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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 16, 1941.
DIFFERENT CHINA AFTER THE WAR
SHIPPING
STAYING POWER
The details of shipping losses issued by the Ad- miralty allow the assump- tion that Hitler cannot but be disappointed with the results so far of his maximum effort against shipping this year.
The total, which is the lowest
of
of
since January, is 79 ships of 329,-
British 296 tons -
52 ships 228,284 tons, Allied 19 ships 82.727 tons and neutral eight ships
of 18,284 tons.
The number of British ships
sunk is the lowest for any month; since June, 1940, except last Jan- uary.
Corrections to the previous
increase the total figures
by 86,000 tons, making the total for Briush. Allied and the war
1,738 ships, 7,118,122
neutral tons.
Justified Claim To Equality
"WHAT SORT OF A CHINA are we to
MIDDLE
EAST AIR ACTIVITY
Bomber aircraft of the R.A.F. in the Middle East yesterday carried out an attack on the aerodrome
says an R.A.F. communi- que issued in Cairo.
expect at the end of the war?" asked Brig.at Zuara in Tripolitania, Gen. C. R. Woodroffe, Chairman of the China Association, at the annual meeting in London yesterday.
"We all assume ours to be the winning side and few would deny that our side Hence China after the war includes China.
Bombs were seen to hit the aerodrome buildings and a num-
ber of enemy transport aircraft
MESSINA BOMBED BY R.A.F.
The Italian port of Messina was ralded on Monday Night, ac- cording to a Rome communique.
R.A.F. raids " on Benghazi, Derna, Bardia and the Gon- dar area of Abyssinia are also admitted.
The
communique claims British attacks 2 at Sollum and Tobruk were repulsed. Reuter.
00
10000000
U.S. MISSION
IN GIB.
THE SITUATION IN THE on the ground were damaged by
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN machine-gun fire.
One Junkers 52 was set on Are WAS THE SUBJECT OF CON- During the night of July 13-14,FERENCES BETWEEN GENER- will be a victorious China which will be able heavy bombers raided Bardia and AL LORD GORT, GOVERNOR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF Benghazi, causing a number of AND
OF GIBRALTAR, AND A US explosions and fires.
MISSION A Junkorg 88 and a Bavola GOVERNMENT 79 were shot down by our air. THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE craft in the Western Desert dur-MEDITERRANEAN,
The mission has now proceeded ing recent operations.
justifiably to claim she helped us as much as, if not more, than we helped her.
"Is it conceivable that such a China would either be offered or would accept
other any status than of equality?"
Alluding to the
many signs
that Japan intended 8000 to make a fresh move, probably southward,
Wood. Brig. Gon.
roffe expressed the opinion sho would have made it earlier but
for prolonged resistance by China.
British
should staying power give encouragement--not only the wonderful staying power of mer- chant seamen but the constant increase in escorting vessels which return to service and also of dam- laborators aged tonnage and some improve-aggression, they would be ranged ment in the turn round of ships, together
If she did so Britain and China more than col- would become
in the fight against
enemy.
ECONOMIC
POOLING IN
N. AMERICA
A group of Canadian against the common and American officials and economists is to be- gin pooling ideas to-day in regarding the joint econo-
Changes
The increasing enemy ship- ping losses are due to the fact he must use sea transport for conεtal traffic thus providing] bygone times, he said, appeared
The British Government
more targets for the Navy and to take little account of Chinese mic programme for the feelings, but he drew attention to U.S. and Canada suggest-
R.A.F.
the sea.
the latements in the Commons
on June 18, ed in the "Hyde Park The more the R.A.F. Interrupts by Mr. Churchill railway communications by bomb-1940, and by Mr. Eden on June declaration" of Mr, Mac- ing the more he must resort to 11 this year, pledging revision of
the Chinese treaties on a basis of kenzie King, Canadian reciprocity and equality.
Premier, and Brig-Gen. Woodroffe expressed
British interests Roosevelt. confidence that thereby affected would be kept in view but considered it not too
President
The eperity's losses of ships on passage beween Libya, Italy and
The Canadian section of the elsewhere in the Mediterrancan have been heavy and he must be
joint economic committee arrived beginning to feel anxious about carly for those interests to pre-in New York yesterday to open a
in
TO
In Syria, our fighters attacked onwards to England after a three- and severely damaged a Savoia days stay.
The mission flew to the Middle 79 which approached the Syrian
there five coast yesterday. The enemy air-East and remained craft was seen out at sea, emit-weeks.
G. ting clouds of black smoke and appeared unlikely base.
It was headed by Mr. W
other members, its Harriman and to reach
| Brigadier-General R. Boyce, - of the U.S. army air force, and Col.
Д Green, tank expert.
All our aircraft returned safe- ly from these operations. Reu- | A.
ter.
Reuter.
NEW VERSION OF HITLER-GOERING CONFLICT
NEW LIGHT UPON the reported Hitler-
the shipping position this pare for changes which must oc- two-day initial session with the Goering rift over the invasion of the Soviet
theatre of war.
