THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 28, 1940.
THE CASE OF MAJOR WINTLE: EVIDENCE BY CIGS.
H.M.S. SPEARFISH MISSING
Another British submarine with a re cord of resource and daring is reported missing.
An Admiralty com- munique issued last night states: The submarine, Spearfish (Lt. Commander J. H. Forbes) is consider- ably overdue and must be presumed lost. Reuter.
Lt. Commdr. Forbes,
who won the D.S.O.
EGYPTIAN
MR. CUDAHY
CABINET NOT CALLS FOR
RESIGNING
in.
The Egyptian Pre- mier, Hassan Sabry Pasha, denied to press representatives Cairo yesterday after- noon a report that his - Cabinet had resigned.
-Reuter.
MAJOR ALFRED WINTLE, of the DAY'S WORK
Dragoons, was found not guilty on two of the
three charges against him by the court-IN A SHORT
martial sitting in London yesterday.
Interesting evidence was given by Field SUNDERLAND
Marshal Sir Edmund Ironside, who was C.I.G.S. at the time of the alleged incidents, concerning Major Wintle's comments on the state of French preparedness.
HITLER
not
ACTION
IN AN ALMOST CHURCHIL- LIAN SPEECH, MR. J. CUDAHY, FORMER U.S." AMBASSADOR ¡TO BELGIUM, SAID. YESTER- |DAY:—
"Whether we like it or not, we must make sacrifices and prepare to annihilate ourselves, but we must play our part.” He added his voice to the de- oormand for a strengthening of the JU.S. Army and Navy and, express- ed his confidence that the United States would meet the challenge despite the existence of: 82 Facifist organisations "whose prayers are insuficient to meet the case"
DETAILS OF A RECENT. EX-
PLOIT BY A SHORT SUNDER- TROMSOE, NORWAY, WERE
LAND FLYING BOAT OFF
RELEASED YESTERDAY.
An adequate defence is the only remedy and the only guarantee of permanent peace, he said.— Reuter.
NATIONAL
SALVAGE
The crew saw eight Heinkel- dropped three heavy bombs from
115 seaplanes in the water. They CAMPAIGN
Mr.
The Major was found guilty of felgning infirmity by direct hit and two others register Herbert Morrison, stating yester-
600 feet, and saw one make al The Minister of Supply, pretending he was suffering from "near misses." defective vision, and not guilty of
day that the national domestic Two Nazi seaplanes sank committing conduct to the pre-another was set on fire. The other a very good start announced that and salvage campaign had made a judice of good order and military five were severely damaged and the value of salvage for July was a discipline.
for an exploit in which NVENTED The findings on the second may be regarded as unserviceable little over £300,000 with returns
the "Admiral Scheer"
a
was forpedoed, is nephew of Wing-Com- mander Steele Per- kins, the Colony Director of A.R.P.
INDECENT ASSAULT IN BLACK-OUT
NOTHING
Ing Air Commodore Boyle. Field Marshal Sir Edmund Iron-
The British attacked five
charge will be promulgated. This charge alleged that when on active service he committed ships in Tromsoe Sound, raking pared with the June figure of a civil offence, namely, assault- their decks with machine-guns. £200,000. Average value per Next, three fuel-dumps were thousand population was about spotted. The 'plane dived down £7 for July compared with £7 and the front gunner
got In14s. in June. several sustained bursts, inte Mr. Morrison added that the them.
tonnage of paper has gone up its patrol. The distance covered July, metal from 24,000 in July The flying-boat then resumed from 24,500 in June to 30,000, in on this particular flight was and the bone figure rose from longer than the flight to Rome 300 to 400 tons. British Wire- and back-Router.
less.
flying-boat nex from about 50 small local au- German supply thorities still to come. This com-
"Between Trotsky and side said that he met Major Win- Hitler there is a remark-tle last December, through the in- troduction of Lord Birdwood able resemblance," says former Chief of the Imperial the Louisville "Courier-General Staff. Journal"
Perturbed
BURGLAR'S HAUL
MR. CHURCHILL
"The similarity is between red] and brown Bolshevism, If there Major Wintle reported to him had been no Cheka, no Red Ter-the result of his meetings with ror, no Ogpu, no Communist cells various French generals, and he
Money and jewellery to the perturbed at cer-value of $1,128 was stolen from
SEES KING · to bore from within in foreign seemed to be countries, Hitler would have had tain things in France.
Major Wintle told him that he chun, No. 59, Cameron Road, be- audience of the King at Bucking-
the residence of Mrs. Chan Yim- The Prime Minister had to invent them; Hitler invented
was anxious to be attached nothing.
to
an
the infantry and wanted to go to tween 11.30 p.m. on Monday and ham Palace last evening. Bri-
6 a.m. on Tuesday.
