THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 31, 1988
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SIGNOR MUSSOLINI'S WAR PREPARATIONS SPEECH
Despatch Of Two Italian Army Corps To Libya
Describes Best
Defence As
The Offensive
Rome, To-day.
Opening his important speech in the Senate yester- day on the Services Estimates, Signor Musso- lini said the best defence was the offensive. While Italy now had 44,000,000 people, in ten years' time she should have 50,000,000 in the mother country alone.
HOIHOW- BOMBED
Canton, To-day. Japanese aircraft from four warships raided Haihow shortly after 12 noon yesterday. Several civilians were wounded and three- killed. One bomb was dropped very close to the old German Con- sulate building, but damage was slight Our Own Correspondent.
ANGLO-EIRE TALKS
London, To-day.
SABOTAGE IN AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY
London, To-day. Referring to the recent aircraft sabotage, in a answer, Earl Winterton
it was a matter of the utmost ficulty to guarantee immunity against damage which could be in- ficted in a few seconds by an ill- disposed person apparently engaged in normal work
The main safeguard must always be the vigilance and loyalty of the A Commons question to the workmen and the staff of the firms Dominions Secretary as to when concerned.
There was a round of applause when the Duce said that many men were needed to form big bat- talions, and added that the despatch of two he would report on the results of "But the present isolated cases of army corps to Libya and the drain on the army the Anglo-Eire talks, was answer-damage, deplorable as they are, in Spain had not weakened Italy.
ed by Lord Hartington who said:must not be allowed to obscure "An examination of the questions fact that the spirit of the aircraft and their professional skill and con-representatives of Eire is con- and that material damage
raised in the discussions with the industry as a whole is tempt of danger were unmatched in tinuing and Mr. Macdonald is not kind over a period of year yet in a position to make any remarkably small. I should statement."British Wireless.
there is no evidence to malicious damage is
Officers of the Italian army con- stituted a hierarchy worthy of the highest respect.
"Te
are preparing men and means for a war of quick decision. There can never be too many guns in proportion to infantry. The gun has always been called the Queen of Battle."
UNITY OF COMMAND
Il Duce said that Italy had solved the question of unity of command. Policy, both political and strategical, was in the hands of the head of the Government.
the world.
Hundreds of them now bad ex- perience of two, wars.
All the ground organisation was ready, and many airports, landing grounds and an unspecified number
of hidden landing grounds had been prepared, as well as depots for fuel and explosives of the most destruc- tive power-Renter.
8,000,000 FIGHTING MEN
MILITARY ACADEMY IN NORTH CHINA
Peiping. To-day.
The provisional government” has decided to found an officers academy for training of future army leaders.. war.ween 20 and 25, will be selected Four hundred Chinese, aged bet said, for the academy by examination
fac-early in April.
Trans-Ocean adds that Il Duce Italy had the duty, even more claimed he could mobilise 8,000,000 than the right, to possess a worthy fighting men in the event of navy. By 1941, Italy would have Sixty thousand workers, he eight battleships, four of which
were employed in armament would be new.
tories permanently.
The navy had given proof of its value during the last few years, and
Total tonnage of the navy would
its contribution to the Abyssinian (be 240,000 tons in two to three campaign was an essential one.
In the next war Italian warships would not remain in harbour.
MORAL CONDITION.
"You have only to go aboard an Italian warship to see the remark- able improvement the Fascist regime has worked in the physical and moral condition of our sailors.”"
All Italian naval bases had been brought up to date with the latest. devices in engineering.
in
"We have a reserve of fuel Italy for a long period. Naval spirit and Imperial sense are words that have been born among Italian people.
AIR FORCE
the
The Italian air force is composed of several thousands of aeroplanes, many of which are of the most mo- dern type.
years. The submarine fleet was the strongest in the world, and it would be difficult, if not impossible, for other powers to catch up with Italy in this branch.
YOUNG MARSHAL IN CHUNGKING?
Hankow, To-day. Vernacular reports state that General Chan Chai-tong, former Governor of Kwangtung, and Mar- shal Chang Hsueh-liang, arrived a Chungking yesterday. Some Chinese quarters believe that they are be ing offered posts under the Centra Government, while others state that they are attending the Na- tional Congress in an unofficial ca
Our Own Correspondent
Forty-eight thousand workers in pach many factories were building aero- plane and aeroplane engines. "Our engineers are trying to fn-
vent a bomber which can be WEATHER FORECAST
equally effective by day and by night.
"We hope to attain complete self- The Boyal Observatory reports sufficiency in aircraft construction. that the antic
Italy had now the possibility of further in fate 20,000 to 30,000 pilots.
UNMATCHED IN WORLD
maining highest
Yangise Valley
Italian airmen, hoth officers and Local forecast N.C.O.'s, had now become legendary, fresh, fine generally,
eased
lower
The academy will be establish ed near Peiping. Trans
Ocean.
to any agent of a foreign British Wireless.
SWISS VISA DECREE
Berne, To-day. The Federal authorities have ordered that henceforth pas Switzerland must bear Swi of Austrian travellers entering
Political refugees
are required to re police within 48 Ithe Swiss
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