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IMPORTANT POSITIONS They Expected

NOW RECOVERED

Chinese Successes On The Kwangsi Front

CHUNGKING, April 12 (Central)—The latest developments on the north Kiangst and south. Kwangsi fronts were reviewed by a Chinese military spokesman in an interview with the Central News yesterday,

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In north Kiangsi, the spokesman said, the Chinese launched on April, a general attack with Nanchang as the objective, The. Japanese broke the dyke south of Nanchang to checkmate " the Chinese, advance but the swift movements of the Chinese troops made their effort fruitless"

Closing in from several direc- tions, the Chinese recaptured more than twenty vantage points along the outer defence thes "of Nanchang in two days, and April 8 and 9 wrested back Feng- hsin

and Tsingan, respectively

on

23 miles west and 30 miles north- west of Nanchang.

Pursuing

Holland Is Anxious

WHAT WILL NAZIS DO NEXT?

"Austria”

BUT WERE GIVEN

"BELGIUM"

PARIS, Apr. 13 (Reuter-The French Premier, M. Raynaud. speaking In the Chamber, said that 22 ships were at the bottom of the ocean of which 18 were Germans and four British, No French vessels were lost,

GENERAL

Champion Of The Small Neutrals

DUTCH TRIBUTE

TO BRITAIN AMSTERDAM, April 12 (Reu- tc.)-Reports of the great naval batties off the Norwegian coust have created a high state - of- excitement in Holland. the general Impression being that the Ailles are winning notable

SUCCENSON:

Tientsin Is Discussed

QUESTION IN HOUSE

OF COMMONS

LONDON, Apr. 12 (Reuter)--Mr. Mr. R.A Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, reply- ing in the House of Commons to Sir Stewart Sandeman (Con), who asked how much longer the present | state of affairs will be tolerated at

Tientsin. M. Reynaud declared that: Ger-

where the Japanese many's

blockade of the British concession initial tactical success proved an immense strategical

has lasted nearly nine months, the blunder. The iron ore route was,

There is widespread relief over resident of which are living in a and would remain, cut" for Ger- the action of the British navy, one state of virtual internment, their

destroyed and many. The British Navy lost four Dutchman remarking

they to Reuter business destroyers while the German Navy that "Britain is indeed energet- themselves exposed to humiliation lost, "four

fulfiling cruisers, representing leally

ter rola

of and insult, said that conversations one-tenth of its total feet, one champion of the small neutrals for the settlement of all matters submarine, one destroyer and 12

This feeling reflected in, the arising out of the Tientsin situa- proceeding actively in troop transports.

strength of the sterling which rosetion are

Токус. 20 points on the Foreign Exchange, market from the previous day's rate of 6.54 gulden. - ̈

"Germany, who need steel to at-

The news that Great Britain has taken steps to buy extra quantities of Dutch dairy produce has led to an increase in the prices of butter and eggs.

Mr Butler. replying to another question by Sir Stewart, said that, from representations made, the Government Japanese

is well aware of the attitude of the Bri- to restrictions

tack us, now presents us with a the enemy,' they

pleture of a sortie by a beleaguer. reached the outskirts of Nan

ed garrison. After leaping on chang, where severe fighting is LONDON, Apr. 12 (Reuter)—The Denmark, she, hurled herself aL in progress. the spokesman said. Low Countries are fully on the qui Norway believing that she will not

In south Kwangsi the Japanese vive, In Holland anxiety

tish Government over meet more resistance than from started a" westward drive from Germany's latest invasion has Austria in 1938. Instead she met Nanning on April 1. They cross-grown. no

defence with the resistance of Belgium of New ed over to the north bank of the measures

ordered

1914. on Tso River on April 5, and forced Wednesday night and troops, are their way to Tungchenz and taking up deferice positions ber rose and applauded.

Tsohsien on April 7.

INVADERS ATTACKED

everywhere.

less.

were

At this point the whole Chams

Returning to the naval aspect. Belgium is equally determined. A M. Reynaud said that there is no According to pre-arranged communique Issued following the example in history of operations plans the Chinese, attacked the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday re-undertaken with a decisive naval invaders in the hilly triangular affirms the country's independence inferiority which had not ended land between the Tso River and and neutrality. the Yu River. Realising that!

Military leave has been cancelled they had fallen into a trap, the bat it is denied that there is any Japanese put up a stiff fight.

„-

On April

8, the spokesman

stated, the Japanese lines were

д

question of general mobilization.

shattered. They started to re-PUPPETS GET treat eastward

bf 5.400 Jap-

anese "fewer than 3,000 re-crossed the Tso River.

in deteat.

The French

squadrons ana Polish warships were participating alongside the British ficet, he re- vealed.

tion:

No Oil In Denmark

mobilised to enforce

on British trade and discrimina- tion against British shipping.

With regard to a general bearing on questions on improvement of Arpio. Japanese relations. Mr. Butler said that His Majesty's Goverment is watching the posi- tior. closely.

ANGLO - CANADIAN CONSULTATIONS OTTAWA, April 12 (Reuter)- Mr. Mackenzie King stated that the Canadian Government

were

.he

In

LONDON. April 12 (Reuter)- Reports from Denntark indicate that an unhappy population is being subjected to further re- pressive measures by the Nazis

The Danish people are not gl- lowed to buy more than four days' supply of food. All private cars must be off the road by 7 p.m. and of burning trains have in communication with Great Bri been put out of service. All Danlantain over the situation in Green- newspapers have ceased publica- land and Iceland, and said anticipated communications

with.. the United: Some 6,000 air raid Wardens the subject have been

States.. black-nuts, Restrictions on prl-

The Canadian Premier added holiday vate cars and. the stopping of that he hoped to have a oil-burning trains cannot improve in Virginia, possibly at the end. Germany's oli position because of the week. He hoped to spend Denmark had to import so much a day or two in' Washington and oll to keep things going last year might call on President Roosevelt that she used 700,000 tons of cll.

and Mr. Cordell Hull, The Allied blockade will, of course. stop further shipments.. so that whatever oll Denmark now gets will have to come from Ger- many. Germany hat. therefore, It is learned that a Dornier flying-actually weakened her oli pas tion by invading Denmark and Nor- Way.