The People's Court, the Blood fight, Purge, the Gestapo secret agents) Subsequently, said Sir Edmund and the Nazi Bund trace their ori-Ironside, he became "a little bit of gin to Russian Dictatorship when a nuisance over this."-Reuter, Taking advantage of Trotsky was in high favour. The the black-out last night, concentration camp is the coun- a 27-year-old Chinese film terpart of Siberia."-Reuter.
actor, Shen Wing-cheng, BELGIAN
indecently assaulted
a
26-year-old Chinese spins- ter in Road.
Prince Edward OFFER IN
Admitting the charge at the Kowloon Magistracy this morning, accused remained silent through-
out the proceedings.
months' hard labour.
EAST AFRICA
A
PILOT TAKES THE CAKES!
DON PETERSEN, A COOK WITH THE WEST AFRICAN REGIMENT, REGARDED THE EXPLOIT OF A SOUTH AFRI- CAN FIGHTER PILOT 80 HIGHLY THAT HE HAS PRE- BENTED HIM WITH TWO
"It was a shameful thing to do," THE OFFICER COMMANDING|CAĶES. commented Mr. E. Himsworth, THE EAST AFRICAN FORCES A Caproni bomber, pursued by, fining defendant $100, or two HAS RECEIVED THE OFFER OF fighters, came overhead and Don COMPLETE AMBULANCE was sure that bomber was "gun- Detective-Sergeant C. Dowman UNIT AND THE USE OF A ning" for him. The bomber was said that the young woman, ac- BASE HOSPITAL FROM THE shot down. companied by another woman, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE Don was so delighted that he went into the compound outside BELGIAN CONGO.
asked the mess president for อ. her residence in Prince Edward Road, at about 8 15 p.m. to see medicines for the ambulance will sugar, made two cakes and pre- All the expenses for salaries and special ration of flour, milk and whether the lights were properly be met by the Belgian Congo. sented them to the embarrassed screened.
Accused passed by, but after war use on the Ituri plateau is
The use of a base hospital for young pilot!-Reuter. walking a short distance, retrac also offered, but while the am- ed his steps, and, approaching bulance unit has been gratefully the woman, he indecently assault-accepted the use of the hospital is being held in reserve for the time being.
ed her.
The woman screamed and Mr.
S. A. Fowler, who was on the op A Congo doctor is leaving for posite pavement, rushed across Nairobi to
the road.
Told what had happened, Mr. Fowler chased accused and hand- ed him over to a police constable.
ELEVEN ARRESTS IN
Reuter.
arrange details.-
CANADIAN DEFENCE
DISCUSSIONS
DESTROYER IN RESCUE
THE
A BOAT CREW FROM CANADIAN DESTROYER |SKEENA HAS BEEN PRAISED FOR 178 HEROIC WORK DUR. ING RESCUE OPERATIONS AFTER THE TORPEDOING OF |A FREIGHTER OFF THE COAST
OF ENGLAND,
The congratulatory message THE DEFENCE DISCUSSIONS'
from the owners has been for- BETWEEN THE UNITED warded to Lieutenant-Commander
BLACK-OUT ONTINUING.
STATES AND CANADA ARE J. C. Hibberd by the High Com-
the
tish Wireless.
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preliminary quest of the Admiralty.—Reuter. during the black-out last night meeting on Monday, Mayor La by the Police in Yaumati,
Guardia of New York, chairman The men are alleged to have of the American committee, des- persisted in striking matches incribed the joint U.S.-Canadian the open, after being warned not board 05 the Monroe Doctrine to "do so.
translated into action.-Reuter,
152 SHOT DOWN IN Optional Dial Clearance
They were released on bail of!
The case will come' before
$10 each.
a
Kowloon Magistrate to-day.
Taking into consideration that|
EIGHT SPITFIRES
IN 15 DAYS
THREE DAYS
Full official reports of Monday's air battles show that one more enemy aircraft
down, was shot
these were the, first cáɛes brought· Aiming to provide a full making a total of 47 for the day, for smoking or lighting matches, squadron of Splices for R.A.F., or 152 In three days.
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the Magistrate cautioned those Northern Ireland has provided. In addition to the four pilots accused of this, offence, but, ilned funds for eight machines in 15 whose loss was announced two defendants $5, for failing to days, the total raised now being Monday, the Air Force also lost obscuro, kerosenc. lamps,
£40,000-British Wireless. · two air gunners.-Reuter.
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