1941-02-20 — Page 16

TANGIER

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 20, 1941.

DISPUTE

Anglo-Spanish Negotiations Still Hang Fire

Seizure Of Polish

Property

Serious Views

Expressed

THE ANGLO-SPANISH negotiations over Tangier are still hanging fire.

The Germans are The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, steadily expropriating all Mr. R. A. Butler, told questioners in the Com- Polish property and busi-

mons yesterday he regretted he was still not ness undertakings in the principal Polish towns, in a position to make a final statement.

Reuter learned from Po-

Mr. F Cocks (Lab.) asked

lish circles in London yes-whether the Spanish pledge that terday.

In Nam Poland. La gest textil, fown, aerunding to riport, pub fished in the meal Nazi o gan, 70 private banks, 4,300 factories, 8- cluding all Pading text le tores, 500 depots for text le raw materials and Bui; hed goods, 8,500 shops selling hostry, haber. dashery, ready-made clothes and Janey gr 1%, ami 12.000 all business firms have hitherto been taken over.

the neutrality of Tangier carried an assurance that Tangier would not be used as a base for opera- hons against French Morocco.

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Mr. Butler, on behalf of the Foreign Secretary, refused acccpt the implications which appeared in that query.

POSTMEN IN THE BLITZ

room 115 24

Mr. Geoffrey Mandor (Liberal) "What is holding asked:

view of 10 settlement, in

if not months, that many weeks

act

ago umlateral action was taken

in abuse of British rights?

"Is it not time we got some

Over 3,000 German "special trustees" have been installed in I satisfaction”” these concerns. They receive high salaries at the expense of the former owners and shareholders. --Reuter.

RUSSIA AS BALKAN GUARDIAN?

Yugoslavia appears to share none

View Shared

Mr. Butler said that Mr. Man-

der's view was shared by Gov-

crement and

added that

the

Spanish Foreign Minister had been away from Madrid and that accounted partly for the delay. Mr. Eden had already said the negotiations had been proceeding satisfactor fly. Reuter.

of the apprehensions of her neigh-safe in the Balkans, through the bours and complete calm prevails beneficial intervention of Russia, in Belgrade.

who is considered to have

The impression persists among stituted herself the guardian the ordinary public that peace is Balkan tranquility. Reuter.

LONDON

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"You could in that one feel the German blight creeping over civil- isation, bringing for time the silence of the tomb to the inter-com- munication of men. But we shall hear all the keys tapping again when the blight is destroyed."

The

Postmaster-General thus described yesterday the experi- of the central telegraph ence office where, he said, in peace- time might be seen post office telegraphists communicating with the chief towns of Europe.

Speaking of conditions under which post office workers carried on in spite of raids Mr. Morrison said he had seen postmen and letter sorters the morning afteri

raid calmly performing their duties although the roof above them was hanging in ruins and mail bags had to be dug out from piles of debris. He had seen a great telephone exchange with bombs of large size within a few feet of i's foundations and the staff of men and women, in- formed of its presence, electing to carry on during days which it Look to dig it out rather than be evacuated, so that the public ser- vice should be maintained.-Bri- tish Wireless.

German 'Planes Try Intimidation On Greece

Reliable reports that German 'planes made reconnaissance flights over Greece on Tuesday are taken in Belgrade to indicate that Hitler is going forward with his nerve war in an attempt to force Greece to give up the struggle against Italy.

It now seems clear that he may try intimi- dation before risking a conflict by sending troops to the Greek frontier.

The German 'planes dropped no bombs and It is not were not fired on by the Greeks. known whether they used Bulgarian or Ru- manian bases.--Reuter.

STOP PRESS

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The Prime Minister, accom- panied by General de Gaulle, G.O.C. Free French Forces, and General Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister, witnessed tank demonstration some- where in England at which the capabilities of armoured fighting vehicles in rough country were shown,

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Mr. Churchill saw an ar- moured wireless car which bore his name and made close Investigation of it. also saw anti-tank guns and Bofors guns and watched "battle" from a neighbouring hilltop.--British Wireless.

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to see their smart selection of NEW GLYN HATS. Fashioned from Pure Fur Felt in the latest soft tones of Brown, Grey, Green, Fawn, Navy, Black and Airforce Blue. What is well worth mentioning many are almost paper weight.

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TORNADO FIGHTERS

MR. THOMAS BAKER, A NEW ZEALANDER RESIDENT IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, IS THE FIRST TO PURCHASE THE1 RIGHT TO NAME TWO TOR- NADO FIGHTERS.

His latest gift of £10,000 brings his total contribution to the Air- craft Fund to £30,000.

Mr. Baker, who is 84 and owns rubber plantations and tin mines in Malaya and sheep and cattle farms in Australia and New Zea- land, was the founder in the last war of Australian and. Malayan battle plane squadrons number ing 94 machines.-British Wire-

less.

TRIBUTES TO DR. LI SHU-FAN

Tributes to the work in Legis- lative Council of Dr. Li Shu-fan were paid at this morning's meet- ing by the Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, and the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo. Y

Mr. Lo said the event was unt; qute in that his was the first case in which a Chinese Member – at Council had been unable to accept a reappointment for a second term for reasons of health.

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