1941-05-15 — Page 2

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1941.

NOT ENGLAND'S FIGHT ALONE

U.S. Ambassador On "Wise Use Of Navies"

May Decide The Destiny Of World

"THE FREEDOM-LOVING AND PEACE-LOVING PEOPLES OF THIS EARTH ARE COMING TO REALISE THAT THIS IS NOT BRI- TAIN'S FIGHT ALONE,'' DECLARED THE UNITED STATES AMBAS- SADOR, MR. JOHN WINANT, ADDRESSING AN ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION LUNCHEON GIVEN IN HIS HONOUR IN LONDON YESTER- DAY.

"On the wise use by the navies of the world may hang the destinies of the world's free people," Mr. Winant continued.

"A kindly providence at this time of stress and danger has placed at the heads of the two great English-speaking peoples two men whose knowledge of the sea is probably greater than any statesmen of any time.

"The problems before them in the defence of their countries are. not simple problems but compli- cated ones

CORRISHT

of

the the

"The

ideals English-speaking proples of word are not idea's from other people are excluded;

and represented Democratic Government and that he hated slavery.

I was

IRAQ TALKS IN ANKARA

Shawket Ali, Iraq Defence Minister, had an interview yester- day with the Soviet Ambassador in An- kara and with Pre- sident Ineunu, reports Toulouse radio quoted by Reuter.

DARLAN SELL-OUT

NOT YET

YET AT ITS FINAL STAGES

WELL-INFORMED CIRCLES

S

IN VICHY "And as

an American proud that he was there in all ARE OF OPINION THAT THE FRANCO-GER- that wreckage as a friend and

DISCUSSIONS HAVE COVERED sentinel of the gallant

days that MAN which

they

are deals alien in no country that, loves liberty and hates tyranny.

A

have gone by and as a reninder WIDER FIELD THAN MERE ECONOMIC MAT- that in this great battle for freedom he waited quietly for the TERS AND THAT THEY HAVE NOT YET support of those things for which | REACHED THE FINAL STAGES, THE SWISS "To-day the English-speak lived and died."--British Wire- RADIO REPORTED LAST NIGHT. ing peoples again are being loss. drawn together in a struggle to preserve not only their common heritane but the common ideals of civilised men everywhere.

The negotiations, it is said, dealt with An France's place in the new Europe of Germany

and Italy.

Speaking on the same occasion, the Foreign Secretary, Mr. thony Eden, said the ignominious Am for which Germaans must now suffer and die was to seek to total forum tyranny has sought to enslave others but this conception weaken and undermitte national was the crudest fantasy.

"W th Machiavellian running

unity in those countries. whose freedom they would destroy.

Grim Experience

have

"So far the totalitarians. been appallingly successful. Ex- pertene has proved they have a way of keeping their threats and break

I promises.

"One by

des- one they have troved one nation after another.) and for men and women of goodwill there is only

choice.

onu

Forces Of History

Europe would never be com- posed of one master race and a score of subject races. The Nazis were fighting against the natural forces of history and were seeking to reverse the flow of the rivers of time.

It was therefore not surpris- Ing to find among the small group of men trying to impose their rule by force evidence of dissension.

It is also reported that the Armistice clause will be revised and a new demarcation

LATEST POSITION IN IRAQ

The latest position in Iraq was defined by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, in the House of Commons yesterday.

Small forces

of the R.A.F. at Habbaniyah had successfully Iraqi

beaten off an attack by forces and now control the whole area round the cantonment, Mr. Eden said.

Both they and the Imperial forces at Basra were being rapidly reinforced and vigorous air actions was being carried out by the R.A.F. against mili- tary objectives throughout Iraq. The British Government, said Mr. Eden, is convinced that the action of Raschid Ali and his sup- porters in launching an attack on is a loyal ally of their country not upheld by the Iraqi people as a whole.

never The British Government had any intention to threaten the independence of Iraq. Their sole desire had been to maintain their treaty rights.--Reuter,

LORD GORT TAKES NEW COMMAND

Lord Gort, new Governor of Gibraltar, assumed command yes- terday when he took the oath of

line established between the occupied and allegiance at Government House, unoccupied zones.

Nothing definite is yet known of French concessions to Berlin, but the main German idea seems to be to oppose the Anglo-Saxon industrial bloc by an European loc in which the industrial French metallurgical and mining industries would play an import- ant part,

THE RECENT MEETING BE- TWEEN HITLER AND ADMIRAL DARLAN

AT PLACE TOOK BERCHTESGADEN, ACCORD- ING TO THE SWISS RADIO In this one might find a partial | QUOTING VICHY REPORTS CONSPIRE TOGETHER,

MEN explanation at least of the recent

Ribbentrop and Field-Marshal AND WOMEN OF GOODWILL parachute descent

that so much! Keitel were present . EVERYWHERE MUST ACT TO-, electrified the world, GETHER

"WHEN

THE DICTATORS

Crowning Virtue

Greatest Hope

says Reuter.

