THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1940.
LORD HARDWICKE IN ROME AFFRAY
Italy On Brink HUSH-HUSH
Of Decision
Rome, To-day.
OVER ALIEN
"It is in the national interest that this case should be dealt with first and that this man should be got out of court as soon as possible.”
This statement was made by Chief
when James O'Connell, aged forty-
LORD HARDWICKE, A FRIEND of Bruno Musso-Inspector H. G. Butcher, at Ramsgate
lini, had his face slapped last night at a cabaret show because he threw an anti-British poster off his table.
He was then detained a couple of hours at the police station on the ground his papers were not in .order.
Anti-Allied student demonstrations were also held in various provincial towns, including Milan, where the Pre-- fect appeared on the balcony of the Prefecture and acknowledged the cheers of the demonstrators.
At Naples, thousands of students with Italian and German flags and pictures of the King and Mussolini marched to the Palace of the Crown Prince, cheering the House of Savoy, and II Duce.
EGYPTIAN
FRONTIER MEASURES
Cairo, To-day.
The civil inhabitants of
two, of no fixed abode, was charged with falling to report to the police
under the Aliens Order..
His nationality was not revealed. "It is not in the national interest that any evidence should be given at the moment," said the inspector. "In this case he has been arrested under the Allens Order, Section 11, under which the Secretary of State may, by order, impose upon allens other restrictions in addition to those already imposed.
"Under that section he was arrest- ed. Under Section 19 any person who acts in contravention or is rea- sonably suspected of doing so may be taken into custody by an immigration officer, or any constable."
O'Connell made no statement and was remanded in custody for a week.
Later they sang patriotic songs out-frontier towns in the West- BRITAIN AND
side the offices of the Commanders-ern Desert are being evacuat- in-Chief of the Army and Navy-ed where necessary.
Reuter.
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"In Sight Of Decisive Phase" Of Italian Action Rome, To-day. "We are in sight of that decisive historical phase which will fix the
fate and fortunes of our country for future centuries," says "Popolo d'Italia," the newspaper founded by Mussolini.
"The usual band of pacifists, fat rich self-seekers and perverted friends of the Democracles attempting to launch a
are
The Military Governor has ordered reservists of the Army and Navy now on the retired list to hold themselves in readiness for instant recall.
FAR EAST
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Chungking, To-day. "We expect Mr. Winston Churchill to take a serious view of the Far East- ern situation," says the "Ta Kung Pao" in an editorial praising the new Bri- tish energy and far-sighted policies andria by British and French warships ly qualified to deal with Asiatic pro- and emphasising that Britain is "high- continues.--Reuter
The leading Italian bank in. Alex- andrla has paid its employees two months salary in advance. Reinforcement of the Fleet at Alex-
BELGIANS CALLING-UP
16'S TO 35'S
Brussels, To-day.
The wireless broadcast an an. nouncement yesterday afternoon that all men between the ages of 16 and 35 belonging to the re- cruiting reserve, are to report for military service.—Reuter.
NOISY DRIVER ON THE PEAK
A public car driver, Kam Kwong, was summoned before Mr. H. G. Shel- don, R.C., for creating a disturbance outside No. 15, Peak Mansions, April 24.
on
the Sub-Inspector Baysting said summons was taken out on a com- plaint by Mr. W. F. Simmons of No. 15, Peak Mansions: defendant had his car outside the complainant's house at about 3.30 a.m. and was starting up the engine, creating a loud noise.
Mr. Simmons told him to stop, but after five minutes, defendant started the noise again. Later, apparently, defendant telephoned his garage and another car came, with a gang mechanics, who made further noise, at about 5 a.m. Mr. Simmons then informed the Police.
of
Defendant said he had to start the engine before he could go back to town.
The case was adjourned a week for witnesses to be called.
to
INJURED BY A CAR
An 8-year-old boy, Kwok Kam the Queen Mary Hospital yesterday for injuries was treated at
when he was his head, received Captain A. O. G. Mills of the R. A. knocked down by a car driven by
Mess, Lyeemun, in Sai Wan Ho.
CYCLIST HITS BUS
blems with competence and sincerity" Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the paper U.S. TO JOIN IN
says, looked for compromise with PROTEST
Japan, but Japan rejected his over- tures, for she was bent on destroying Washington, To-day. the British Empire. The United States has campaign
expressed China, on the other hand, “fervent- its willingness to join the otherly wishes to keep, and further tighten, Yip Kwan, 18, admitted to Kowloon American republics in a joint de- her · friendship with Britain. Mr. Hospital yesterday with injuries to claration of protest to Germany over Churchill will have to discriminate be-his forehead, had been cycling in the invasion of Holland, Belgium and tween Britain's true and false friends Nathan Road when he collided with Luxemburg.-Reuter.
in the Far East.” Havas.
the rear of a bus going in the same direction.
to unsettle the Fascist conscience.
"To-day nobody can pretend to be ignorant of the precise directives of Fascist Italy in the European con- flict.
"Those who continue to profess ignorance will be treated as an enemy of whom they are potential accom- plices."-Reuter.
U.S. Citizens Warned
To Leave
Washington, To-day. American citizens in Italy are be- ing warned to leave the country, Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, told the press yesterday.
This represents a change in the Government's attitude towards the possibility of Italy entering the
war.
Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secre- tary of State, stated that ten days ago no consideration was being given at the State Department to the issue of such a warning.--Reuter.
RESERVOIR SUICIDE
а
The body of Chung Yu-ming, married woman, was recovered from the Aberdeen Reservoir yesterday. The woman jumped into the reservoir on Saturday.
BITTEN BY A DOG
PATROL 13 HAD ALL
THE
LUCK
TWELVE TIMES a volunteer group of French soldiers penetrated into the German lines. Each time they did the job they set out to do without any troubles, writes a war correspondent.
Then they went out on the thirteenth patrol and this is what happened-
They were ambushed, machine- gunned, encircled, ambushed again, and finally fought their way back to their own lines.
But their luck held good, for they did not lose a man..
I learned the story of the thirteenth patrol from a young officer who took part in it as a guest. He had been given leave from his staff job, but was given permission to spend his leave with the group, "Franc," which does the "dirty work" of patrol on this particular part of the sector.
INSIDE GERMANY The French knew the Germans were active and sent a patrol out to investigate.
The patrol left their lines at 8.30 p,m. and after. an hour of stealthy progress they found themselves in wood a mile and a half inside Ger- many,
Suddenly they heard the whispered challenge of a German machine- gunner.
A Chinese woman, Fat Kwal, was "Who's there?"! he · said. The bitten by a dog owned by Mr. J. J. French patrol kept quiet, and the Edgar, of York Road, yesterday even-nervous. gunner began to spatter ma- ing.,
chinë-gun bullets around the wood.
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