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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 22, 1940 –
GENERAL SIKORSKI APPLAUDS DEFENDERS OF LONDON
ABOLITION
OF
A HIGH TRIBUTE to the marvellous THE QUEUE
stand against the aerial invaders in the Battle
"
of London was paid yesterday by General An attempt is to be Sikorski, Polish Prime Minister and Comman-made by Mr. Herbert Mor- der-in-Chief, in a special broadcast to the Eng-rison, Minister of Home lish people.
Security, to abolish the peculiarly English system of the queue as applied to air raid shelters used for sleeping in.
General Sikorski said: "For over two months a great battle has been raging over London. It was deliberately ordered by Hit- ler in order to break the resistance of the Eng-day - "ISLAND OF DOOMED MEN”lish people at lightning speed and force them
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into capitulation.
"This effort has failed to bring Britain to, its kneas and has forced Hitler to change his tac- tics and turn his attention else- where,
"This means he is new fore- sed to conduct a protracted war which thought fills Germans with horror.”
JAPANESE
AMERICANS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") APPROXIMATELY 20.000 SECOND GENERATION JAPAN- ESE WHO ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE AFFECTED BY THE NEW UNITED STATES LAW, MR.
Mr. Morrison announced yester-
in the issue of tickets in the.
he has authorised an experi- London area and thus avoid "that
abomination, the queue,"
Mr. Morrison added people had. quite enough to put with without the hardship and waste of time involved in queueing up.or ar- riving for shelter hours before- hand to reserve places.-Reuter
Shelter Census
A START IS TO BE MADE IN THE ISSUING OF TICKETS OF ADMISSION FOR PUBLIC SHELTERS IN LONDON USED FOR SLEEPING.
There are expressed General, Sikorski
so many problems pride that Polish squadrons were
involved that, for the time be ng, defend ng London and, participat- CONSCRIPTION
the issue will be in the nature of ing in British expeditions to the KIDO. PRESIDENT OF THE an experiment and confined to a Continent, that land forces were JAPANESE
few shelters, which will not in- already organised and were takZENS LEAGUE, ASSERTED IN clude Tube stations. ing over a considerable opera tional section while another part of Poland's armed forces
was
taking its stand in Egypt at the side of her Allies, and the Polish navy was fighting stubbornly at the side of British naval forces.
A Just Order
AMERICAN CITI-
TOKYO YESTERDAY.
"It goes
without saying that Japanese second generation citi zens in America will willingly enlist in the American forces.
A shelter census will be taken and only three-quarters of the space will be allotted to ticket- holders.
at home. Reuter.
No one will be given a ticket In such times, when the inter- if he already has suitable shelter national situation is so delicate, some people criticise us for pledg- ing ourselves to protect America under the Stars and Stripes."
General Sikorski concluded by saying we were fighting for a new Europe and a different poli-American relations. tical order which would be; bet- Iter and more just to all nations, communities and social classes,
He added he felt it h's duty to do everything to improve Japan-
- Havas.
-and-for-lasting-peace.
He ardently desired that the present hour rnight deepen Polish-British friendship
it
would stand not only the test of war but also the frequently harder test of peace.-Reuter,
TRIBUTE TO R. A. F.
A sidelight on how the Poles who are fighting for freedom alongside the R.A.F. regard their British comrades of the air con'ained in a letter from ti Commanding Officer of an R.A.F. station where there are a number of Polish airment
He says: "It is sometimes en- lightening to hear an honest opin- ion of ourselves. Polish officers. say that they always believed England to be very powerful with vast resources and a great tra- dition, but also somewhat egoistic. and selfish. Since they have come to England they have found us very kind--which they think must be due to the warming in-
fluence of the Gulf Stream! What
amazes them is our stern severity on parade and the complete friendliness of officers when they are not on parade."
As' for what the R.A.F.: think of the Poles, the letter goes on: "The Polish airmen here have our respect and admiration,
Their strength is rooted in-deep, relig- ious feeling and a patriotism which is derived from each man's love of his own village and coun- try, They have been through great hardships In Poland,,Rum- ania, Syria and France and by contrast, are now. thoroughly en- joying the physical pleasures of a bed and good food.. But nearly every man bears the scars of tragedy, knowing that his family, I alive, is suffering from a degree of oppression and cruelty, such us never darkened Poland before in all its tragic history," yo
SUDDEN ERUPTION
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ENEMY ALIENS
Persons of eminence in art. science and Tetters, university-or- technical college students-and. those who have lived since child- hood
in 20 years
the or for United Kingdom and are friendly towards Britain, are eligible for release from camps of interned. Germans and Austrians.
The sudden eruption of the vol- This was announced yesterday cano Oldonyo Lengai or "Moun-in a revised ed tion of the White tain of God," in the northern pro- Paper dealing with civil internees vince of Tanganyika, has covered or enemy nationalities.-Reuter. the countryside- for 30 miles! around with molten lava and ashes.
"ALL QUIET".
Many cattle have been killed The situation continues "quiet but so far no loss of life is report-on all fronts,' in the words of ed, it was stated in Dar-es-Salaam yesterday's G.H.Q. communique yesterday, Reuter.
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