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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 25, 1941.,

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Mediterranean Fleet Active Along Syrian Coast

BRIEF CLASH NEW U.S.

WITH VICHY DESTROYERS

IMMIGRATION POLICY

Establishment of a new immigration policy was announced by the U.S. State Department yester- day.

BUCHAREST AIR RAID ALARM

Bucharest had a 20-minute air raid alarm at 6.40 last evening, says a mes- sage to the German official news agency quoted by Reuter.

AN ADMIRALTY communique states that units of the Mediterranean Fleet are giving continuous and active assistance to our armies along the coast in Syria by carry- ing out bombardments of military objectives emphasis on the suitability of 000000 and strong points of resistance.

In the early hours of Monday morning, two Vichy destroyers attempted to interfere with our operations. They were at once heavily engaged by our ships and both were seen to be hit several times before they retired under cover of a smokescreen to the shelter of their share batteries.

LUFTWAFFE KEEPS TO THE GROUND

At least...one other Vichy des- troyer of the Chevalier Paul class, which had been operating against us in Syrian waters, had already been hit and almost certainly hit by torpedoes from naval aircraft.

Naval aircraft have also car- ried out successful, attacks on the ports of Beirut and Tripoll (Syria) and on warships and shipping in these ports. Throughout the eastern and cen- tral Mediterranean our submarines continued to inflict losses on

Unchallenged by the enemy. Luftwaffe as а

result,

presumably of its severe

Admiralty Thanks

lian liner

the

tons.

A supply ship in convoy has been sunk and a successful attack losses in recent clashes, has been made upon a large Ita-

of about 20,000 the Royal Air Force car-This ship was hit by two torpe- ried out their first big does.

A message has been sent to the offensive sweep of the Commander-in-Chief. Mediterran- ean, asking him to convey the con- day over Northern France gratulations of the Board of Ad-

miralty to our submarines in the early evening their increasingly successful oper- yesterday.

Coast towns

People in South heard the roar of bombers flying out to sea and subsequently of violent explosions coming from beyond the curtain of haze in mid-Channel.

The explosions lasted for near- ly half an hour.

While the attack was in pro- gress, strong forces of British fighters swept up and down the Channel on the lookout for Ger- man fighters, but none appeared to approach the English Channel,

-Reuter.

CHINA FINANCE CONFERENCE

AFTER A SESSION LAST- ING ANINE DAYS, THE NATIONAL", "FINANCIAL CONFERENCE... CONCLUD- ED. IN CHUNGKING EYES- TERDAY.

Resolutions adopted called fof the abolition of the 'sys- tem of surtax, alboral assis tanco, to local fitiance, furtheri extension of credit loans to farmers and: " provision for

✔ their refund, in products.

Financial, land and food policies are to ho co-ordinated, with a view to achieving Tequilibrium in national income ar and expanditure, and stabilia-

ing the foundation of nation 01 finance,

Dr. H. H- Kung, Vice-Pre- sident' of the Exccutive Zuan and concurrently Minister of Finance, delivered the clos-> ing speech-Central News,

ations, Reuter.

Sinking Of The

on

"Ganda""

All immigration visas will be centralised in Washington with

immigrants to the national delence programme.

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APPEAL TO AMERICANS IN FAR EAST

emer-

An appeal to Americans in the Far East to help their Homeland in the present national gency will be broadcast over the local short wave station in Shanghai as

AIRCRAFT FACTORY part of the July 4 celebra-

DISPUTE OVER

tions.

It is expected that the United States Consul-General, Mr. Frank Lockhart, Colonel Samuel Howard,

Under the new procedure, which comes into cffect on July 1, visa applications will come be- fore inter-departmental commit- tees which, it is understood. will

The War Department announces commanding the Fourth U.S. Mar- comprise representatives of the State, War, Navy and Justice De-drawn from the North American Glassford, of the United

that the troops have been with-ines, and Rear-Admiral William States partiments, instead of visas be-

deliver ing granted by immigration of ficials on the spot,

orders

will

Aviation factory at

Patrol, Inglewood,Yangtse California, where the strike hold-speeches in the broadcast, which ing up big defence

was will be based on the style made settled recently.

popular by "March of Time" It is announced that the new procedure is the result of "the de- Following the failure of media- broadcasts in the United States. efforts, President and necessity, tion

Roose- This first appeal to Americans clared emergency from the standpoint of national velt had sent troops to the fac-in the Far East to take an active defence, for careful supervision tory to ensure there should be part in helping the rearmament over the entry of aliens to the no interference with the resump-programme will be entitled "You

United States."--Reuter.

tion of work, Reuter.

FINLAND DECLARES RIGID POLICY OF NEUTRALITY

will Can Defend America" and suggest ways and means whereby Americans' "national duty” can be put to practical application.- International News Service.

