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in their recent sad bereavement, In Greek Hands
⚫ also for floral tributes and
attendance at the funeral.
The
LONDON, Mar. 31 (Reuter),
The lull on the Albanian front which followed the Italians* disastrous offensive attempt has]
DANISH SHIPS SEIZED
New Action Taken by U.S.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 31 (Reuter).
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Yugo-Slavian Revolt HELSINGFORS, Mar. 31 (Reuter). The "Helsingfors Arbetarladet"
"One comments delightedly: understand that Ribbentrop is not brother,
can
entirely pleased with the new Yugo-Slavin, He wanted to show his Japanese colleaguo a newly-organis Europe all complete with
as a fresh and extra cake on the tray. Suddenly it appears that the pastry was an explosive and delicate cake and it goes up in smoke with a light pop. It is not at all pleasant to bo President compelled to invite people to this
Hongkong Telegraph. been broken by the Greeks again Roosevelt has indicated that he personally ordered the kind of delicacy.
Tuesday, April 1, 1941. Wyndham St, Hongkong Telephone: 26015.
taking the initiative.
aking day overal and detach seizure of Italian, German and Danish ships at American rays. This is Germany's Arst ments entered the Italian lines at ports during the week-end.. various points, stated the Athens radio, infilcting losses, taking prk-
This was revealed at a press conference on the train soners and seizing mouy machine- taking him back to Washington, but he declined to
.....guns.
THE prefix "Special to the Telegraph" used by the "itanskour Telegraph to indicate news which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni- cations Ordinance, 1938. Such new as beats the Indicatión "Up" is received in flongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Assoctailons, who re- serve all rights and forbid republications, eltier wholly, or in part without previous arrangement.
PAUSE TO PONDER
THE programme of Mr Mat- sucka'a tour of Axis Europe has
Greek artillery was also active comment.
artillery response was weak,
..
The military critic of the "His- diplomatic losa i one excludes the French and British declarations of war. If the war extends to the Bal kans, Germany will lose one of the best suppliers of food and another -Well-informed circles here think important oil route from Russia will against moving columns but Italian The seized ships totalled that there is a strong possibility that be cut off.
Loss of Oil And Ore. tollowing the seizure of Italian, Ger- Greek, alreraft co-operated. the 296,715 tons, it was announced man and Danish ships, the United "Germany also will not receive
by the Coast Guard service here. States will take the same action in
Cordell Hull
regard to French ships, of which copper, bauxite, antimony, rock oil, salt, coal, lignite, iron ore, manganero, WASHINGTON, Mar. 31 (Reuter), there are now is in American ports. gold, lead, mercury and asphalt, Al- --Mr Cordell Bull, Secretary of State, Replying to questions, Treasurymost all these products are vital to defended the Government's action in officials intimated that action was her war industry and supplies of them seizing German, Italian and Danish possible later, this week. The off- have been extremely important, for ships at a press conference to-day. clals are now studying the final dia- Germany.
He said that he would not talk at posal of the seized ships which at present about the final disposition of present remain in "protective cus- the ships.
announcer added, inflicting severe losses while attacking important tor- gets without, however, any losses to themselves,
Springboks In Diredawa
Tripoli Again Raided
"British bombers would secure
tody," the title still remaining with excellent bases in Yugo-Slavin for at He had not heard anyone question the original owners.
tacking the Rumanian oll districts and
no effective sck-ack defences such as
been admirably punctuated by
the absolute legality of the seizure According to Treasury omcials, it the Bohemian and Moravian arma- Britain and her Allies and CAIRO, Mar. 31 (Reuter). The it was based on the fact that attempt be placed in service in view of Bri- she has westwards along the shores of and emphasised that justification for is very probable, that the shipment factories. There Germany has friends. He arrived in a gaily advance towards towards Asmara ined, rabotage in the ships endangered tain's need of ships and the general the North Sea." -beflagged-Berlin-as-King-Petor--Eritrea-continues, states an official. American-ports.-
shortage of shipping overthrew the pro-Axis Govern-communique here. ment of Yugo-Slavia, and is now The occupation of Diredawa in visiting Mussolini as the victori- Abyssinia was carried out by South African troops who are now advance ous British stream into Abys
ing westward. sinia from all sides and the sound of the Royal Navy's guns sound a burial roll for five more Italian warships.
