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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 25, 1941.

Presents For Moscow's Leaders

AFTER LUNCHING yesterday with von der Schulenberg, the German Ambassador at the Ger- man Embassy, Mr. Matsuoka, accompanied by Lieut. General Tatekawa, the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, called upon M. Molotov.

The meeting took place at the Kremlin and M. Stalin was present at the interview.

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With M. Molotov also was the Vice-Commissar for Foreign Af-

fairs.

Mr. Matsuoka later attended a reception to the diplomats of the countries adhering to the Tripar- tite Alliance, held at the Japanese Ambassador's residence.

Previously, the Japanese For- eign Minister had sent presents to Stalin and Molotov through the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs.

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scenes,

The gift for M. Stalin was Shelter chaperones are thirteenth-century Japanese screen

decorated with hunting needed in some London while that for M. Molotoy was a boroughs. A police officer lacquer box on which a Japanese

shrine was painted in gold investigating a disturb-silver-Reuter. ance in a West Ham shel- ter found two young cou- ples in bunks.

This sort of thing is going on| all over the district but we are powerless to stop it." Mr. A. E. Waters. chief A.R.P. officer of West Ham told a reporter.

"The only solution is to have paid personnel with definite au- thority on

duty each night. Young couples find dark corners

in the shelters to carry on their love-making. Voluntary war-

MENZIES'

STAY TO BE

PROLONGED

and

Mr. G. Menzies, the Aus- dens have not the authority to tralian Premier, is stop sharing bunks,

ex-

"The voluntary Warden must tending his stay in Great find a policeman, and by the time Britain. the officer

arrives the couples have gone,

"We Are Powerless" "By supervision we are doing all we can but without the proper anthority of paid personnel, or a Ministry order to segregate sexes we are powerless.

the

In London yesterday, after his provincial tour, he said he hoped Union Congress and to visit North to meet members of the Trade

and South Ireland and have a conversation with Mr. De Valera. On his return journey, via the United States and Canada, he will call on President Roosevelt and

Mr. Mackenzie King. of

"And with the problem men and women sleeping separ-

ate y arises that of married cou- ples who won't separate."

A Ministry of Health official

Mr. Menzies added that the

general impression he would take back to Australia was that he bad good storyy to tell of what said: "Restrictions should be dealt Britain was doing and it had with locally, and police officers been well worth coming over to called if order cannot be kept." see.

When James Kitch, aged nine- teen, a labourer, of Clive Road, Romford, was fined £5 at West Ham for obstructing the police, it was stated that he told young couples in bunks: "Take no notice of him, it is nothing to do with the police. We can stay here as long as we like."

FROM GBS TO "PAT"

Reuter.

FRENCH CONVOY PASSES OUT OF GIBRALTAR

A convoy of French ships, escorted by de- stroyers, passed through the Straits of Gibraltar heading for the South Atlantic yesterday afternoon, according to a Tan- gier telegram to the Italian News Agency.

The Agency adds that the British block- ade authorities did not try to stop the convoy.-Reuter.

SOVIET'S

FAR EAST

ARMY CHIEF

General Joseph Apana- senko has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Far Eastern front, says a Moscow despatch the official German News Agency in Berlin yesterday.

to

General Apanasenko was for- merly Commander-in-Chier of the

Central Asia military district and was promoted to general only a month ago.

The previous Commander-in- Chief of the Far Eastern front, title of "Hero of the Soviet" for General Gregory Stern, won the

successes over the Japanese. Reuter.

was

SKIPPER FINED

allowing his ship to enter a pro- Pleading guilty to a charge of

hibited area while the port closed, Captain W. J. Andrews, was fined $40 by Commander T. C. Stiff at the Marine Court this morning.

WANT BABIES AS PERFECT REMINDER

But.

WOMEN GOING TO birth-control clinics be- cause they DO want babies seems all wrong. that is what is happening.

"The Love Letters of

"We have been amazed at the number of women Bernard Shaw to Mrs. who have come to the clinics recently seeking our Patrick Campbell." That help in their desire to have babies," Dr. Marie is the title chosen in her Stopes, the well-known birth control expert, told a will by the famous actress, London reporter.

Mrs. Patrick Campbell, for "We had nineteen of these letters and poems written cager, would-be mothers at one to her by George Bernard It is sometimes pitiful to see their of our smaller clinics in one day.

Shaw.

Mrs. Campbell (Mo. Beatrice, Stella Cornwallis-West) died in April last, aged seventy-five. Her will, in which she left the in- structions about the letters, has just been published. ·

-longing.

"Before the war we had A fairly steady number of such

NAIROBI

MURDER

cases, but now they are becoming TRIAL

much more numerous.

"I think the chief reason for

It is that many women passion- AN AFTER-LUNCH SCENE IN She asked that the letters and ately desire the most perfect re- WHICH SIR DELVES BROUGH- poems should be published in membrance of their man, who TON IS ALLEGED TO HAVE their right order and not altered.

hae to leave them to join up. BURST OUT INTO TEARS Mr. Shaw's comment was:-

"War fosters a deep romantic |AFTER SAYING HOW UPSET. "Forty-five years ago every- feeling in women and they are HE WAS ABOUT LORD body wrote love letters to Mra. often terribly distressed if they ERROL'S DEATH FOR LADY Patrick Campbell. I knew she cannot have a baby. thought mine the best of the "We are able, in many cases, bunch. All of them were from to give them advice which en- married men and -quite inno-ables them to have children. THE CHARGE AGAINST SIR --

cent."

Forty-five years ago Mrs. Campbell was thirty and Bernard Shaw thirty-nine, and unmarried.

ENEMY FIGHTER

-SHOT--DOWN

"Even war

BROUGHTON'S SAKE, WAS RELATED IN EVIDENCE AT THE CONTINUED HEARING OF

service does not | DELVES OF MURDERING LORD seem to stop some women from ERROL, AT NAIROBI YESTER- wanting baby. We have DAY.. women in uniform among our clients and

Reference was also made to an quite recently ・ # | incident at dinner on the night young couple, both of whom before the tragedy, when it id-al- were in uniform, came to seek leged, Sir Delves toasted Lady our advice.

Broughton and Lord Errol and wished them every happiness -in- future.

"It might be thought that the perils of the blitz would make Yesterday afternoon, R.A.E. most women unwilling to add to fighters shot down an enemy figh- their families or to have a first ter into the sea off the South child, but our experience shows Coast. British Wireless.

it is quite the other way."

The subject of an heir was" mentioned and Sir Delves toasted Lady Broughton and Lord Errol. and their future child. Reuter.