THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 24, 1941.
AMERICA'S ATTITUDE CLEAR
Principles Outlined By Mr. Churchill Endorsed
Treacherous
Attack On Soviet Union Condemned
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT HAS FORMALLY CONDEMNED GERMANY'S “TREACHEROUS ATTACK” ON THE SOVIET UNION. THIS FORMAL DECLARATION OF POLICY WAS READ BY MR. SUMNER WELLES AT A LARGE PRESS CONFERENCE AT WASHINGTON.
The Under-Secretary of State declared that the immediate issue before the Ameri- can people was whether Hitler's plan for uni- versal conquest was to be successfully halted and defeated.
He declared that as no communication has yet been received from Russia, the ques- tlon of granting aid to the Soviet Union under the Lease and Lend Act had not been decided by the United States Government.
Mr. Sumner
United
Halifax
At White House
Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to Washing- ton, conferred with Pre- sident Roosevelt at the White House yesterday.
Their
talk was part of the series of conferences which Pre- sident Roosevelt is holding with State Department and British officials to analyse how the latest war developments will affect the United States.
GERMAN
**
RAID ON ALEXANDRIA
Twenty
persons were killed and 60 in- jured in an air raid on Alexandria early yesterday morning
states a Ministry of Interior communique issued in Alexandria yesterday. Some dam- age was
done. Reuter.
FINLAND
MADRID APPROVES TREACHERY
Senor Sandoval, Span- ish Foreign Office spokes- man, made the first official Spanish comment in Madrid yesterday afternoon on the Russo- German war.
He told a Press Conference: "I can express to you the satisfac- tion with which the Spanish Government-final interpreter of the people has 90000 the feelings of
received the news of the war against Soviet Russia, common enemy of all and against which the war of liberation of Spain was one of the most determined, noble and heroic struggles.".
PREPARES
FOR RAIDS
Helsinki Radio report-
however, that the Lease and Lend States this and other principles the President has reached any ed yesterday that the
beliefs
He
the Welles observed., "To the people of
There is no indication whether
Act authorised President Roose and doctrines Communistic conclusion or decisions,
of velt to furnish aid to any country dictatorship are as intolerable
added and us alien to their own
had resisting aggression, and
and grimly that the United States can as are the principles "sce once more beyond doubt with trines of Nazi dictatorship. what intent the present govern- ment in Germany negotiates non- aggression acts."
Asked about rumours concernTM ing Spanish volunteers to fight against the U.S.S.R, the spokes- man said: "I am not authorised to reply, but I can say that, without doubt it is the desire of many thousands of Spaniards."
Diplomatic Talks
in
on
The German Ambassador Von, Stohrer, Madrid, Herr Finnish High Command Sunday had a long conference Franco after in- ordered A telephonic con-has
protective with General
forming Senor Suner, the Spanish versation with Mr. Cordell Hull, measures to be taken in Foreign doc-
Minister, about Ger- Secretary of State, who is at present kept away from his all towns and densely many's action against Russia. "Neither kind of imposed over- office by a slight illness.
populated areas against
Yesterday, Senor/Suner received lordship can
have or will
uny
the Italian Ambassador and the support or any sway in the mode Afterwards, President Roose- air raids.
and will see Japanese Minister, RUSSIA of life or in the system of gov- velt had two telephone talks with
Minister to-day.— CONSTITUTES A "DIRE WARN-ernment of the American people, Mr. Sumner Welles, Assistant
the Turkish Reuter. ING BY GERMANY OF THE but the immediate issue that pre-Secretary of State,
later HOSTILE, MURDEROUS INTENT rents itself to the people of the visited the White House personal- BEHIND SUCH ASSURANCES.” United States, is whether this ly.-Reuter.
plan of universal conquest for
THE ATTACK ON
Mr. Sumner Welles revealed the cruel enslavement of all that the Ruscian Ambassador. peoples and for the ultimate M. Oumansky, had conferred destruction of the remaining free with the United States Govern-democracies which Hitlerism, is ment about un-freezing Soviet now desperately trying to carry assets, but the Under Secretary out, is to be successfully halted indicated that no decision had and defeated. yet been reached.
Dangers To America
THE PRESENT
"THAT IS ISSUE WHICH FACES A REALISTIC AMERICA. IT IS "Hitler's armies are to-day the, THE ISSUE AT THIS MOMENT chicf dangers of the Americas,' WHICH MOST DIRECTLY IN- declared Mr. Welles, who contin-VOLVES OUR OWN NATIONAL ued that "in the opinion of this DEFENCE AND SECURITY OF Government, consequently, any THE NEW WORLD IN WHICH defence against Hitlerism, and WE LIVE."-REUTER. any rallying of forces opposing Hitlerism, from whatever sources these forces
may spring, will
London Approval
who
PRISONERS REACH S. AFRICA
DURBAN
More than 1,000 Finnish chil- dren have arrived in Sweden.
