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CHINA MAIL RACING SUPPLEMENT, FEBRUARY 25, 1941.

British Army To

much

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Offer To Land

Defend Salonika

Mr. D. Black after winning his first race this meeting, up on Viceroy.

better success, but Viceroy had to be content to day with third Champions to Sapper and Distant View

FUNG

place

Mr. Black has had in the Australian

KWOK-WAH EIRE BASE

SUCCUMBS

FROM LYSOL POISONING and severe throat wounds, allegedly self-inflicted, Mr. Fung Kwok- wah, 32-year-old compradore of the Green Island Cement Company, died at 9.10 a.m. to-day in the Kowloon Hospital, about five and a half hours be- ffore the time arranged for the burial of his wife.

LEASE AND LEND DELAY FEARED

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CHINA MAIL"!

Well-known in sporting circles, being a popular amateur jockey and an al-round sportsman. Mr Fung Kwok - wah was alleged to have killed his wife by attacking hes with a chopper on Sunday I might in them bungalow near Cup-

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After the attack, he appear- have fit a „ duse of Lys] after Goutting : that.

Strained Relations

Investigacions into the tragic al- fair bu e revealed that Mr. Fung

bad not been and his wife good terms recently and had fact sought legal advice un Friday to make arrangements for a

Members of the U.S. Administration yesterday mention. virtually abandoned hope

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Police theory is that the attack en Mrs. Ping was made in a fl!

of obtaining a final vote of anger during a discussion be

NEGOTIATION

STORY BASELESS

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no

It was reported from Dublin yester- day that there is basis or foundation for the report that Pre- sident Roosevelt and Mr. Eamonn de Valera were negotiat- ing for bases in Eire. -International News

Service.

LAVAL STILL NOT IN

Refused For Moment

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IT WAS REPORTED IN LONDON YES- TERDAY THAT GREECE HAS REFUSED AN OFFER TO LAND BRITISH TROOPS AT |SALONIKA IMMEDIATELY.

The Greek Minister, M. Charlambos Simopoulos, is said to have told Mr. Churchill that Greece does not desire a British landing until and unless the Germans actually invade

Greece.

Earlier in the day Mr. Chur- chill, confering with the Japan- ese Ambassador, strongly agiterat ed British opposition and inter- entially, a parallej United States rland, against any Japanese ex-

ansion south.

IN THE ABSENCE OF THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR. EDEN, WHO IS IN CAIRO, MR. CHURCHILL HANDED THE AM. BASSADOR A WRITTEN REPLY TO MR. MATSUOKA'S MEMOR- ANDUM REGARDING FAR EAST MEDIATION --INTER- NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE

Ribbentrop In Lengthy Conference

arl

1SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"} The Japanese Ambassador Berlin, Lt-General Oshima, the German Foreign Minister, von Hibbentrop. held a lengthy con- ference yesterday at the latter's Country estate,

If is expected that as a result of the conference there will be in.

in tensified Japanese activity the Far East.

It was pointed out that the con- ference took place even before the Ambassador had pre- Japanese vented his credentials to Chancel- Jor Hitler.

British action in Singapore is reported to be among the items

discussed. Service.

International News

MR. CHURCHILL'S FRANK TALK WITH MR. SHIGEMITSU

Reuter's diplomatic correspondent learns from well-informed Japanese circles in London that the in- terview between the Japanese Ambassador and Mr. Churchill yes- terday was very fruit- ful and should greatly contribute to dissipate certain misunder- standings that have arisen between the two countries.-Reu~ ter.

JAPAN

Belgrade PREPARED

Incident

Diet Told

The police emptied a cinema in Belgrade yes- The Japanese navy has terday following a pro- already worked out a plan British demonstration which takes into full con- during the showing of a sideration American de- Marshal Petain yester-news-reel in which the velopments in the Pacific,

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on the Lease and Lendeen the couple, and that Fung day announced new British King and Queen the Vice-Minister for the Bill by March 1 when op- he realised what he had done. reorganisation

ponents of the measure reiterated demands for a "full debate."

Confronted with a threatened filibuster the sponsors of the Bill are reported to be convinced they will not obtain a showdown before Wednesday.

Kwok-wah took his own life when;

five members

involving were shown.

of

WASHINGTON Cabinet and ten State site without effect and repeated American programme called only

ENQUIRING

| HAVE SUNK A

CALLED "CANADIAN

CRUIS-

Navy told the Diet in

the This actior

after Tokyo yesterday. was taken three official warnings had been Moreover, he pointed out, the

attempts by the managements to for the of restrain the audience had also 000 on their fortifications in the

Pacific, including Guam Island.

He added: Japari will not feel any serious menace to her national Hefence from tions on such a scale."

Secretaries.

Admiral Darlan, as failed. Vice-Premier executing

Showing of the news-reel con- cerned- has now been banned.

EXTRAORDINARY

Petain's deci-Reuter. THE GERMAN CLAIM To Marshal The Administration desire to

STEAMER Sions, also takes the port- avert increased bitterness and to IS BEING INVESTIGATED, folios of Interior, Foreign presert а picture of greater Senate unity. Senators LaFollette, Clark and Danaher assailed the Bill, brand- ing it as a "war" measure. International News Service.

Campaign Threat

The Isolationist leader, Senator! Wheeler, told pressmen yesterday that if the Leuse and Lend Bill was passed, its opponents would' conduct a coast to coast campaign in an effort to keep the United

Reuter. States out of war. -

DAY.

MR. SUMNER WELLES,

U.S. Affairs, Navy and Inform- ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, DECLARED YESTER ation.

THE STEAMER WAS SAID TO General Huntziger is given the FLYING THE UNITED posts of Aviation Minister and Wor STATES FLAG AND TO BE Minister.

M. STATES

Yves Bouthiller becomes Minister of Economics and Fin-

BE

CARRYING

UNITED

MARKINGS.-REUTER.

arice.

GAYDA STORY

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fortifica- Reuter,

HULL BOMBED, SAYS BERLIN RADIO

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA-MAIL"] = Butlin radio claims to have In an article yesterday, Virginio dropped sixty tons of bombs over Gayda, Mussolini's mouth-piece, | Huil yesterday in an attack of violently attacked Britain and nearly blitz-like proportions, and M. Pierre - Gaziot' is-appointed charged that Britain`tried to in that extensive damage was done, Minister of Agriculture and M. vade Italy at the time the latter This report follows carlier claims Joseph "Barthelemy, Minister of entered the war, Hence the reu- that a British vessel of 10,000 tons Justice,

son Italy entered the conflict with-had been, sunk and another of State Secretaries have been ap-out preparation, says Gayda! 4,000 tons crippled. Internation- pointed to administrate relations International News Service. al News Service, with Germany, Work and indus- President Roosevelt is trial production International ̃ ̃CHOLERA ̃ ̃CASES asking for over $3,000,-News Service.

Four cases of cholero last week

U.S. ARMY VOTE

current fiscal year and includes

000.000 for the Army's and four further cases during the emergency defence needs. $292 million to expedite the pro- period Febrúary 22-24 inclusive Actual sum.requested is $3,812.-"duction of equipment and `· sup- were announced by the Medical | 000,000. It is an additional caps piles, and $888 million for the Air Department to-day.

propriation for the halance of the Corps. Reuter.

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