erection of brick joining property. This procedure refuges on pavements and roads, has been abolished. Local Until recently
lengthy delays thorities have power to dispense encountered by local au- with it when a shelter is required thorities through the necessity of for the protection of the public.
were
Germany
Seeking Answer
au-
ACCORDING TO THE ORGAN OF THE GERMAN FOREIGN
"DIPLOMATISCHE
| KORRESPONDANTZ”, THE GERMAN TROOPS NOW IN RU- MANIA WILL PLACE THEIR "RICH EXPERIENCE. OF WAR AT THE DISPOSAL OF GEN- ERAL ANTONESCU” THE RU- MANIAN DICTATOR.
The organ reiterates that it was necessary for the German troops to enter Rumania to "protect the oil-fields."
The paper also claims that the presence of the German troops has given the Rumanian people "a feeling of security."
(It does not, however, say that when the German troops entered Bucharest on Saturday, the citizens of the capital looked on in silence)
Reuter.
To The Puzzle ITALIAN
INDICATION THAT the Russian attitude is ATTACK ON puzzling the Germans is given by the Berlin corres- pondent of the Spanish news agency EFE, says Reu. ter's man in Madrid.
The correspondent, who usually appears to fol- low closely the German official view, says that vari- ous happenings in the past few days show that "for the present" Russo-German relations continue to be good.
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He declared that the German- event" in Moscow that the Italian-Japanese "Axis was mot people of Madrid were told to worried by British attempts to expect following the signing of gain the United States: as an ac- the tripartite alliance.
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These talks, however, are to confirm that Stalin does not candidates have advanced "Inter- Telephone 28031 something of an anti-climax to want a perilous adventure. ventionist policies." -Associated
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