· THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 8, 1941. -
THE ROAR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
THE SPEECHES OF Col. Henry Stimson and Senator Claude Pepper are prominently featured in Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong this morning.
In an editorial entitled "The Roar of Righteous- ness," the "Kung Sheung Daily News". comments that Col. Stimson's speech was the most outspoken by any responsible official of the U.S. Goverriment since the inception of the European war.
EIRE'S HUGE BUDGET
It tel's the world when the United States will participate in The war when U.S. convoys of military supplies to Britain are sunk by Germany.
Col. Stimson's emphasis that the United States will not "flinch and permit these munitions to be sunk In the Atlantic", Is # teninder of the situation onl February 3, 1917, when President Wilson announced in Congress the severance of relations between the United States and Germany, following the sinking of a number of American ships
by German submarines.
Col. Stimson's declaration made before any American ship has been sunk, is enough to indicate
Introducing Eire's £40.- 626,000 Budget the Fin- ance Minister, Mr. Sean O'Kelly, in the Dail yes-hat terday, said he proposed to raise income tax from 6/6d to 7/6d in the pound.
the determination of the
United States is greater than in
1917.
Japan's Position
On the Far Eastern situation ti
war,
The gap between re- the event of American participa- venue and expendituretion in the European was £7,765,000 and there the paper belleves that whatever be the change, Japan cannot take was no chance of bridging advantage of it. If she brings the war to the Pacific, she will fight it by normal means.
single-handed. She will be of
Britain and the United States
Mr. O'Kelly announced a tax little help to Germany; she has of 50 per cent on profits from much to lose herself. September 1, 1939, and an iD- creased duty of 5/8d per ib. tobacco and a double duty matches.
He also increased the on imported newspapers. said that all internal newspapers would be taxed.
CREWS TELL OF U-BOAT AMBUSH
Fifty survivors from two British cargo, ships have been landed at án Eastern Canadian port.
They say their ships were sunk within two hours of each other by four U-boats lying in wait in the Atlantic.
The two captains and 'twenty-nine other members of the crews are missing. All the survivors are British.
MASS OF
FRANCE
RESENTS DARLAN
"French workers, like the great
the mass of French public, inwardly reject the policy rap- prochement with Ger-
Couldn't keep, my eye
on the ball to-day !!
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Pepper was not a mere empty threat, opines the "Ta Kung Pao."
"Volksrecht" Only threat of force can make conditions in France.
The fact that on almost every street-corner the De Gaulle sign (a big V surrounding the Cross of Lorraine) is scrawled on houses, speaks for itself as does the habitual disinclination of the people to telephone at midday or during the evening in order not to disturb listeners to British broadcasts in French.
Other increases were in postage ates for letters and post-curds, on petrol and cider, but no increase in beer and spirit duties and to purchase tax.
Highest In History
The sum for supply services and the central fund to be met he estimated at £40,620,000, which was the highest in the history of the state.
When capital sums had been deducted, nett expenditure
£39,448,000,-Reuter,
NETHERLANDS TESTAMENT OF FREEDOM
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Japan understand the United States' attitude, the paper says.-- Central News,
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Charged with conspiracy to rob and possession of twa flies and a was dagger for an unlawful purpose, Au Yeung Kau, 20, and Yau So, 20, appeared before Mr. D. J. N. Anderson at Kowloon this morn- ing.
Alleged to be the instigator, Ars accused was sentenced to three months' hard labour for con- spiracy, and fined $20 or one month for possession. Second accused was given two months for conspiracy.
Det.-Sgt. C. Dowman sald at 11.45 p.m. on Tuesday, the police, acting on information, went to a spot in Kowloon City, where de- fendants were street sleepers. The weapons were found under- neath first accused's pillow.
In readiness for next Saturday's anniversary of the German invasion of Holland, a Testament of ese with two other men, who, Freedom has been hand-however, had not been traced.
ed to every Dutch subject in Britain and sent by air| to scores of thousands of their compatriots abroad.!
The Testament urges all who receive it never to forget what the Netherlands have suffered.
It affirms the common realisa- tion that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a world empire of 80 million inhabitants and pro- mises they will strive in constant cooperation with those who guar- antee peace, freedom and safety in the world.
Both admitted that they had planned to rob a Shanghai Chin-
The Germans buy up a far greater part of foods arriving at Marseilles, The goods are car- ried northwards in German rallway waggons which arc visible to everyone.
Ill-Feeling
Marseilles dislikes the spectacle of German waggons bringing coal for German steamers operating under the German flag in coastal traffic in French territorial waters chiefly between Marseilles and Barcelona.
Il-feeling is still much more marked in occupied France than elsewhere.
two
Reliable testimony from different towns in Northern France confirms American press reports that the population greets jubilantly, visits of R.A.F. 'planes despite the suffering caused by the bombardments. Reuter,
THREE RAIDS ON POLICE PAVILION
DESCRIBED BY THE police as a clever crimin- al, who stole thousands of cigarettes and bottles of liquor on three occasions without leaving a single finger print, Lam Kwang, alias Lam Sang, 30, ap- peared before Mr. H. C. Macnamara, at Kowloon ample of inflex'bility of strength. this morning, on three charges of burglary and one
of a breach of the Deportation Ordinance.
A great tribute is paid Queen Wilhelmina for her striking ex-
-Reuter.‚'
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Pleading guilty, accused
was three “ralds” without being sentenced, to eight and a half caught, the prosecuting officer 'months" "hard labour.
said that no special precautions Det.-Sgt. McPherson, prosecut... were taken after the first Private Khurshed Kaikhosru ing, stated that accused looted burglary,+ La kaka, of the King's Own Scot the Police Sports, pavilion in my tish Borderers, is gazetted to the Boundary. Street, on February 22, Det.-Sgt. McPherson addod Wiltshire Regiment as a second April 24 and May 7, by removing that pawn shops were notlded leutenant it was announced in a pane of glass from a French as the result of the theft of nine the "London Gazette,”
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first Farsee to win a commission two boxes of cigars, three tins of. The police traced accused to in the British Army. He is a mem- tennis balls, eight tins of tomato his house at No. 320, Laichikok ber of the family of Tata, owners juice and ning pairs of trousers. Rond yesterday afternoon as of the biggest steel works in Asked by the Magistrate how result of information received India
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