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CHINA MAIL

FIRST NEWSPAPER IN THE FAR EAST. ESTABLISHED 1845.

No. 92,041

WEDNESDAYANJARTUR 8, 1941

Price: 10 cts.

SECOND ED

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BULGARIA HOLDING

AGAINST NAZIS Relations Stated To Be Strained

TRIPOLI AGAIN BOMBED

Tripoli (750 miles west

of Bardia) was again raid-

ed heavily by R.A.F. bombers on the night of January 6/7, states a communique issued from R.A.F. Headquarters in the Middle East in Cairo yesterday.

Several

tons of bombs were dropped among motor vessels in the centre of the harbour, caus- | ing a series of explosions and

clouds of smoke.

One direct hit was register- a large motor

ed amidships on vessel and was followed by explosions. Several small cargo ships were probably hit.

Fires were caused among Cus- toms buildings and wharves, while much damage was caused to the power station.

All British aircraft

safely to base.

returned

The communique adds that a further raid was carried out on Tobruk by R.A.F. heavy bombers.

Widespread fires were caused which were visible from 30 milca

away among barracks, stores, sheds and motor trans- port concentrations.

The R.A.F. aircraft returned without loss to their bases. Reuter.

Britain Has New Bomber

BLITZKRIEG EXPERT TO

TAKE COMMAND

man

Field-Marshal List, one of Germany's blitzkrieg experts, is to arrive in Rumania shortly with a staff of five generals to take ever command of Ger- troops there, says a Bucharest des- patch received Belgrade last night.

Marshal List com- manded the Ger- man troops in the Po- lish campaign.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT RIBBENTROP, THE NAZI FOREIGN MINISTER, SAW M. FILOFF, THE BULGARIAN PRIME MINISTER, ON SUNDAY, STATES THE BERLIN CORRES- PONDENT OF THE "BASLER NACHRICH-

TEN."

JAPAN

SHAKEN BY U.S. STAND

All the Tokyo metro- politan newspapers bitter- ly attack President Roose- velt's Message to Con-

"virtual déclaration of war against the Axis.”

Refusal of the Wilhelmstrasse, however, to discuss the state of Bulgaro-German rela-gress, which they call tions indicates that the negotiations had a negative result.

The "Nichi-Nichi” emphases the part of the Message that "ine

United States should become the

arsenal of the Democratic coun-

Relations are reported to remain very strained, the correspondent adds.

the Meanwhile a despatch to

The correspondent further states trics," and states this is equal to Stockholm newspaper

"Svenska that German and Russian inter-¦a vir'ual declaration of war to- Information ests do not Dagbladet," quoting

coincide in Bulgaria wards those countries who states that no in Berlin, in

fresh and Bulgaria perhaps is relying now fighting England and the German-Bulgarian negotiations or on Russian support if she resists | Chungking regime. agreements are to be expected. German demands.-Reuter.

Baron Manfred von Killinger, new German Minister to Rumania, is due in Bucharest on Sunday.Reuter.

The delicacy of the Bulgarian situation was emphasised by the Berlin correspondent of the Stock- holm "Tidningen."

With opposing interests seeking to influence her, the correspon- dent says. it is unlikely that the Bulgarian Prime Minister will leave the country at present,

Do Not Coincide

There had been reports M. Filoff, who is ill, would Bulgaria in order to obtain cal treatment elsewhere.

NUISANCE

RAIDERS

1

are

The paper voices the firm de- termination of the Japanese Im- perial forces to frustrate American olans to ship ammunition to Chungking through the Japanese blockade.

The "Hochi Shimbun" states this is just another move in GERMAN "NUISANCE" widening the gap between the RAIDERS WERE OVER LON- United States and the Axis po- DON AND PARTS OF EAST wers which has been solely made COAST REGIONS AT INTER- by a series of challenging Ameri- that VALS DURING YESTERDAY, can attitudes, such as more poŝi- leave TAKING

OF tive assistance to England by all medi-LOW-LYING SNOW CLOUDS | means short of war, the advance AND GENERAL WEATHER of loans to Chungking, and a CONDITIONS, WHICH APPAR-common strategy by the British, ENTLY KEPT BOTH BRITISH United States and Australian na- AND GERMAN 'PLANES ON vies against Japan.-Reuter, THE GROUND DURING THE NIGHT.

BOARD

FOUR-MAN

TO SPUR U.S. ARMS DRIVE

A SUPREME DIRECTORATE for the Unit- ed States defence programme, to speed up arms_production, was established by Presi- dent Roosevelt yesterday.

A new type of 'plane is The Directorate comprises Mr. William being added to Britain's Knudsen, as Director-General; Mr. Sidney air strength and is ex- Hillman, the Labour leader, as Associate pected to play a useful Director-General; Mr. Henry L. Stimson, part in the war.

Secretary of War, and Colonel Frank Knox,

light_twin-engined bomber, Secretary of Navy.

the new plane is to be known as

the Botha 1, and is the result of President Roosevelt announced said the task confronting them was riments carried out at one that the Directorate had been "not only of critical importance most, important... Roroplane given full authority to formulate but also one of surpassing · ur- ties in Britain,

and execute policies for arma¬ géncy." ment production.

ando ta performance and

arma.

ment are a-ajose scorst at pre-

ŝa general ... reconnaissance and torpedo" bomber, and

by two Pe

By an Excoutive Order, Pro-

sident Roosevelt. has established an office of production manage" ment for defence, which will 'be¦ only nominally under his con- trol.

Simultaneously President Roose velt released to reporters a state

ment signed by all four members of the Directorate in, which they

Arsenal Of Democracy

They promised "all that we haye" to fulfil President Roose- velt's ́order to create an "arsenal of Democracy” in the United States and called for cooperation from every person in the country to make that arsenal adequate for the defence of Democracy and freddom; —Reuter.

ADVANTAGE

Londoners carried on uninter- A few bombs were dropped rupted with the day's work de- here and there, some in streets,spite a series of short alerts. causing civilian casualties.

Reuter.

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