1940-03-21 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1940. -PAGE 7

BRITAIN'S DETERMINATION TO FIGHT OPPOSITION TRIBUTE

TRIBUTE TO FINLAND UNTIL PURPOSE OF ALLIED CAUSE IS IN WAR DEBATE: ASSURANCE IS

FULLY ACHIEVED

WANTED FOR ENERGETIC RATIFICATION OF BALKAN STABILIZATION CONDUCT OF HOSTILITIES

Prime Minister Replies AS ITALY'S PRICE FOR To Criticisms In House Of Commons War Debate

LONDON, Mar. 20 (Reuter)-Continuing his speech in the House of Commons in yesterday's war debate, Mr. Chamberlain next referred to President Roosevelt's de-

finition of moral peace.

"It is to obtain such a peace that we have taken up arms," added Mr. Chamberlain. "We intend to fight until it has been secured."

SHAKING HANDS WITH MOSCOW

AND AMERICA MAY SEND ENVOY TO

GERMANY

WASHINGTON. Mar. 20 (Reuter) -Official quarters persist in at firming that Mr. Sumner Welles had no hand in the Brenner Con ference

"

The Prime Minister then dealt with the Scapa Flow raid which he described as "an important affär."

"If indeed it was a raid by our opponents and that our upon the fleet in Scapa Flow," measures to carry the war to a It is suggested here that Herr he continued, "It must be successful conclusion are open to Hitler is seeking to use Mr. Welles' classed as a failure. Not more criticism on the ground that there presence for his own purposes. than 20. bombs were dropped. are leaks through which there are But perhaps undue attention Supplies into Germany. That is has been given to what happened not a true picture." because of what is described as 'an unimpeachable communique' from the German High Command." (Laughter).

Mr. Dalten had failed to understand the scale on which we are working and the small proportion to the

PRESS VIEW

In the press view, Hetr Hitler is regarded as probably toying to bring about improved Russo-Tta- Han relations and, It is added,

Signor Mussolini whole of

"We remember their previous

those leaks, One could not unimpeachable communiques.' Only |

expect to establish a perfect one warship

blockade. was damaged and that damage was" minor..

FINNISH WAR

We must always expect attacks Dealing with criticisms regara- on our feet bases on our northern ing the Finnish war, Mr. Cham and eastern shores, but we are berlain

described. Sir Archibald

confident of our ability to meet Sinclair's speech as peevish and them

perverse He pointed out that thei question of sending volunteers never could have played a majori part in any assistance which could have been given.

"There are some who would want a more vigorous policy, who say that by some unexplained imaginative stroke of daring we ought to wrest to ourselves the initiative:

"The time and place for us to strike must be decided upon with the most expert. advice we can

command."

PREMIER REPLIES

TO OPPOSITION "After the Opposition Leaders, Mr. C. R Attlee. "(Labour), Sir Archibald Sinclair" (Liberal) and Mr. Hore-Belisha" had spoken, Mr. Chamberlain, replying in the de- bate and after announcing the R.A.F. attack on Hornum, referred to the fear expressed by the Op- position Labourite, Mr Hugh Dal-

THE REASON

The reason for the Finns' hest- tacion to make an appeal for as- sistance, was not because the ex- pedition was too small or too late It was neither hesitation nor väl cliation

The only reason the expedi tion never sailed was because when the time came. the Finns could not make an ap peal because Sweden and Nor way Hatly refused to allow troops to pass through their countries. Replying to the criticism that Britain might have sent planes.

ton, that the morale of the coun- the Prime Minister said that when

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Will consider

stablisation of the Balkans worth

TOKYO THINKS

www

- OR HOPES!

TOKYO, Mar 20 (Reuter) If the European war spreads to the Balkans, Italy is sure to discard her present neutral attitude and tak sides with Germany in order to protect her access to the national re- SOURCES of" the Balkans," Colonel Karakawa, Japanese" Attache in Rome during the past year, Informed. pressmen upon his return to "Tokyo ta- day..

