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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 30, 1941.

Be

German Victory Must

Prevented At Any Cost

AOSTA REMNANTS OVERWHELMING

CUT OFF

(SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL")

A Free French mo torised column, sup ported by British for. ces, which penetrated the south-west from tier of French Somali- land, has cut off the retreat of the rem- nants of the Duke of Aosto's 35,000 Italian troops from Dessie. says the London "Daily Express."

However, British of- ficial circles and Lon. don Headquarters of General de Gaulle said they had no know. ledge of such an ad- vance from Abyssinia. International News

Service.

Burma Railway To China

VERDICT OF

U.S. BUSINESSMEN

"A GERMAN VICTORY should be pre- vented at almost any cost,” is the opinion of 84.1 per cent. of leading American business- men, according to a survey conducted by the American magazine "Fortune," results of which were published in New York yesterday.

Only 13.8 per cent, believed that "if Ger- many was victorious the world would be safe and at least economically tolerable for the United States to live in without huge arma- ments."

Only 85 per cent believen Gier- many would succeed in estab hishing a new European order "with which it would be possabrie for t. t resume business rela Mous following approximately pre-war methods

HALF OF THOSE WHO POLL ED, FAVOURED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEFENCE PRO GRAMME AT THE EXPENSE OF BUSINESS AS USUAL"

REPRISAL THREAT

The 150 people arrested on the Lofoten Islands following the recent

A percentage of 55,4 disapprov-Anglo-Norwegian raid are

ed the stand taken by Col. Land- bergh and the isolationist Sent- for Burton Wheeler Reuter.

Absolute Necessity

1

now confined in a concen- tration camp near Oslo in appalling sanitary condi- tions.

"ENGLAND OFFERS HOPE OF

This report was published by PROGRESS, GERMANY OFFERS BLACK TERROR. A BRITISH the Norwegian telegraph agency A declaration that he

VICTORY IS AN ABSOLUTE in London yesterday, quoting the

Swedish newspaper "Trots Alit." was encouraged regarding NECESSITY."

The report added it seems clear These are extracts from a mani- ! the prospects of Sino-

festo issued by yet another pro- that the Germans, who will later American cooperation was Allied comuuttee

the U.S.,y the prisoners by court martial, made by Mr. Quo Tai-chi,amed the Union for Democrat hope ruthless repnsals will pre-

vent a Fertirpente of the raids

Reuter China's new Foreign Headed by the Rev. Rembold Minister, following his in- fran Ethics Uman Theological Se-1 terviews with Presidentminary, the Comminiffee includes Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell educationists, writers, liberajs, des i

mocrats. socialists, radicals and Hull in Washington yes-10 and A.FL. Union leaders terday.

as

Mr. Quo, formerly Chinese Am- bassador in London, is en route to

office Chungking to assume *Minister of Foreign Affairs,

He declared that American support in the building of a new railway from Burma Into China was a cymbol of Angio. Amert can Chinese cooperation, He confidently predicted that

and Ching both Britain

would the war success- "come through

fully."-Reuter.

'Planes Needed

Mr. Quo Tai-chi, after seeing

Mr. Cordell Hull, told the press that Chinese morale was higher and China would under-

never

Action, yesterday.

Nebuhr Professor of the Chris-!

Criminal Folly

TRIBUTE TO

His Majesty the King held an Investiture at Buckingham Palace recently. Photo shows Captain Lord Louis Mountbat- ten, the King's cousin, and hero of H.M.S. Kelly, who was co- corated with the CS.O. With him is his wife in the uniform of a Commandant of the British Red Cross and St. John Asco. ciation. (Copyright, Fox),

SUNER MAY

FRANCO

MR. CHURCHILL OUST

WRITING NEWSPA.

The manifesto also says "It is criminal folly

MRS. ROOSEVELT, to assume there is! nothing to choose between a Bri-IN THE NEW YORK tish and German victory.

PER "WORLD-TELEGRAM" ON

CHURCHILL'S BROAD

The committee's programine is MR. "whatever political, ecotone and CAST, SAYS: "ONE MUST AD. military incans are needed to de- feat the aggressors."--Reuter.

