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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1940.

MR. AMERY ON MUSSOLINI'S ILLUSION

"WE ARE FIGHTING against secession, as “Nazidom is, in effect, a war of secession from European civilisation,” said Mr. L. M. Amery, Secretary of State for India, at a lun- cheon in London yesterday.

Mr. Amery was addressing a meeting of the National Defence of Public Interests Committee, over which Lord Nathan pre- sided.

AIR FORCE ATTACK ON BOLOGNA

is

An attack by Royal Air Force 'planes upon Bologna in Italy announced in Berlin by the Bologna cor- respondent of D.N.B. --Reuter.

100000 COMMONS WANT

BOMBING OF ROME

DON'T BE

SQUEAMISH

As the Italians are now in the participating bombing of London, Cap- tain

Under- Balfour, Secretary for Air, was

Said Mr. Amery: "The culture and ideals given by Greece, Rome, Christianity and the Middle Ages are all directly challenged by the new barbarian..

"It is because the issues go so deep, because this is total war, not in methods only, but between totally irreconcilable principles, which are contending for victory, that no compromise is possible."

Referring to the fallure of the German air attacks on Britain, Mr. Amery.Bald, we hardly real. ised from day to day that Young Britain in the shape of its air- mon had won one of the world's historic battles-a battle which he thought would figure in this war as the Battle of the Marne figured in the last-as the turn- ing of the tide.

Il Duce's lillusion

Mr. Amery described Mussolini as the victim of the illusion that he was destined to restore the greatness of ancient Rome, "but he forgets that Home grew not by calculated aggression, but large- ly by sheer force of character and circumstances.

"He has also forgotten that even' before ancient Rome there was ancient Greece and that spirit still lives in Greece to-day."

Mr. Amery was loudly cheer- ed when he referred to the, bril-

liant success of the Fleet Air Arma against the Italian Fleet at Tar- anto.

The back view la most de ceptive the front view re- veals that it is merely a young Londoner In the country who thinks thie-is-the-best way of transporting 3 gramophone horn from one place to an other. (Copyright, Fox).

OIL FOR

THE PLANES

OF NIPPON

THE NETHERLANDS OIL COMPANY WILL HENCEFORTH BE SUPPLYING JAPAN WITH "It will be something for the OVER 1,800,000. TONS OF OIL Italians to

go on with," said AND OIL PRODUCTS ANNUAL-

WAS

IN LEARNED Mr. Amery, adding: "Wars are LY IT won by daring:"-Reuter

-BATAVIA-YESTERDAY.-

The recently initialled agree-

pressed in the Commons Blow Aimed At Heart ment provides that Japanese im-

yesterday on the question of bombing Rome,

he

The Secretary for India de-porters will be able to purchase scribed German policy over the crude oil at the rate of 760,000 past years as a "milliary design tons annually and oil products of aimed as a blow at our heart." | 546,000 tons.

Poland, Mr. Amery continued, This

to

Captain Balfour referred to his previous statement in which

addition will be in declared that Government had was destroyed to clear Hitler's about 494,000 tons of various oil taken note of the Italian admis-rear and the conquest of the Low products regularly shipped by oil sion that their aircraft had par- Countries and France were suc-companies in Batavia. Reuter.

icipated in the London bombings Cessive steps to bring Britain. and must, therefore, reserve full liberty of action in regard to Rome.

Since that time, Captain Bat- -four added, the Italian 'Govern- "ment must have become aware that endeavours to approach

·British coasta were likely cause very heavy casualties to „thoir air force.

to

Captain Balfour was asked. not

within range of aircraft so that. CUSTOMS

an overwhelming blow might be delivered at British production. after destroying the R.A.F..

"The courage of, a faw thousand well-trained young men and the spirit of a great; nation

HEAD IN

wreaked that plan," SHANGHAI

Mr. Amery said, Although invasion might be tried, Mr. Amery continued, now had a very much slighter

"Second Design”

it MR. L. H. LAWFORD, COM- MISSIONER OF CUSTOMS IN SHANGHAI, WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE IS: DUE TO EXPIRE SOME TIME THIS MONTH, HAS BEEN RE-APPOINTED BY SIR FREDERICK MAZE, INSPEC-

to be squeamish, to which he re-chance of success. plied that it would be thoroughly wrong for Government to give away to the enemy their strategią plans in regard to any objective.tain having failed, what Mr.TOR-GENERAL OF THE CHIN-

The first design against Bri- -Reuter.

MOSQUE

FOR LONDON

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. IS TO ASK PARLIAMENT FOR

Press re-

Amery, described as "the second ESE MARITIME CUSTOMS, FOR great design" is now being staged: ANOTHER TERM, REPORTS

For euocess, Mr. Amary con THE "SHUN PAO." tinued, much depended on who The local Japanese could be cajoled, bribed. Dcently gave prominence to re bullied into taking part with porte that Mr. Lawford's term of the Axis powers.

office was due to expire, hiriting Extending from Gibraltar to that a Japanese appointee would Singapore, from Morocco, to Indo- China, the main plan constitut-scoure the post. ed a terrible menace, which must not be under-estimated. First Move

£100,000 FOR A SITE ON Although the first move-Nizl WHICH TO ESTABLISH Afication of Rumania-succeeded, MOSQUE AND AN ISLAMIC the Italian effort against Greece CULTURAL CENTRE IN LON-"way becoming somewhat agitat- DON.

cd."

"Re-appointment of Mr." Low- ford is justified by the precedent set by the re-appointment of the. Commissioner of Customs in Tientsin — cuter..

R.A.F. RAIDS

Oll plants at Gelsenkirchen and Cologne, as well as the submarine

being heavily attacked by the not RAF. last, night. .

The committee making the Mussolini, while posing as plans was received by the King Roman warrior restoring glorious; in Buckingham Palace yesterday. ancient Rome, forgot that the buse at Lorient are mentioned in It includes the Egyptian Am-Roman Empire had grown by an Air Ministry communique as bassador, the Saudi-Arabian character and that her distin Minister, the High Commissioner guishing feature was law, for India and Lieut.-Col. Sir. H. iawlessness..

These operations were in addi- Sirrawadi.

Mr. tion to,raids on railway centres The committeomen were “pre- | Amory, "that before the ancient and factories in the Ruhr, docks at sented to the King by Lord Lloyd | Roman Empire there was an Flushing and Dunkirk and thanked His Majesty for the ancient Greece, the spirit of several enemy aerodromes. One. Bri- gift from the British Government, which still lives."--British Wire British alrcraft is missing.

Reuter.

lesa.

tish Wireless,

"He also forgot," said

and on