The Japanese Foreign Minis- ter could have arrived at no worse moment from Hitler's point of view. The Japanese are realists; their ideological support of the "New Order" has never submerged their practical ambitions. Recently the Pre- miér's words that Japan could never become.a totalitarian na- tion were reaffirmed.
A forward movement is developing in other sections,
The number of prisoners le steadily mounting while the guns and war materials abandoned by the retreating enemy are being collected in largo quantities.
Aerial Support of Army CAIRO, Mar. 31 (Reuter).--An- other heavy rold on Tripoli was mado to-day in continuance of the RAF. support of the army operations in Abyssinia and elsewhere.
R.A.F, bombers to-day bombed and machine-gunned enemy positions.
All our aircraft returned safely from these operations.
Luftwaffe Busy
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
Century-Old Cotton Exchange Suspended
Asked whether the seizure could be step towards war, Mr construed as Hull replied that the United States Government had for sometime pur sued
a course of aid to Britain and other untions under the formula of all available aid short of war.
That is the formula followed so far," he added.
French Ships WASHINGTON, Mar. 31 (Reuter),
Manila Action
The "Hiisivaura" expects that a MANILA, Mar. 31 (Reuter)-Fourfront will be formed in the mountains where conditions aro favourable for Danish ships in Philippine waters, the Yugo-Slavs, and that the Greek aggregating 23,800 tons, have been position will be improved and the taken into "protective custody" by Italians will be compelled to
to with- the United States Navy.
draw
hurriedly from Albania... The "Stockholm Dogsnyheter" says that it will be understandable if Ger- many reproaches those who organised such an inappropriate accompaniment to Mr Matsuoka's Berlin visit which was intended to be so festive.
Admiral Thomas C. Hart, C-in-C United States Astatic Ficet, explain ed that the hetion was taken in order to prevent sabotage by the crews.
Chiang Calls For Spirit
Of Revolution In China
-Military Danger Is Passed
Ethiopia Before Rains
The "Stoctid" military correspond ent points out that two capitals→→→ Asmara and Addis Ababa--are now threatened and that Italian resources In Abyssinia are being, exhausted. The British can now entertain high
campaign before the rains. They can then release forces. for operations in Libya and the
CHUNGKING, Mar. 31 (Central News). - General Chlang.hopes of completing the East African warned 150 Kuomintang members at a Plenary Session to-day that the Kuomintang had gradually drifted away from the peo- ple and that Party members have lost their revolutionary spirit and relaxed their efforts.
He strongly enjoined them to return to the people and re- suscitate the spirit of revolution in order that the ruling Party. in China may successfully live up to its leadership in the nation's dual task of resistance and reconstruction.
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China's resistance lies in economics. satisfied just because we have held lieved achieved has been denied him.