An air alarm was sounded Southern Finland on Sunday night. 66€
in
to
A Finnish trawler moving out of Petsamo Fjord was stated have been fired. on by. a. Russian shore battery.
oral
The Finnish. Foreign Affairs Ministry has presented an protest to the Soviet Minister about the bombing of Finnish ob-
A REPORT FROM STATES THAT 1,000 ITALIAN PRISONERS FROM NORTH AFRICA WERE LANDED AT A SOUTH AFRICAN PORT RE- CENTLY, 'BRINGING THE NUMBER
SOUTH NÓW IN AFRICA TO ‘OVER' 20;000. eventuate in the downfall of the Following Mr. Churchill's It is also stated that 02 officers present German government and broadcast regarding aid to Russia, and men of the German raider will, therefore, redound to the the latest nation to suffer from recently sunk in the Indian Ocean benefit of our own defence and German aggression, a sympathe- by the cruiser, HM:S: Cornwall;
landed. tic view is taken in authoritative have also been
These circles in London of the statement are the first German prisoners to by Mr. Sumner Welles on behalf be interned in South Africa. of President Roosevelt.
Reuter.
security.
A
"No further proof could conceivably be required of the real purpose
and projects of Ithe present leaders of Germany
for world domination
It is now furnished by Hitler's treacherous attack upon Soviet Russia."-Reuter.
Symbol Of Deceit
While no decision of the United States Government on the ques- tion of extending Lend and Lease aid to Russia is yet announced, Mr. Welles' statement leaves the impression that the situation is to receive sympathetic considera- tion. — British Wireless.
SHANGHAI SPECULATION
"The leaders' of the German Reich sworn engagements to re- frain from hostile acts against other countries are but a symbol of deceit. To the present Ger- man government, the, meaning of the word 'honour' is not known." (SPECIAL TO MICHINA MAIL?)
The Russo-German wan has Declaring that both the Nazi stirred speculation in Shanghai and Soviet governments denied that Soviet ships in Manila will their peoples religious freedom, transport supplies to Vladivostock,
Welles continued,' International News Service..
.Mr. Sumner
DANCE IN THE OPEN
FINLAND CALM
FINLAND 19 CALM SAYS HELSINGFOR'S. CORRESPON.
OF SWEDISH NEWS DENTS PAPERS, ACCORDING TO:MES- SAGES RECEIVED BY STOCK HOLM YESTERDAY,
the The
correspondent of "Allehanda" describes the smooth: ness of the evacuation of women the Finnish and children from capital where there is still no black-out ordered Reuter.
FRED CARPIO'S SWING ORCHESTRA
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NORTH, POINT
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"SICK, DODGE
EVACUEES
"When
certain people
know
jectives by Soviet planes.-Reu-evacuated children are coming
ter.
ANTONESCU HANDS OVER
to the into the town they "By doctors and get a medical certi- ficate to say they are not fit to
them," take
sald Mr. F Saunders; evacuation officer, Ilfracombe.
J. at
a
He told the magistrates there that he was unable to accept medical certificate concerning a woman. who refused to take two boy evacuees, stating that he was inundated with them.
The
Was
woman, "Mrs Annie "C'ements, of St. Brannocks Park, Ilfracombe, fined £15, "given "five days' warning “that
the boys would be arriving.
(SPECIAL ́TO "CHINA ́ ́MAIL")
GENERAL ANTONESCU. THE KUMANTAN PRIME MINIS- TER, HASHANDED OVER TO REINS. OF GOVERNMENT. HIS: BROTHER, PROF. MIHAIL ANTONESCU, WHILE HE LEAVES FOR THE FRONT TO TAKE OVER COMMAND heart trouble, but it was stated OF THE RUMANIAN ARMIES.
that she was looking after three Prof. Antonescu has been up-men: members of her household. pointed vice-president of the Cabinet and is to act as chief in the absence of the Premier.
The following proclamation has been issued to the army
"Smash the enemy to the east and north and liberate
your: brethren from the Red yoke, Ro-, take. Bessarabia and Bukovina."
-International News Service
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MALAYA'S GIFTS TO WAR CAUSES
She said she was suffering from
TRIBUTE TO MALTA
HIS MAJESTY - THE KING HAS PAID A TRIBUTE TO MALTA'S "UNFLINCHING GAL- LANTRY AND RESOLUTION:"
Replying in a telegram to the Governor of Malta's birthday. greetings, the Secretary of State: for the Colonies says: His Majes- ty thanks you for the message The Malaya Patriotic Fund has and desires me to say that his sent a further £25,000 to London thoughts are constantly with his for distribution for four organi➡lbyal, subjects in Malta in the isations. The fund has also sont sovere, ordeal, which they are facTM. direct to Malta £5,000 for the ing with such unflinching, gallan- Malta Air, Raid Relief: Eund... try, and resolution."—Itçuter.
In addition, the Johore, women's section of the Malaya Patriotic Fund has sent £300 for the Queen's, Measengers convice. This, The theft of a watch from his, brings the total sum: romittid: by bedroom, at No. 12 Empress tho Maloya Patriotik Fund to oven Lodge, was reported to the Polico ¿£310,000)2 - British Witolans. by Dr. Harrison, last night,
THEFT IN HOTEL
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