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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 3, 1940
GERMAN LEAFLET RAID Britain Refuses To Take Pamphlets Seriously
BEING SOLD FULL ARAB
FOR RED CROSS FUND
SUPPORT OF BRITAIN
Under the heading ""The Arabs and England," the newspaper "Al Ahram"| of Cairo yesterday pub- IN SEVERAL PARTS of England yester-lished an article from day, people were busy collecting the German Sayed Mirghan El Edrisi, leaflets which were dropped on Thursday prominent Edrisi leader, pointing out that Islam night in, possibly, unwitting tribute to the orders believers to treat effectiveness of the R.A.F. leaflet raids on other nations as equal and to defend their liberties German territory. Most of the leaflets were
and honour. picked up during the night by the police and "It is obvious the modern world the air raid wardens.
should oppose any nation which threatens the liberties of a weak nation and destroys their inde- pendence and safety," that is why
In one town, the leaflets are being seld, the Moslem nations, headed by the proceeds going to the Red Cross Fund!
The German raids are also helping Britain in another respect. It has been found that the carrier of the incendiary bombs dropped is made of aluminium. Needless to say, this is not being wasted!
en-
contain The German leaflets nothing of fresh interest to courage people to buy them-
They except for charity's sake. are entitled "A last appeal to rea- and form son, by Adolf Hitler,
his last speech to the Reichstag. The leaflets suggest that the Bri- tish people have not been told anything about the speech.
Needless to say, his speech was people at reported fully, and Home have not only full know- ledge of his speech but also his previous declarations.
of
Egypt, have not hesitated to de- cide their attitude towards the Democracies and the Nazis.
"The Moslem nations could not up an attitude sup- porting violence and aggression
have taken
and the overthrow of the cham- pions of justice and liberty." Senussis and others have suffered
After referring to what the
from the Italians, Sayed declared there is no one in the Arab lands who could be deceived by Italian propaganda, thus preferring Ita-
www.
Reu-
Jian to English friendship. SHANGHAI
RUSSIANS INDIGNANT
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
ter.
WE ALSO WONDERED
The newspaper "Gothenburg ·Han- delsblat" points out it is remarkable that German aeroplanes,
U-boats and motor torpedo-boats are all able to give the exact tonnage of boats they sink.
Do thoughtful Eng- lishmen exhibit on a painted plate on the 'side of the ship the tonnage of every boat sunk? the newspaper asks. Reuter.
DE GAULLE SENTENCED TO DEATH
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA' MAIL")
General De Gaulle has been sentenced to death by a military court in France, the sentence in- cluding military degrada- tion and confiscation of his property.
He was charged in absentia with treason, acts against the se- curity of the State, and with de- sertion abroad in time of war.
A few days ago, it will be re- called, he was sentenced to four years' imprisonment and fined 100 francs.
Commenting on the latest sen- tence, General De Gaulle says that the sentence is that of a court under the influence of, 004 largely
and possibly even under the direct Lorders of, the common enemy.
"The enemy will
one day be driven from the soil of France," The says.
CANADIANS GET DOWN
TO IT
"When that day comes, I will submit myself willingly to the command of the people."-Havas.
Reuter quotes, an interview It was stated.in London with General de Gaulle in Lon- a few days ago that thedon last night in which he said: first Canadian fighter of Vichy as void." In regard to squadron in
"I consider the act of the men
Britain the "death sentence" passed on him by the Petain Government,
COUPLE SHOT DEAD would soon be in action General de Gaulle added: "I shall
IN MANOR
The victims were Mr. H. Rivers
have a settlement of accounts against the enemy. De-
with them after the victory." tails released yester-Reuter... day show that they have A double shooting fatality was begun with a quick vic- The entire Shanghai discovered recently at Erchfont
AND NOW IT'S tory. Russian community has Manor, near Devizes.
LEGALISED been strongly aroused Pollock, chairman of the second
of On Thursday, three pilots
According to the Moscow Wire- Pertinent Extracts
over the assassination of Court at Wiltshire Quarter Ses-the Canadian Fighter Squadron
sions and chairman of Devizes rormed in Britain were patrolling less the Soviet Government has. popular During the week, a
Charles Metzler, chair-County Bench, and Mrs. Pollock.
forming a Molda- state-
over a convoy in their Hurricanes, passed a bill
Federal Soviet Republic. illustrated paper printed
by vian in The tragedy occurred
the The convoy was attacked ments from four of his speeches, man of the Russian emi-
Molda- the consisting of the former A German dive-bombers, and morning room of the manor.
vian Autonómous together
Republic and appropriate or With Fuchprophe grants committee, and revolver was found near Mr. Pol-Canadians went into action. speeches
"When has even discarded differ-lock's body.
One pilot followed a bomber the greater part of Soviet-decu--
it was learned down to the sea and shot it pied Bessarabia, ences in political outlook. of Sir Frederick Pollock,
in London yesterday. Into the water. The two other Canadians en-
The with
Bessarabian districts of gaged in a running fight the rest of the bombers, damag-Khotin, Akerman and Ismail, with porated into the Ukrainian Re- ing at least one of them and driv-northern Bukovina, were incor-. ing them off.
bill, under another All three Canadian 'planes re-public
Reuter. turned safely-Reuter.
general story is entitled Hitler offered Peace."