"Here we call upon the C.E.C, and
F
That Japanese native ideology is suffering an eclipse as war aims are blunted on the main-
The "New York Mirror' on March LONDON, Mar. 31 (UP)-German
said: "Yugo-Slavia bas dealt land of Asia is evidenced by the raiders have been busier over east
the first solid blow to
to Hitler's
prestige almost farcical collapse of the England than for some time past,
which has not suffered since he mill- crossing the coast since shortly after National Salvation Organisation. dark. They are meeting with a hot
tarised the Rhineland in 1938 with This body fell down on its pro-reception with searchlights lighting
the exception of his fallure to attempt. the invasion of England. That's Im gramme of impulsively sweeping up the sky. Incendiary bombs have
portant,
becauso
Hitler has won all industrial and private means been dropped on some areas,
battle through his prestige, General Chiang lald great stress on tarily there is cause for optimism we strategy and terror. For the first together in one great effort to
economic warfare, asserting that the must not allow any laxity in our time the objective which Hitler had achieve the Imperial Way. The
key to the success or failure immediate aim, termination of
of efforts and must never become self-openly set himself and which he be SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" the war in China or embarkation
He went a step further by saying that the enemy back in this war of at- LIVERPOOL, Mar. 31 (UP)—in the decisive factors of the war, trition." on the southward expansion, was
Nazi Might Flouted not stated, but the prime initia-Trading at the century-old Liverpool economics count 70 per cent, while
Cotton Association Exchange was us-military affairs count 30 per cent. C.SC. members to pay as much at "Instead of a spectacle of one more tors of the movement evidently pended at noon to-day for the dura- Miitorily, General Chiang affirmed, tention to the institution of economic country accepting the Nazi yoke, the had in mind a death or glory tion of the war, as a result of the after these years and eight months of measures henceforth as they did to Japanese Foreign Minister lias secr
has been wards
a small and comparatively weak plan which was too desperate to recent decision of the Government to armed resistance, Japan appeal to the solid bloc of Japan- take over the control of all raw cotton forced to admit that it is impossible ago, military affairs three years country out the German might."
General Chiang laid special em
The "New York Sun" on March 28- Imports and cotton stocks in the to conquer China by force. "Conse- ese industrialists.
zaid: “Nobody who remembers the United Kingdom,
quently he asserted, "we may say phools on strengthening China's the military crisis has passed and we economic staying power.
fighting spirit of the Serbs in the The N.S.A. still lives, shorn of
"At present the general public refused to honour the shameful sur last war will be astonished that they many of its first fancies but the enabling Japan to use her best have achieved a certain degree of
opinion, cenerally speaking, is unduly render of their government at Vienna. transformation has proved the troops from the northern bor- While attributing China's success In apprehensive over China's economic Small peoples everywhere will take existence of the powerful in-ders for service elsewhere. withstanding the onslaught of the problems. According to my observa- new courage: The Nazis will feel the fluence wielded by temperate and Opinion is more inclined to the Japanese millory Juggernaut largely ilon, China's economic position really power of this net of defiance not only to popular subscription to the San does not give much cause for alarm. in Yugo-Stavia, but in all oppressed realistic elements. It is a sign view that Japan will hold all she Min Chu 7 and the spiritual strength The only question that should worry territories from the Mediterranean to one hopes, that Tokyo is facing has in the north and will post of the nation and also the employ- us is whether we can undergo the the Arctic.
pone any ambitions she has in ment of revolutionary, political and hardships of the struggle and whe the south until the war in mintary strategies, the Generalissimo ther we can embark upon the phase
reminded his audience that the build of positive reconstruction." Europe has taken a definite turning up of an army that can rank with
flon in which, "If we achlovo steady- Critical Months Past To realistic Japan, Britain's the nemies of the world Powers ned
progress, I believe the present eco- "United Press" adds that General nomic crisis will be solved. naval and military successes, cant adequately safeguard national and her dour realstance to air exertion of efforts tanfold and hun- different from the Nazi, Fascist and months of 1040 had been the most security after the war calls for the Chiang asserted the Kuomintang was He declared that the last four bombing must mean a great dredfold more by the comrades of the Communist Pariles since we are critical for China since the war bg- deal. It will be surprising if Kuomintang.
till in the revolutionary period," and kan and thats the turning point had Hitler has wrung from Mr Mat-
therefore the Kuomintang must re- been reached last”. Decomber * and suoka anything more potent than Bà: Viów; bf, this fact," General vivo its revolutionary spirit as well there had been a steady: Improve-
Chiang further sold, "although mil. as its fundamental social reconstruc- ment over since anti-British gesture,
the future more soberly; there has certainly been less dash and fire in the pronouncements of her leading statesmen lately,
A radio commentary over- the week-end suggested that Stalin, at Hitler's insistence, would sign a non-aggression pact with Ja- pan for the cassion of the whole of Sakhalin Island, a large part of Korea and a few other things
success.
Cause For Optimism
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