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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 29, 1941.
FLOPPING OF NAZI OFFENSIVE
Political Strategy Misfires On All Fronts Attempt To
To Force Japan And Spain Into The War
ANGLO-DUTCH CONFERENCE IN LONDON
The For Eastern situation was discuss- ed in London yester- day between Mr. Anthony Eden, For- eign Secretary, and Dr. Van Kleffens, the Netherlands' Foreign Minister.
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PRICES IN EUROPE
THE MOST STRIKING RISES
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FURTHER LIGHT HAS NOW BEEN SHED ON WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A GREAT OFFENSIVE IN POLITICAL WARFARE, TIMED BY GERMAN STRATEGY TO COIN- CIDE WITH THE MILITARY ATTACK ON RUS- SIA, WRITES THE DIPLOMATIC CORRES- PONDENT OF THE "OBSERVER.”
The broadside military attack on Russia on June 22 was calculated at once to force Japan and Spain, and then Turkey, into war against the British Empire.
The lever which was to be used in the case of Japan and Spain was the revived Com- munist bogey, and in the case of Turkey the renewed demonstration of Axis invincibility.
Cia July 1. therefore, Germany NO BEER?
and Haly gave de Jure recu¦ITE - tom to the Nanking puppet gov entimenl
Wang Ching-wor
of July
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The Getm Wa X and the Halian newspapires of the same day adi elaborately ex planed an almost identical opde that "Geinany's and Italy cognition is the ronsequence the crusade against Compaumasın." Al the same time, Wang Chinit- weg way, received by the Emperor of Japan.
Immediate Aim
NO COAL!
"What'
brer"" [1
Th heartending ery is going up in pub and hotels all over Berk - shire, where some licensed haise: ¦ have closed, and other have bars
open for short periods only.
The brewers' answer is tha there is no coal, and without coal there can be no brewing. A director of one of the prim- cipal breweries told the
"DAY Murar" that they were working un hair output, with the result that there was a widespread short- age.
IN RETAIL PRICES IN EURO PEAN COUNTRIES SINCE THE BEGINNING
THE WAR HAVE OCCURRED IN CLOTH ING, ACCORDING TO THE JULY Germany's imediate objective STATISTICAL BULLETIN was to porte Russia into a two- ISSUED BY THE LEAGUE OP:num war by producing a Japan-; NATIONS, SAYS ^ BERNE ese attack across the Mancha san DESPATCH TO VICHY YESTER= ¦ fronter. But Japan's forces had DAY.
been withdrawn from that region,j In Germany, the despatch adds, not beenuse of the non-aggression where the general cust of living pact concluded with Russia index has only risen six per cent Hitler's suggestion when hist "The scarcity is not confined between the first six months of other tactics dictated it, but be- to Berkshire," he said, "but it 1939 and May, 1941, the increase | cause Japan was afraid of al for clothing was 17 per cent.
In the United Kingdom and in Denmark, there was an increase of 72 per cent.. in Fin and and Norway 59 per cent and in Yugo- slavia 103 per cent, Reuter,
AXIS
HARD HIT
Russian air attack on Takya,
After Five Weeks
THE BLOCKADE IN
"Shortage Of Bottles"
seems to be centred there, be cause there is a greatly increased population.
"Prior demand of munitions factories has Eeriously affected our supplies of coal, and though everything possible is being done, the position does not seem to improve."
SPAIN WAS SAVED FROM! STARVATION ONLY BY THE BRITISH RELAXATIONS OF HER FAVOUR AND BY DIRECT FIN- ANCIAL AND ECONOMIC HELP. THAT HELP IS NOW! BEING SUSPENDED PENDING the coal priorities list, suggest- ed that the chief cause of the SPAIN'S DECISION.
beer shortage was a scarcity of bottles.
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A Mines Department official, breweries figured who said that
After five weeks, therefore, of The new German offensive com
The brewery director's reply bining the military attack un was: "Coal is the GENERAL PEARSON ALLEN. Russia with a subtle thrust
in problem. COLUMNIST OF THE "NEW political warfare designed 10 YORK MIRROR” IN AN ARTI-range Japtin, Spain and Turkey CLE, COMMENTS:
against Britain, the result is
in-
"The doubled-barrelled dose of failure to crush Russia, failure economic warfare, the freezing of to use the political lever quick- Axis orders and the black-list y or in the way calculated upon have played real havoc with Japan and Spain, failure to Axis operations in South America. prêss Turkey with German in- "Confidential Government cables vincibility, and success in gal- report that as a result of these vanising half the world against measures 25,000 Axis nationals Germany.
