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PASSENGERS PEACE

Continged from Pars 8--*·.

Mr. T. H. Lee, Mrs. Ling Fuen Mal Ying. Mr. V. Y. Den and Mr. T. L Tan. Mr. Y. F. Chien, Mr. H. P.

Chu.

FROM AUSTRALIA' AND MANILA The following passengers ar rived in Hongkong from Australia and Manila:

PEACE MOVE

MOVE JITTERS: MR. WELLES' MISSION

The continued story of Sumner Welles's mission to Europe was no match for dramago, high-pressure, Russian-Finnish peace moves in the Balile recently. Only the UK. State Department knew how deeply the U.S. was involved in 'those mover; officially the U.S. had neither asked, por been asked, to mediste.

Sald White House Spokesman, leaders of the Polish Government Steve Early, defining the attitude in exile (who hastily put together Mrs. M. b. Muskett, Mr. C. V. of President Roosevelt: “He didn't an advance 'copy' of the Pulist, Langdale, Miss T. M. Walsh, Mr. | close" any door, but he didn't open | Black Book, whitch catalogues Qer- and Mrs. W. C. McFadden, Mr."R. any door either.”

man atrocities in Poland)." McFadden, Miss S. McFadden, Mr.

U.S. POSITION

E. McGovern, Mr. J. Follett, Mr

C. L. Mears, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Doughty.

NEUTRAL GROUND

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In Moscow. Ambassador Laur- To Finance Minister Paul Rey- ence A. Steinhardt opened the door naud Mr. Welles submitted

a

of the US Embassy a little memorandum that stated the off- enough to let citizens sed, within is) US position on economic re-

construction after the war:

(1) healthy commercial relations

The following passed through en route to Shanghai and Japan: Its secrecy-shrouded interior, that Mr. P. Crecchia, Miss M. Malone, he had conferred long with Fre Mrs. M. N. Simmerman, Master Rmler-Foreign Commissar Molotov must be the basis of political and C. Bimmermen, Mr. M. c. Cheek Just as peace moves gol under way economic peace:

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McGee, Miss Kin earnest that he had held an (2) the prosperity of internation- Silberstein. Mr. E. G. Angel, Mr. unpublicized reception for the Final commerce precludes exclusive and Mrs. E. Schmerler, Mr. Mnish negotiators when they arrived discriminatory agreements between Cowan, Mrs. 1. A. Meston, Masters all giving rise to a report that two countries:

F

motor-

(3) if world trade Is.to be re-

D. A. and H. Meston, Mrs.. the negotiations had been held on Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. the conveniently neutral ground of

the U.S. Embassy.

į constructed after the war, it must. Seely, Miss B. Seely, Master T.

[be without resentment or fear of Seely, leut, and 'Mrs. R. · Cato.

Meanwhile, Mr. Sumner Welles any nations toward others. Master R. W. Cato, Miss I continued his overshadowed way. Watkins, Miss E. A Kerr, Mr. G. Last werk when he got to Paris by four French fighters and a Bri- Flying high in a plane escorted Yamazaki, Lieut. G.' A. Bikes, Capt. there were 200 mobile guards at V. R. Hirschmann. Lt. A. H. Rode the Gare de Lyon, 200 extra plain-Sumner Welles reached a London tish reconnaissance plane, Mr. military Lieut. P. T. Boleyn, Mr. and Mrs. clothesmen, E. J. Coyle, Mr. G. A. Taylor, Miss cyclists to escort him to the Ritzsia and asked for coples of the buzzing with talk of war with Rus- B. J. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. R. W Hotel. The Renault he rode in had latest papers as he secluded him- Broedlow, Master W. Broedlow, steel armor, bulletproof glass, bui- self in his hotel. Miss N. A. Price, Mrs. L. Chur-letproof tires. Paris correspon- chill. Mr. L. Churchill (Jnr.), Mrs. |dents," noting that George VI had E. 8. Roberts, Mr. C. W. Sheld-received just such elaborate rake, Misa L Preston, Mra. E precautions, fushed 50 strong to Koenig. Miss W. Koenig, Capt. his first press conference, where and Mrs. J. Macklin, Mrs M. G. polite Sumner Welles reduced then Mielenz, Miss P. A. Mielenz, Miss to alience by saying that he could M. L. Ricker, Mrs. C. C. Olson, say nothing. Mrs. E... Quackenbush, Mrs. E Turner. Miss B. J. Turner Mrs.

M. M. Shouse, Miss F. E. Andrews

cock, Mrs. A. W. Archer.

NAZIS PUZZLED

From Germany

came reports

LONDON JITTERY

den and dramatic peace move" by Jittery London talk that a "sud-

President Roosevelt would be un- fortunate brought to a head the extraordinary rumours that have bolled up about Mr. Welles's trip.

A member of the House of Com- mons popped up with a story that

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Mrs. E. Babcock, Miss C. J. Bah- that Mr. Welles had been just as itler's real (and moderate) peace PC BUİLDİNG, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. HONGKONG.

big a puzzle to the Germans. The terms. secretly Communicated to New York Times's Anne O'Hare Me the Welles mission. That was too President Roosevelt, had launched Cormick, quizzing some who had sat in on one of Welles's conversa-

WEATHER REPORT tions with officials, unearthed a

Hongkong Royal"Observatory

10 am, May 7." Barometer at sea level. 29.76 ins- Temperature, 68 F.

Humidity, 95 per cent. Wind Direction,, E.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 5.

..

74 F. Temperature: minimum last night.

66 F

Nazi netaphor: Mr. Welles, they said. "seemed as objective. photo- graphic and receptive as a wax dlac

much for Cordell Hull in Washing- ton. "Pure moonshine," said the Secretary of State.

POLISH VESSEL

Three days in Paris put no suen impression on waxy M, Welles as

BOMBED his volcanic interview with Hitler.

LONDON, May 7 (Reuter) Dinner and a two-hour talk with it is officially announced, that the Temperature; maximum yesterday. Premier Daladier brought a pun- Polisi

destroyer, Grm,' which gent restatement of the French point of view: that there could be with the British Fleet since the | had been actively co-operating

gime remained in power; bitter ex- perience had revealed that Nazi sunk by bombs. The Grom W35 pledges did not count.

engaged in the operations, oft Criss-crossing

Norway. One officer and sixty- French political and economic life, Sumner Welles five ratings are missing and Pre- saw Presidens Lebrun, the Prest-sumed to be lost. The offer by dent of the Senate, the President the British Government to replace of the Chamber of Deputies. ex- the Grom by one which is now Premier Socialist Leon Blum, the being bullt has been accepted.

Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th no peace so long as the Nazi re~iveginning of the War has been.

#today. 0.52 ins.

"

Total rainfall since January 1st

23.05 ins. Against an average of, 1290 ins. Sunset tonight, 6.53 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 5.47 a.m.

4 p., May 7. Barometer, (at sea level), 29.67 ins Temperature, 69 F.

Humidity. 98 per cent. Wind Direction, E/6. Wind Force (Beaufort). 5 Maximum temperature, 70 F. Minimum temperature, 66 F. Rainfall, 0.03,

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