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HESS CRASHED NEAR GLASGOW Escaped In Latest Model

Messerschmidt JAPAN

LONDON NIGHT OF PEACE

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Britain's battered capital yesterday was wrapped in silence, in welcome contrast to the fearful bombing of Satur- day night and Sunday morning, which reduced whole blocks to smoking ruins and crippled some of the world's outstanding historical edifices.

The stricken city, harbouring hundreds of killed or wounded and thousands of homeless, was given a

suffering

surcease from

In a quiet night.

The sirens wailed three times but no bombs were dropped.

British night fighters intercept.

however,

ed and fought new battles with Nuzi bombers which, failed to appear over London. International News Service.

Alert But No Bombs

Before midnight an alert was sounded in the London area last night but for sometime afterwards no raiders were heard overhead,

No Big Attack

Sunday ON

SHIP SEIZURE BILL MAKES PROGRESS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

at-

Rejecting ali tempts at restriction, the U.S. Senate Com- mittee, by 11 votes to four, yester- day approved the Ship Seizure Bill. International News Service.

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN LON- DON LAST NIGHT THAT RUDOLF HESS, HIT- LER'S DEPUTY, IS A PRISONER, GIVES DE- TAILS OF THE NAZI OFFICIAL'S SENSATION- AL ESCAPE TO SCOTLAND BY 'PLANE.

The

announcement reveals that Hess

TRIES TO

WRIGGLE

escaped in a German fighter, a Messersch-painted a picture of Japan midt 110. The 'plane was reported by R.A.F. patrols to have crossed the coast of Scotland in the direction of Glasgow.

"Since Messerschmidt, account, "the report at 110's have not enough first was disbelieved.

"LATER A MESSERSCHMIDT fuel to return to Ger- many," says the

ROOSEVELT

110 CRASHED NEAR GLASGOW

as

A number of Ameri- newspapers yesterday seeking a peace treaty to with China so release her forces engaged there, and as being upset by the news that Chiang Kai-shek will listen to no mediation except by the

official WITH ITS GUNS UNLOADED. United States, which

will

POSTPONES SPEECH

UNTIL END OF MAY

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”) PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS CANCELL- Enemy bombers night were reported over widely ED THE ADDRESS HE WAS TO HAVE DE- separated districts of Britain and some bombs were dropped but it LIVERED TO-MORROW NIGHT, WHICH AC- appeared unlikely that a big scale CORDING TO PREDICTIONS, WOULD HAVE The all clear sounded in London GIVEN AN ANSWER TO THE CONVOY QUES-

attack would develop in any area,

in the early morning.-Reuter,

DEFENCE

TION.

Instead, the President will give one of his fireside chats, which it is said will be of world-

OF KEY TO Wide importance, on May 27, from 9.30 to 10 PACIFIC

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

The governing board of the would say and which he did not Mr. R. G. Menzies, at aa-morrow night's meeting in speech would be misconstrued.”— Pan-American Union has cancell- intend to say that I thought the lunch given yesterday by view of the President's inability International News Service, the National Press Club in to attend owing to his recent ill-

Washington, was asked what the Australian attit- ude was to the mainten= ance of the status quo in the Pacific. ¦

He replied: 1 regard Singapore as highly important, in fact the key to the defence of the Pacific for freedom loving peoples.....

ness.

Meanwhile Senator Burton K.) Wheeler, one of the most pro- minent isolationists, declared "If, as reported from Britain and by newspapers and columnists in this country, the President

TERRIFIC

POUNDING

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA, MAIL"!)

·

Intended a virtual declaration of The R.A.F.'s pounding war in his speech on Wednesday, night, I am delighted he will be Of Hamburg and Bremen able to give further considera" is described in London as tion to the matteras

“terrific.” jä

"Australian polloy would, be dictated by what attitude any

"THIS MEANS THE PRESI-Meanwhile London is still sur- other Power · adopted towards Singapore and Austrália." PENDENT IS REFRAINING.FROM veying the damage, and casualties - His country, he said, would, LETTING THE WARMONGERS suffered in Saturday night's all- firstly, do everything to defend USH-HIM OVER THE PRECI-out German attack.. "Australia against anyone and PICE.”\.

secondly, defend that very im-

Five hospitals, countless homes, shops and stores were destroyed, portant key, Singapore, to which Sonator Barkley said: "So much in addition to the damage to h's- buildings. International they had already sent soldiers has been written about the sen- toric and air units. Reuter eational things the President News Service."

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Shortly afterwards a German

was

officer who had baled out found with a parachute in the neighbourhood, suffering a brok. en ankle."

The announcement goes on to say the officer was later identifled as Rudolf Hess.

Gestapo Acts

has

It is the first time in this war that a high political leader

been captured.

Meanwhile, in

Germany.

probably forthcoming.

not be

William Simms the Scripps- Howard columnist, writes: "It can be said with a considerable degree of authority that there is not a ghost of a chance of this country excepting the mediation role unless Japan agrees in advance to discuss peace on the basis of the Nine-Power Treaty."

the

HE

ADDS:

"THERE ARE AS WELL AS

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A

WITH

Gestapo have rounded up Hess's STRATEGIC aldes and co-workers on charges | IDEOLOGICAL REASONS WHY of failing to prevent the number THE UNITED STATES WOULD three Nazi

NOT LEND from taking off and

ITSELF

with not reporting

PEACE the flight. MAKESHIFT

CHINA." International News Service,

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