NEW BOMBER IN ACTION

The first of the new

in action. It is the Short

ONLY ATTACK FROM without can in-big-load bombers has been duce Finland to abandon her neutrality, the Finnish Foreign Office spokesman declared yesterday.

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"We are neutral," he asserted, "and are remaining so until attacked." Hitherto, he claimed, not a single Finnish soldier had

crossed the frontier.

Hitler's on

Asked his view DD statement that the front extended from the Arctic Ocean to the said Black Sea, the spokesman Finland regarded the front tor-political not military.

Concerning the pedoing of the Portu- guese steamer "Ganda," term "non-belligerent"

recognised.. only

as

the Finland did not recognise

but she neutrality or

the British Embassy in war. Lisbon yesterday issued the following statement:

"With regard to the sinking of the Portuguese steamer 'Ganda, the British Embassy is in a posi- tion to state that ny British or Allied submarine was, on the date in question, in the waters which the incident occurred.”

in

An official

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BADLANDS'

LAUGH AT

REFORMERS

in communique Helsinki mentions-chots fired

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL

"

Stirling, one of the larg est military aircraft in

the world. This machine is a four-engined mono- plane, with air-cooled en- gines and strong defen-

ces.

Mr. Leonard Engel, in his arti- cle in the American periòdical "Popular Flying," stated that the Short Stirling had a gross weight, of 71,000lb and a top speed of 250 miles an hour at 10,000ft,

$8,800lb Load

Before the war. Short Brothers were building large trans-Atlantic aeroplanes, and it is supposed that the Stirling is based on the same general lines as these, modi fled for military work. They were to have a gross weight of 71,000 - across the frontier and........ other

lb. while the payload plus the incidents concerning which the COMMISSIONER C. AC. PAN, crew was to be 8,800lb, This Foreign Minister has verbally OF THE WESTERN AREA gives some indication of the this protested to the Soviet Minister. SPECIAL POLICE, WHOSE OR-bombload that machines of The latter hahaas promised to DERS FOR THE CLOSURE OF size, could carry, obtain explanations.

ALL GAMBLING DENS IN THE With a payload of 8,800lb., the "BADLANDS WAS VIRTUALLY cruising range of the commercial THROWN BACK AT HIS FACE machines was to have been a little BY THE RE-OPENING OF TWO over 3,500 miles at 250 miles an DENS AFTER THE WIDE hour. SPREAD RAIDS, ADMITS HIM Britain has other large bombers SELF AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT since come into service. They are TO DO WITH THE POWERFUL enabling the Prime Minister's pro- INTEREST8,

mise of an increased weight to The Commissioner, who con- our air offensive to be fulllled. of Finland between the Soviet adently promised to make and Hango continues as usual. Shanghai's notorious "badlands"

Reuter.

Despite a diligent search by. Communications between Fin- sea and air, no trace has yet land and Russia, are almost nor- been reported' of the second mal. The telegraph is working lifeboat which, it is belloved, although with less regularity and contained '40. survivors of the rail communications are un-

Ganda."..

changed.

It will be recalled that the

"Ganda' was torpedoed en route Russian transit across the Gulf from Lisbon to East Africa and that 33 survivors, mostly injured, were landed on Sunday by a trawler. Two persons were killed.

Reuter.

CALL-UP IN

ONZO

Labour Call-Up [SPECIAL TO "CHINA) MAIL"]

into the good, earth" when he first took office, told newsmen yesterday that he had appealed to Nanking for advice.

Mass resignations of foreign officers from his force are rumour- Following the Finnish oraled to be brewing as the result

EMBEZZLEMENT SENTENCE

protest against the Russian bomb-of-the-gambling scandal-Inter-Charged with embezzling $278.83 ing of Finnish naval and merchant national News Service. shipping and territory, the Tin-

A FURTHER TERRITORIAL nish radio yesterday announced CALL-UP IN NEW ZEALAND that all men between 10 and 50 have been ordered to register im- INVOLVE S 718-YEAR-OLDS,

mediately with the Labour Minis- AND THOSE, WHO HAVE BE-

try. COME 19 OR 41 SINCE THE LAST TERRITORIAL GAZETTE. A similar call-up will be made again, in about a month, bring ing in the 18, 10 and 41-year-olds. The limit for overseas ser- vico Is 21 to 40-Reuter.

mobiliso

COMPULSORY

SERVICE TRIBUNAL

It is intended to Finnish labour at the side of the A public session of the Com- Finnish army which has been pulsory Service Tribunal will be mobilised for the first time since held on Friday, 4th July, 1941, its defeat by the Red Army, at 4 pm in the Council Chamber, International Now, Servico, Colonial Secretariat.

and with forging a receipt for nine gallons of gasoline, Lau Tsul, 90% was sentenced to three months- hard labour by Mr. H. C. Macna- mara at Kowloon this morning.

Accused was employed by a petrol station at No. 223, Nathan Road and, during his employment between March 4 and May 29, last, was alleged to have converted $270.83, which he received fro various customers, into his ow

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