HITLER'S NEXT

MOVE: ANKARA SPECULATION

MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN ANKARA IS WHERE THE GERMANS WILL | MOVE NEXT; MOST FAVOURED SPOT IS

Hitler Visiting Paris ?

Darlan arrived by special train from Paris Nazi Ambassador

accompanied by the SYRIA.

there, Abetx. and Commandant Fontaine of the French Ministry of Marine.

had

In the growing Anglo-American Mr Winant said: "It is probably understanding lay the greatest the

crow, ning virtue of the hope for the world's future. Eng' sh- peaking countries thati theres grise and respect virtue Mr. Eden concluded: “We share wherever they find it and are not the same traditions and we here inclined tu beguile themselves know you understand when We with th primitive and barbaric say that rather than yeki up

the 80 to idea that they themselves huve a

have faith in which we believe we are monopoly of it.

prepared to suffer whatever it may qe that German might con pose."-Reuter,

-

"That is the reason that to day, throughout Europe and throughout the world, common) people of all races and all re- glong are hoping and praying and, wherever given a chance, fighting for victory for Britain and for the English-speaking countries which rally to Bri tain's aid.

FIGHTERS

SWOOP

ON OSTEND

been unofficially

Vichy that Darlan would shortly

Paris, where n fresh meeting with "a

Yalcin, in the newspaper "Yenisabah,"

The Swiss amourcer added it declares the Germans will probably try to in- stated in vade Egypt via Syria but adds that the hope he would they will try and get to Syria is their affair high German personality," with "in any case they will not pass through

Turkey, that we know definitely.”

reached in

view to putting into operation the agreement already principle. — Router.

Marshal Petain

Receives Warning

Other newspapers carry uncon- firmed reports that German born- bers have arrived at Mosul,

Many people in Ankara are of opinion that Hitler is trying to

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA -MAIL"1 The action of the French Coun- cil of Ministers in approving Ad-persuade miral Darlan's negotiations for "Only this week in London, in

German-Franco collaboration fol- the early morning hours of the

lowed а conference between Sabbath Day, enemy bomb's des- Ostend aerodrome was attacked Marshal Petain and the United troyed the House of Commons room by R.A.F. fighters at about dawn Staten Ambassador,

Admiral of Parliament and smashed the yesterday, when one pair of Hur- Leahy, in which French neutralf- altar of Westminster Abbey. ricanes swept across the aero- ty and the question of food sup-

'drome at 100 feet.

plies was discussed. seemed to me

"These two hits

to symbolize the objectives of tator and pagan,"

а

The squadron leader gave dic-short burst at a large hangar and

saw a brilliant red explosion.

An Australian pilot officer following: closely fired two bursts

"I Was Proud?” "Across the street from the wreckage of these two great his-

·torie · buildings" of State “and Church, the statue of Abraham Lincoln was still standing.

It le stated that Leahy brought pressure. Marshal Petain to prevent him

Admiral on

Darlan to

convince

DANGEROUS FUEL HANDLING CHARGE

Marshal Petain to allow German land in troops and 'planes to Syria, whence they would proceed to Iraq.

Another group point out that the Germans have at present 18 divisions in Moldavia, which a more than the number there before the invasion of the Balkans,

are

Threat To Stalin

They add the Germans

(to have concentrated on the large sea-going. barges lower Danube.

known

This they regard to mean that elther intends 'attacking

from giving Germany military Cheng Sing and Lai Fook, joint aceistance.

owners of the steam launch "Che Hitler

at a barrack block and hangars, It is not known what conces-Sang", appeared before Comman-Russia or else will use the threat Another pair" of "Hurricance, sions were given by Admiral der J. Jolly at the Marine Court of invasion to secure concessions "Tying "low" over the Belgian Darlan, but there are continued this morning, charged with perfrom Stalin

coast, fired at gun poste between rumours in diplomatic circles that miting their launch to function The Turkish Government' is

an aerodrome and the sea. They Hitler has modified the terms of in an unsafe condition, by burn- ellenced and caused casualties the Franco-German armistice in ing oil fuel in the boiler in such "As: I looked at the bowed to the cròwai M

exchange for the passage of Gera manner as to expose the launch figure of the great emancipator Our fighters flew through Inman troops through Morocco and to danger of an explosion. #id" thought:ofshim life, could tense A.A fire but suffered no unoccupied Francs for an attack (not help: butjesmember that he¦ damage and returned safely. on Gibraltar-International News Both pleaded guilty and were

ench Ant÷860, loved God, that he had defined British Wireless,

A1 Service,

regarding the situation coolly and to take the defence continues measures for which the National "Assembly voted an extra credit of 13,800,000 Turkish pounds. Reuter

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