WAR VETERAN DEAD
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") PARIS, TO-DAY. ADMIRAL RONARCH, WHO GAIN- ED FAME IN THE LAST WAR AS
COMMANDER OF THE FRENCH MARINES WHO STOPPED THE GERMAN THRUST ON THE DIX MUDE/SEAR FRONT, HAS DIED HERE AT THE AGE OF 75.
During the last years of the Great War he directed the anti-submarine defence and invented a system per- mitting the sweeping from the seas of mines laid by the U-boats.
After the war, he became Chief of General Staff of the French Navy.
As a young man, he saw service in the Far East, including the Boxer campaign. Havas.
THAT'S THE
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 2, 1940
as near to Nature as is desirable are
Sir William Crookes' lenses.
KIND OF WAR NATURAL THIS IS
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Brussels, To-day.
An expert military writer in the journal "Twentieth Century," analysing the ef- fec fects and results of the Allied blockade, says that it is an indisputable fact that the German flag has been driven from all seas with the possible exception of the Baltic.
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The fact that bells and medals are being rounded up in Germany is strong indication that, whatever is officially said, metal is not abundant in Germany to-day.
There is, however, bound to be a
SUICIDE PACT "let-up" in the Spring, and only with
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TOKYO, TO-DAY.
the return of winter will anyone be able to draw conclusions regarding the evolution of the blockade..
France and Britain, says the writer, will do everything possible to streng- then the blockade, Germany every- ANOTHER CASE OF A "SUICIDE | thing possible to break it. "That is PACT" CAME TO THE KNOWLEDGE | the kind of war this is.”—Havas. OF THE POLICE AUTHORITIES
WHEN THE ATAMI POLICE world together when we get the go- STATION RECEIVED THE FOLLOW-ahead signal. Please excuse us for ING LETTER POSTMARKED BY causing you all this trouble, and would THE POST OFFICE IN ATAMI PO- you please send our remains to our PULAR HOT-SPRING RESORT ON parents, Mr. Taka Shibuya and Mrs. "THE JAPANESE “RIVIERA."
Tsuneko Sasaki.”
"We are Mr. Takaishi Shibuya and It is reported, however, that the Miss Toshie Sasaki, of Naruse, Miyagi | suicide pact is not likely to be ful- Prefecture. We shall go on a hiking filled, for if the suicide-bent lovers go trip in the mountains southwest of to the appointed spot, they will find Atami, and there we shall await a messengers from the Atami police messenger from Heaven on the top of | station instead of the heavenly courier. the mountain, and shall leave this-Havas.
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THE PRINCE- OF SLACKS
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Three coolies were removed to
the Kowloon Hospital at noon to- day suffering from internal in- juries as a result of a number of bags of flour falling on them from
a height of 25 feet while they were engaged in loading at Kow- loon Godowns. Their condition is reported to be not serious.
New York, To-day.
A general strike is threatened by the 27,000 employees of the two City underground railway systems and Mayor La Guardia has or- dered the mobilization of all City departments in preparation - for any emergency.
No less than 20,000 police have been ordered to be held in readi- ness to cope with the situation.
The workers' union is seeking to retain the closed shop principle when the City authorities, shortly take over control of the system.....
If the strike materialises, It will affect the travel of 4,300,000 per- sons daily. Reuter.
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