THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 20, 1940
FORCED LABOUR FOR PRISONERS OF WAR
Stockholm, To-day. Polish prisoners of war, num- bering 310,000, are being employ. ed on labour in Germany, ac- gording to the Berlin correspon- dent of the "Dagbladet."
The remaining 400,000 taken In the Polish campaign are still in Poland.
The correspondent adds that 100,000 Poles not prisoners of war will shortly be drafted to Germany to relleva the labour shortage.-Reiter.
MISSION PROPERTY IN SHANSI
PEIPING, TO-DAY.
A PARTY OF BRITISH MIS- SIONARIES VISITED SHANSI RE- CENTLY AND FOUND MISSION PROPERTY UNTOUCHED.
BERLIN ATTACKS ON HOLLAND
London, To-day.
The Berlin radio' is attack- ing the Netherlands press for its stories and comments in connection with the sinking of the s.s. Arendskerk.
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The radio announcer repudiated charge by the Dutch press that the commander of the U-boat had been brutal and he blamed the captain of the Arendskerk for attempting to escape examination "in an irrespon- sible manner." The ship, said the announcer, was carrying contraband.
When the captain of the Arendskerk arrived in Lisbon, however, he said that the U-boat commander told him the ship had to be sunk because, by virtue of its destination (South Africa), the cargo was, contraband.
In actual fact, of course, the ship carried only Belgian cargo and no contraband whatever.-Reuter.
URUGUAY'S NOTE ON GRAF SPEE
Paris, To-day.
They were told by the Japanese It is reported here that the Urugua- military that there was no likelihood yan Government has sent Berlin
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of their being able to return as mili- note requesting that the wreck of the tary operations were still progress-Graf Spee be removed from the River ing in Shansi.
Plate within 60 days, as it is a danger to shipping
No mention was made by the Ja- panese of the anti-British movement. -Reuter.
NAZI PLANE SECRETS SOON OURS
Within a few hours of an enemy raider being brought down either in Britain or behind the lines in France, secrets of German aircraft are in pos- session of British air experts.
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Elaborate organisation, thought of in the last war, has been devised to ensure that the Air Staff is -informed with the least possible delay of details of construction of all enemy aircraft which may fall into our hands.
BALVAGE UNITS Every Air Force unit abroad or at home has its own salvage unit in charge of a qualified technical officer or N.C.O. Immediately Intelligence Department hears that an enemy craft has been brought down the unit near- est the spot sets off and detalled notes are made of the general construction of the machine, engine, equipment, and so on. Within a few hours a full is report on the wrecked machine available in London, and, when ne- cessary, experiments are undertaken at once to test the value of any new "gadgets."
In the last war inspection of enemy crashes was combined with the thou- sand and one other duties of the Quartermaster-General of the RAF. Air Marshal Brooke-Popham, who then held that post, took upon himself al- most sole responsibility for looking over enemy craft.
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Object of the Note is to Uruguay's rights in case she is obliged to remove the wreck herself.-Reuter.
FROM SEA TO SCRAP-
Almost at the very moment when Mr. Churchill was assuring the House of Commons that the war would be won on the sea, hundreds of British seafarers were offering their service to an American shipping company.
In support of their good character, some of them were able to produce after the last medals granted them war, Many had been torpedoed ́in bringing food to this country, and now, as one of them put it, "we are left high and dry y a very grateful country."
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The plight of hte British seafarers They are is particularly poignant. placed by the Government in
means that, served occupation, which having lost their ships, they cannot get another job.
MANY WORKLESS
There are approaching \1,500 sea- farers out of work in the neighbour- hood of Southampton, and when this week the United States Lines adver- tised for seafarers, the Southampton office experienced such a rush that frantic messages were issued to the men's organisations: "No More Want- ed." This sort of thing was repeated at other ports.
'It's back to the dole for me and hard rations for the wife and kids.” said one of them who found himself out of a job in the early stagges of the war, after his ship had brought home thousands of tons of food. "I mustn't tell you what they did with our ship, but I know what they did with me- they chucked me on the scrap-heap.”
́IRAQIAN MINISTER IN
GRAVE CONDITION-
Baghdad, To-day. Petrol rationing has turned many The condition of Rustam Haidan, motorists into cyclists, and thereby Iraqian Minister of Finance, is very Shangs the following true story, told by grave. He was shot by a former police
Mr. G. Herbart Stancer, secretary of | inspector. the Cyclists' Touring Club.
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The British Ambassador has called on the Iraqian Foreign Minister ; to his sympathy and that of the Government.---Reuter,
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