KING KAAKON THEIR DESERTS

IN ELVERUM CHUNGKING, Apr, 12 (Central) The spokesman recalled that Pippets of the bogus Wang LONDON, April 12 (Reuter- this was the third major Japan-Ching-wel

Unconfirmed reports state that regime are finding i ese drive in south Kwangsl which their life in Nanking none tou the Norwegian Government is now had falled, the first being a oleasant according to a Shanghai a town north-east of Elverum, northward drive from Nanning to report quoting arrivals from Non-10 miles from the Swedish border Pinyang and the second an east-king.

and that King Haakon is still in ward drive to Lingahan,

Elverum. It s stated that on April 8 the C&I in which Chen Kung-po. "president ob the Legislative Yuan," was riding to his office overtook a car carrying a Japan- ese army officer. The latter stopped Chen's car and slapped

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DORNIER BROUGHT

DOWNTM

LONDON, April 12

(Reuter) -

his chauffeur in the face.

On the same day, the wives of boat was shot down in 35 seconds

Mel Sze-ping. by a RAF, Coastal respectively puppet Minister of plane in the North Sea yesterday

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GERMAN NEWS NOT TRUE STOCKHOLM. Apr, 12 (Reuter)

DR. J. L. STUART ON Another

VISIT HERE

states:

official announcement

""The Government, at its new "Dr. J. Leighton Stuart, Presi-seat, has organised the administra dent of the Yenching University tion of the State. Loyal officials in Pelping, who arrived in Hong-should awalt orders, Mobilisation kong on Wednesday after an ex-continues according to plan. tensive tour to the southwestern "Announcements on the Oslo provinces of China, will be en-Radio, which is now in German tertained at a dinner party given hands, that mobilisation has been by the Yenching Alumni Asso-revoked, are false." dation at the Ying King Res-

taurant at 6:30 pm: today.

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GURKHA LOSSES LONDON, Apr 12 (Reuter)- It is learned that all but 14 of the crew of the destroyer Gurkha ferred to in Mr. Churchill's speech.

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QUISLING'S PART

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STOCKHOLM. Apr. 12 (Reuter) - An indication of how the renegade, M. Quisling. leader of the puppet government set up by the Germans in Oslo, made pre- parations for the Germ:n inva- sion is seen in the fact that, while the first German troops were ad- vanding into the country. Ger- mans, wearing the uniform of Norwegian officers. appeared in various barracks and ordered the soldiers to return to their homes.

GERMAN AIR

LOSSES

LONDON, April 12 (Reuter)-To date the total number of German planes brought down around the coast of Britain totals 65 since the beginning of war. In addition, 15 others were so badly damaged that it is doubtful that they" стет reached home.

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RUSSIA'S STAND MOSCOW, April 12 (Reuter)- That Russia has fully connived, at Germany's brutal Invasion or Denmark and Worway is the con- clusion to be drawn from a broad- Cast: by Radio Moscow or a lengthy article appearing in the paper. Izvesta, the official organ of the Central Executive Committee of

the U.S.S.R.

The article. which is "pro" Germany, leaves Russia where she Wan before, showing that she has No more disposition than before

to run any risk for German in- terests.

Oranges And Malaria

Recently an American citrus ex- pert visited Palestine

北

He went there to study just oné thing-the citrus groves. Pales- tine, next to the U.S.A., is the greatest orange-growing) region in the world. All of these millions of orange trees are owned, and were planted by Jews, which upsets one's notions that they never were an agricultural people.

All the groves are ‘Irrigated and huge waterworks systems have been developed to take care of an industry that would' thrive in any case, but has thriven lately beyond alf expectation due to the civil war in Spain.

BREEDING GROUNDS Cultural methods equal those of California, and only a quite ex- traneous factor can interfere with lasting success. That is malarja.

BERLIN, Apr 12 (Reuter)-The

This "scourge of the Tropics is German public is growing normally pretty bed-in-Palestine, increasingly anxious about what is but its hazard has been increased going on, and is now being fed with by the tremendous. increase of comforting stories by Dr. Goebbel's breeding grounds for mosquitoes Propaganda Ministry. As usual for which the irrigation ditches

there are discrepancies.

While the Voelkischer Beobachter headlines the story that the Anglo- French Fleet has been smashed, other quarters, were busy. denying that any big sea battle was taking place,

are ideal. The water cannot be olled or poisoned because of dan- ger to the trees.

The Jews have met this problem in the only effective way it can be met, by quinine prophylaxis or treatment. Our American citrus All German transports, according expert has no fear that malaria to these sources, were crossing the will kill Falestine orange growing, Skagger Rak without interference. for the Jews fallow the quinine Other comforting items of news programme from the League's include: we know where the British Malaria Commission from Geneva Fleet Is but we are not saying; and by giving six grains a day, as a the German Government is not at | preventive, to field workers. And war with Norway...

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if any do come down with malaria a dally quinine dose of 15 to 18 grains for 5 to 7 days will cure them. On page 125 of its report.. Issued in 1933, this Malaria Com- BERLIN, Apr. 12" (Reuter)—The | mission stresses the fact that Official News Agency claims that among the anti-malarial "drugs;" two more British. destroyers were sunk in the Naval action in the west fjord in Narvik and also claims that strong German rein forcements were landed in Oslo, Bergen and Stavanger,

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