MORE SHANGHAI

STRIKES

take the offensive against Japan (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") as soon as she got 'p'anes,

TWO MORE STRIKES WERE "The Important thing now is ADDED TO SHANGHAI'S LA- 'planes and more 'planes," he BOUR DISPUTES YESTERDAY declared.

WHEN WORKERS OF MILLER'S Munitions factories had been TRANSPORTATION Co. AND established in China's interior and COOLIES OF THE MA HỒNG would operate at full capacity as KEE GARBAGE CONTRACTORS soon as raw materials were avail- QUIT WORK. able.

Meanwhile the French Muni- Regarding Russia, Mr. Quo said cipality has hired 50 more Rus the Russo-Japanese Pact was less sians for the P.W.D. to assist the disturbing now then when Arst '150 taken on Monday. signed because Russia since had Early settlement of the P.W.D. given assurances that the present strike is unlikely; meanwhile atrangements with China would S.M.C. mediators are still trying be maintained.

hard to settle the Commercial Press strike.International News

Principles

Mr. Quo said Mr. Hull impress- ed him greatly as one of the few World leaders to-day who stand by their principles.

Service.

TO BE TRIED IN CAMERA

MIRE A MAN WHO CAN TRUST THE PEOPLE OF HIS COUNTRY 50 COMPLETELY. HE CAN TELL THEM STARK NAKED CRUEL TRUTHS UNAFRAID.

"That quality of courage is a 10

the very souls.

depth of other human

General Likely To

Resign If Hitler Moves

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") THE POSSIBILITY that General Franco- kind of challenge which colls will be removed as Dictator of Spain and re- placed by the Foreign Minister, Senor Sûner, when and if Hitler launches an attack · om2 Gibraltar across Spanish territory, was fore- seen in informed London circles yesterday.

"Mr. Churchill can use the En- glish language so that it rings and

pounds with emotion behind the

words in your brain,”—Reuter,

MALTA ATTACKED

Malta's harbours were the main target of two enemy air attacks on Monday night, it is off

cially announced.

wide

Bombs also" fell over ́n area, causing considerable damage to civilian property and a few civi-

Ilan casualties

Yesterday morning enemy air craft carried out two reconnala sance flights without incident. Reuter.

After spending a considerable

RAID ON BERLIN?" time with President Roosevelt,

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA"MAIL!!) Mr, Quo again saw the press When the trial of two Parsee —and said Chinalwas graterutým employees of the NYK. in Bom- The National Broadcasting Cor-

the loans:

buy, under the Defence of India poration's, short wave listening **** He described the President as a Rules, was taken up yesterday post in New York reported that man of worldwide visión who saw the prosecutor suggested the trial the German short wave station went off the air for four minutes;" the necessity of helping China as be held in camera, well as Britain.

Defence counsel agreeing, the indicating an air raid in the im- "Mr.› Quo"declared · Britain was magistrate adjourned the case to mediate vicinity of Berlin,In

ternational News Service? now very strong-Reuter;

May 2.-Reuter

They expressed the belief that as soon as German panzer divisions cross the Pyrenees from France into Spain, if they do so, General Franco will' resign and go to Lisbon and even- tually to London, where he may form a "Free Spanish" movement backed by Spanish tra ditionalist and conservative generals.

Meanwhile, the German mili roughly 300,000 barrels a day but tary success in the Balkans has it is estimated that, underground placed the Axis in a position to reserves of 20,000,000,000 barrels, launch "an invasion of the Near almost equal to those of the East oilfields; one of the world's United States, which is the great- greatest economic Jackpots as a est oil-producing-country in the major source of fuel:""

world, are in existence, national News 'Service.

Military obstacles such as the neutra:ify of Turkey"; "and" the| uncertainty of Rushla's roadtion may delay an actual attack on the Near Edat; military experts in New York bellove, but at the sahne time they admit Germany's. position has been greatly im proved by the Balkan cam paign.

Inter-

PREMIER AND FIRST SEA LORD SEE KING

·King George received the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, at Buck": Ingham Palace yesterday, and also Oil, production in the Near East granted an audience to the First fields in Iran Iraq and Saudi Sco Lord, Admiral Sir Dudley Artibin has been held down to Pound-Reuter,