The first extract is from his March 4, 1936, speech-just after Germany Invaded Rhineland-in which he said:- ."Germany has no intention of attacking France, -Czecho- slovakia or Poland."
The second is from his speech! on September 26, 1938, when he said "This is the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe" and "We do not want any Czechs."
Sympathetic To Japan
to
Nevertheless Metzler is known
The dead man was a descendant noted lawyer and Judge. He was а barrister of the Middle Temple.
have closely collaborated"
LIKED YOU, I CAN'T
NOW": ITALIAN
with Shanghal Japanese сол- sular officials and was sympa- ENVOY'S DAUGHTER
thetic to Japan, while Mayor Fu Slao.cn had promised him
With her mother and brother, the full-support-of-the Special pretty Maria Luisa--Bastianini,
Municipality.
daughter of the Italian Ambassa~ Metzler was known to be op-dor, went for a last look round
an some of the West End shops. The third extract is from his pdsed to the formation of
the year, emigre body as favoured by
A photographer asked if he speech on August 31 last
in in-Japanese military
Shanghai could take a picture. nine hours before Germany vaded Poland, in which he said who advocated the formation of "I don't like the English," she
Shanghai Russian emigrants replied. the outside world was lying when a it said that Germany only tried committee similar to the Russian
The photographer smiled. "We to carry out revision under pres-committees existing in Dairen and don't dislike you," he said.
Maria-Luisa smiled too. "Well, sure; that the neutral states had Harbin.
Metzler was a well-known per-I did like the English.
. but I assured Germany of their neu- trality, just
had sonality in Shanghat where he can't now," she said. 35 Germany guaranteed it to them; and in had lived for 25 years. He was which he declared that "the fron-a member of the Imperial Russian Secretary tier between France and Ger-consular service, was
of the Imperial Russian Legation.. many is a final one."
The fourth covers his Reich-at Peiping and later Russian con- stag speech on June 19, 1940. sul at Shanghai-Havas. Reuter.
ALCANTARA BATTLE
BLATANT FALSEHOOD
́BUILDING⋅ FALLS, 4 DEAD
Four men lost their lives and three were injured in an accident
The dead, all of whom are middle-
POLISH SEAMEN LIVE UP
TO TRADITIONS
A POLISH MERCHANTMAN, after
at a building at Rochester (Kent). narrow escape, has now reached a British port aged, are:-Frederick Church, of and has been made available for further ser- Pelly Road, Plaistow, London, E., Albert Butcher, of Commercial-vice through the daring and resource of its of High Street, Poplar, E, and captain and crew. Bert Shorthouse, of Thomas Street, Limehouse, E...
way, Peckham, S.E.; John Lindsell,
She is the Kronin, of 1,864 tons, which The men were constructing a was lying at Dakar, Sehegal, French West
building when part of it fell.
Africa.
HIS GIFT FOR DUCHESS
The newspaper "Mokattam" of THE FIGHTING POWER OF Cairo denounces the typical Ger- H.M.S. ALCANTARA, ARMED man falsehood in which it was MERCHANT CRUISER, HAS NOT, stated the British troops in Kenya BEEN IMPAIRED BY HÉR❘lare isolated and unable to con-
RICKS WILL BEAT
The captain learned that a num- CLASH WITH THE GERMAN fact the British troops in Egypt RAIDER IN THE SOUTH AT- because, Berlin alleged, since ENEMY AIR TROOPS ber of Germans had arrived by plone and were planning to seize LANTIC ON (MONDAY,
Italy's entry into the war naval
As fields might be used as land-the-ship. Alcantara ·scored several hits communications between the Bri
Vital parts of the Kronin -had] on the raider and had closed the tish forces and colonies in East ing grounds by enemy aircraft, the
Ministry of Agriculture has ap-been-taken away..in order to im-While the Duchess of Gloucester range to four miles when a shell Africa have been cut off. it her near the water-line,
This blatant falsehood is con- pealed to farmers to co-operate mobilise her, but, with ingenuity, was chatting to wounded seamen The damage was not serious sidered by military circles in in home defence preparations by she was made serviceable and at Grimsby Hospital, one of them but it reduced her speed from 18 Calro as an attempt to hide the building their hayricks in the escaped through the harbour de-lasked her to help herself from a basket, of strawberries,hc. was situation of Italy's middle of fields, to 10 knots arid this was sufflelent (précarious
Where the field is largo and the Although she had no charts on carrying. for the German to escape behind East African colonies which are a smoke-screen.
completely cut off from all sea ground level: It will be most use- board, the captain set his course They had been specially bought The raider's speed Intrd also been contact with Italy since Britain ful to build two or more ricks for a British port and the Kronin for the occasion by aixty-nine- -year-old James Cooke, a trawler-. spaced across the field.
has-now-arrived safely. cut slightly. When last seen she holds the Suez Canal.
Her captain and crew have been man, and the Duchess ate some was 600 miles from Rio de Janeiro. British convoys in the Red Sea Hay.stacite should not, however, Bho is a ship of about 9,000 tons, aro furfctioning according to plan: be erected near aérodromes if it congratulated by the British naval of the strawberries as she talked.
lauthorities on their feat.-Reuter.ito `him. can be avoided. Reuter,
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Reuter.
fences.