Fantastic Claims
The Admiralty stated it is not proposed to continue to publish shipping losses at regular intervals because valuable information is thus given the enemy. From time to time the Admiralty Will, how- ever, consider the publication shipping losses as required.
of
It is pointed out authoritatively
qur-Reuter.
RABAT PLOT" ALLEGED
in explanation of this decision A Free French plot has
that the enemy has gone further been discovered at Rabat, and further afield in the effort to
hunting grounds for the German radio
find new
American branch.
spokesman of the Canadians ex-
plained, bad been created pri-
marily to study, firstly ways in which defence efforts can be more
The joint committee, the Union is thrown by a Buenos Aires mailed despatch to the New York "Daily News," which, according to that newspaper, was posted some four days before the Soviet radio broadcast the report.
effective through cooperation and
interchange of materials and, secondly, a long-range pro gramme that might tend to fore- stall, or at least lighten. Cana- dian-American post-war malad- justments. Reuter.
nounced yesterday quot-Petain's
ships and continues to make just as fantastic claims as ever in hopes of finding out what really ing happened, ás the reports of Tangier.
U-boats and airmen necessarily are inconclusive.
a
Hitherto the regular publication of figures had given him monthly check and it is not in tended to do this in future. British Wireless.
GERMAN REICH
INDICTED
a message
from
More than 20, including an. cfficial of the French Chamber of Commerce at Tangier, have been arrested, it was stated.
The police discovered a large amount of propaganda material which will form part of
the evidence against those arrested. They will be charged in court
Overseas
Week
Marshal Petain
Goering is confined to his home and many generals have been moved because they share his opposition to the Nazi attack on the U.S.S.R., states the despatch.
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The report, it added, comes from sources in close touch with three representatives of German heavy industries who recently arrived in Buenos Aires.
These men, one of whom is re- erals Brauchitsch and Keitel came presenting Goering's Steel Trust, to his defence while Generals List, are reported to be emissaries of Stuelpnagel and Falkenhorst op- the Reichswehr generals who it is posed.
As a result, the despatch adds, stated, are aligning themselves with heavy industry in the same Hitler is proceeding cautiously i-fashion as Hitler did late in 1920. with a bloodless, purge.
with having connived at the augurated "France Over- désertion of Frenchinen to join General de Gaulle's army and seas" Week in a short with having made arrangements | Broadcast for obtaining recruits for a for- eign army.-Reuter.
CALL TO IRAQ YOUTH
They are
are reported to have gald. HE HAS CONFINED GOERING that when Hitler told his gen- TO HIS HOME WITH A CHOICE érals that he had decided to at OF OPENLY AFFIRMING HIS relayed by tack the Soviet Union, he was LOYALTY TO THE FUEHRER shocked on learning that his IN A BROADCAST TO THE Lyons Radio last night..
General Staff was unanimously GERMAN PEOPLE OR BEING
SENT TO A SANATORIUM; Referring to compatriots of the
opposed to such a ventúra,
In addition, the despatch -soys, Empire, "whose loyalty and work Gorlog, adds the despat have enabled the wounded
the generals opposing the invasion. made a counter-proposal that den of the Soviet Union have been CYTHE GERMAN, REICH WAS
motherland to undertake her remands should be made in Moscow shifted so that they will take littlo YESTERDAY NAMED AS CO-
covery," and to the native popu- CONSPIRATOR IN AN INDICT-
lations who have "preserved their for the delivery to Germany of -MENT AGAINST 33 PERSONS.
confidence in the great nation the economic direction of the part in the campaign.---Reuter, ARRESTED IN JUNE IN THE A CALL TO THE YOUTH OF which has always loved and pro- Ukraine and the Caucasus, while BIGGEST SINGLE ROUND-UP IRAQ AND THE WHOLE ARAB tected them," Marshal Petain in General Reichenau is said to have
·OF SPY SUSPECTS ZIN THE WORLD TO UNITE, WAS MADE Bisted on the unity of the French expressed the opinion that such a campaign would become a war of UNITED STATES BINCE THE BY EMIR ABDUL ILLAL, RE- Empire. PASSAGE OF THE ESPIONAGE GENT OF IRAQ, BROADCAST said: "In spite of the crist attrition in which Germany and FACTSIN: 101730 AR
| ING YESTERDAY,
disappointments all have united the Soviet would eventually be The Indictment says: "Dolen- The Iraql Government, he-sald, round the flag to defend the unity exhausted.“ dants conspired with each other was vigilantly watching over the of the Empire and the sacred ties and the Government of the Ger- Independence and Interests of the that bind it to the mother coun man Rolch and others."
country, and the efforts of foreign try " Defendants have been ordered powers to attain their wicked alms stand their trial in September. had been completely frustrated. Reuter.
Routerga
Marshal Petain made no spečine référénce to developments in Syria-Heuter
SUICIDE FROM: TSUN WAN FERRY
Travellings on a ferry launch from Tsun Wan to Hong Kong yesterday, a 30-year-old' 'Chinese passenger jumped off the vessel and was drowned. The incident occurred off. Thing I Joland at 3. Hitler flow Intő al ragé,, accord- p.m. The boat was stopped and a Ing to the German representatives search was made but the body quoted in the despatch, and Gen! could not be found.
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