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VICHY
HITLER TO MEET STALIN
SELL-OUT ON BLACK SEA?
TO JAPAN
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It is reliably learned in London that Indo-China is now a virtual Japanese dependency as a result of the economic treaty signed on May 6 and the political treaty of May 9, supplementing the treaty of September 23, against which Washington pro- tested.
Vichy is pledged not to participate in any agree- ment contrary to Japan-| ese exploitation.
Chief Japanese products are exempled from customs duties, 1 Japanese industry is admitted on un equal basis and Japanese in- vestments *** on thr saine footing
French, including
agricultural and mining.
PERIODIC INDUSTRIAL CON- FERENCES, IN WHICH JAPAN HAS DECIDING CONTROL. WILL REGULATE ECONOMIC QUESTIONS, WHILE FINAN
IN YEN.
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According to the London "Sunday Despatch" yesterday Hitler and Stalin will meet on board a ship in the Black Sea in a few weeks with Hitler threatening a German attack on the Ukraine unless he gets Russion cooperation.
Stalin is believed to be ready to appease Hitler, the newspaper adds. International News Service.
HITLER
CHOOSES
BAD TIME
DAMAGED IN BLITZ
Westminster
Abbey And British Museum Also Hit
IT WAS DISCLOSED IN LONDON LAST NIGHT THAT THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND THE BRITISH MUSEUM WERE DAMAGED IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S FIRE RAID ON LONDON.
The world-famed clock "Big Ben,” whose
chimes have been heard in all corners of the DE BRINON earth through the B.B.C., was also hit. High
explosives and incendiaries fell on all three THREAT places, while Westminster Abbey, opposite, TO U.S.
was also set on fire.
British Museum
In the House of Commons the debating chamber has been wrecked, and it is feared it can never be used again until it has been rebuilt.
In the House of Lords, the
is superintendent understood to have been killed while assisting fire fighters' operations, and
CIAL TRANSACTIONS HENCE- It is practically un- FORTH WILL BE CARRIED OUT known in the military German technical missions are history of Egypt for cam- burrying what is a potential Axis paigns to be conducted worked right through the
arsenal. Fifty experts left Berlin
national News Service.
three others were killed.
Other members of the staff who
The British Muscum was set Alight by a shower of incendiar. lea which burnt through the roof and set fire to the back of the building.
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FERNAND DE BRINON, PARIS REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE
AN-
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VICHY GOVERNMENT, NOUNCED, ACCORDING THE OFFICIAL GERMAN NEWS THE FRENCH AGENCY, THAT NAVY WILL PROTECT FRENCH FOSSESSIONS, ESPECIALLY DAKAR, "AGAINST POSSIBLE UNITED STATES AGGRES- SION, AND, SHOULD THE UNITED STATES ENTER THE Fortunately most of the trea- | WAR. EUROPE WILL HAVE TO sures had been removed to safely, ORGANISE A COMMON :-DE- und damage was comparatively! FENCE." INTERNATIONAL light. Reuter.
NEWS SERVICE,
Fire watchers on the roof dealt with many incendiaries but others night. burnt through
before they could
for Indo-China on May 8-Inter- | during the months of extinguishing flames and salvag- be tackled.
ing valuable records and relics, remarkable escapes when bombs fell.
ROOSEVELT TO DECLARE POLICY?
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Washington is buzzing Pre- with reports that sident Roosevelt will make one of the year's most momento us foreign policy pronouncements at the Pan-American Union meeting on Wednesday night.
"Those who have seen the Presl- dent's draft speech declare it will
May, June and July, and had even August.
A HEAT RECORD WAS SET
UP ON SATURDAY IN NORTH AFRICA OF FROM 118 TO 122 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
Though limits are imposed by the heat, the British troops are continuing to harass the enemy.
Some bombs also smashed the famous Members' Lobby which had already been hit in previous raids and was shoved up by ela- borate scaffolding,
What some consider the most magnificent roof in the world, that of Westminster Hall, with its soar- ing arches and sweeping beams of
and oak, was pierced by bombs damage done to the interior.
The hall was started by William
to
A large party of Italians work- ing near the perimeter of the Tobruk area under the protection of armoured fighting vehicles were attacked by British troops Rufus in 1018. It is thought
be the largest hall in the world Before the Italian armoured with a roof unsupported by pil- vehicles could start their engines their working party had boen machine-gunned and numbers killed, wounded and taken pri.
and Bren-gun carriers.
eoner.
The morale o. the Italians in by
Abyssinia is greatly affected
lars.
Big Ben Hit
"Big Ben," although hit by high explosive, is still chiming the the constant strafing and the activ-done to part of the masonry just)
strokes. Only slight damage was ity of Patriot forces.-Reuter, above the clock.
ITALIANS OCCUPY SOME ISLANDS
deal with matters "far more im- An Italian communique states portant than the convoy question," that in the Aegean Sea Italian The speech, which will be deliv troops have occupied the isles of ered at 11 p.m. (Washington time), Zea, Syphonos, Syria and Micono, will be broadcast, on short wave thus completing the occupation of to Europe and Latin-America the Cyclades Archipelago. Reu- International News Service.
NAZI TROOPS-
ARRIVE IN SYRIA
ter.
BUDAPEST TALE
The Deanery of Westminster Abbey, which is one of the best examples of a medieval · hours in England, has been destroyed.
THE FABRICS OF THE
ABBEY. IS INTACT, THOUGH THE ROOF OF THE LOWER SQUARE TOWER OF THE CENTRE OF THE BUILDING HAS FALLEN in,
The most historic parts of the Abbey were uninjured, including the part where the Royal --tombs FACTORY ACTIVE/ are situated, Telha de
"Most of the archives, usually, BPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")the important part of abbey build- Budapest, main distributing cen- ings, have survived."', cald an French quarters in London state tree for German propaganda architect. "The fact that the 19th that some German troops from abroad, is still putting out reports century roof has been lestroyed The Dodecanese have landed that large numbers of · German is an irreparable, thing, althoughi Syria.___--- International News troops are arriving in Iraq.--Inter- the Abbey is now open to the Service Tovokuju buyuknational News Service public pup fata
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