......... making
A picture symbolical of London'c cpiru. their way pase debels-strewn pavements by bur, car and cyote, In the morning after a night on their way to work as usual
raid.
MODERNISATION
OF "THE ROCK"
NEARLY COMPLETE
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent In Gibraltar)
IMPROVEMENTS in the fortifications of Gibraltar have been considerably pushed ↑ outstanding ahead in the last few weeks and the training of personnel is proceeding with great energy. This is particularly necessary as large quantities of new war materials have arrived, including a number of new devices,
MALAYA INDIAN'S DENIAL
that the An emphatic denial Central Indian Association of
with
Troops, participating in exer- cises, are on the move about the town every day, while Bren-gun- carriers clatter through the streets day and night.
DEFENCE VOTE PASSES THE HOUSE
have been uprooted wholesale The campaign is not over, but Maiaya had anything to do from: thriving 'erprises and the first German plan, at
any subversive activities, as was im- have become refugees, getting a rate, seems to have miscarried.-plied in dose of the bitter medicine which Reuter.
a recent statement by The Fort's air arm roars over Mr. Hall, Colonial Office spokes- The Rock at all hours, keeping DEFENCE man in Parliament, was made in itself in full fighting, trim. Madrus yesterday 'by Mr. N. Rag- bayan, President of the Associa- tion.
Germany has meted out to mil-, lions of European victims,
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N.Z. ARMY RESIGNATION
PHILIPPINE
PLEDGES
IRAN MISSION
of
The
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THE NEW U.S. $8,063,000,000 APPROPRIA- TION BILL HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE 'HOUSE' OF REPRESEN- task of completing the
IN WASHINGTON amazing network of tunnels con- TATIVES The President added that Mr. tinues unceasingly. The troops AND SENT TO THE SENATE.
i. The Bill includes $4,760,000,000 Hall's statement was the result of thus engaged come from all parts for the army to equip and main- . representations by interested per-
Britain and Canada. They : sons who did not like the exis-operate eight-hour shifts through tain the land force of 1,727,000 tence of the Association and he out the 24 hours of the day, men plus "critical" items for a 3-
million man army. including Sundays, they were never PRESIDENT QUEZON YES-armed that TERDAY TELEGRAPHED party to any subversive agitation
All In THE RESIGNATION OF SIR COLONEL STIMSON VOICING at all-Reuter, ANDREW RUSSELL FROM THE GRATIFICATION. AT THE INSPECTOR-GENERALSHIP OF APPOINTMENT OF LIEUTEN- THE NEW ZEALAND MILI-ANT GENERAL MacARTITUR, TARY FORCES WAS ANNOUNC- |-AND · REPEATING THE It was announced in Simla yes- ED YESTERDAY, AT WELLING FLEDGE OF LOYALTY AND terday that the Raj has decided to TON, BY THE ACTING PRIME | COOPERATION TO THE depute Mr. Mohammad Hashim MINISTER, MR. NĄSH.
Ismail Indian Trade Commission- He said that Sir Andrew reach- It is significant to note that the er at Mombassa, to go to Iran on ed the decision in consequence of Socialist communitics of Pam- a short exploratory trade mission. the appointment of Sir Guytanga, known in the Philippines -Reuter. Williams as Military Advisor, and as the "Red Belt," in a joint also for health reasons."-
statement, pledged loyalty to the Mr. Nash paid a tribute to the United States, and their readiness work of the retiring official to fight under the leadership of Somebody stole a couple whom the Government has ro-Lleutenant-General MacArthur bottles of whiskey from appointed to the War Council. against all fees of democracy.— saloon bar of the George
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Hotel, Croydon.
UNITED STATES.
SPIRITED AWAY
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The Navy will get $1,509,000,000 and
the Maritime Commissiou. $1,099,000,000 for the construction Though the full-task is not yet of 541 cargo boats and the acquisi- completed, The Rock now con- tion of 350 others.-Reuter. tains three-storied barracks capar ble of housing thousands of men.| There is a fully-equipped hospital, an electric power generating sys- tem, and cookhouses.
GERMAN DENIAL
· The Ometàl· German News. Vast quantities of oll, water, Agency last night issued a denial food, tobucco, even of bolled from "competent quarters" of the sweets, have been stored in sub- Moscow announcement that secret terranean tanks. Working in the documents have been taken from dusty tunnels has not injured the German troops showing that of men's health, which is carefully "Hitler planned to attack, Tur- the guarded. In some cases, the men key,
have actually put on weight, Such documents, it was declar Reuter.
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