THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 27, 1940.
FRANCE AND UM, ANOTHER MEDAL, SAYS
RECALL OF PARIS ENVOY
Paris, Feb. 28.
'V.C.' OF SEA
Coxswain Robert Cross. trudged when she ran ashore, from the boat-house on the beach to
for his he had
"WE SAVED THEM ALL"
Further details of the events lead- his cottage on the sand dunes at "It was a terrible night, dark, icy ing to the French Government's de- Spurn Point, Yorkshire,
cold and blowing a 'hurricane, but we mand for the recall of the Soviet Am- | midday meal, unaware that
got all the crew off and took them bassador in Paris, M. Souritz, were again sprung into fame.
to Grimsby," he said. made known here to-day.
have "Since October 1, 1939, we is 'not the It is clear that there
saved 207 lives: altogether I have least intention here to break off diplo-
taken part as a lifeboatman in sav- matic relations with Soviet Russia.
It was on March 15 that the tele- gram sent by M. Souritz to congratul- ate M. Stalin on the conclusion of the Russo-Finnish treaty was brought as to the knowledge of M. Daladier, French Foreign Minister. The tele-
in French gram was written
and handed in at a post office. M. Sou ritz apparently had not even deem- ed it worth while to send it in code.
The Quai d'Orsay ordered the postal authorities not to forward it. Instead, it was sent by a diplomatic bag to M. Payart, the French Charge d'Affaires in Moscow. He was
instructed to draw the attention of the Foreign Commissar, M. Molotoff, to the phrases Powers insulting to the democratic contained in the text and to ask for the Ambassador's recall,
LONDON INFORMED
Mr. Cross, who has been coxswain of Britain's loneliest lifeboat station at the mouth of the Humber since before the last war, wonders howing 450 lives." anyone should make a fuss about the medals he has won. Mrs. Cross met him at the door of the cottage and handed him a letter which the postman-a coastguard
from the nearest village-had brought. Mr. Cross opened the envelope. and read the letter,
Before he became a professional lifeboatman, Coxswain Cross was fisherman at Flamborough.
R
He la big, bronzed and mighty tough. From the things he has be done he might be expected to atern and rugged In manner. On the contrary, he is mild, gentle and reserved-and NOW HE'S GOT FIVE
a. Bunday "Um
superintendent, another medal," he said
awarded The Institution has smilingly, "and it's a gold one this time."
silver medal to each of the other five members of the lifeboat crew. which went to the aid of the Gruth..
That was how the most be medalled lifeboat coxawain around that the coast of Britain learned for one of his latest and greatest exploits he had been awarded the V.C. of the lifeboat service. It is the Royal National Lifeboat insti. of tution's first gold meal award the war. Coxswain Cross now has five me- ondals, the others being three
and one bronze.
The British Foreign Office was com- municated with on the subject March 17.
In diplomatic circles here surprise was felt that M. Souritz, a man of a conciliatory turn of mind, should have deliberately chosen openly to abuse the country where he enjoys diploma- tic privileges.
arose
1
whether
his
The question action was a diplomatic manoeuvre rather than a thoughtless provoca- tion. The latter explanation seems to have prevailed in official circles.
As regards the line of conduct to be followed towards Moscow, M. Rey- naud, the Premier and Foreign Min- ister, no doubt intends to take up the same attitude as
of Viscount Halifax, the British Foreign Secre- tary, in his speech of March 19 in the
House of Lords.
that
The Western Powers do not want to be entangled in a war with Russia, as their main purpose is to defeat Germany. At the same time, when- ever an opportunity occurs for them to strike at Germany by means of an action which may be deemed to en- danger their relations with Russia they will take the risk.
TALKIES ON SILENCE
The anti-gossip campaign launched by the Ministry of Information has been carried further by the produc- tion of three films which will be re- leased shortly to cinemas throughout the United Kingdom.
Titles of the new films are "AI!
Hands," illustrating the danger of careless talk by naval men: "Now You're Talking," showing the results of information given away by a lorry driver working at an асго- plane factory; and "Dangerous Comment," depicting what might happen if R.A.F. officers talk about their personal plane to members of the opposite sex.
The films will be distributed to. ap- proximately 2,000 cinemas, and it is estimated that more than 20,000,000 people will see them.
TWO MILLION
BITES
Already the campaign to stop, care-
less talk has had considerable suc-
'cess. More than 2,000,000 free sites
silver
told
we
a did
"The gold medal," Cross reporter, "is for the work in rescuing nine men from the Grims- by trawler Gurth on February
BABY 122 SECS. OLD
12,
GETS HELMET
For five hours an A.R.P. warden, clasping in his arms a gas helmet, a house in kept anxious watch on Camberwell, S.E-waiting for a baby
to be born.
It wasn't his baby. Warden George Fitzgerald is a bachelor.
But when the door opened and an excited father yelled: "It's: а girl!" the A.R.P. man rushed up the steps, handed in the gas helmet, got his receipt and consulted his watch.
He had broken a record-supplied a gas helmet to a baby within two minutes two seconds of its 'birth! Warden Fitzgerald thus beat by six seconds a record set up some days. ago in another area.
It was really his day off, but he was so keen that he didn't mind his long wait at all.
FAST WORK
"It's a good job it wasn't twins: I had only the one helmet," he told a reporter.
The proud father is Mr. Jack Glass cock, a clerk, who lives in Grosvenor- park, almost opposite the warden's house. It is his first baby.
"But I think I was as jumpy as Jack about it all;" Mr. Fitzgerald added.
"He was in and out of doors all the time, and 1 just kept walking around. I belleve Bouthwark hold the previous record.
"This proves that we wardens can work fast when the need arises."
KITTEN-MONKEY PUZZLES POLICE
Answer this one? It looks like a
have been secured for posters, includ-cross between a kitten and a monkey, ing the well-known set of posters by and it chirrups like a chicken when Fougasse.
The Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry haye, given Sir John Reith their fullest co-operation. The Air Ministry has appointed forty officers to visit commands in different parts of the country to warn R.A.F; person- nel of the dangers of careless talk.
#FRENOM REMEDY.
scratched.
It was the problèm facing; Ton- bridge (Kent) police. A constable found the gamall animal - wandering In the Highstreet without visible means of support.
Mr. Frank Barkaway, of Hilden- borough, Tonbridge, solved the my stery.
"I hear you have my kinkajou here, Mr. Barkaway said. "My kinkajou Teddy."
The sergeant opened up cautiously “Is it something like a monkey?"
It was, and soon Teddy, the wander- ing ikajou South African honey- Fear you like--was back in his
little cap
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