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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1940.
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JAPANESE
QUEEN WILHELMINA DEFEAT
IN ENGLAND Chungking, To-day.
London, To-day.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands arrived in London yesterday and was met at the station by King George.
The Queen's arrival in England follows that of Prince Juliana and her daughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, and her consort, Prince Bernhard.
Queen Wilhelmina arrived in a spe- cial train of only three coaches, es-' corted by officers and soldiers of the Dutch Royal Guard, and British sold- iers in battle dress and steel helmets.
She looked sad and forlorn as she stepped from the train. The. King shook hands with her and klased her on both cheeks.
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She smiled wanly when she Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard who both kissed her.
The Dutch soldiers stood to atten- tion as Queen Wilhelmina stepped on to the platform, and the British sold- iers presented arms.
The Dutch Minister in London and the Dutch Foreign and Colonial Min- isters were also present.
The crowd cheered as the King and Queen Wilhelmina drove in the royal car to Buckingham Palace.
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Last night Queen Wilhelmina ceived at Buckingham Palace the Dutch Ministers who are in London.
The Dutch Foreign Minister, Colon- ial Minister and the Dutch Minister in London were present.-Reuter.
Havas adds that Princess Juliana was received at Liverpool Street sta tion by the Earl of Harewood on be- half of the King.
BRITISH STEPS TO DEAL WITH PARACHUTISTS
Crushingly defeated, the Japanese forces in south Ho- nan are now in full retreat toward Sinyang. All impor- tant towns west of the rail- way line, including Tungpeh, Miyang and Tangho, have re- turned to Chinese control.
A Japanese unit retreating from Tungpeh was yesterday overtaken and annihilated. Another unit retreating on the Miyang-Kioshan highway was intercepted at Maotsi and Kuhsien, suffering severe losses.
After recapturing Mingkiang, 24 miles north of Sinyang, the Chinese are sweeping along the Peiping- Hankow line.
South of Sinyang, the Chinese have reoccupied Liulin, Paikomiao and Lichiatsi and caused heavy damage to the railroad.
Areas around, Shangkow, northeast of of Fancheng, have been cleared Japanese troops. East of Tsaoyang, the Chinese have retaken Ching- mingpu.--Central News.
CHINESE JUBILANT
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Chungking, To-day. A dispatch from Shanghai reports excitement over the Chinese victories on the Hupeh-Honan border.
News of the victories we splashed with big headlines in most of the Chinese papers.-Central News.
NAZI AIRMEN ORDERED TO TERRORISE
London, To-day.
A message from a German ground
intercepted by the R.A.F., and its text station to a Nazi aeroplane has been
was released by the Air Ministry yes- terday afternoon. The message, which was in German and not in code,
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"Note civilian refugees also on the road. Harass these as much as pos- sible."
The 'plane acknowledged receipt of the message, which was transmitted early yesterday afternoon.-Reuter.
London, To-day. END OF CASH AND
Britain is continuing to
adopt measures to dealth
parachute troops.
All strategic points are guarded by troops and protected with barbed wire.
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In many towns, N.C.O. even when off duty, carry rifles and am: munition, while police stations have supplies of arms ready to distribute In an emergency.
CARRY FOR ORDINARY PURCHASES SUGGESTED
Washington, To-day.
Abolition of the cash and carry res- triction on Allied non-military pur- chases in the United States is proposed in a resolution submitted to Congress House of Representatives. by Mr. Bulwinkle, a member of the
In connection with the instructions to people to report the landing of
He advocates amending the Johnson parachute troops to the nearest po- lice station immediately, it is pointed the extension of credits to the belli- Act and the Neutrality Act to permit out that a rough guide to distinguish-gerents for all purchases except arms, ing between the crew of an R.A.F. ammunition and implements of war. 'plane having to bail out and para--Reuter. chute troops is that the largest num- ber which will drop from a British 'plane is six,
Police patrols of open spaces, par- ticularly wooded areas which might provide good cover, have been tensified.
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The work of rounding up 3,000 enemy allons under the recent or. dor is almost completed, They are males between the ages of 18 and 60 living in an area right down the East Coast from Inverness and across Kent, Sussex and Hamp- shire. They are being sent to intern- ment camps..
All male foreigners in these areas, numbering about 11,000, have drastic restrictions on their movements. Reuter.
DROVE INTO FIELD
European Y.M.C.A., was driving car Mr. P. W. Carderara, residing at the]
No. 1203 in Taipo Road last night and the road and drove into a paddy field in the darkness, mistook the line of
near the 8-mile stone. The car was not damaged.
VALUABLE TROUSERS
Mrs. E. Petrov, of No. 23, Cameron Road, has reported that a thief broke into her residence between, midnight and 6 a.m. yesterday, and stole a pair, of trousers, the pockets of which con- tained $154.
chute were receiving immediate at- tention.
MR. EDEN'S STATEMENT
London, To-day. Replying to a Commons question, the new War Secretary, Mr. Anthony
Mr. Eden added he hoped to make Eden, said the creation of means to a atater at an early date-British deal with enemy landings by para
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