Italian Ship Sunk While Dictators Meet

LONDON, MAR, 20 (REUTER)—SPEAKING IN THE WAR DE- BATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY, THE LEADER OF THE LABOUR. PARTY, MR, C. R.ATTLEE, said that Finland's magnificent fight against aggression was in the same cause as that for which Britain was fighting.

The duty of assisting Finland, he said, was not laid only upon Britain but upon all members of the State's League. In this case Norway and Sweden, he said; had not powerful armaments.

He did not like to hear harsh, The freedom and independence judgment made against people who of Poland, Finland, the Baltic and after all were pretty close to the Scandinavian countries depended front 'line.

on the victory of the Alles in: The amount of ald Britain could this war against Germany, he send was conditioned by the ex- added. tent to which they could act in Sir Archibald then said that they concert with Sweden and Norway. needed to exert themselves to gain Any infringement of their rights this victory. They must seize the was quite unthinkable, he con- initiative and hold, it

tinued.

WAR CABINET

PEACE PACT MOSCOW, Mar. 20 (Redter Ratifications of the RuSIO- Finnish Peace Pactare to be exchanged as soon as proval of the Supreme Soviet Council is obtained. M. Prax- kivi, Finnish representative. is now in Moscow with the ratification of Finland.

ap-

SOVIET OBJECTION TO DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE

MOSCOW, Mar, 20 (Reuter)-The Official Tass Agency says that it is authorised to state that reports that the Soviet Union does not object to the conclusion of the so- The Opposition, added Mr. Attlee, "It does not look as though the called defensive alliance between were not in a position to say that present War Cabinet, lopsided and Finland, Sweden and Norway do the British Government could have unwieldy with the present means not correspond with facts, since sent more help with safety, but of Dominion and inter-Allied con- "such an alliance would be aimed he would like to be certain that sultation, is capable of promoting against the U. 8. S. R and be a what had been sent was sent in a vigorous and decisive initiative direcs contradiction" to the Peace time and

without unnecessary either in the economic, diplomatic Treaty with Finland.

or military field," he said.

delay.

MINERS UNEMPLOYED

"It seems to me that we ought Finland and we should thrash On the subject of coal he said to discuss them in a private session, these things out before our cause that too many miners were un It is too late to save Poland or suffers another damaging setback." employed for war time. The transport system was wasteful and

the price of shaking hands with INDIGNANT DUTCH they should make better use of

Moscow.

According to the Baltimore Sun, President Roosevelt is considering the resumption of full diplomatic relations with Germany, and his choice for Ambassador in Berlin wil probably be Mr. Clarence Pla- catt. leading

A

figure in Quaker relief and peace ac- tivities.

MR. WELLES LEAVES ROME, Mar, 20 (Reuter)-Mr. Sumner Welles did not see Signor Mussolini yesterday. However, he

two

for

Mr. Welles was to leave Genoa yesterday evening and will embark in the Conte di Savoia today

PRESS COMMENT

LONDON, Mar. 20 (Reuter)-- While Signor "Mussolini and Herr Hitler were talking together at Brenner Pass, Nazi » sea warfare was busy sinking another neutral ship, 1.n Italian collier. She was the 5,000-ton Tina Primo, which was broken in two by an ex- plosion off the coast of Eng- land,

One of her crew died and several others are in hospital.

by

the

rallroad, canal and sea transport. General Chiang Entertains

He was of the, opinion" that a great dea more direction was wanted there.

They wanted greater utilisation of their man-power and Mr. Attlee reminded the House that there were sti 1,400,000 unemployed in Britain.

LIBERAL VIEWS

Educational Delegates

CHUNGKING, Mar. 20 (Central)-Delegates to the National Peo- ple's Educational Conference, summoned, by the Ministry of Educa→ tion were entertained at a banquet yesterday evening given by Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Dr. H. H, Kang, President and Vice- President of the Executive Yuan, respectively.

