RUMANIAN
THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 9, 1941.
RUMOURS
Legation Scoffs At Reports Of Disturbances. Czechs' Foreign Office
War Of Nerves
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
HAS
Denial Of
Lurid Stories
THE RUMANIAN Legation in London
MAINTAINED A "UNITED yesterday denied rumours of disturbances in
FRONT" AGAINST GERMANY,
DR. BENES, THE CZECH LEA DER, SAID IN LONDON YES- TERDAY.
In the factories, the wheels are
Rumania, while a British oil engineer who has just returned says that Germany will have to
going slower and slower and al send far more troops into the country if she is
vast system of passive resistance [ is organised all over the country. "We have heard about Ger- Inany's war of nerves," he said.
"Czechoslovakla has a war of nervės going on as well!"
Among Germans in Czecho- slovakia, he continued, there are
to get any value out of it.
Communications have been disrupted by the weather, and severe blizzards are the only cause of the disruption, according to the Ru-
evident signs of anxiety for the manian Legation.
future, lack of confidence in their leaders and dissatisfaction with the whole regime.
-
Reuter.
AMERICAS
BEHIND BRITAIN
The British Minister in Buchar- rit says that there is no confirma- on there of reports which have trickled across the frontier of large-scale rioting and sabotage.
The first reports a few days ago spoke of sabotage against the Ger- ans and stated that there was wide-spread ill-feeling against
them.
Favourable To Britain
gineer a British viċ-{
are for
|
Sabotage
"I am sure that acts of sabotage will not only continue, but will increase,” he continued.
"Germany will have to send considerably more troops if she is to obtain any benefit from Ru- manian resources."
He estimated that Germany is not getting more than one-ifth | of the available oil and with the Danube frozen he doubled if she was getting as much as one-tenth,
Declaring his con
Mr. H. G. Austin, an ell en- fidence in
who spent 6IX years working in Rumania, said yes- A somewhat better light is shed tory, the Consul-General terday that it is possible that on the situation in Rumania in a of Columbia said at Alla-
the Rumanians
more | telegram received by the Foreign favourable to Britain than some Office from the British Minister in habad yesterday that for
Bucharest. people would have us think.
that the first time in history It is quite wrong to say
Rumania is pro-Nazi and helping South, Central and North Germany, he said, and he was not America were joined to-smprised to hear reports of dis gether to win the war.
"We mean to give Britain all the things she needs," he continu- ed.
turbances.
than have the yoke of Japan or
India, he declared, must march Germany around her neck. hand-in-hand with Britain rather Reuter.
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The telegram refers to "a lot of grumbling" among the people concerning the arrival of German troops but does not confirm
more
the
lurid stories published abroad of large-scale rioting and sabotage.-Reuter.
BOMB DAMAGE IN CITY
were
Westminster Cathedral, Westminster City Hall and the Temple among buildings damag- ed in a recent air raid, it was disclosed in London last night.
Several incendiaries and a high explosive bomb fell on the City Hall and set the first floor of the Council Chamber afire. The Chamber was burnt out and the contents fell to the ground floor,
to
A considerable amount of superficial damage was done the building. The robing room was badly damaged by water.
The staff on duty tackled the fire bravely until fire fighters arrived.
The City records, archives and Mace were removed some time ago to various parts of the coun- try, as were portraits of past mayors and pictures of historical
scenes.
There were no Reuter.
casualties.
"STREET" TAKES IT CALMLY
Publication of President Roose-. „velt's ́ ́ record-breaking ^ budget aroused no marked reaction on Wall Street and the market took the news of huge prospective expenditures with relative calm.
Observers express some contu- slon over the budget's double, im- plication of still higher corporaTM tion takes and enormnduia-indus-,
STOP PRESS
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