1940-11-12 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 12, 1940

NAZIS PUTTING ON A SHOW

Little Political Result Likely In Molotov Visit Striving For Pool

As Between U.S. And Britain RA.F. MAKE

(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)

USE OF

IT IS CONSIDERED unlikely that there GREEK BASES

will be any dramatic political developments from M. Molotov's visit to Berlin.

Nevertheless, the Germans are obviously anxious to suggest certain possibilities, as is evident from their reference to the presence of Herr von Papen, Nazi Ambassador to Turkey.

The German propaganda ma- chine is doing its best to build up a circumstantial case,

DANZIG

RAIDED

Ribbentrop is going to the frontier to meet M. Molotov and. Berlin will doubtless put on lis most festive garb, so far as this is permitted by the Royal Air Force. The fact that M. Molotov is

FOR THE FIRST TIME, DAN- accompanied by thirty-two ex-

ZIG 'HAS BEEN RAIDED BY perte tells its own story of the

THE R.A.F., IN ONE OF THE course the negotiations are

LONGEST RAIDS, MADE OVER likely to pursue. There are ex-GERMANY AND GERMAN OC.. .perts

'trade, metallurgy: CUPIED TERRITORY, agriculture in a word, all the raw materials that Russia pro- duces, as well as specialists in aircraft production..

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Germany is obviously trying to stage a demonstration whereby an attempt would be made for Russian resourecs to be pooled, something on the lines of Britain's arrangement with the United

States.

The distance to Danzig and back home is well over 2,000 miles.

British planes operat- ing from Greek air fields have again bombed em- and Albania and have barkation points în Ital

joined the Greek 'planes in attacking supply trains and troops behind the enemy front line, says a message from Athens.

Greece has bad two days' re- | spite from, air raids, but a small village on the island of Crete was

·bombed on Sunday. No material damage was donc

:

In the few days sincs "British forces arrived in Crete, it has become *a strangly defended island and British guna man- ned by veteran troops guarding the "steep hills. Yesterday morning, an Italian bomber was shot down near Kan- 'dia. Crete's 'main city..

are

This is the first enemy machine to be brought down in Crete.

Mannheim, Essen and Gelsen- kirchen also came in for "treat-Reuter.

ment."

Mannheim is the fown where the famous Krupp works are

| situated and, was subjected to a

while Gelsenkirchen's oil plants

Russian Policy - 4-hour raid a few nights' ago, But both Kalinin and Timo-have been 'raided over 30 times. shenko have just made speeches Reuter.

in which they have emphasised Russia's determination...tobe strong and neutral. It would be

her

ARABS TO FIGHT FOR EGYPT

- surprising if Russia suddenly

tuined her back on this policy. The governing factor in recent policy has been considera- Fifty Arab chieftains represent- tion for her own interests. Sheing tribes in the Nile valley and is determined to keep out of the desert met in Cairo yesterday and war and will doubtlesɛ do every-expressed their determination to thing to preserve her neutrality. Ffight in the defence of Egypt,

Reuter..

Reuter.

The Mazle falled to find' the "Nightingale when they sombed Berkeley Square and they also "resident there. (Copyright; "FS

missed an owl (stuffed)

CABARET

GIRLS DANCE FOR TROOPS

For five hours yesterday

from 4 p.m. to 9 pm. one hundred and eight cabaret girls danced for China's soldiers.

The scene was the Capital Ball- room at West Point; where all the taxi-dancers turned out as "vo- lunteer" dancers, contributing their entire earnings for those five hours, to the "Chinese Sold- lers Warm Clothing Fund" or- Fanised under the auspices of the Hong Kong Chinese Women's Club and held under the Chair- manship of Madame Wu Te-Chen, wife of the Minister of Overseas Affairs.

:. Some, $2,000 was raised in "the

course of the evening and to this sum was added prize of $100, don- ated by Mr. Kwok Chun-shing, Director of the Chun:Shing Com- mercial Academy, to the girl who obtained the highest number dance-tickets.

£1,000,000 IN ADVANCE

of:

The Halifax Building“. Society

has sent a cheque for £1,000,000

to the Inland Revenue on account

of income tax liability.

Normally the tax would not be

payable till, January 1 next.

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Terma: Cash on Delivery

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British shipyard workers are working day and night bulid- ing ships specially designed for wartime conditions, and an ever increasing number of epsoíal-type merchant ships aro being launched without ceremony. Naw, when all is ready and the last blocks are knocked away, a whistle is blown, an axe falls on a cord and the ship slides down the slipway into the water, watched, only by a handful of men necessary for the successful launching.Directly the ship is safely launched, the slipway is prepared for the next ship to take its place. Photo shows three fenipyard-workers giving a cheer, i as the "Empire. Veice", another addition to Britain's merchant flest, is about to take the water on her launch. (Copyright, Fox).

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