MILITANT SPIRIT

More than fifty delegates from interior, the. Generalissimo de- Sir Archibald Sinclair agree with different municipalities and pro-clared, affords a good opportunity Mr. Chamberlain in assigning the vinces were present. Government to renovate the educational "pro- proper perspective to the recent officials invited included Mr, Chen gramme to meet emergency de- engagement at Scapa Flow,

Li-fu, Minister of Education. Dr. mands. The question at Issite was T. F. Tatang, director of the po-j whether Europe would rattle backlitical affairs department of the inta barbarism and gangster gov-Executive Yuan, and Mr. Wei Tao- ernments or whether they could ming. Secretary-General of the recreate their civilisation based on Executive Tuan. Netherlands freedom, Justice and the rule of *

Nieuwe the law..

Rome Golf Club and the lunched with Count Ciano at the

DUTCH INDIGNATION AMSTERDAM, Mar. 20 (Reuter statesmen remained in conversation-Nazr au empts to justify Ger- for a couple of hours after lunch. mare methods of sea warfare are The American Ambassador was

rejected also present.

Liberal newspaper Rotherdamsche Courmant,

The paper declares that on a number of points, neutrals have formed their own opinion-an opinion which differs considerably from the German standpoint. It is 110% only according to British crews have been shot at and Durch ships sunk, says the paper. Nearly the whole" German procedure against Dusch ships has aroused indigna- ion in Holland.

try was not being sufficiently sus the Finns requested large quanti FRENCH BILL TO reports that Dutch

tained by the Government.

tles of bombers, these could only The Prime Minister said: "It have been taken from the home does not conduce to winning the defence or the B.EF. Nevertheless war to suggest that this country we sympathetically considered the Is being outwitted at every turn appeal but bombers could not

HITLER TO TELL REICHSTAG OF BRENNER TALK

AMSTERDAM, Mar 20. (Reuter)-Herr.. Hitler may summon the Reighstag in the next few days to hear the result of the Brenner meet- Ing, it was learned from a Berlin source.

The decision probably de- pends on a final message from Rome. after Signor Mussolini's farewell talk with Mr. Sumner Welles.

operate without preparation for a ground staff, reserve ammunition and means of repair.

Mr. Chamberlain said that he accepted and subscribed to the words of President Roosevelt the other day regarding what a peace should be.

He concluded: "While we had not embarked on war, I did my best to avert war, Now that I have entered the strug gle. I shall be just as deter- mined and just as persistent in achieving the purpose wa have in mind as I was in try- ing to keep the peace before, the war started." (Cheers).

COMBAT NAZI PROPAGANDA ·

PARIS, Mar. 20 (Havas)-Mem- bers of the French Parliament who | national activities will be deprived have been sentenced for anti-

of their civil rights, If the Cham- ber concurs in the Bill passed by the French Senate oday.

Hitler's Sole Policy

Prior to voting on this law," the "BY ALL MEANS AND

Senate discussed at length the Communis; Hitlerite propaganda activities and the Home Minis-

ALL WEAPONS" BERLIN, Mar. 20

(Benter)

to

over

ter, M. Albert Serraut, pointed out Nazi Germany is determined the close Soviet-German coopera-achieve a smashing victory tion in the propaganda, deld.

the Allies in the near future, an- "It is by German planes that nounced the Wilhelmstrasse yester- Communist pamphlets are being day, as Herr Hitler returned from distributed in France." he said

Should Have Interests Of

Finnish Resistance Been Maintained In

The Allies. Declares Mr. Hore-Belisha In

Commons Debate

LONDON, Mar. 20 (Reuter) -"It was in the interests of the Allies to maintain the resistance of Finland." declared. Mr. ' Leslie Hore-Bellsha, former Secretary for War, in the course of his speech in yesterday's War Debate in the House of Com-

mons.

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Mr. Hore-Belisha asked whether in their strategy dipló- macy and their total efforts the Allies were doing everything to achieve their alms,

War began with two swift strokes. Poland was annihilated and German commerce was swept from the seas.

BOMBS DROPPED

IN DENMARK

· COPENHAGEN, Mar. 20 (Reuter) According to the Esbjerg Tele- gram, two planes of unknown ra tionality flew over the Danish Peninsula. 60 miles from, ayit, and dropped bombs, but it is not known whether any damage was done.

