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CHINA MAIL

FIRST NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST. ESTABLISHED 1845.

No. 91,991

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940

Price: 10 Cts.

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WILLKIE ADMITS DEFEAT

FUSHIMI MARU

Overwhelming States Majority For Roosevelt Four Millions Up On The Popular Vote

Emden dockyard SAILS WITH blasted

JAP. EVACUEES

Explosions of such vio- lence that they could be heard above the roar of the engines by a bomber crew several thousand feet up, resulted from a heavy attack

on ship- building yards on Tues- day night at Bremer- haven by the R.A.F. which started three fires.

The Japanese liner Fushimi Maru, sent to Galway to take Japan- ese from Britain, sail- ed yesterday with 400 persons on board, in- cluding passengers and crew.

by

Reason given many of the passeng- ers for leaving was the bad state of busi- ness. Passengers in- cluded the Japanese consul-general in Lon- don.-Reuter. ex-

Simultaneously naval dockyards at Emden were subjected to 50 minutes of incessant aerial bomb- ardment with tons of high plosive and thousands of incen- diary bombs dropped.

Bremen and Vegesack naval also visited of its

⚫ dockyards were

while Hamburg had one -carliest-raids-when-a-heavy at- tack was opened at 7.50 p.m. on one of the city's principal pow⚫| er stations at Neuhof.

THE SIZABLE CHARACTER OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S MA- JORITY BECAME APPARENT BY THE TIME NEW YORKERS REACH- ED THEIR OFFICES AT 9 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY MORNING, WHEN THE PRESIDENT'S THIRD TERM WAS RATI- FIED BY 37 STATES WITH 437 ELECTORAL VOTES.

Mr. Wendell Willkie was credited with 11 States and 94 electoral votes. The popular vote at that hour was Roosevelt 21,255,000; Willkie 17,740,000.

ITALIANS

The popular BAN SWISS

PAPERS

In a stirring statement broadcast from New York yesterday, Mr. Willkie, after final- An Italian ban on the ly admitting defeat, said: "I accept the re-sale of all Swiss news- sult of the election with complete goodwill. papers except the "Basler ***** | The vote shows the vitality of our Democra- Nachrichten' and the

tic principles.'

U-BOAT SINKS SPANISH SUGAR

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECENTLY GRANTED A “NAVI- CERT" FOR THE IMPORT INTO

6,000 TONS

"Neue Zuercher Zeitung" has caused a regrettable

Thanking his Republican- sup- | "I greatly appreciate the as- porters he added: "I know they surance of your good wishes for impression in Switzer- will continue as I shall, to work my health and happiness which land, it was stated in for the unity of our people in! I greatly reciprocate." completion of our defences, sending aid to Britain and

in; His Republican opponents con-

Montreux yesterday. in cede re-election to Key Pittman, Other targets mentioned by the

insisting on the removal of anta- chairman of the foreign affairs Air Ministry news service include

gonisms in America-all to the committee of the Senate, at end that governments of aerodromes in Germany and oc-

free Nevada, by a majority of about _^ [[men·shall continue and may 6,000.-Reuter. cupied territory. while potential It is now learned that the neu-again spread throughout Europe." invasion bases along the Channel tral ship carrying this sugar has had more attention than of late. been torpedoed and sunk by a -Reuter.

German submarine. — Reuter.

SPAIN OF SUGAR.

JAPANESE ARMY WITHDRAWAL

REPORTS PERSIST

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL ”)

OF

ACCORDING TO Chinese intelligence reports, Japanese Imperial Headquarters have decided to carry out a programme for shortening the lines in Central and South China, the recent withdrawal from Kwangsi marking the introduction of this pro- gramme.

ACTION NEAR SIDI BARRANI

Japan, observers assert, ex- pects an important change in the international situation which is likely to develop unfavourably, and. therefore she is preparing with this in mind.

In the shortening of their front- lines, troops will be concentrated in French Indo-China and on Hainan Island. Troops are to be withdrawn from Cháo-An, Swalow, the West - and · North

President Roosevelt, unique third-term President, faced the most critical period in Ameri- can history, not only with a `resounding victory behind him and an overwhelmingly fav- ourable Congress to laid him, but with the "assured support: of the defeated. Republican, Party in all matters of vital national Interest.

Following his admission of defcut Mr. Willkle telegraphed President Roosevel": "Congratu- lations on your re-election as President of the United States,

"I know we are both grati- fled. that many American citizens participated in. the election. I wish you all pr sonal health and happiness."

Democrat Gains

The Democrats had won 239 seats in the House of Representa- tives and the Republicans -121 at 12:30 (New York Time). Net Democrat gains totalled nine.

The Democrats had won 20 seats in the Senate and the Re- publicans nine. Net Republican gains were two."

of four States which hitherto have complated their returns, three have been carried by Roosevelt, Those are, New Jersey, with 16 electoral vaten, Connecticut, with oighit vätes and Rhode Island, with four vated. D. UNAO . It is confirmed that : Japanese SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED BY have withdrawn from several OUR ARTILLERY AND FORCED districts north-west of Canton, Willicie, was Vermont, “... „with The fourth, which went to

· TO WITHDRAW. BAYSA, including Sunwul and it is ps-three electoral

- ENEMY PATROLS SOUTH-Rivers, and lastly, from Conton.

·EART" OF:SIDI BARRANI WERE

G.H.O. COMMUNIQUE ISSUED serted that Japanese transports, IN CAIRO YESTERDAYlonded with: troops, have left British mechanised patrols have Canton recently-Our Own Cor-

· again, béeń: active in, the: Kässala sector of the Sudan, where casual- ties were inflicted on a party of the enemy who hastily withdrewj5 without returning our fire, A

respondent.

Roosevelt's Reply To Willkio

President Roosevelt hagy, ac-: copted; Mr. Willķle'se congratula-

President wired Mr. Willkie::

and Palestine; nothing to report. tions with sincere thanks. The

he communique adds: · Kenya) —I

4,000,000 Majority

Roosevelt's majority on the popular vote. had climbed to over four million by 4.30 p.m. (New York Time). There was no change in the prospective electoral votes.

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were

On Monday and Tuesday edi- tions of Swiss newspapers which are widely read in Italy confiscated at the frontier.

The Rome correspondent of the "Basler Nachrichten", says the reason given for the ban is. the publication by the Swiss - * press of agency reports of the lack of success of the Italian

war

- forces against. Gresca.

The Swiss authorities yester- day denied that any false news had been published in the Swiss press.--Reuter.•

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