B Hyderabad. July 2.
"This trophy which only a shor! time ago formed part of a Nazi wa machine typifies the relentless savagery which spared neither church nor mosque, neither hospital nor ambulance—it symbolizes aggression based on the broken word."
Thus declared Sir Akbar Hydarl, President of the Council of the Nazam's government, when he opened an exhibition of a Nazi fighter plane brought down by the Hyderabad squadron.
He said: "Never in our history have we been closer to danger such as that now threatens our most cherished ideals and aspirations, Each anna we subscribe, each man who offers himself for military service or for work in factories, is a contribution to the defence of our motherland.
"It is also an assurance of the future: it will not only help to defeat the enemy outside our gates but strengthen our sinews to reconstruct and expand industries, It will show the peoples of Britain and the world that in the war against treachery we honoured our sovereign's pledge of over 100 years ago and proved the value of our faithful Nanking Recognition Overdue—Dr. Hu Shih Shigemitsu, Will Not Succeed Matsuoka Tokyo, July 2.
Informed circles here today ridicule ed rumours that Mr. Mamoru Skigemitsu, Japanese Ambassador to London who is returning to Tokyo en a special visit, will succeed Mr, Yosuke Matsuoka, as Foreign Minister, In this connection, Mr. Koh Ishii, Deputy Spokesman of the Cabinet Information Board, yesterday denied that a Cabinet shake-up was imminent—United Press, Washington, July 2.
Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador to Washington, commenting on Axis recognition of the Nanking regime, said that recognition did not change the puppet character of the Nanking Government, Recognition only showed how hard pressed the Axis nations were to give Japan sometbihg, said Dr. Hu From a Japanese viewpoint recognition was long overdue. Japan ori-finally expected such revognttion promptly after creation of the Nanking Government, he said.—United Press.
Two Chinese youths were burned to death and three others sustained various injuries when leaping out of the burning building shortly after 3 a.m, yesterday when flames destroyed the Chu Shuh Kong Restaurant at 163-165 Chefoo Road. The first two, both said to have been about fourteen years of age, were trapped by the fast spreading flames and their bodies were recovered in the debris after the blaze hal j l.
The alarm wi by the Shanghai Fire Byigade Headquarters at 304 am. four engines from Central station were sent to the scene. Station Officer H. H. Miller was in charge.
The entire restaurant, occupying. two houses, was in flames by the time the firemen arrived. With no hope of saving the building, the firemen concentrated their efforts on stopping the flames from spreading and worked hard to control them.
This was done within 21 minutes after their appearance at the scene.
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