Ten minutes later, two bombsj fell near Hvidesande. The win- dows of several houses were shat- tered.

LONDON, Mar 20 (Reuter)—It is now believed that about 80 Bri- tish aircraft participated in the rald on Sylt and that the raiding planes were Whitley heavy bom- bera and Wellington medium bombera.

Bhce then Germany had been Inactive on land and the Allfes had applied a blockade. It was the sole offensive weapon they had, employed.

Events had shown that it was indeed unfortunate that the Alles had allowed their Intended Initiative to be wrest- ed from them. It was known. to everybody that the need for men was urgent, Britain and France hesitated. The enemy acted. Finland was lost.

Mr. Hore-Bellsha said that to- day the effects in Europe were everywhere apparent. There were moves towards new alignments,

Brenner Pass.

"Victory" will take a diploma- tic, rather than a military form at first, the spokesman said, and German officials indica e that. within the next few days, they expect to see Italy draw close to the Soviet Union as an immediate step towards neutralising the

JAPANESE IDEA OF A JOKE

that the militant spirit should be

The Generalissimo admonished·

implanted in education and em- GEN. CHIANG'S ADDRESS

phasis should be laid on moulding Addressing the delegates, Gen- the character of the students so eralissimo Chiang said that the that they may become good and ancient Chinese

educational useful citizens methods emphasizing both mental At 4 pm. the delegates were enlightenment and physical train-entertained at a tea reception ing should be reviewed as a remedy given by Minister Chen Li-fu who for Chinese education for the past in the course of an address report- few decades which neglected ed the efforts of the Ministry, of physical and spiritual training., Education. In the promotion of The war which caused a general music as a form of education A the principal delightful musical programme con-

towns to the clnded the reception.

TIENTSIN. Mar. 20 (Reuter)-migration from "It was meant as a joke," declared coastal and river Lt-Col. Mori, Japanese military spokesman, in a supplementary interview this morning. denying the interpretation placed on his statement At yesterday's press conference to the effect that the blockade of the Tientsin Conses- sion would be lifted "only after Japan, Italy and other foreign

powers have rendered the'r con-

cessions to China."

He added: "I implied that any agreement reached in Tokyo would be Insufficient to lift: the blockade."

Vitality Replaced By Ovaltine

Every moment of the day we are all using up energy. Life is a atrenuous business nowadays and of energy are tremendous. This is the demands made on our reserves

not a bad thing in itself, provided we make certain that the energy expanded is rapidly and fully re-

MOSLEM SOCIETY Balkans and immobilising any placed.

alted offensive against Germany in that are

DISTURBANCE.

LAHORE. Mar. 20 (Reuter)-It

"BY ALL MEANS” was officially announced Yester-

AMSTERDAM, Mar. 20 (Reuter) day that the Police had to fire, All the German press yesterday after being attacked by band of concentrated on the same theme men from the North-West Fron- that Herr Hitler's sole policy is to tler, who were trying to hold end the war victorously "by all procession in military formation means and all weapons," says the

Government Lokal Anzieger,

in defiance of the ban.

CASUALTIES

The men are members of Moslem Two police officers and 23 of the movements. They wear uniforms, demonstrators were killed and 39 carry spades and conduct military persons injured are now in bos-drills. pital The District Magistrate was They have encouraged rival one of the injured.

movements among the Hindus and Military reinforcements have aggravation of feeling led to a arrived and are patrolling the Government han on all processions City,

of such societies.

It has been said that there are a hundred and one ways of ex- of replacing it. This is by proper pending energy but only one way nourishment and Energy is derived from the food. proper sleep.

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Fear Of Damage In Relations With Soviet Will Not Deter pentru Objective Of British Policy

LONDON, Mar. 20 (Beuter)-8peaking on the Russo-Fin nish war, in the House of Lords yesterday Lord Hallax, Foreign Becretary, sald: "Your Lordships can rest well assured that we shall not be deflected from our main objective, which is the de- feat of Germany, by the fear that any particular action on. Our Part at any time might damage our relations with the Soviet Union.

"I do not think I can define British policy more concisely at this stage than that"

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