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Friday: HONGKONG TELEGRAPH June 28, 1940. Republicans RUMANIA SUBMITS TO

To Choose Candidate For The Presidency

SPECIAL TÒ THE "TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (UP).The Republican Party will choose its candidate for the Presidential elections to-day.

Senator. Taft appears to have the best prospects of being nominated.

It is generally conceded that there will be no straight-cut choice and several ballots will be required before. the candidate is finally chosen.

chosen.

RUSSIAN DEMANDS

Husala yesterday served a note on Ramania demanding that she restore Basarabia and North Bukovina to the Soviet. According to a Berlin report control of Constanta and Tulcea were also demanded.

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Confronted with 10 p.m. as the deadline for its decision, the Rumanian King's Council met at Bucharest after the delivery of the note and, according to a report from Berlin, submitted to the demands.

...

Italo-German Pact

the

Rome, June 27. King Carol is reforming

to Cabinet include several Iron Tho Stofant New Agency Bucharest correspondent reported Guards-United Press. The first ballot will be held at 4.30 to-day that M. Molotov, Soviet

New York, June 27. p.m, and voting will continue through Foreign Minister, had delivered a

The New York Times to-day quotes out the night until the nomince i note to Rumania, demanding the # Rummenian leader who recently re- Willkle's sensational bid for nomi. Immediate restitution to Russia of turned from Berlin as declaring that

a secret agreement had been nation appears to have lost ground. Bessarabla and North Bukovina, Mr. Thomas Dewey may lead on the which are Inhabited chiefly by cluded between Germany and Italy Arst ballot but the tide is expected Ukranians, and control of Con- regarding the establishment of their to turn against him on the second stanta and Tulcea. The deadlinespheres of influence in the Balkans. The report saya that under the ballol.

M. Molotov received the Rumania agreement Germany will place under Ministor in Moscow and presented her the demands.

No Majority Yet PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (Rou- ter)The first ballot failed to pro- duce the necessary majority for any candidate. For this 500 votes are necessary.

Mr. Thomas Dewry received 340, Senator Taft 188 and Mr. Wendell

Willkie 100.

Mr. Dewey In the second ballot, had 338, Senator Taft 203 and Mr. Willkie 171.

Recess was then taken."

Republicans 10 Candidatos

was -10 p.m.

con-

control Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Rumania, and Italy will.

im-

at have her influence over Yugo-Stavia The King's Council mot Bucharest at 12.30

p. while and Bulgaria.

According to the same report, the on the part of Russian planes flew over Bessarabia territorial claims and Bukovina, clearly showing that various Balkan States wi the requests were backed up bymediately be settled before Germany

embarks upon military force.

the independence Omelais at Arat refused to con-movement in Ukraine.-Domei, firm the demands and censors stopped all communications."

However, just after the expira- TOKYO AND H.K.

PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (Re- tion of the deadline, it was official

candidates

ter)-Ten

have been

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nominated for the US. Presidency ly announced that the Council had

(Router). by the Republican Party National accopted the demands.

Allied quarters In Bucharest in Japanese troops are now stationed at Convention, Including Mr. Wendell

that Germany would ald most points along the Hongkong Willkle, Senator Robert A. Taft and sisted

including Shayuchung, Rumania in the event of Russia at- border, Senator Arthur Vandenberg.

tempting to take over Bessarabia.which field despatches received here A bitter ight is ex-claiming that war supplies were describe as an important storehouse arriving from Bessarabia daily. for the supply of arm to General The Anal balloting begins to-night. They said that 200 Messerschmitts Chiang Kai-shek.

Party v. Popular Sentiment arrived this week alone. However,

The two first-named are

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PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (Re-Axis circles accuse Allied quarters ter).It is becoming increasingly of wishful thinking only in this clear at the Republican Party National connection.

Convention that the real fight is be-

Reports of Russian aviation and

tween Senator Robert A. Taft, the Party candidate, and Mr. Wendell nullitary activities on the frontier) were clarißed to some extent to- Willkic, the popular candidate.

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New Indo-China · Governor

SPECIAL TO THE "TILEGRAPK"" TOKYO, June 28 (Domel).-It is Mr. Willkle, a public utilities max-day. It was disclosed that early understood that the French Ambas- nnte, appears to be more sympathetic this week Rumanian anti-aircraft sador, M. Henry, has assured Japan towards President Roosevelt's policy, guns fired on Soviet planes, which that the appointment of Vice Ad- of "all aid for the Allies short

Far Aubsequently apologised for flying miral Decoux, the French Common- der-in-Chief in the East, as declaration in the

of French Indo- war" than the

Rumanian territory by mis-Governor General lover which Party's official platform,

take:

China will not affect the decisions and France generally believed to be framed by

Four Soviet planes crossed the already reached by Fra the Party's bosses in order to militate

border and appeared over Cernauti. Japan regarding Indo-China. against Mr. Willkie's chances.

The Ambassador has confirmed the The Convention is one of the most Fired upon by Rumanian frontier open ones for many years, chiefly be guards, one crashed and the rest recall to France of General Catrous the Indo-China Governor General, cause of the manner in which Mr. How away after dropping bombs. Willkle's vivid personality and ob- The Rumania Aviation Company and his replacement by Vice-Admiral vlous competence have

caught the has temporarily suspended its ser- Decoux. imagination of delegates.

doubt vices.-United Press,

The Tafl-Will-le fight no will be bitter. Observers feel that if the Party machine fails to get a

the belter grip on

delegates, Mr. Willkle has an excellent chance to be nominated on an enormous wave of popular sentiment.

Italy And Germany Know

Bucharest, June 27. Is authoritatively stated that

and Bessarabia

North Bukovina were handed over to the Soviet with- Jout Oghting with the knowledge of

Germany and Italy.

Candidates Named

It is understood that the demands PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (Reu- ter)In addition to Senator Robert were made in conjunction with Bul-

and Willkie Taft, Mr. Wendell

demonstrations were garia, where Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the other held at Sofia urging the restitution of seven Republicans nominated for the Dobrudja. U.S. Presidency are Thomas Dewey, Frank Gonnett, Senator Bridges, Governor James, Senator McNarcy Bushield and Hanford Senator

McNider

Mr. Herbert Hoover, the former president, has not yet been nominated! but he stated that he is, willing to stand.

WAR FACTORIES

IN CANADA

OTTAWA, June 27 (Reuter)-Tnej British Supply Board has assumedi the capital cost of factory construction on behalf of 35 Canadian companies, according to the Canadian Depart- ment of Munitions Supply.

The

Board has made commitments of well aver £12,500,000.

These expenditures will, It is esti- mated, produce war materials to a value exceeding £62,500,000 a year.

In nddition to financing the factories, the Board has placed orders for a year's supply of their output.

EGYPT'S NEW CABINET

CAIRO, June 27 (Reuter)-King Farouk of Egypt has entrusted Hassan Sabry Pasha, the former Egyptian Minister in London and Minister of Defence, with the task of forming, a new Cablost.

The new ministry is expected to be a coalition.

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Franco-Japanese Agreement

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